"Wasting Time No More" now downloadable

The band version of this song, recorded for my NPR story on online sessions, can now be downloaded for free on MySpace.

A new recording of "Wasting Time No More" will be included on an in-progress CD.

Cheers, and thanks for all the nice feedback on the story and the song.
JPR

More on the NPR online recording story

Thought I'd introduce my musical collaborators for this piece (available at the NPR site).

Phil Robertson, aka e-studio-drummer, drums and electric bass. He's based in Vancouver. A bonus for me was that he (unlike some studio drummers) was willing to work with a guitar/vocal track that was not recorded with a click. My time was steady in the original performance but certainly not machine-perfect--I prefer music with imperfect human rhythms.

Tim Kobza, slide guitar. This session was arranged through Joey Finger of Sessionplayers.com. Kobza is a versatile player who lives in the LA area and teaches jazz guitar at USC. Here's his MySpace page.

William Nicholson, mixing help. He's a very fine guitarist--check out his site.

Online recording story on NPR today

All Things Considered just aired my story about online recording--in which I hired online session players to flesh out a home-studio demo of my song "Wasting Time No More." The audio will be posted at the NPR site later tonight at this link.

The full band track is posted on MySpace.

You can also see a solo performance video of "Wasting Time No More" on YouTube.

More about this story soon...

Copyright law and Internet radio

I've blogged before about Radio Paradise, a great Internet station, and recently received the letter below about changes in copyright law that threaten Internet radio. Thought I'd share it with fellow music fans who want to get involved.

As a fan of Internet radio, I was alarmed to learn that music royalty rates were recently determined by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) which, if enacted, would certainly silence most or all of my favorite online listening services. For most webcasters, this royalty rate represents more than 100% of their total revenues!

The shuttering of the webcasting industry would be a loss for not only independent business owners, but also for musical artists, for copyright owners, and for listeners like me who enjoy the wide variety of choices available via Internet radio.

As a fellow fan of internet radio and radioparadise.com in particular, I am writing to enlist your support in the fight against the CRBs decision. Specifically, I am writing to request that you to contact your Congressional representatives and notify your customers of the threat to internet radio. Further, I request that you use any contacts you may have in the recording industry to help speak out on behalf of internet radio.

Sincerely,

Eric B. Greynolds

p.s.- For further information, please see www.saveourinternetradio.com, www.saveourstreams.org, & Bill@radioparadise.com

New JPR performance video

This clip of my song "Wasting Time No More" is from a show in January at the Guitar League in Syracuse, New York. Video by Daniel Ball.

David Wilcox guitar lesson online

As previously noted, the April issue of Acoustic Guitar includes my feature lesson with David Wilcox, focusing on his adventures with alternate tunings. Now the Acoustic Guitar website has posted MP3 audio for all the guitar examples in the article. Magazine and online subscribers (or anyone with a copy of the April issue) can access the audio at www.acousticguitar.com.