Voting opens 23rd November at www.slbc.ie. Battle Of The Bands One is sponsored by Strangford Lough Brewing Company and Diablo's and The Light Group Las Vegas.

Rating: 9.1. I must say even the quality may not be so good you can hear the heart felt playing and that is what this col website is about

mark allan wolfe wrote: A few bits from dark side of the moon by the Mark Allan Wolfe Band. It was a great time last night I wish more of you could have come but there was a lot of people there and it was a blast jammin...

A local fusion group called me up to ask if I was open to a freestyle fusion gig, I said sure what the heck, right!

Denver's Eric Roberts plays a unique style of new age music that blends classical and jazz influences. Here he joins several of his friends at DCT's first shoot at Kenny's Castaways as one of the winners of Live 2.0 -...

1st of all YOU ALL MUST SIGN UP WITH SOUND EXCHANGE. They collect Rayalties from internet and Satellite. It's a MUST. To get regular checks from BMI it helps to have been picked up by the satellite networks and have hired...

seems to me if we the musicians love what you are doing, then we should help out with the cost, lets keep things going, i don't like the idea that BMI are any one else are trying to get into our business the Record labels...

mindbank wrote: Creative Commons alternative to Copyright

JustinG4000 wrote: An explanation of Creative Commons using work licensed under Creative Commons licenses. Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their...

willmed wrote: Source: http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/getcreative/ Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 1.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0

RobinGood wrote: http://www.MasterNewMedia.org Educational short video from Creative Commons explaining what the CC license is all about. Audio remixed and mashed up by Robin Good, Livia Iacolare and Michael Pick.

Do you believe in fate? Several years ago I got a call from a fella, quite intelligent I might add, that invested a lot of time to explain to me his vision of the new digital revolution. He talked about a new copyright...

nedleigh, as Sister suggested, "ignore 'em" – is not an option. And, as you suggested, "be cautious about throwing down the gauntlet right in their face"- it's only my desire so that when they come back to check up on us...

No, we shall not go away. We have the right to keep going as we are. I don't care if people use my music for free; it's to be enjoyed by ALL. This reminds me of strong-arm tactics from a giant who wants a monopoply. IGNORE...

I also belong to BMI and Sound Exchange and yes, they do pay me. It takes a lot of effort, mainly in the form of promoting and getting my music played in venues that BMI tracks (i.e., mainstream radio, TV and film, some...

Earcandy, your statements are more common than not. There are some, like Paul, that can find the time and energy to get what is due them, but for the most part, it's too hard and costly. See Dee's statement, and he's been...

Gordon, yes artists can donate content and waive their rights. This is how we have done it all along. We've always had a written agreement for the member to sign to make it work for us so BMI had no right to bother us. But...

I am a member of BMI and have received airplay and no money. They are impossible to deal with unless you have a lawyer. I would continue to do it and ignore them as they do musicians like me.

Paul, yes I can imagine how hard you have had to work to get from BMI what is due you. I've heard that story over and over again many times. Most often, the artist gives up. I'm glad it's paying off for you. And, thank you...