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The Making of Joe Lovano
by Bret Primack
I just produced Joe Lovano's new website. Yeah, that Joe Lovano. What a great gig.Background: I first met Joe in the early 90s, during my Jazz Times days, when we did a “Before and After." Then, after I helped start Jazz Central Station, the first mega Jazz site, I produced a multi-media ...
Bush Kills Jazz
by Bret Primack
"As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there's twilight where everything remains seemingly unchanged, and it is in such twilight that we must be aware of change in the air, however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness." ~William O. Douglas It won't be long now, a matter ...
The Hazards of Filesharing
by Bret Primack
Yes, it's true. I advocate filesharing as a marketing tool, legal filesharing, that is. Forty million people globally are sharing files on a regular basis, even though the RIAA has instituted a campaign of intimidation, with their much publized lawsuits. I don't think artists' creations should be ripped off, lord knows it's hard enough to make ...
I-Tunes
by Bret Primack
I am so tired of technological glitches. The more complicated this world becomes, the more frustrated I have become. Yet it's hard for me to imagine life without the Net. In fact, I am so wired its disgusting. I'm so dependent on these machines, I feel like the six million dollar man, without the hair. In ...
Stanley the Grouch?
by Bret Primack
Stanley Crouch is back in the news. I've always enjoyed Stanley, personally, and sometimes, his writing. The man loves jazz, no doubt about that, but I can't say I always agree with him. He does have an opinion, a loud one that he will gladly explain, in detail, anywhere he has an audience. As for his ...
The Nuts and Bolts of Legal Filesharing
by Bret Primack
Napster....Kazaaa...Grokster....the RIAA....ITunes....HELPPPP!!! 1. People like to fileshare. Thirty million users do it daily. 2. The threat of being sued doesn't really scare people. Since the RIAA began their intimidation campaign, filesharing hasn't really decreased. Some people stopped, fearing that John Ashcroft would impound their hard drives and fine them heavily, but for everyone who stops, ten ...
Reaching A New Audience With Viral Marketing aka Filesharing
by Bret Primack
At any given time, there are probably ten million people online, looking for downloads. Of course ninety percent of these folks could be seeking solace in pornography, or looking for free software but still, reaching a minimum of a million people on any given day does offer some rather intriguing possibilities. And considering the growth of ...
To Fileshare or Not To Fileshare, That Is The Question
by Bret Primack
The implications of P2P technology, or file sharing, are nothing short of profound. At any given time on the Net, there are literally millions of people file sharing simultaneously. One out of five Net users regularly file shares. And that's with the threat of lawsuits. Not surprisingly, young people are in the majority when it comes ...
Email Nightmare
by Bret Primack
I used to love email. Used to.Now, well, I used to love a lot of things, then the world changed.This spam thing has gotten totally out of control. Because I've been using email for ten years now, somehow, my address, which keeps changing, has been passed around, sold, etc., so I'm on ...
Nixon Played for Duke?
by Bret Primack
OK, there's no reason George Bush should be able to properly pronounce Marsalis. At a White House reception a couple of weeks ago, to celebrate Black History Month, several National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters were invited to participate, including Billy Taylor , James Moody and Chico Hamiltion. When GW read his speech, ...
