Sep
29
True Sound returns to Blacksburg, Virginia during Virginia Tech’s homecoming weekend. The band will be playing at Awful Arthur’s in Blacksburg for the first time since their 2009 New Year’s Eve party. Band members are sure to bring their original blend of Hip-Hop, Soul, Rock, R&B and Reggae with extended jams to town that night. The show is Saturday, October 10th at 10pm with special guest DJ Sprigs spinning before the show and between sets. If you are in Blacksburg for Homecoming, be sure to catch this show. Tickets are $5 at the door, admission is 21+.
Sep
22
The internet is yet again creating more instability for performers, artists, composers and internet businesses because it once again shifts conventional notions of music. Performance rights on the internet are difficult for corporations, the legal community and trade associations to get their head around at this time. People are always quick to write off the significance of performance rights for several reasons. 1) Consumers feel that they are already paying too much money to listen to music. 2) Some people feel that performance rights are relics that do not reflect the current form of the music industry. 3) Critics think that the whole system is a further way to extract wealth. 4) They simply don’t understand what performance rights are. Unfortunately, there is no clear cut way to approach the issue of performance rights on the internet. (more…)
