Daily Archives: September 3, 2010
James Gannon Lies By Omission Yet Again – Star Article Doesn’t Disclose His CRIA Connections
Over a month ago, James published an article on the Facebook Balanced Copyright Page titled What kind of consumer of creative works do you consider yourselves to be? which I responded to with my article Lies Of Omission – James Gannon Doesn’t Tell You All The Details where I referenced his connections to the Canadian Recording Industry Association, and provided links to prove it. I have no problems with him working for them, or advocating for them, as long as he is willing to admit what he is doing. That he attempts to hide his connections is troubling. The average citizen is not going to know of them, and in my opinion, by not disclosing the connection he is lying to the public. Continue reading
Building Your Own Axe – A Guitar Player’s Dream – Or Nightmare
Last night I was catching up on the posts over at the Lefty Guitar Trader Forum (my thanks to Jesse for providing a valuable service to the community), and I caught one that had a link to the online site of the Guardian newspaper. The Guardian had run an article about building your own guitar, mentioning people like Brian May, who had done it. I’ve read the article three times so far. The idea of trying to build your own, perfect guitar, is totally intriguing. Continue reading
