So... okay. Real talk for a moment. You guys ever heard of Beyoncé? That's a trick question. I'm pretty sure none of you are living under a rock on Mars.Way back in the mists of time, around 2010, I was young(er) and foolish, and I wrote a blog post about the idea...
"The consumer [says] 'Where's my free music on the internet? Is this a free download?' Fuck off! It cost me a quarter of a million pounds to make it, you're not getting it for nothing. I want my quarter of a million back, thank you very much. That's why we're rock...
I write a lot about copyright, and licencing, and the situations arising from filesharing, so the shennanigans with Jason Robert Brown were of particular interest to me. In short - JRB is a famous composer, and he was slightly and understandably miffed that some sites...
Something that I've been thinking about lately is the nature of the music licensing bodies in Ireland. I've talked before about IMRO, and no, I am still not impressed by their efforts to extract license fees from hobbyist music blogs. Promotion of up and coming...
Writing fantasy usually means writing a certain amount of fight scenes, it seems. Writing fantasy action adventure means that times ten.I love it, really. If I could write action movies for a living, I would in a heartbeat. I love epic fights, and huge odds, and...
In the aftermath of the High Court decision regarding the three strikes malarky with Eircom, it seems that the licensing authorities in Ireland have decided to start cracking down on all kinds of content both online and offline. Two stories in particular have crossed...
I will happily admit that I despise the vast majority of current pop songs. They are, as you say, not my thing, nor are they ever likely to become my thing. My taste in music is varied, weird, and frequently unpredictable.But I do read a lot, and inevitably I read...
I read a very interesting blog post today over on www.nielsenhayden.com. You should go read it.It's ok, I'll wait.... ... ...Read it? Good. Here's the part that really struck me: It’s a central narrative of Britain’s Got Talent: the shy, podgy little contestant comes...