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Post by johnreardon on Jan 31, 2021 11:16:10 GMT
Any memorable dates for you, music or non music related
This day in 1966 a good night was had by all who went to a gig with us and a band from London
Somehow Pete's jacket ended up in Germany with our band
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Post by infant on Jan 31, 2021 13:44:54 GMT
Those are awesome pics John.. there aren’t too many people who can say they opened up for the Who (or any other major band for that matter)!
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 31, 2021 14:21:19 GMT
Those are awesome pics John.. there aren’t too many people who can say they opened up for the Who (or any other major band for that matter)! Definitely impressive. Most of us say they opened up for another band and people say "WHO???"
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Post by johnreardon on Jan 31, 2021 15:25:33 GMT
Those are awesome pics John.. there aren’t too many people who can say they opened up for the Who (or any other major band for that matter)! Definitely impressive. Most of us say they opened up for another band and people say "WHO???" Not many support bands would start their set with the main band's hit either. We opened up with My Generation The Who didn't seem to mind, although they did look a bit bemused on the side of the stage
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Post by Bill h on Jan 31, 2021 15:26:13 GMT
Great pics, John has some great stories to tell being around Guys like that before they were superstars. Like Infant said, not many people have done it.
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Post by johnreardon on Jan 31, 2021 15:52:43 GMT
Great pics, John has some great stories to tell being around Guys like that before they were superstars. Like Infant said, not many people have done it. Yes we supported a certain David Jones as well, just at the time he was becoming David Bowie. I can't remember him much but our singer had a chat with him and thought he would do well
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Post by Die Bullen on Jan 31, 2021 17:51:18 GMT
Definitely impressive. Most of us say they opened up for another band and people say "WHO???" Not many support bands would start their set with the main band's hit either. We opened up with My Generation The Who didn't seem to mind, although they did look a bit bemused on the side of the stage Nowadays you'd get sued!
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Post by zontar on Feb 1, 2021 1:53:54 GMT
Not many support bands would start their set with the main band's hit either. We opened up with My Generation The Who didn't seem to mind, although they did look a bit bemused on the side of the stage Nowadays you'd get sued! Just wondering why sued? What reason? If it was a tour you could get kicked off the tour
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 1, 2021 12:05:17 GMT
Just wondering why sued? What reason? If it was a tour you could get kicked off the tour Yes not sued in the UK at least, but you would not be invited back again
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 1, 2021 12:44:15 GMT
I'm not sure- copyright laws are tricky. What I understand is if you are making money off of a performance with someone else's copyrighted music there is exposure to litigation.
But I'm no lawyer, and obviously THEY didn't mind. I doubt you'll be getting a summons 55 years later.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 1, 2021 13:35:58 GMT
I'm not sure- copyright laws are tricky. What I understand is if you are making money off of a performance with someone else's copyrighted music there is exposure to litigation. But I'm no lawyer, and obviously THEY didn't mind. I doubt you'll be getting a summons 55 years later. Not over here. We have an organisation called the Performing Rights Society (PRS)
PRS pay royalties to members when their works are:
broadcast on TV or radio performed or played in public, whether live or through a recording streamed or downloaded
They do this by monitoring gig venues, so they may turn up and ask you to submit set lists of what you play. In all my years playing, I have only ever seen them half a dozen times. If they did turn up, we just gave them a set list of our stuff and old blues numbers.
They care more about people using audio from albums on videos etc. Apparently Don Henley in the States is fanatical about people using Eagles stuff. He supposedly threatens to sue them
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 1, 2021 14:10:35 GMT
I'm not sure- copyright laws are tricky. What I understand is if you are making money off of a performance with someone else's copyrighted music there is exposure to litigation. But I'm no lawyer, and obviously THEY didn't mind. I doubt you'll be getting a summons 55 years later. Not over here. We have an organisation called the Performing Rights Society (PRS)
PRS pay royalties to members when their works are:
broadcast on TV or radio performed or played in public, whether live or through a recording streamed or downloaded
They do this by monitoring gig venues, so they may turn up and ask you to submit set lists of what you play. In all my years playing, I have only ever seen them half a dozen times. If they did turn up, we just gave them a set list of our stuff and old blues numbers.
