V Veliki Britaniji že nekaj Božičev zaporedno prihaja na britanski glasbeni lestvici do nadvlade pocukranih komadov iz tovarne pocukranih komadov Simona Cowell-a in njegovega X Factor glasbenega show-a.

Tudi za letošnji Božič je kazalo, da bo zopet zmagal njegov protežiranec in zmagovalec Faktorja X – letos je to uspelo Joe McElderry-u. Račune mu je prekrižala zelo odmevna Facebook kampanija Jona in Tracy Morter, imenovana Rage Against The Machine For Christmas No.1. Po 13. decembru, to je datumu, po katerem se začnejo šteti nakupljeni singli v okviru glasbene lestvice za Božič, je bilo potrebno preko katerekoli spletne trgovine z MP3 skladbami kupiti komad Rage Against the Machine imenovan Killing in the name. Na tak način naj bi uspeli spravit ta komad na prvo mesto namesto singla Faktorja X.

To jim je to soboto tudi uspelo. Povzetek zadnjega dela oddaje, ki jo je ustvaril BBC Radio 1 lahko slišite tu http://bit.ly/ratmbbclive

Kar očitno je, da skladbe, ki jih skoraj po SAW principu izdeluje Faktor X, gredo marsikateremu močno na živce in številnim se ni zdelo škoda tistih 50 do 99 penijev, ki jih je bilo potrebno plačati za komad Killing in the name. Še več. Vzporedno s to kampanijo je prej omenjena Facebook skupina spodbujala kupce komada “Killing in the name” da prispevajo kak funt v dobrodelne namene, in sicer bolj konkretno organizaciji za brezdomce Shelter.
Uspelo jim je namreč zbrati čez 80.000 funtov.

Poleg tega pa so 17. decembra imeli na BBC Radio 5 Morning show v živo predstavo iz Los Angelesa. Producenti so skupino prosili (mogoče celo zahtevali) da ne kolnejo. Če poznate pesem Killing in the name veste, da je kletvica “Fuck you, i won’t do what you tell me” integralni del skladbe in to so seveda zapeli. Voditelja oddaje so jih po hitrem postopku odrezali, kar se na spodnjem posnetku ne sliši. Res bi rekli, da so si sami krivi. Lahko bi iskali namig v skladbi in tako vedeli, da se ne bodo ravnali po navodilih drugih.

http://www.rockpit.com/ratm/index.php

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I had the opportunity to sample a great studio-grade professional foot pedal from a company called Line6. The machine is called a POD XT Live and was lent to me for a few days by a friend. On the website the POD XT Live is described as an »uncomplicated, gig-ready tone machine that’s portable and adaptable to different real world stage and recording environments«.

Well, it is truly impressive and quite complicated to a novice like myself. My first task given to me was to read through the manual which, I must say, is not exactly a pocket edition. OK, it’s not War and peace but it DOES have about 190 pages!! Luckily there is a Quick start guide for those who »don’t need no stinking manual«

It has loads of different connections which I won’t even try to describe in fear of sounding stupid – you pros will know them anyway and if you don’t, see the Line 6 website. It does have standard output/input sockets, Variax socket and even a USB socket to connect the whole thing to a PC. Sorry all Linux users as the software is for Windows and Mac users only. Shame on Line 6, I just hope the Wine will be able to run it successfuly.

Confirming the pro-esness of this machine are the artists that use it. There are: Garbage, U2′s The Edge, Radiohead, Nine inch nails, Keane, Green day, Jamiroquai, Muse, Slipknot, Kaiser chiefs and many more.

Image courtesy of Line6.com

Mitja - Danes za zmeraj

Having gone to a veterinary university I was expecting most of us to be in some vet related jobs after the arduous 5 years that took us to become qualified vets. Not for my generation. A few years ago Mitja Šedlbauer turned to the musical side of his talents and created a rather nice pop album »Danes za zmeraj« under the artists name »Mitja«. I think he made two or three videos and the music was quite often played on the Slovene radio stations.

Update 13-Jan-2011

Have just found the album is now available on iTunes for £7.99

Miha Lavrenčič a.k.a. Myke Lowe

The album was produced by another friend of mine Peter Penko who later produced one of the best rock albums »Rh-« for the Slovenian rock band »Siddharta«.

Thinking that was just a fluke – now another schoolfriend from the same university has also started his musical career. His name is Miha Lavrenčič and goes by the name of »Myke Lowe«. His album is called »First« and Myke already has a single out »Together Forever«, the video was made by Talemitt.

Wanna buy – the album is available DRM free in the mp3 format to download as a whole or as individual songs. See here: http://www.trackseller.com/artistdisplay.php?id=1800