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30/08/2024

is "Music Interpolation" theft of copyrighted material? - Looks to me like it's a record label manufactured way around licensing samples

In this episode I try to wrap my head around music's newest buzz word: Interpolation. Is it inspiration or is it theft? 🇺🇸 The Labor Day MEGA Sale — $119 F...

29/08/2024

Interesting LP transfer today ~ Stan Kenton's version of Hair, awesome band that he's leading.

27/08/2024

Following on from my previous article about the music biz I posted on Linkedin recently - https://www.linkedin.com/posts/markwhitehouseprocopy_what-is-happening-to-the-music-business-activity-7229668621872943105-s9gp?

There's currently 100,000 new songs being added to Spotify each day!

Intrigued I thought I'd do some simple maths on what a year with this scenario really means,,,

At an average of 3 minutes each song that's around 5,000 hours per day.

So if I listened non stop to music for 24 hours, (plenty of coffee needed) by tomorrow I'd still have 4,976 hours of music to listen to.

If I listened to a further 24 hours of music (probably need more than a strong coffee for day 2) by the next morning I'd have 9,952 hours of NEW music to catch up on

Day 3, I'm going a tad delulu but stick to my plan and have 14,928 hours (or 622 days to make it easier to grasp) to listen to,,

Without sending everyone crackers I'll jump to the end of the first week by which time I'm probably comatose and listening subliminally.. with 700,000 new tracks listed I'm clocking up a 34,832 hour backlog, or a smidge short of 4 years... (my maths may be getting wonky at this point)

So I've still got 51 weeks and nearly 36 million songs to add to my playlist.

And this is before AI music generation takes off....

So my question is with a fundamental lack of time to listen to all this material how is any musician out of the top few % going to make a living out of this business model? How are we going to increase the human lifespan to live to 205 so we can listen to the content produced "this year" ?

As a by-product of this huge amount of content being produced, as more songs are released individual revenues must decrease, It's unlikely spotify and other streaming services are going to increase payments significantly or at all.

Your answers on the back of a stamp please..

What is happening to the music business? Is there a catastrophe Ahead? I'm sure there's valid reasons but is it going to get worse before it gets better? If…

15/08/2024

Keeps you moving........

Composer Mirosonic January 2024 ©2024Video by Mark Whitehouse - ProCopy

13/08/2024

Here's the original Bloomberg article -

A new survey finds that 74% of songwriters are making under $10,000 a year

13/08/2024

as if we didnt know -

In today's livestream I talk about a new Bloomberg News article that found that 74% of songwriters make less than $10k. 🎸 The Guitar Virtuoso Bundle — $75 ...

05/08/2024

if you liked the 96FM Perth Pub Crawl you can get digitally remastered CDs here of many of your favourite bands :

Perth Pub Band Legends VOL 2 now available. First orders shipped July 14th 2017 Perth Pub...

05/08/2024

Mirosonic AutoMat a new creative track.

Video by Mark Whitehouse - ProCopyComposer Mirosonic July 2024 ©2024Mirosonic is the Electronic Music Production name for Myroslav Gutej

31/07/2024

nice....

A compilation of the Toto songs played in 2019 by Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band.Tracklist:0:00 Hold The Line3:58 Rosanna12:14 AfricaLineup:Ringo StarrGregg Ro...

30/07/2024

Bob Sedergreen will be at The Ellington soon, This was a great piece with Garry Lee a couple of years back

Australian jazz legend Melbourne pianist Bob Sedergreen was featured at Ellington Jazz Club, Perth on Sunday 26 June 2022. Perth vibraphonist Garry Lee first...

18/07/2024

a day in the life of an expert stage manager (Niece)

How to catch a pigeon

17/07/2024

I'm booking Pink Floyd for dad's next Bday party........

17/07/2024

Another cancellation.......... https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/music/promise-village-new-perth-music-festival-cancelled-due-to-unforeseen-circumstances-c-15382743?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0sq4AGEbFAiU6y7uhxstixR9lU612Cd_LIxriMkEGCWDcNYLyAkBAWYqM_aem_Zv-0Hr4y_wiYaCmS38XsKg

A brand new Perth music festival with an incredible lineup of international artists has been unexpectedly cancelled just two weeks after it was announced.