They care more about people using audio from albums on videos etc. Apparently Don Henley in the States is fanatical about people using Eagles stuff. He supposedly threatens to sue them
I think that's what ASCAP does here, monitoring copyright infractions. But how they are supposed to monitor every single possible performance venue is all but illegal. YouTube is where you really need to be careful now.
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 1, 2021 15:24:23 GMT
Not over here. We have an organisation called the Performing Rights Society (PRS)
PRS pay royalties to members when their works are:
broadcast on TV or radio performed or played in public, whether live or through a recording streamed or downloaded
They do this by monitoring gig venues, so they may turn up and ask you to submit set lists of what you play. In all my years playing, I have only ever seen them half a dozen times. If they did turn up, we just gave them a set list of our stuff and old blues numbers.
They care more about people using audio from albums on videos etc. Apparently Don Henley in the States is fanatical about people using Eagles stuff. He supposedly threatens to sue them
I think that's what ASCAP does here, monitoring copyright infractions. But how they are supposed to monitor every single possible performance venue is all but illegal. YouTube is where you really need to be careful now. Youtube is iffy. I got multiple copyright claims for posting audio from our own album. Apparently the distributors hire this company to check stuff and they claimed against me. I eventually convinced them it was our stuff, but they now put a statement on the videos like shown on this one
We even had a copyright claim against this video of us messing about with Apache. They thought it was audio from the Shadows single. I just told them to listen for my bum notes and over use of tremolo arm
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 1, 2021 16:52:06 GMT
You probably know this already, but a company had rights on "Happy Birthday to You" until about 5 years ago. The company had a team of people scouring TV shows and the internet looking for copyright violations, despite the song being over a hundred years old
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Post by zontar on Feb 1, 2021 17:26:12 GMT
You probably know this already, but a company had rights on "Happy Birthday to You" until about 5 years ago. The company had a team of people scouring TV shows and the internet looking for copyright violations, despite the song being over a hundred years old Those laws do not apply to live performances--but if it was on TV or the internet it is recorded in some fashion. that is the difference. the venue &/or promoter, etc is supposed to have a license for it. If a venue has live or recorded music they need it, but the band doesn't. So they were okay for that--in Canada & the US, and most likely the whole world. If they recorded the performance & wanted to release it there are processes to follow. The main way people would get sued though is claiming the song is theirs. Most movies & TV shows know to secure rights before releasing the video/audio. The main thing is the concern you are making money off another's IP
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 1, 2021 18:43:55 GMT
Can you imagine if every family had to get a license to sing happy birthday before a 5 year old's birthday party!
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Post by zontar on Feb 1, 2021 22:48:54 GMT
There’s a reason there are exceptions for private & not for profit use
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 2, 2021 9:26:26 GMT
Apparently there were two 'notable' deaths on Feb 2
Sid Vicious died in 1979 & Philip Seymour Hoffman died in 2014. Both from drug overdoses
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 2, 2021 12:35:39 GMT
Apparently there were two 'notable' deaths on Feb 2 Sid Vicious died in 1979 & Philip Seymour Hoffman died in 2014. Both from drug overdoses Today is Groundhog Day. Somehow I feel like I've lived this day before...
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Post by infant on Feb 2, 2021 14:53:19 GMT
On this day in 1958, my wife was born. Apparently it must have been cloudy as she didn’t see her shadow and go back in! 🤪🤪🤪🤪
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 3, 2021 9:11:47 GMT
On this day in 1958, my wife was born. Apparently it must have been cloudy as she didn’t see her shadow and go back in! 🤪🤪🤪🤪 Lucky she's not a member
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 3, 2021 9:16:20 GMT
Here's a few that happened in Britain throughout the years. I like the 1963 one
1014 The death of Sweyn Forkbeard, son of Harald Bluetooth and Viking King of Denmark, Norway and England. He was proclaimed King of England on Christmas Day 1013, making him England's shortest-reigning king, with a reign of just 40 days. The Viking king ruled England from a fortification on the site of what is now Gainsborough's Old Hall (see ©BB picture) one of the best preserved medieval manor houses in England.
