Jay Funk Dawg

yay! Great news!! SEE YOU JULY 7th!!

I think Jared is staying home. But I'm getting some goodvibes all around... see ya in the saloon!!

My insights on this come from a talk that I attended in Halifax the day before I left to move to Toronto (3-4 years ago now). Fingerstyle Don Ross was talking about his music and how he estimated that he lost about $80,000 a year on pirated music. Yes on one side he was happy for the exposure, but on the other he didn't like the poor quality of tracks that were getting out there... and because his demographic might say buy only one of his CDs, the wide-spread availability of his material available online for free squeezed him. His data was based on his CD sales over the course of his 20+ career, and how things had changed over time, when the whole Napster thing happened. Musicians should be able to do is control how their music is dissemenated. I for one am happy that my band's video has been played 1,200 times on youtube, almost a thousand plays on myspace, but those were all my choices to have them available.

big ups to that! sounds like a plan.

The way i see it, it's should be the artist's choice how their music is being distributed. In this case he has had no choice. A small niche artist like Grisman probably doesn't care to get more publicity & exposure... he has his little following, and that who he caters to. Having all this free stuff out there probably doesn't drive his CD sales, it probably actually takes away from it. This guy is no idiot, he's been running a successful indie record label for years, and is probably in the pool of artist that were hurt the most by the digital mp3 trading / file swapping situation. Bouche, Great video, I like how Paul Shafer was playing with them.

sounds like it was a wild one.

well you are right, AD - i'm listening to it and I'm at bit of Madonna and someother cheeze, this isn't what exactly what i was hoping to show... Let me see if I can find something online more recent and buggin' jay

I'm with my fellow Dawg on this one, Youtube only became a phenonom because of all the illegal material it was hosting... in the same way Napster blew-up. The major networks were entitled to some money from Napster.. and Youtune for that matter. I think small indies like Grisman should get his due?

good work keepin' it postive buddy!

Check out this week's EYE Magazine. Electronica writer Denise Benson interviewed Z-Trip and had this to say. "Just got off the phone from chatting with him ( DJ Z-Trip) and we had a wicked conversation. Really glad this fell into place. I so love talking with other people who've been playing for this long, who still love music, and have so much to say." Check out her interview this week; www.eyeweekly.com

I'm going for Friday and Sunday and it's going to be awesome!

There are some great shows at the Revival this weekend... and check out www.nufunk.ca or www.myspace.com/nufunk for more deets.

try emailing; wilcometogether@hotmail.com for that question.

yes at the gate

www.nufunk.ca presents... Moses Mayes www.mosesmayes.com Saturday, July 7th, 2007 El Mocambo Upstairs just booked the show... more info to follow... any suggestions of openers / dj support?? MOSES MAYES www.mosesmayes.com

Sunshine State www.myspace.com/wearesunshinestate CD Release at Lula this thursday!

Toronto was fun! I could'nt be there for the entire night, Mike Filipovitch did a great duet with Mark on a Althea i think... sweet times...

Here's the line up & time: Friday May 18: 9:00 - Irie Band 11:30 in the saloon - Diesel Dog Saturday May 19: 5:00 - Burn Planetarium 6:30 - The Droops 8:00 - The Chameleon Project 9:30 - Caution Jam 11:30 in the saloon - Friends of Hefner Sunday May 20: 2:00 to be announced 3:30 - Gruve 5:00 - High Plains Drifter 6:30 - Molasses Run 8:00 - Mark Wilson & The Way It Is 9:30 - Superstack 11:30 in the saloon - Daylight For Dead Eyes Lucas Stagg will be hosting acoustic acts in the saloon on Saturday and Sunday. Check out the fantastic talent that has been booked to play in the saloon: Saturday May 19: 2:00pm - Lynn Jackson w/ Dan Walsh 3:00pm - Duane Rutter w/ Dan Walsh 4:30pm - Tanya Philipovich 5:30pm - Brock Zemen w/ Dan Walsh 6:30pm - David Celia w/ Joan Besen 7:30pm - Lucas Stagg 9:00pm - The Brooks Sisters 10:00pm - Lisa Poushinsky Sunday May 20: 2:00pm - Andrew Neville and The Poor Choices 3:00pm - JP Riemens w/ Dan Walsh 4:00pm - Alfie Smith 5:00pm - Corin Raymond - The Undesirables 6:00pm - Mandi Hancock 7:00pm - Alun Pigguns 8:00pm - The Stars Here

one week away! whoa!

wow Alan! that sounds awesome! any pictures?

oh yes.. it's in full swing in Toronto! I've started to listen to Kim Mitchell on q107 recently as well.. another summer of "patio laterns"

::bump:: check out this mix: http://djztrip.unknownvariable.com/audio/Uneasy_Listening_Vol1_Pt1.mp3

Irie Band & Diesel Dog on Friday whoooohooo!

DURHAM www.cometogethermusicfest.ca TORONTO May 18th - GOD MADE ME FUNKY @ REVIVAL May 19th - Z-TRIP @ REVIVAL