Review: Medications - All your friends in one placeWritten by Chris Elkjar
Medications – Your favorite people all in one placeOne of most intriguing aspects of music is how easily it can transform one’s mood. The right notes, at right tempo, and all of a sudden, BAM! You’re in a good mood. This 3 piece from Washington, DC knows exactly how to pull this off. Consisting of members of Chris Elkjar is founder of 'trust.me' an online music magazine. He spends all of his spare time immersed in music, be it writing reviews, interviews with leading bands or writing his own music. For more of his writing, check out Trust-Me.ca - Music for robotsthe now defunct band “Faraquet”, Medications oddly enough, sounds a lot like Faraquet. It’s peculiar how a band consisting of same musicians can sound very similar. After Faraquet breakup 2 of founding members created Medications and while sound is very similar, new third wheel does add some new elements into mix. A mere 6 months since release of their Medications EP, they have returned with their first full length Your favorite people all in one place available now on Dischord. While music on this album does sound a lot like Faraquet and Medications EP, quirky time signatures and awkward vocal lines are quickly becoming a thing of past, songwriting maintains that same dry, yet clever feel, but it seems band is slowly trying to forge a new identity. The album begins with Surprise! Which is arguably single greatest opening track of all time, starting off as every 70s rock concert ended, a solid 4/4 beat with ascending guitars and thundering drums. Any band that has guts to open their disc with a rock and roll finale gets extra points from me.
| | 10 Music Download Legal PointsWritten by Vicente Applegate
Everybody's doing it: downloading music and sharing files. People who share music files on Internet argue that downloading is legal; today they can be sued by record industry. Can one be sued without a great intrusion into personal lives of an individual?1. Enjoy music downloads from safe and legal sources. Get facts and not scare tactics, about online music services. 2. The prosecution has to able to prove, with adequate evidence, that IP address used for music downloads can be linked to person accused of illegal content sharing. There is a growing concern for "privacy". Legal experts worry about "intrusiveness" of Internet monitoring in order to prove a court case. 3. These IP address--numbers--given to user by ISPs are dynamic and change rapidly. The starting point is to establish that there is enough bona fide evidence to prosecute. 4. It is difficult to a pin an IP address on any one person. The IP numbers that some ISPs assign to their users can change from one "session" to next. The music industry must be able to link file-sharers to specific IP addresses at times those addresses were used for file sharing. 5. Since their are personal freedoms involved, courts want to make sure that individual is revealed to public. 6. These copyright allegation lawsuits are a minefield, because they involve personal information of defendant. 7. In Canada, under its privacy laws, people are protected through court confidentiality orders. In United States, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) must get a order to reveal downloader's identity.
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