> Oh Glenn, > Lay off of Ben, he is our brother. > I was not hostile in the slightest to Ben there - you mistake me, Micheal. I have the highest regard for Ben and his work. Planet Harmonica has a recommended "cool" rating in my Netscape listing. Here, see for yourself: http://dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Instruments/Winds/Harmonica/ Got a website? I'll show you what a nice guy I really am and list you, too. Free from me, and I work for Netscape for free, too. $200 at Yahoo. I'm only asking questions like any good journalist. The pros and cons of OB need a carefull weighing IMO and that what I'm up to here. And seriously, the jury's still out in my mind.
> Dave Barrett dislikes overbends so much that he hired me to teach at his > Masterclass in 2001. He has also hired Howard Levy before. Dave loves the > harmonica and that is it. Quotes are saved from people that hear someone at > a certain point in their development. They get turned off and then never > open up again, although some do. > Dave Barrett, any comments? > I heard him say that in Jan 2000. He could have revised his opinion since then, and in fact it sounds like he did.
Glenn writes: >One of my students is burning me a Del Junco CD. Do we agree he has it >down?
> - -MP responds: > Why are you, a published and copyrighted author, accepting a burn of Carlos > DelJunco's CD? And from a student no less. Go out and buy all of his stuff > and all of the rest of the living innovators. I'll bet your casket-sniffing > self didn't hesitate to pay list price for anybody dead named Walter or > Sonny Boy. > Should I get a bootleg or promo of your books, head down to Kinko's and then > give or sell the copies to my students? I would direct my students to your > site to purchase your products. > Support the arts. > Individual copying of recordings as a gift is 100% legal under fair use copyright law. Go read the law. When I get the burn I'll list it on my harp discography here: http://www.celticguitarmusic.com/harmdisc3.htm No one's paying me to promote these guys on my website, either-I want to promote these artists myself and I do. If I had ever seen CDJ's CDs in a record store I would have owned them by now. I condemn bootlegging for profit, and I buy shitloads of harp CDs at full retail price quite happily. I'd rather own an original anyway cause I love liner notes. Have you ever made a tape for anyone, Micheal? Or accepted one? I bet the answer is yes. Better consider that first before pointing any fingers. Lay off of me, I am your brother.
