From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V12 #209 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Tuesday, April 22 2008 Volume 12 : Number 209 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: Alloy: TMDR Remixes Radiohead [Keith Stansell ] Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix [Merujo Subject: RE: Alloy: TMDR Remixes Radiohead I saw that mail come through and tried to figure it out myself. I think I somehow managed to 'pocket reply' to that message with my new phone. I haven't gotten around to hearing the track yet, so nothing to say yet. Oh well. Later, _Keith - -----Original Message----- From: Merujo Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:06 PM To: alloy@smoe.org Subject: Re: Alloy: TMDR Remixes Radiohead On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:26 AM, Keith Stansell wrote: > ... > Keith! You're writing in invisible ink these days, eh? ;) Listening to the rain here in Maryland, Melissa - -- "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." -- Leo Tolstoy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:03:19 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix For those not on the Announcement list (you can sign up on thomasdolby.com), this popped up in my inbox today: - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thomas Dolby Announcements Date: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 10:30 AM Subject: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix To: merujo@gmail.com THOMAS DOLBY REMIXES RADIOHEAD 80'S ICON 'SAT SHIVERING BY NORTH SEA' TO CRAFT ETHEREAL REMIX (Suffolk, UK April 21st 2008) Influential electronic musician and early MTV icon Thomas Dolby has produced a stunning remix of Radiohead's current single 'Nude'. The dreamy, semi-ambient mix is reminiscent of Dolby's work as a collaborator with the likes of Joni Mitchell, Prefab Sprout and Joan Armatrading. Continuing the innovative marketing approach for their album 'In Rainbows', Radiohead has allowed users to download individual 'stems' of the song to create their own remix, and upload it for public listening and voting. Thomas Dolby has never met Radiohead, and his remix was unsolicited. Instead, he simply downloaded to song parts from iTunes for $0.99 each and created his own mix, submitting it to http://www.radioheadremix.com along with nearly 2000 other fans. Most of these remixers are amateur enthusiasts and virtually unknown, but Dolby is perhaps the best-known participant to date. He explains how it came about: 'I was trying out my new wireless router to see if I could get reception down on the beach in front of my house,' said Dolby. 'Sitting there shivering beside the North Sea with my laptop, huddled in a blanket and listening to Radiohead's 'Nude' stems on iTunes, with the waves lapping the shore and a crowd of seagulls fighting over a crab shell, I got an idea for a lovely remix.' Entitled 'Nude (Bathing In The Icefloe Mix)' it is available for free at http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=1825. There are no plans to release it commercially. Thomas Dolbythese days often regarded as the original steampunk--made a return to touring last year after a hiatus of nearly 15 years. During this time his technology company Beatnik Inc was responsible for engineering the ringtone synthesiser embedded in nearly 800 million mobile phones made by Nokia and other manufacturers. In the mid-90's Beatnik also powered the first ever Web-wide remix contests for artists like Queen Latifah, Britney Spears, N'Sync and David Bowie. How does Dolby feel about being on the 'other end of the wire' and submitting his own Radiohead remix along with thousands of fans? 'Well as a fan myself I'm happy to pay homage to Radiohead just because I adore their music. But objectively, it's great that a band of their stature would open up their intricately crafted music to regular users. And I love the fact that anyone with affordable music software gets to have a go, and might end up with the most votes. It's a true meritocracy in this amazing age of YouTube and MySpace, where big record labels and stadium rock bands are on level playing field with the hordes of brilliant amateurs out there who have never had an audience of their own.' Hear Thomas Dolby's 'Nude (Bathing In The Icefloe Mix)' at http://www.radioheadremix.com/remix/?id=1825 For more information contact Lisa Klein lisa@Optic-Noise. ................................................................ This email should only be sent to those who have asked to receive it. To unsubscribe, return to the web form where you first subscribed and click the "unsubscribe" button, or contact the owner of the website. - -- "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." -- Leo Tolstoy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:15:36 -0700 From: "Mary Brown" Subject: Re: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix So I'm curious - does anyone know who Lisa Klein is? Europa On 4/21/08, Merujo wrote: > > For those not on the Announcement list (you can sign up on thomasdolby.com), > this popped up in my inbox today: ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:13:14 -0700 From: Elaine Subject: Re: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix ~one eyebrow raised~ Didn't he specifically say there was no need to vote, and didn't really want or need the "win?" On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:03 AM, Merujo wrote: > For those not on the Announcement list (you can sign up on > thomasdolby.com), this popped up in my inbox today: ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:34:10 -0700 From: John McJunkin Subject: Re: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix The agency for which she works is Optic Noise - and it looks like they maintain relationships with music supervisors and to hopefully land media placements (film and TV, mainly) for their artist/composer clients. She's peddling Thomas' wares! jm On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Mary Brown wrote: > > So