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Brad
Founder/editor of BigHowdy.com, strategic brand consultant and advertising copywriter.
Interests: Country, alt-country, bluegrass, folk and some pop and rock music. Anything song-oriented. I collect Southern Outsider Folk Art. I also like movies, science (especially physics), architecture and mid-century modern furniture. And finally, I have a head full of absolutely useless trivia.
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Great topic. I've had 5 discussions about this in the last month. It's ridiculous that you can't easily find credits, much less lyrics. AllMusic Guide tries, but it's incomplete and unintuitive. Music needs it's own version of IMDb.
From a major label perspective, part of it's is oversight/laziness. But part of it is getting clearance from publishers. Publishers want to get paid to use those lyrics in print or online or even to include them with the MP3 you buy. They need to stop nickel and diming people and understand that the lyrics help people connect emotionally and make them more likely to buy the song or the album. That is promotional use. Of course, if a third party wants to publish them, they should have to pay. Same if it's for something big like a poster or book.
For my part, I'm sending an email to the team now that I was full credits and liner notes on the website for Charlie Worsham. Thanks, Craig!
Commented Aug 28, 2012 on solving the digital liner notes problem is easy, but will we? at String Theory Media
solving the digital liner notes problem is easy, but will we?
Last week the Recording Academy announced a new campaign encouraging those who release recorded music to include album credit information – including songwriters, sidemen, engineers, producers – in digital releases. This is the latest stab at remedying one of the true problems of the digital m...
Thanks for sharing these stories. They always make me smile.
Commented Apr 18, 2012 on music and my daughter: when the roses bloom in dixieland at String Theory Media
music and my daughter: when the roses bloom in dixieland
She really blew my mind a few nights ago. But let me build up to it. The family spent Easter weekend in Atlanta seeing sights and eating good Asian food. After we got home and unpacked and FongChong had changed into her pajamas, she came down to my studio while I was getting my hands back aroun...
Love that story. Thanks for posting. = )
Commented Apr 29, 2011 on music and my daughter cont: tennessee waltz at String Theory Media
music and my daughter cont: tennessee waltz
Well now we’re getting somewhere. Jia (I think I’ll use her American name from now on even though she still leans toward FongChong) is evolving before our eyes. She’s cutting me a lot more slack, minding us better and having more fun with us. She’s less melodramatic. She seems relaxed in a way s...
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