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The Ice Music Festival

The Ice Music Festival 

...on the Holmevatnet Islands in Norway is exactly what the name suggests: Ice music. As in, the cellos and harps and horns are made from lake ice. Yes, they work. Just listen.

The Ice Music Festival: Music You Have to See to Believe by Islandsmag

Impact Of Robin Williams' Suicide On General Suicide Rate

Robin Williams' Suicide and It's Impact On General Suicide Rate

An estimated 75 percent of people who suffer from clinical depression aren’t diagnosed or treated. The recent suicide of the beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams has many people talking about depression, and the dangers associated with mental illness.

The recent suicide of the beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams has many people talking about depression, and the dangers associated with the mental illness.

One issue being brought up is how a celebrity suicide might trigger other people to kill themselves.

Researchers think that suicide can be contagious.

The Suicide Prevention Lifeline reportedly received more calls than usual on the day that news of Robin Williams’ death was announced.

Some callers even spoke about the actor’s death as making them especially sad, and even suicidal.

One report says that knowing the method of suicide used by celebrities and the way the media covers it might influence how other people react, especially those who are depressed.

Impact Of Robin Williams' Suicide On General Suicide Rate

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Fans Killed Music Industry - says MusicClout

The article below is from the MusicClout blog....

 

Technology Didn’t Kill The Music Industry. The Fans Did..

A Guest Post by Sahpreem A. King

Give It Away…Give It Away…Give It Away Now!

Why Fans Are Destroying the Music Business.

It is a scary proposition when paying artists for their music has become a voluntary act of kindness, rather than a consumer responsibility.  The free music fans consume like water, cost artists money to create; money they will never recover as long as the artist’s fan base consumes it for free.  Nothing is wrong with giving away an exclusive FREE track every now and again, but that should be the exception and not the rule.

As artists, we must stand our ground and set the expectation.

The ideology behind music freemium has destroyed the working class musician and independent labels.

Everyone thought that Napster was the second coming of Christ—and the beginning of the music revolution; however, in the midst of this transformation, the fans became increasingly desensitized to the fact, that the free music they were consuming was created by artists who have to make a living from their music.   The fallacy that artists/musicians are ultra rich is just that… a myth, nonetheless, perpetuated thanks to over-the-top hip hop videos and MTV Cribs, leading fans to believe that all artists are rich.

This is hardly the case when only 1% of artists are successfully making a living from their music.

Nevertheless, fans have been disillusioned to believe that their enjoyment of the free music obtained from the remaining 99% only affects the major labels, meanwhile most artists are literally starving.

The music industry is a brutal bitch, a beast that chews up artists and shits them out.

What if artists and musicians grew tired of the abuse and decided to stop making music?  What then?  Radio stations would be nothing but dead air between commercials — if all their advertisers don’t abandon them like rats on a sinking ship — and televisions stations that play music videos would be blank screens.  Imagine your favorite movie with no music to set the tone, or going to a school dance minus the dance. Like I said, a scary proposition.

When fans are left the option to pay whatever they’d like for music, they almost always choose zero.

As a content creator of music, why should I have to pass around the collection plate or hold out the tip jar and jingle it to capture your attention?  What if artists told fans that they would have to work at their jobs for free?  Do you think they would go quietly in the night to the land of acceptance?  Hell no, they would be in outrage, so why do they expect artists to just take one for the team?

Greed perhaps, ignorance maybe, but the one thing is for sure is that fans have a lopsided perspective as to what really goes on in the music business.  Artisans should be able to make a living from their work no different from a nurse or auto mechanic.

Sure, the 1% is living the lifestyle of the rich and famous; however, the 99% are one poorly-promoted show away from being homeless.  For God’s sake, something has to give.

I believe the healing will begin when the public is educated on how the music business works sans the VH1 movies and Hollywood imagery.

If fans understood what it takes to make a record — all the time, money, people, and energy — they would have more respect for the art and science of it.  If they could experience, on some part the dedication and sacrifice artists endure, their nonchalant attitudes toward paying artists what they owe would change.  Fans don’t realize that artists of today were fans of yesterday and the cycle is everlasting.

Fans and artists must come to an agreement on how music will be monetized using fair and equitable practices.  According to a recent CNN poll, the average football fan will pay $143 per game, which includes the cost of the ticket, parking, and refreshments, for a one-time event.  For music, a fans have the opportunity to play a CD as many times as they desire; yet they complain about spending $16 for the CD.   In order to set the wheels of change in motion, there must be a catalyst.

World Record Set In Winnipeg Canada

Two Inch World Record Set In Canada

RecordSetters.com has awarded a new world record to avant-garde musician Pim Zond from Canada for the playing of the world's smallest mandolin. [ClickPress, Sat May 12 2012] The US world record site Recordsetter at http://bit.ly/K3Z2H7 famous for being on the Jimmy Fallon Show as well as on CBS and CNN in the USA, has awarded a new world record to avant-garde musician Pim Zond from Canada. The award is for playing an original experimental musical piece on a handmade mandolin or Chinese lute or moon guitar the size of only 2" in diamater. The record was set in December 11, 2011 and varified today at Youtube.com

Pim Zond Smallest Mandolin Cute Improv Music Video by Pim Zond

Another performance video featuring the song "Smoke On The Water" can be seen at DailyMotion.com: http://www.dailymotion.com/pimzond#video=xn80y9 with Pim Zond using the same tiny musical instrument. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="250"] Image via CrunchBase[/caption]