MOG

Theres a big push over here in New Zealand right now to stop people copying music and even thought I spent some serious buck making a CD I gotta say I find it hard to agree with. The recording is a by - product of a decent musician or group of musicians, part of what makes a muso good is their ability to rise up on the stage and deliver something memorable. Most people know when they see it even if they cant quite describe it, or haven't felt it before themselves. I saw Johnny Cash once and I only went because Willie Nelson was there but the truth is Johnny had a buzz going on that I will never forget, so did Willie but Johnny was the head man and everyone knew it. Most of the recordings of his I have heard dont even come close to what he dealt out that night. Record companies have money as their first interest, the more the artist makes the more they make and they are mostly interested in repeating the recipe not growing the artist or nurturing them, of course this is not always the case but mostly. These days a decent recording can be made on a home computer, enough to get the message out, its hard to beat the top vocal mics but the Beatles didn't have such awesome gear but they did ok with the early recordings by being innovative, the rest of the buzz was done on the stage live, so I say record you songs and give em away! heres 1 of mine called the blink of an eye