Aside from the past 2 years, I spent a LOT of time over the previous 7-8 years composing electronic music. Wanting to get something out of it aside from rejections from record labels - and enjoying the background music in documentaries - I submitted my music to Pump Audio. PA was all about library music, background music for tv, commercials and whatnot. I figured that songs that would never make it in the fickle bullsh!t music market might be good for something else. I don’t mind earning a little money for something I worked on, and in 2006 I submitted a bunch of music to Pump Audio.
Last week I got a cryptic email from PA’s new owner, Getty Images, and after several emails trying to get the business-speak translated, I got the answer in the mail: some peeps liked my music, licensed it for something or the other and as a result I’m getting nearly a $1000 for doing something out of sheer love.
Needless to say, I’ve celebrated this - regardless of the selling out aspect that I don’t subscribe to - and am happy and currently sh!tfaced. Along with my Elvis impersonation this past weekend, this definitely makes for a damn good life.
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Pete Seeger, that is. My lovely little sister took me to a benefit concert the other night to stop the relicensing of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant. What a fantastic show it was! Performers included Pete Seeger, Ani DiFranco, Gail Ann Dorsey, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, and the New York City Children’s Choir. I believe I have expressed my love for Pete Seeger in the past, but it seems that I have now found a new folk singer to love…his grandson Tao. Read more »
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with Tori Amos’ The Beekeeper (Special Limited Edition) CD. I know I’m a little late on this one, but I don’t have the chance to listen to every new CD that I’d like to these days. So this one has been on the shelf for quite some time. But now that I’m listening to it, I really love it. I particularly like “The Power of Orange Knickers” and “Jamaica Inn”. Ok - I’ll admit this: I’ve only gotten through about the first half of the album since I listen in the car and keep repeating the earlier songs. Personally, I always feel that I need to work on Tori when I first listen to her CDs. The meaning of her songs isn’t always immediately clear to me, so I end up working on the metaphors in a small number of songs for quite a while. It’s very satisfying when I get it somewhat figured out, though. Tori should do a few more tracks with some male voices. The voice of Damien Rice is an especially nice counterpoint to hers in “…Knickers”.
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A little known fact[Something that is true.] about me: I once auditioned for Opryland[Note to self: sing something more fun than ‘The Long Black Veil’ next time. And if you’re going to try to sell yourself as a Johnny Cash impersonator, try dressing in black.].
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