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6:02pm
Webhamster Henry:
Hi! I had a reproducing piano from the 1920s for about 20+ years. It had an electric motor-driven vacuum. Here are some rolls I recorded: jhhl.net...
6:02pm
DonJuanTijuana:
So pumped for a Double Dose of Don!!! Lay it on us!!!
6:05pm
Listener Robert:
Why should the life of the author have any bearing on the term of the copyright? Why shouldn't it run from date of publication, so as to be equal for everyone?
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6:05pm
Webhamster Henry:
A reproducing piano not only doesn't care how close the holes are, and can play any rubato, it could (crudely) control the volume (velocity as we MIDI people say) as well.
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6:06pm
newton:
we had a player piano, and hundreds of rolls, inherited from Granny. Dad was too cheap to have it tuned, and it was awful
6:09pm
DonJuanTijuana:
My first exposure to a player piano was when my sister, who was an executive admin for some Kodak big shot who had a player piano, think realm of 1972. She was house sitting for a few weeks during the summer. To my amusement, I got to pick some rolls to listen to. Probably the root cause of my musical fascination of 🎶 & my desire to dive deeper into all forms of music.
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6:09pm
dale:
great place. went a couple three years ago. hey now.
he's on fb with a group called 'antique phonograph enthusiasts.' he does events, and also cemetery tours of artists from that day buried in the ny area.
6:37pm
yippie:
One of the coolest records I have is a Marconi velvet-tone record. Because most people associate Marconi with radio but I associate him with records
6:44pm
Sufferwords:
Digital Millineum Act is also a good stream- made more playing Jews Harp on one song for a friend (and continue to do so) than anything else - my act often covered Radio Radio
6:45pm
Doug C.:
The Marconi Building (1914 if I remember correctly) still exists at Camp Evans , a former military camp, now the info-age museum in Wall, NJ. I tried to influence it's restoration as a consultant but they have kept it in the state of military alteration, In my opinion a less interesting and less important period.
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6:46pm
Mike Sin:
I think pre-sound exchange and pre-satellite radio, most artists were happy enough to get airplay without payment on major radio stations because in the 70s and 80s a few crucial plays in prime markets did result in tons of records being sold. I think if artists were still able to move physical media and the numbers that they did in the past, Then sound exchange and organizations like that would not have gained such a foothold.
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6:49pm
Dano59:
I'm now musing on a James Burke 'Connections'-style chain of events ... from Jacquard's loom to the earliest card-deck pianolas (predating player pianos) in turn eventually begetting IBM punch cards revolutionizing computing, leading ultimately to the Internet. Meanwhile the MPEG group begins developing file compression formats > Brandenburg & the MP3 in 1991, which would start to kill the music industry a decade later. So: Jacquard et al. are naughty AND nice.
6:51pm
Dan from PEI:
This is one of the best radio programs I’ve ever heard. Thank you Mr. Fleming.
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6:51pm
Elena:
It's so cool that Leon Theremin made the first rhythm machine for Henry Cowell. I thought that Theremin only invented the theremin.
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6:51pm
Dano59:
And lest we forget: Antonio
Meucci's telephone, without which we wouldn't have 'Speeding Motorcycle' on The Music Faucet on FMU ... or 'The Grunge Lexicon'
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6:52pm
The Butterman:
We need Pete Seeger and his trusty hatchet! Although I’ve been told he didn’t really do that. Still, we ALWAYS need Pete Seeger. Peg and Awl, is a good anti- technology song.
Gary Numan, when people started asking him about his 'cold' electronic sound, insisted that the Moog made the emotional impact of his music more human.
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6:57pm
tim:
Thanks, Don! Fun show! Thanks for putting it together.
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6:59pm
bleubombersune:
Robert Fripp and other musicians have sued PRS over royalty fees,, somewhere Robert gives a very good breakdown (on yoUtube) how musicians get royaly stiffed by the recording industry
Listener comments!
