• The Jimi Hendrix estate is releasing 12 previously unreleased recordings of Hendrix studio material. I remember back when (80's?) there seemed to be all kinds of "unreleased" Hendrix music on the shelves. 
• Today Jimi would have been 70 years old.
• Glenn Drover has quit Tate's version of Queensryche. Geoff actually assembled a strange blend of musicians for his version, including Rudy Sarzo and Blotzer. I only say strange because the three gentlemen mentioned really don't fit that genre of music-as well as the two other collaborating members, Randy Gane and Kelly Gray. Not that is really matters what genre you like it's all music.
• Flogging Molly and The Dropkick Murphys are schedule to hit HOB in February-about 10 days apart. If these two ever do a double bill......

 

 

I missed this

One of the fallacies of not listening to FM radio is I missed this promotion event sponsored by local radio station 92.5...

Not that I would have made to Dallas on that day anyways if I had known beforehand.

Pandora vs. The Musicians

Apparently there is a battle brewing between musicians, in accord with the musicFIRST coalition and Pandora, satellite radio, cable TV services etc & even FM radio.

The main point of contention at this point is the amount of royalties paid to musicians by Pandora. Currently Pandora (according to their finances) pay over 50% in royalties when an artists' song is played on their internet "radio" while entities such as Sirius/XM pay less than 10%. Other entities such as cable services pay even less and FM radio pays zilch.

The Internet Radio Fairness Act is intended to level the paying fields in this regards reducing the amount of royalties paid out by Pandora and others of the like.

I understand both points of views, and I am a heavy user of both Pandora and XM radio-in fact besides my own personal music collection probably 95% of the music I listen to is from these sources.

The artists on the other hand, especially in this day and age, need to bring in whatever income they can to keep making music as a main source of income. I will still argue that artists make more money on touring and merchandise than record sales but at the same time everyone can't be KISS.

Their are several links below to come to you own opinion in the matter:

Pollstar Article

Artists Open Letter

Internet Fairness Radio Act on Pandora

Check out @ScionAV's Corrosion of Conformity - Megalodon on scionav.com!

Check out @ScionAV's Corrosion of Conformity - Megalodon on scionav.com!

Paul McCartney Helicopter Ride

Apparently Paul McCartney and wife were 2 feet from death earlier this year. Currently under investigation the incident took place earlier this year during some torrid weather. Excerpt from The Guardian:

"The incident happened when McCartney and Nancy Shevell were returning to their estate in East Sussex in May. Amid "low cloudbase, poor visibility and rain", their 55-year-old pilot apparently lost sight of the helipad and brought the helicopter as close as two feet from tree tops. A transport department report states that the Sikorsky S-76C chopper only narrowly missed the woods, pulling away as the pilot "executed a go-around". The aircraft landed at a nearby airport."

I am not sure why this information is just coming out but my suspicions are that the helicopter actually crashed and Paul was replaced with a lookalike.....

Friday Concert Movie Updates

• There will be a final showing of Celebration Day on the 13th of November. Keep checking Fathom Events for more upcoming shows. 
• The Doors '68 concert at the Hollywood Bowl was released for one day only earlier this week. Unfortunately I was in no condition to attend or update this blog concerning. If you ain't got your health....
• The Rolling Stones unreleased 1965 film Charlie Is My Darling is set to be released in select theaters very soon as well.
• And the Hendrix Live at Woodstock set will be hitting theaters later this year as well.....

Jones Beach

I know there are much more serious issues there right now, but this is still a shame....

Go to the five minute mark.