After nearly a year and a half of work, the new album “Rise Time” is now available! It’s been a long journey getting here, and I’m looking forward to finally being able to share this music. You can buy the album here, but why not start by downloading one of my favorite tracks for free by signing up mailing list?
And here’s my latest blog entry…
Stanley Clarke is one of the world’s foremost bass players, and a personal hero of mine. I still remember getting his first solo album and spending hours learning to play “Lopsy Lu”. I have an 8×10 promo of him hanging on my wall right now.
Just tonight, I saw a Facebook update from a bass player friend of mine that he was at Yoshi’s in San Francisco to see Stanley. Somehow I missed that gig announcement. So I went to the Yoshi’s website to see if I could get a ticket for Saturday’s show. On the schedule page at Yoshi’s was a link to a video of his current band. I clicked the link, and guess what I got? “This video is no longer available because the YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple copyright infringements.”
Awesome.
Even without SOPA and PIPA, the content industry is already shooting itself in the foot! They are making life difficult for everyone because they have failed to come up with a working business model for the internet age, and what’s worse, they don’t seem to be trying. For all practical purposes, they are still in the 1940′s.
Thankfully, SOPA and PIPA have been shelved for now. However, an even greater danger is coming up in the form of AFTA. I’ll let the following article and video from Mashable explain what ACTA is and why it is so dangerous. And after watching it, please let your elected representatives know how you feel about it!
Explanation of ACTA on Mashable
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