Working Life

Today I discovered Thom Yorke's new release, Tomorrow's Modern Boxes . Thom has a reputation for being surprising. Maybe even startling. This is no exception. The album released digitally through the torrent software/website BitTorrent , in a neat little 'bundle', which is their proprietary term for a package of media released by an artist. Yorke and Nigel Godrich posted an announcement today about their reasoning behind this strategy. They say it's a test. Perhaps they want to use such BitTorrent for future Radiohead releases, or really ANYTHING at all. We will have to wait and see. Downloading the album proved easy enough, although I had to find an older version of the BitTorrent software (available on their website) to match my outdated MacBook. This caused a delay in my listening of the album until late this evening, after getting through with a long day at the office. OK, it's a grocery store, but that's not the point. Tomorrow's Modern Box...

Greetings. It's been a while since I have made an entry into this blog, but I assure you I have not been neglecting the development of my 'Music as a Business' dreams and goals. I'm going to go into a mode of writing that is more like entering into a journal, because this way I can accomplish my goal of linking to all of the material that I'm consuming, and tie myself into a wider network of ideas, resources, and people. NOTE: Please excuse me if this reads like I'm just saying, "me me me me me me ME me me ". So far I'm doing all this 'music business' stuff on my own, and it helps to type it out and chart my progress. I also do it to invite feedback! To begin: I've relocated from BITTER North Dakota, to WET Wisconsin with my partner Jessica. We're really enjoying being closer to more metro areas, and I look forward to making more music connections in the process of getting some gigs in order. So far the Acoustic Cafe in...