Mike Masnick from Techdirt delivers a positive vision of the record industry’s future based on Trent Reznor’s (Nine Inch Nails) new business model, which is:

Connect with fans (cwf) and then offer them a reason to buy (rtb).

cwf + rtb = $$$$

This video is one 15 minutes that could change your band’s direction.

Original article seen at Shane Richmond’s blog

The latest video from Flame To Fire a band made up of ex-members of Radiate and Without Grace. The footage is taken from the 2009 succumbto.me warmup tour.

Jackson Analogue record solid, authentic, blues, angst recorded in their water tower studios on Isle of Wight.

They have recently appeared on Mark Lamarr’s “Gods Jukebox” show (BBC Radio 2), played the IoW Festival 2008 and released their second album “Half Way Home”.

The video to the right “Come On” is from their debut album “and then, nothing!”.

www.jacksonanalogue.com

British painter Donald Pass has recently featured in NY Arts NY Arts – The Vision of the Resurrection

If you want to study his work further the video below gives you more images and excerts from an interview I conducted with him a couple of years back.

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or visit www.donaldpass.com