17/07/2024

Sometimes I wonder if councils take any notice of people. I brought this issue up with CoB many years ago when Tonkin hwy was being widened. https://www.watoday.com.au/.../wrong-side-of-the-track...
The solid walls are a flawed solution to rail or highway noise. They cause something called a 'tunnelling effect.' Sound is reflected quite a distance from the source. I proposed a solution with a redesign of the walls that would reduce the noise because it would absorb sounds not reflect them... still open to discussions if anyone can be bothered...

To further add to my note:
Typical traffic noise at highway speeds creates
sound waves between 100 Hz and 135 Hz (yes I've measured them) so they range from approximately 3.43 meters to 2.54 meters in length. So they will roll over a wall of 2-3 metres high...

Somebody has made a bloody fortune selling those "sound barrier" walls along the highways

Anyone wondered why they still hear the traffic a kilometre away especially at night? and more importantly the more annoying aspect of the low frequencies that permeate through everything?

16/07/2024

Record Plant LA to close.... another sign of the times??

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/record-plant-la-closing/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3oxYXr4HRcIpfkjOz_jHdRxfvjP2QpcA8iG7_o9ZaSut_pSnX5s1qUFSY_aem_jNqdObAyt0P60CvWC5BROQ

The groundbreaking luxury LA Record Plant studio used by Fleetwood Mac, Eagles and more was reported to be closing in July 2024.

09/07/2024

Sad that Joe Egan has passed. This was an everlasting song from my teen years

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupStuck In The Middle With You · Stealers WheelStealers Wheel℗ 1972 A&M Records LimitedReleased on: 1972-01-01Assoc...

05/07/2024

Usually when you pay for software support you never think it's really worth it.
I've been using Merging Technology's Pyramix audio software since being recommended as a replacement for my Sonic Solutions system by Ric Curtin at least 10 years now I reckon.

Anyway did a daft thing today while updating other programmes, and it wouldn't open..

Just messaged support in Switzerland, got a reply in about 1 minute, literally before I could reboot my computer with a solution, opened it up again, did the fix in about 20 seconds and back running again,

That is awesome service!! I know it seems a bit odd to some,, but really that kind of thing for us techies is totally reassuring.

02/07/2024

Lovely surprise text from long time friend Chaz Garnett- Botfield
Chaz brought down some old Wangki Radio station programmes from Fitzroy that were recorderd on reel to reel, that they had been told could no longer be played.
I love a challenge of course so set about seeing what could be done.
Fortunately out of about 20 reels I managed to recover the programme content of all except one - which was partially erased,.

So to get this message and photo of the crew was a real gift.

G'day Mark, presentation at Wangki Radio this morning. Everyone surprised and Very Happy.
Well done mate, and Big Thanks 👍
Cheers Chaz

01/07/2024

PSA: Android users warned about Rafel RAT malware, that can lock devices and bypass two-factor authentication
Phone users are being urged to be wary of the apps they download onto their devices.

21/06/2024

have to admit Paul Reynolds That I think this song eclipses The Drift by a little bit - I think it's Paul Howie Ewing's vocal that does it to me...

My first attempt (1980) to write a non-12 bar blues. Always loved the way my great mate Paul (Howie) Ewing sang this, despite his initial doubts. I asked for...

21/06/2024

Hi folks - friend of mine is selling this around $150.
DM me if interested

18/06/2024

If anyone is interested in buying our Kaba R&D real time cassette duplication system send me a DM!!

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17/06/2024

Amazing tech

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07/06/2024

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/353834377945

Perth Pub Bands Legends Vol 1 &Vol 2.

01/06/2024

hi folks - Need a wooden crate about the size of a "pallet cubed" any ideas where I can get something?

01/06/2024

wow again -

She hit all the right notes.Sydnie Christmas is back delivering another exceptional performance, this time covering the Frank Sinatra classic, 'My Way'.See m...

22/05/2024

I'm amazed that haven't opened Ice Cream stores... I mean Tony's Gelati is a no brainer isn't it?

17/05/2024

Love Rick's take on this Peter Frampton solo

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26/05/2023

Composed between Tuesday 23/05/2023 1.48 am and Thursday 25/05/2023 2.31 Mirosonic is the electronic music production name for Myroslav GutejVideo by Mark W...

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