: Hi Don Fleming and all!!!
tim: Hi Don! Sounds like a great show!
Webhamster Henry: Hi! I had a reproducing piano from the 1920s for about 20+ years. It had an electric motor-driven vacuum. Here are some rolls I recorded: jhhl.net...
DonJuanTijuana: So pumped for a Double Dose of Don!!! Lay it on us!!!
bleubombersune: Good Evening Don and all
Listener Robert: Why should the life of the author have any bearing on the term of the copyright? Why shouldn't it run from date of publication, so as to be equal for everyone?
Webhamster Henry: A reproducing piano not only doesn't care how close the holes are, and can play any rubato, it could (crudely) control the volume (velocity as we MIDI people say) as well.
newton: we had a player piano, and hundreds of rolls, inherited from Granny. Dad was too cheap to have it tuned, and it was awful
joe mulligan:
↳ Listener Robert @6:05
def seems against the favor of musicians who live fast and die young.tracy in LA: thx Don... youre bringing back some of my best memories with my grandfathers player piano
newton: Ah, dictaphone
Fishman: Cool stuff
DonJuanTijuana: My first exposure to a player piano was when my sister, who was an executive admin for some Kodak big shot who had a player piano, think realm of 1972. She was house sitting for a few weeks during the summer. To my amusement, I got to pick some rolls to listen to. Probably the root cause of my musical fascination of 🎶 & my desire to dive deeper into all forms of music.
dale: great place. went a couple three years ago. hey now.
Webhamster Henry: Gotta mention WFMU's own Antique Phonograph Music Program [ wfmu.org... ] and Thomas Edison's Attic [ wfmu.org...
Andres: Format wars started early!
joe mulligan:
↳ Webhamster Henry @6:13
just got me thinking of Mac, how i he doing and is he still around?Webhamster Henry:
↳ joe mulligan @6:15
MAC is still active, he does really cool cemetery tours of famous entertainers of bygone days, playing their songs near their gravesites!dale:
↳ joe mulligan @6:15
he's on fb with a group called 'antique phonograph enthusiasts.' he does events, and also cemetery tours of artists from that day buried in the ny area.dale: what he said...
dale: i ran into him at a 'mechanical music extravaganza' sale in wayne new jersey a couple of years ago.
Franco Twinkie: And to think, I use to want to be in a band!
Sufferwords: Put out records on Epitaph, Relativity, Capitol, Lakeshore, V2 etc.- the guy that shrink wrapped um made more than me -
egould:
↳ Song: "Christmas message to Thomas Edison" by "George Go...
How nice of Edison to hire an Indian gentleman as head of the sales team. Very progressive for 1888.PC77: This legal bondage system is so abusive that you'd think the musicians would have figured a way out of it after, what, 120 years?
Peter from Saranac Lake NY: Good evening Don and techies. Don, thanks for filling in. Fascinating segment on the record industry.
Franco Twinkie:
↳ Sufferwords @6:24
I remember showing my portfolio to Epitaph. They passed.Lucky me.
Kevlicki:
↳ Peter from Saranac Lake NY @6:27
Very much in agreement, thanks Don!PC77: My mom use to play the Hawaiian steel guitar when we were little. Rest In Peace Mom
chresti: Now artists can sell directly to their fans?
tim:
↳ Sufferwords @6:24
What bands were you in, Sufferwords.joe_rosevear: Hello (late again)!
tim:
↳ chresti @6:28
They always could but it's a bit easier these days to get music into fans hands without dealing with a big label.Peter from Saranac Lake NY:
↳ Song: "The Lap-Steel Pickup" by "Don Fleming"
No downside to giving guitars a bit of boost. Turn it up to 11!Don F:
↳ chresti @6:28
Yeah Bandcamp is a big improvement to the modelegould: No downside at all.
dale: always like a discussion that leads to armstrong.
