Butterflies
From Ottmar-Friends. Subscribers can download an HD version of the video or the fullsize 24bit/88.2kHz stereo recording. (24/88.2 is more than twice the resolution of a CD, but not every computer can handle it)
Pop Music Is Like The Daily Paper
Pop Music Is Like The Daily Paper
“When I finish something I want it out that day,” says Eno later, in a phone conversation. “Pop music is like the daily paper. Its got to be there then, not six months later. So we decided to release on our websites first, then put it on the commercial websites, then as a CD, then with different packaging. It’s just trying to see what works. The business is an exciting mess at the moment.”
From this article in the Guardian.
As usual it’s in the air and many musicians are picking up on it.
That’s why I started our subscription service. To share music from the archives as well as live-recordings, but also to introduce new stuff I am working on – immediately. (((like the Tears in the Rain recordings in 2006))). If I am excited about a new solo or band recording I want to share that at once, even though lots might change between that and the official release. It also allows you to witness the process of recording and then honing a piece of music, and note what changes and what does not.
Wednesday Rehearsal
Rehearsal 10:00-13:30 and then packing up and transporting gear. Band sounded good, but what’s really exciting is the potential of this group. These two drummers work very well together. It’s always a gamble, putting two drummers together – some make a great team, some don’t. (((not unlike setting up somebody for a blind date)))
Jon recorded every piece we have worked up for this tour, so we can each listen to the arrangements and memorize them on the two-day bus ride to California. Stevo and Jon kept commenting that much of it sounded like an album and I have to agree. Maybe we should record the band for our subscribers after the Summer tour – live in his studio.
In the meantime we should have a few pieces we can release as free Ottmar-Friends downloads… probably with a few warts (mistakes), but with a pretty nice feel.
Overall a great second day. The second day of rehearsals is often a let-down from the first, but not so this time. Now I have to pack…
Ottmar-Friends
We have a subscription service at last. It’s a model I have been considering and writing about for years – since 2004?
You can choose to subscribe at $4 per month or $20 per year:
1. Every month you can download a high quality music file. Something new or something live or something from my 20 year archive. Most of this music will be exclusive, meaning that the music has never been released or is a preview that will be released at a later time. Well, I say one per month, but for March there are already three free downloads: Jon’s Sao Paulo 3.4.1, a special 24 bit/96 kHz audiophile version of This Spring Release 10,000 Butterflies” and a a version of La Luna from a recent rehearsal…
2. In addition to viewing videos you will be able to download most of them.
3. You can view and download any of about 10,000 photos I have on Flickr – in full size. You will have to open a free Flickr account to do that, but that takes only seconds.
4. You can log in and read my private journal and, if you like, you can participate in commentary and discussions with other subscribers. Since only subscribers can read and comment we should be able to enjoy a spamless environment. :-)
5. You can open a free Twitter account and follow my protected (private) Twitter feed.
Oh, and you won’t see any advertising anywhere. I have thought about it a bunch, and decided that I really don’t like seeing ads on every RSS feed and blog out there on the Interwebs. We will make it work without such visual and mental clutter.
I will make some new recordings that will only be released to the subscribers. I see Ottmar-Friends as my overall publisher, a big bowl into which I can place content of any kind.
To sign up, visit http://ottmarliebert.com/backstage. I look forward to sharing my experiences through music, photography and writing with you.
Flickr
You might have noticed that over 10,000 images disappeared from my Flickr account. Well, they disappeard from your view, but they are not gone. They can be viewed and even downloaded and printed by my Flickr Friends. How can one become my Flickr Friend you might wonder. More about that later.