I'm curious - does anyone know who Lisa Klein is? > > Europa > > On 4/21/08, Merujo wrote: >> >> For those not on the Announcement list (you can sign up on >> thomasdolby.com), >> this popped up in my inbox today: ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:12:10 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Re: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:15 PM, Mary Brown wrote: > > So I'm curious - does anyone know who Lisa Klein is? > On the contacts page of thomasdolby.com, she's listed as the "Publishing/Sync licensing" contact. I had to look up "sync licensing" since I was clueless as to the meaning. I'm sure it's familiar to several of our usual suspects, but for anyone not in the know, like me, here's what that means: "When music is "attached to" or becomes a part of any production, ie; film, video, DVD, television program, commercial, multimedia CD-Rom, web site or audio CD, it requires a license. That license is often referred to as a "sync" license. "Sync" licenses come in many shapes and sizes depending on the terms set by each publisher/distributor." (Now, imagine a rainbow and the NBC "the more you know" music playing...) ;) MJ - -- "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." -- Leo Tolstoy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:15:06 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Re: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Elaine wrote: > ~one eyebrow raised~ > > Didn't he specifically say there was no need to vote, and didn't really > want or need the "win?" True dat. But a good PR wiz wouldn't be worth her salt if she didn't really sell it! :) I found a reference to a thread on the official Radiohead forum where someone was saying good things about TMDR's remix, but when I actually go to the forum, it just tells me it's an invalid message. Feh! And, btw, hello, Elaine!! Good to see you out here!! MJ - -- "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." -- Leo Tolstoy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:16:30 -0400 From: Merujo Subject: Re: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:34 PM, John McJunkin wrote: > The agency for which she works is Optic Noise - and it looks like > they maintain relationships with music supervisors and to hopefully > land media placements (film and TV, mainly) for their artist/composer > clients. > > She's peddling Thomas' wares! > Ah, see - John beat me to it -- serves me right for not reading the whole thread before I respond. (I will continue to blame the concussion for anything foolish I do for at least another week...) ;) Cheers, MJ - -- "It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness." -- Leo Tolstoy ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:22:38 -0400 From: "Sean Carolan" Subject: RE: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix Folks, Somehow, I've missed the opening of this thread, so I wonder (out loud) how I might go about getting approval to put this on the radio...'cause I'd certainly like to... - -Sean (altrokradio.com is the ol' domain name...do tune in, 'cause there aren't many stations online or off - and I'm both - who'll play Thomas' version of "The Jungle Line"...) On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:34:10 -0700, John McJunkin wrote > The agency for which she works is Optic Noise - and it looks like > they maintain relationships with music supervisors and to hopefully > land media placements (film and TV, mainly) for their > artist/composer clients. > > She's peddling Thomas' wares! > > jm > > On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Mary Brown wrote: > > > > > So I'm curious - does anyone know who Lisa Klein is? > > > > Europa > > > > On 4/21/08, Merujo wrote: > >> > >> For those not on the Announcement list (you can sign up on > >> thomasdolby.com), > >> this popped up in my inbox today: ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:00:39 -0700 From: Lunesse Moon Subject: Re: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix JM is a good sleuth. ;) Lisa is in charge of Publishing and Synch Licensing for Thomas. She's been on the contact list on his site ever since I put up the contact list. She's good people! Lunesse On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:34 AM, John McJunkin wrote: > > The agency for which she works is Optic Noise - and it looks like > they maintain relationships with music supervisors and to hopefully > land media placements (film and TV, mainly) for their artist/composer > clients. > > She's peddling Thomas' wares! > > jm > > > On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:15 AM, Mary Brown wrote: > >> >> So I'm curious - does anyone know who Lisa Klein is? >> >> Europa >> >> On 4/21/08, Merujo wrote: >>> >>> For those not on the Announcement list (you can sign up on >>> thomasdolby.com), >>> this popped up in my inbox today: ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:54:35 -0700 From: Elaine Subject: Re: Alloy: Fwd: Vote for Thomas Dolby's Radiohead remix You guys are awesome. Thanks for the info! It pays to have John here to ask my awkward questions. He knows the biz. (Speaking of which. I'm currently reading Frederic Dannen's "Hit Men: Power Brokers and Fast Money Inside the Music Business." Can't put it down.) Merujo, it's great to see you, too! You're right about PR whizzes, but the press release seemed so flowery and thesaurus'd, and opposite his sentiment on the blog post, so I just had to say something. That's the way I roll. ;) On Apr 21, 2008, at 4:15 PM, Merujo wrote: > True dat. But a good PR wiz wouldn't be worth her salt if she > didn't really sell it! :) On Apr 21, 2008, at 11:34 AM, John McJunkin wrote: > The agency for which she works is Optic Noise - and it looks like > they maintain relationships with music supervisors and to hopefully > land media placements (film and TV, mainly) for their artist/ > composer clients. > > She's peddling Thomas' wares! ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V12 #209 ****************************