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  1. Eric Carmen, RIP

    in Artists

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    6 hours ago, T.D. said:

    According to Wikipedia, the works were not PD outside the USA and he paid royalties to the Rachmaninoff estate.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_by_Myself

    According to Carmen, he first wrote the solo part of the song, writing four bars at a time, eventually completed the interlude after two months.[7] He needed to put this into a song, and after listening to Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto, a piece famously used to underscore the 1945 British film Brief Encounter, he adapted the melody of its second movement to write the verse.[7] Rachmaninoff's music was in the public domain in the United States at that time, so Carmen thought no copyright existed on it, but it was still protected outside the U.S. subsequent to the release of the album. He was later contacted by the Rachmaninoff estate and informed that it was protected.[8] An agreement was reached in which the estate would receive 12 percent of the royalties from "All by Myself" as well as from "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", which was based on the third movement from Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.[9][10]

    I find it rather bizarre that due to Mickey Mouse, the US has flipped a 180 on public domain from the rest of the world. In 1975, they were the Andorra of the copyright world. :)

  2. Eric Carmen, RIP

    in Artists

    Posted

    In 1975, when Carmen's debut LP was recorded, Rachmaninoff's works were in the public domain, so "ripped off" is the wrong word. In fact, his use of those melodies is exactly how public domain is supposed to work.

  4. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    I'm heading to NYC later this week for my first visit since the late 90s. I'll be seeing Maria Schneider & her Orchestra at Birdland on Thursday & One For All with George Coleman at Smoke on Friday. We may hit Smalls one or both of these nights after these early sets. I'm really hoping to catch Jerome Sabbagh Thursday at Smalls but it depends on how the night goes.

    I am really looking forward to this trip even if it's putting a pretty good dent in my wallet this month. :)

  7. Corrupted Audio Files - Ever Experienced This?

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    22 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:

    Is there an advantage to having them powered at all times?  

    From https://www.easeus.com/resource/does-ssd-need-power.html

    "Overall, if SSD is not getting power for several years, it may lose data. According to research, an SSD can retain your data for a minimum of 2-5 Years without any power supply. Some SSD manufacturers also claim that SSD can save data without a regular power supply for around 15 to 20 years."

    I'd rather not find out that the researchers were right so...

    BTW - I just left Analog Devices after 21 years, with almost 40 years in the electronics industry, so I always err on the side of caution when it comes to volatile memory. I've had EPROMs lose their data enough times to realize that it's not something I want to happen to my music files.

    FWIW, this is also true for USB or thumb drives. They use the same technology as SSD drives so they should not be used for long term storage. They are even less reliable than external SSDs and I have had the data in a thumb drive go bad after being in a drawer for a few years.

  9. Corrupted Audio Files - Ever Experienced This?

    in Audio Talk

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    I have 3 Samsung 1TB SSD drives. They're pretty cheap and have good ratings. I will say that none of mine have ever failed. I have my music files backed up onto all 3 of them. Two of them are attached to my tower PC that I leave on at all times. The 3rd one is attached to my Raspberry Pi mini-computer that I use as a music server on one of my listening systems. This mini-computer is also left on all the time.

    I also have an internal 1 TB HDD that is a mirror of my main internal HDD. I did not go with a RAID configuration. Lazy or techno-averse? I've never gone RAID yet. I also have 3 HDDs in external cases that have all of my music on them but they are stored in various locations in the horrible event that I have a house fire. External HDDs use magnetic material to store the 1's & 0's and don't need to be powered up to stay in that state. Of course, sitting idle for years isn't good for the mechanics either. :)

  11. What live music are you going to see tonight?

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    On 3/8/2024 at 5:48 PM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

    I'm heading out early tomorrow morning so I may not be able to post... I am seeing Danilo Perez with John Patitucci & Adam Cruz at the Regattabar tomorrow night. This is my first show at the Regattabar since they reopened post-Covid. I wonder how much it has changed?

    The answer to "How much has the Regattabar changed?" is "A lot". The club itself is almost the same except that they moved the tables very far back from the performance space which has created a large empty space in front of the band. It's looks weird & it seems rather dumb as there must be at least another 20 seats they could fit into that empty space.

    On the other hand, the Charles Hotel itself has changed quite a lot. The most dramatic change is that the two elevators that flanked the club's entrance are gone. Several bathrooms are moved/gone. A lot of the areas around the club are now closed off for events. It seems as if the hotel underwent a complete renovation during the Covid shutdown.

    However, the biggest change was the club staff. There was only one waitress that was there before Covid. I used to know a lot of the staff there, if not by name than at least by familiarity.