Ken From Hyde Park: Hi, Don and tech club.
yippie: One of the coolest records I have is a Marconi velvet-tone record. Because most people associate Marconi with radio but I associate him with records
Will thee SG OCNY: No Marconi... We have Macaroni
Sufferwords: Digital Millineum Act is also a good stream- made more playing Jews Harp on one song for a friend (and continue to do so) than anything else - my act often covered Radio Radio
Doug C.: The Marconi Building (1914 if I remember correctly) still exists at Camp Evans , a former military camp, now the info-age museum in Wall, NJ. I tried to influence it's restoration as a consultant but they have kept it in the state of military alteration, In my opinion a less interesting and less important period.
Mike Sin: I think pre-sound exchange and pre-satellite radio, most artists were happy enough to get airplay without payment on major radio stations because in the 70s and 80s a few crucial plays in prime markets did result in tons of records being sold. I think if artists were still able to move physical media and the numbers that they did in the past, Then sound exchange and organizations like that would not have gained such a foothold.
newton: $395 in mahogany!!
Dano59: I'm now musing on a James Burke 'Connections'-style chain of events ... from Jacquard's loom to the earliest card-deck pianolas (predating player pianos) in turn eventually begetting IBM punch cards revolutionizing computing, leading ultimately to the Internet. Meanwhile the MPEG group begins developing file compression formats > Brandenburg & the MP3 in 1991, which would start to kill the music industry a decade later. So: Jacquard et al. are naughty AND nice.
Dan from PEI: This is one of the best radio programs I’ve ever heard. Thank you Mr. Fleming.
Elena: It's so cool that Leon Theremin made the first rhythm machine for Henry Cowell. I thought that Theremin only invented the theremin.
Dano59: And lest we forget: Antonio
Meucci's telephone, without which we wouldn't have 'Speeding Motorcycle' on The Music Faucet on FMU ... or 'The Grunge Lexicon'
The Butterman: We need Pete Seeger and his trusty hatchet! Although I’ve been told he didn’t really do that. Still, we ALWAYS need Pete Seeger. Peg and Awl, is a good anti- technology song.
Dano59:
↳ The Butterman @6:52
I think he voiced that intent to cut the sound but he wouldn't really have done it.newton: but cant a drum machine be made to respond sensitively like humans through a theremin like proximity sensor?
egould: Drum machines. Fine good whatever. I still prefer human drummers on acoustic drums.
newton: they should make electric sticks
Dano59:
↳ newton @6:54
Gary Numan, when people started asking him about his 'cold' electronic sound, insisted that the Moog made the emotional impact of his music more human.tim: Thanks, Don! Fun show! Thanks for putting it together.
egould:
↳ newton @6:56
Diesel powered drumsticks.newton: Fantastic show Don!
egould: Thanks Don. Fun listening to your insights. You have a very nice presentation manner, as well.
MJ Turner: Great stuff!
The Butterman: Great concept to this show, Mr. Fleming. Thanks.
Dan from PEI: Most bangin’ !
Eric the Hat: Wow. Glad I caught the end of that segment. Definitely gonna visit it in the archive!
Dano59: Edison's still on my naughty list. Mainly because of what happened wiith Tesla.
chresti: Thanks Don!
Cassettivity: Loving the show!
Wow what a list of albums you've produced!
Elena: Thank you!
Dan from PEI: ❤️
bleubombersune: Robert Fripp and other musicians have sued PRS over royalty fees,, somewhere Robert gives a very good breakdown (on yoUtube) how musicians get royaly stiffed by the recording industry
Will thee SG OCNY: Thank you Don Fleming!!!
Dano59: Nice show Don! You've been a hero of mine since i discovered you via Half Japanese.
Sufferwords: ass kickingly great job
bleubombersune: Don thanks for the fill in
listener 126464: Thanks for filling in, Don. Enjoyed much.
Adi From Sheffield: Interesting show I enjoyed that.
PC77: Fascinating, enlightening show!