Funny how history repeats itself at times. Protest songs or test songs, does it really matter. Steve Goodman, check it.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
If we were a park, you would pass out on us
and other musings about the music industry and song. Something I have found particularly interesting is the band Hezikiah Jones. This Philadelphia Folk Band just released their new album come to our pool party and the first reviews are pretty good.
Their song, Cupcakes For the Army, is an interesting commentary on war; "something of a very rare breed: an overtly political song that's not preachy, that somehow retains its universality, that has something specific to say while still being expertly hewn poetry" said Morgan King of yerbird.com
www.hezekiahjones.com
hezekiahjones.myspace.com
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In other news:
In addition to this excellent musical act I have had the enjoyment of listening to on the internet and will hopefully pay him some money at some point when I can afford it in the near future I was thinking about how this folk singer can be one of the first to take advantage of the great changes going on in the music industry.
Small producer, highly talented musician, global marketplace with millions of interested listeners actively seeking out this music, most of the income from the songs sold goes to the artist instead of some meaningless label.
I think that in the near future we will see this big music labels changing their business model to focus more on their revenue streams. CD's are clearly a losing proposition. What is going to propel them is their ownership in national concert venues and their huge source of resources and great potential in the internet. So they won't disappear, but they will have some new friends competing with them.
Their song, Cupcakes For the Army, is an interesting commentary on war; "something of a very rare breed: an overtly political song that's not preachy, that somehow retains its universality, that has something specific to say while still being expertly hewn poetry" said Morgan King of yerbird.com
1. Robin and Beth
2. Dark Hollow
3. Cupcakes for the Army
4. Knives of Summertime
5. Rain-Stars
6. Put On Your Light
7. That Panel Where the Soap is at On the Machines
8. Mississippi Sea
"...His is a folk that has contemporary equals in artists like M. Ward, Iron & Wine, and Will Oldham... This is not your average musical poetry." - Robinson, Miles Of Music
"...Hezekiah Jones sounds like a moody old folk 33 that's been made aware of today's lo-fi scene but opts out of the irony." - C|Netwww.hezekiahjones.com
hezekiahjones.myspace.com
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In other news:
In addition to this excellent musical act I have had the enjoyment of listening to on the internet and will hopefully pay him some money at some point when I can afford it in the near future I was thinking about how this folk singer can be one of the first to take advantage of the great changes going on in the music industry.
Small producer, highly talented musician, global marketplace with millions of interested listeners actively seeking out this music, most of the income from the songs sold goes to the artist instead of some meaningless label.
I think that in the near future we will see this big music labels changing their business model to focus more on their revenue streams. CD's are clearly a losing proposition. What is going to propel them is their ownership in national concert venues and their huge source of resources and great potential in the internet. So they won't disappear, but they will have some new friends competing with them.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
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