1399 John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and father of King Henry IV, died.
1821 The birth, in Bristol, of Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female doctor in the United States and the first on the UK Medical Register.
1830 Birth of Lord Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury and British Prime Minister.
1903 The birth of Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, pioneering Scottish aviator. He was the eldest of four brothers who were to make military history by all being at the rank of Squadron Leader or above simultaneously at the outbreak of World War II. He was also the youngest Squadron Leader of his day and was chief pilot on the first flight over Mount Everest in 1933, making it the first detailed and scientific survey of the Himalaya region.
1928 The birth, in Liverpool of the singer Frankie Vaughan. He had than 80 recordings in his lifetime and was known as 'Mr. Moonlight' after one of his early hits.
1935 The first 'League of Ovaltineys' created by the manufacturer of the drink Ovaltine. It became a children's 'secret society', promoting high morals and consideration towards others. At the height of its popularity, there were over five million members and I was one of them! In 1975 the song 'We Are The Ovaltineys' came back to a new audience when it was used by Ovaltine in a TV advertisement and also released as a single record.
1949 In Britain, 23 year old Margaret Roberts (Thatcher) was adopted as Tory candidate in Deptford, but she later failed to win the seat at the General Election.
1954 The Queen visited Australia, the first reigning monarch to do so.
1957 The Lovell Telescope (see ©BB picture) at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, moved for the first time. The distance moved was an inch (2.5cm)!
1960 Prime Minister Harold Macmillan made his 'wind of change' speech to the South African parliament in Capetown. He talked of increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
1963 Britain's worst learner driver, Margaret Hunter, was fined for continuing to drive on after her instructor jumped out of the car shouting 'This is suicide.'
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 3, 2021 19:07:51 GMT
Here's a rather chilling one: today (2/3) is the anniversary of the "Day the Music Died".
Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly were all killed in a plane crash on 3 Feb 1959.
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Post by zontar on Feb 4, 2021 3:41:20 GMT
Here's a rather chilling one: today (2/3) is the anniversary of the "Day the Music Died". Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly were all killed in a plane crash on 3 Feb 1959. You know it is hard for me to like a post about people dying There is so much that day that went wrong As well as the days leading up to it Apparently Waylon Jennings had severe survivor’s guilt at least for a time
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 4, 2021 8:52:29 GMT
Apparently Facebook was launched on this day in 2004.
Not sure if that's good or bad
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 4, 2021 12:37:38 GMT
Here's a rather chilling one: today (2/3) is the anniversary of the "Day the Music Died". Ritchie Valens, the Big Bopper and Buddy Holly were all killed in a plane crash on 3 Feb 1959. You know it is hard for me to like a post about people dying There is so much that day that went wrong As well as the days leading up to it Apparently Waylon Jennings had severe survivor’s guilt at least for a time I can't say I like it either- but it was extremely significant in the music world
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 4, 2021 12:37:59 GMT
Apparently Facebook was launched on this day in 2004. Not sure if that's good or bad I have to vote bad- I can't stand Facebook
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Post by zontar on Feb 5, 2021 2:00:05 GMT
You know it is hard for me to like a post about people dying There is so much that day that went wrong As well as the days leading up to it Apparently Waylon Jennings had severe survivor’s guilt at least for a time I can't say I like it either- but it was extremely significant in the music world It was significant indeed But sad
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Post by Die Bullen on Feb 5, 2021 2:04:30 GMT
I can't say I like it either- but it was extremely significant in the music world It was significant indeed But sad Indeed...
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Post by johnreardon on Feb 5, 2021 9:00:31 GMT
Apparently Facebook was launched on this day in 2004. Not sure if that's good or bad I have to vote bad- I can't stand Facebook I use it more to post band stuff, so it's useful for that over here
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