    All in all, I felt rather old last night. I guess at my age, I am old, but it really sunk in last night when I realized that I had been going to that club for almost 35 years. Many (most?) of the artists I saw there have passed away. Now the club is totally different. It's like the old Regattabar passed away too.

    As for the show. Danilo Perez put on a wonderful performance. There was a mix of acoustic & electric jazz and it was very well integrated, with Perez playing a synth with his right hand while playing the acoustic piano with his left. The last 3 tunes of the set were dedicated to Wayne Shorter & the first tune, simply titled "Wayne", reminded me of late-period Pink Floyd. Perez created synth washes for Patitucci to play the upper strings of his electric bass in a sound that really had me thinking David Gilmore.

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    My View for the night:

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  12. Don Was interview in Forbes: More Wayne Shorter recordings in the pipeline

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted

    On 3/8/2024 at 9:50 PM, Face of the Bass said:

    Does anyone know how many leaders of Blue Note sessions pre-1970 are still alive? Off hand I can only think of Rollins, Burrell, Dizzy Reece, and Hancock. Anybody else? 

    For me, what's great about the Tone Poets is the cover art. Blue Note cover art is iconic, and the Tone Poets do a fantastic job of presenting that in full size. I prefer CDs to vinyl in general, but I like the Tone Poet series a lot. I honestly wish they would put the same production standards on all their catalog. 

    I think George Braith is still alive.

  13. Corrupted Audio Files - Ever Experienced This?

    in Audio Talk

    Posted · Edited by Kevin Bresnahan

    I have had this happen many times over the years. One thing I've noticed is that seems to happen more often when copying from/to a mechanical HD. It doesn't happen as frequently with solid state HDs. But the thing with SSD drives is that they should be powered up if you want to avoid data corruption. I would not backup a hard drive to an SSD and toss it in a drawer somewhere.

    I'd also add that a few of the corrupted files I found were not the result of a copy process but were created with those glitches. Even with Exact Audio Copy, stuff gets through. Another thing I've learned is it's better to minimize computer activity while ripping my CDs. I think most of the glitchy files were created while I continued to do my thing on the computer. The biggest problems seemed to occur when I played music files while ripping. These days, I shut down any music player app and stop surfing the web while I rip.

  19. How Dates Enter The Jazz Discography Canon, In Error

    in Discography

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Daniel A said:

    Because you couldn't offer "proof"?

    I don't know why, but they seem to believe the creator of the page knows everything about it so you cannot correct any mistakes. I guess only the original submitter can do that. You can add onto that original listing (like adding pictures) but they seem to balk at corrections.

  21. Cellar Live New Releases

    in New Releases

    Posted

    12 hours ago, mjzee said:

    Release date May 24:

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    Although Eric has made several appearances on my label: One For All - Invades Vancouver, Michael Weiss - Persistence, The Heavy Hitters, Xaver Hellmeier - X-Man in New York and my record O Sole Mio, he has never appeared as a leader until now. When I started Cellar Live in 2000, recording a musician the stature of Eric Alexander was a dream--Eric enjoyed long stints with some pretty incredible record labels over the years and I wasn't ready to play in the BIG leagues at that point. But many incredible things have happened at the label since that time. And now that the opportunity to record him has come up, I am able to jump at the chance. Timing Is Everything is an appropriate title for both this recording, but, as Eric explains, for life in general. When you're playing jazz music, he continues, you can play all the right notes, but if you don't time them correctly, it's nothing...and when you do time them correctly, it's everything. Similarly, when talking about life, Eric states, one of the few things that a human being possesses is their time. You don't own your life. You don't own your car. You only own your time. In order to have a fulfilled life, you have to protect your time and your timing. Timing is Everything because you can't get time back.

    Unusual seeing an Eric Alexander date without Farnsworth in the drum chair.

  24. 2023/24 NBA Hoops &Hollers

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Celtics-Warriors game last night was quite the eye-opener. The Celtics led 82-38 at halftime, with Curry going 0-9 from 3 while scoring 4 points. The Warriors sat Curry, Green & Thompson in the second half, conceding the game. In the end, the Celtics bench outscored the Warriors bench and the Celtics beat them by 52, becoming the first team in NBA history to win 3 games by 50+ points in a single season.

    Now watch the Celtics lose their next 3 games because of this. Their season has been like that. Total Jeckyl-Hyde stuff. :)

  25. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    Seldon Powell - Seldon Powell Sextet (Roost). This another one of those Japanese CDs I found in the piles at a store the other day. I was told they were from the estate of a huge jazz fan. It made me a bit sad going through his stuff as I could picture someone else doing this with my collection at some point in the (hopefully distant) future.

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