Music Archives - Our Thoughts https://www.ourthoughts.ca/category/music/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:53:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Canadian Music Creators Coalition https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/26/canadian-music-creators-coalition/ https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/26/canadian-music-creators-coalition/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:52:42 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/26/canadian-music-creators-coalition/ A new group of Canadian music artists have banded to protect Canadian music and their fans.

Members include Barenaked Ladies, Avril Lavigne, Sarah McLachlan, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sum 41, Stars, Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace), Dave Bidini (Rheostatics), Billy Talent, John K. Samson (Weakerthans), Broken Social Scene, Sloan, Andrew Cash and Bob Wiseman (Co-founder Blue Rodeo).

The Montr?ɬ©al-based group had this to say in a policy paper released today:

Fans who share music are not thieves or pirates. Sharing music has been happening for decades. It is hypocritical for labels to sue fans for something that everyone in the music industry has done him or herself. New technologies may have changed the way that fans share music, but they have not changed the fact that sharing helps artists?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ careers.

]]> https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/04/26/canadian-music-creators-coalition/feed/ 93 Three Babies https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/03/11/three-babies/ https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/03/11/three-babies/#comments Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:09:51 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/03/11/three-babies/ And it’s ’cause you’ve thrilled me
Silenced me
Stilled me
Proved things I never believed
The face on you
The smell of you
Will always be with me

Three Babies, Sin?ɬ©ad O’Connor

]]> https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/03/11/three-babies/feed/ 2 Edited Music https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/02/23/edited-music/ https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/02/23/edited-music/#comments Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:29:31 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/2006/02/23/edited-music/ Given that some comments in a previous post established that buying edited films is still supporting questionable material, can the same thing be said about edited music (or even films) that were downloaded over the Internet? Is it better morally to have downloaded-but-edited music (if one’s jurisdiction considers it legal) than to have purchased-but-edited music?

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It started out with a kiss
How did it end up like this?
It was only a kiss

Mr Brightside, The Killers

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