http://www.huge.id.au/ Wry rock from the heart. en-us hughie@huge.id.au 2011-09-30T19:59:32+10:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000897.html Well, I'm gobsmacked! No wonder the major labels are in so much trouble. A complete contrast in the response from two publishers in my pursuit of a simple clearance to record my parody.First things first - credit where it's due.... 897@http://www.huge.id.au/ Music 2011-09-30T19:59:32+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000896.html OK, still no word from Sony but I got lovely emails from Stephan at Kobalt UK and Alicia at EMI Australia with forms to fill out in order for me to get a "quote" on the price of my parody.... 896@http://www.huge.id.au/ 2011-09-25T10:13:03+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000895.html OK, so Manly's first try was a blatant double movement and the Broncos couldn't buy a break in the first half, but the fightback was inspirational and the season result extraordinary. Be proud, boys. In some senses it's a sad... 895@http://www.huge.id.au/ Sport 2011-09-24T09:31:54+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000894.html Still no word from Sony, despite me following their advice. However, I did get a response from tomas at Maratone on 14 Sept. He very kindly told me that I need to get in touch with Kobalt Music Publishing, who... 894@http://www.huge.id.au/ Music 2011-09-19T20:31:26+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000893.html Not good so far. In response to my emails to Maratone and Sony all I have to show is an auto-response from Maratone saying they are "out of the studio, back in mid September"; and a one-liner from Sony telling... 893@http://www.huge.id.au/ 2011-09-07T07:22:20+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000892.html I like to think I'm a pretty funny kinda guy with an ear for satire, so since I first heard Adam Lambert's "If I had you" I've known it would be dead easy to rip off. I've been playing with... 892@http://www.huge.id.au/ Music 2011-09-03T14:26:56+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000891.html I generally try to keep my family out of this blog but this was a bit special. Some time ago my 9-year-old daughter, who's been trying everything get my attention post-divorce (how does a 40-year-old man relate to a 9-year-old... 891@http://www.huge.id.au/ Music 2011-08-21T14:57:28+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000890.html OK, so I bought this really expensive PC because the salesman assured me that his company only used the best quality components and it came with a great warranty. Most expensive upgrade EVER and the ONLY one that has ever... 890@http://www.huge.id.au/ Life 2011-08-14T17:45:59+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000889.html Well, I've been absent from this blog for far too long. What I've been doing, however, has (hopefully) set up the next chapter of my life, which will see a lot more action around here. At long last, the PhD... 889@http://www.huge.id.au/ Life 2011-07-03T13:01:01+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000888.html "Champions just work harder, practice longer; they are tougher, more resilient and more focused than the average performers; and they are relentless in pursuing their dreams." - Phil "Gus" Gould. Taken from this article about Darren Lockyer. He's talking about... 888@http://www.huge.id.au/ Life 2011-07-03T11:58:06+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000885.html Lately I've read several articles providing "the artist's side of the story" as to why music "can't be free". These include: Mark Mulligan's Why Music Can't Just Be Free: The Artists' Side Of The Story, Rick Chazan's On Music Piracy,... 885@http://www.huge.id.au/ Music 2011-06-17T10:53:42+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000886.html It's nice to see the concepts I created enter the thinking of others - or at least, appear in their writings. Over at Music Think Tank (for whom I aspire to write), Bruce Warila (whose work I respect and admire... 886@http://www.huge.id.au/ 2011-02-18T07:00:20+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000884.html Just found the Don't Make Me Steal project via Hypebot. It's an appeal from movie fans to movie makers, setting out a manifesto for the conditions under which they promise not to illegally download movie online. Great idea ... Of... 884@http://www.huge.id.au/ Music 2011-02-08T18:36:05+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000883.html This map is a really freaky depiction of the relative amounts of US traffic for each of the major websites where music is streamed or downloaded (websites with less than 100,000 monthly visits are omitted): The article around it explains... 883@http://www.huge.id.au/ 2011-02-06T08:29:43+10:00 http://www.huge.id.au/archives/000882.html Well, 2011 is not off to the start I had expected! Floods, cyclones, dead websites, lost mobile phones ... still no PhD ... can we start again, please? :-) Special thoughts go out to Tah Phrum Duh Bush, who came... 882@http://www.huge.id.au/ 2011-02-03T17:50:48+10:00