02008-07-26 | Performance, Touring
From an email:
Me and my girlfriend went to your concert at The One World Theatre in Austin. We really enjoyed the show. I was wondering why your shows are so short and why don’t you have an opening act. The reason I ask is because we traveled over 500 miles to go see you perform and the show was only an hour and a half long.
My reply:
Normally our shows are about 120 minutes of playing plus a twenty minute intermission.
We don’t work with opening acts, because we enjoy playing for two hours and that time would decrease with an opening act and the need to make changes to the stage etc.
The One World Theater contracted us to play two shows of 75 minutes each. We played a bit more, but in order to turn over the house and do two shows in one night we can’t go any longer than we did.
When you buy a ticket for a concert you might ask whether the performer will be doing one or two shows that evening. If there will two shows, you can pretty much bet that each performance is not going to be longer than 75-90 minutes. Another dead give-away is when the venue is rather small. In a small venue we will usually have to do two performances in an evening.
02008-07-25 | Buddhism, Photos
lens culture: Syoin Kajii
NAMI is a series of photos of waves around the shores of Sado Island in Japan. The photographer, a young Buddhist monk named Syoin Kajii, watches the water patiently, waiting for a moment of surprise.
We discussed his work via email. Here is an excerpt of our conversation:
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Thanks MC.
02008-07-25 | Photos, Touring
Two sold-out shows at Bend Studios. Very nice audience. Great sound – according to our engineer Alan. Many people were not comfortable sitting on the floor. I encouraged them to stand up and stretch while I talked about the new CDs or before the encore.
Stephen Duros on Houston
02008-07-25 | Uncategorized
Judge Doesn’t Give Tiffany a Trademark Silver Spoon in eBay Flap | Threat Level from Wired.com
A New York federal judge ruled Monday in a lawsuit brought by Tiffany that the online auction site, eBay, is not required to police its site for counterfeited goods.
And:
The judge wrote that eBay escaped liability because it removed auctions for the jeweler’s counterfeited goods when notified by Tiffany.
Ha! That usually takes longer than the auction in question. I think this model is fundamentally flawed. Copyright is ridiculously long, but enforcement is basically left to the copyright owner. That’s fine for large corporations, but impossible for small businesses and indie labels. In Singapore there are large offices filled with people who do nothing but listen to every new release… and they listen for samples lifted from the songs their employer hold the copyright for. So I ask the chinese man who was my host and who managed a label in Singapore, what happens when they find a stolen sample. Well, we call the offending record company and they usually already know about it and admit it and pay up. Great, that’s basically what we have here in the States now.
And this in today – thanks Carol:
Software makers threaten to sue eBay over counterfeits | News – Digital Media – CNET News.com
First it was fashion giant LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA complaining about counterfeit fashion goods on eBay. Then it was Tiffany taking eBay to court.
Now it’s the software industry telling eBay that it needs to do more to detect and delete listings for counterfeit goods–or else.
02008-07-25 | Uncategorized
SSRI has released ten albums since 2002. That’s a little less than two releases per year. But, we like to think that we make up in quality what we lack in quantity. :)
Two of those ten albums are not currently distributed, “The Santa Fe Sessions” and “Winter Rose”. But, both are still available from our Web Store and we are planning to re-issue them in our DigiPak format sometime next year.
Ottmar Liebert
In the Arms of Love – 2002, re-issued this year
Original lullabies for children and adults.
CD and Download
Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
The Santa Fe Sessions – 2003, to be re-issued in 2009
Many hits (e.g. “Barcelona Nights” and “Snakecharmer”) and two new pieces, recorded with the Luna Negra XL band.
CD only
Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
La Semana – 2004
The first album I engineered myself and one of my personal favorites.
CD and Download
Ottmar Liebert
Winter Rose – 2005, to be re-issued 2009
About one third Christmas, one third classical and one third original music. My favorite holiday album.
CD and Download
Ottmar Liebert
One Guitar – 2007
My first album of solo guitar music. Mostly improvised – and nominated for a 2007 Grammy
CD and Download
Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
Up Close – 2008
Binaural Dummy-head recording with Luna Negra. Headphone music. Sounds like the band sits around you.
CD and Download
Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra
The Scent of Light – 2008
Three years in the making – and possibly my best album yet…
CD and Download
Jon Gagan
Transit – 2003
CD and Download
Transit 2 – 2007
CD and Download
Stephen Duros
Thira – 2007
CD and Download
