Get into the Biz of reality TV...

OK: I hate reality shows; they are the dark, slimy scourge of the entertainment biz but they're really the only shows that make money on a large scale.

Also: I really hate major labels because they are greedy sons'o bitches; everybody knows it and the people who work for them know it but they don't care,'cause they're making that loot.

"Get into the Biz" is an AOL/Time Warner reality show (online) that will give contestants a shot at running a label under the guidance of Lyor Cohen who was involved in the early careers of the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J and others at Def Jam. He was also involved as a partner in Phat Pharm with Russell Simmons. So he's a legend, he's rich and I'm sure he'd make my life miserable If I won the contest and worked under him. "What do you mean I can't sign Lawnchair Generals to a major deal?" I might inquire in a heated executive meeting.

So even though I hate major labels I would love to infiltrate one and show them how it's done. I know I would be good at finding great artists that might even be digestible to the lowest common denominator. Though I would have a tough time letting a promising artist produce an album only to have it shelved only because our market research estimates that they might sell only 200,000 units

domestically, and since it won't be a blockbuster stock pumper I'll end up ruining the lives of said artists just because my corporate whore pimp slapped me with that menacing "don't make me hurt my hand again" look on his face, saying, "that bitch ain't making me no money, so it's got to go."

Maybe I'll sign up, and maybe I'll win. I could even get an expense account for payola bribes to radio execs to convince them to put my new Lawnchair Generals signing into Clear Channel world-wide heavy rotation. That would be fucking suhhhhhweeeet!

Click here; you could be famous!

Messenger Music Service Mag...

...is almost finished. This is a splash page for the website that shows several sample pages.

Spirit of House has become a regular destination for me since I first discovered it awhile ago. According to his bio, Michael Fossati has one of the best record collections in Switzerland and the cool thing is that he's collected records for many years but was never really a dj until around the year 2000 when he started to put all those good records to use. So here we have a great site
managed by a serious music lover who has great taste in house; He regularly creates a new mix of the latest releases that you can download or stream anytime, giving you even more of a reason to check out Spirit of House.

http://www.spiritofhouse.com/

Stik AX

This was just reported in Wired Gadget lab. It's a media-mixing interface that has a hardware controller that works in time with the software. Is it just a toy? Who knows; we'll have to check it out and do a review.

You can get info here:
http://www.stikax.com

Breath of Life

Breath of Life is an outstanding resource if you want to learn about--and experience--great music.

With a simple-to-use interface, outstanding writing & commentary and, of course, great music.

Just like other mp3 blogs you have to check in regularly to get a chance to download a sample of the music and like all other blogs they encourage you to go out and purchase the music of each artist featured on the site.

We here at MMS are comitted to spreading the word about music and we know a thing or two about it but Breath of Life easily schools us with each update.

Check it out for yourself, sign up for the newsletter so you can be reminded to check out the mp3s before it's too late and--just like Kalamu/bol does--spread the word!

http://www.kalamu.com/bol/


thanks to www.soul-sides.com/ the reference to this great site.