Comments on: The unsad tale of Fiona Apple

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 02:40:37 +0000

that it’s “all over the place”, for me, sets EM in a rarefied category. it’s a fascinating listen. much the same was said about “pawn”, which despite all misguided efforts to squeeze singles out of it, actually did quite well sales-wise. i see no reason EM can’t match that, despite the fact that hundreds of thousands are already listening to it on their ipods.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 12:05:17 +0000

It’s not without brilliance, but is without direction. Its all over the place. If it were mixed differently maybe, or if it were retooled by fiona herself on its songwriting level, maybe. I feel the record labels on the record “not having a single” - it doesn’t have its one star “Oh yeah” single as her previous albums have. “Get Him Back” and “Used To Love Him” seem to be the frontrunners as single material, though.

Either way, if you love fiona it’s definately worth downloading and checking out. I mean come on, its MORE fiona.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:33:03 +0000

I noticed on the home page of the website, the owner stated that he was considering selling the site. This sale also includes USER LOGS, the owner states. If the owner does not do a minute by minute wipe of the logas, they might be very interesting to the RIAA Gestapo.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 04:06:24 +0000

The link in the story points to an old torrent that has radio-quality tracks. There is a new one available with CD-quality MP3s:

http://www.torrentbox.com/torrents-details.php?id=13132

(Copy & paste that URL into your browser, because the ?id= part doesn’t get linkified by this site.)

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Sat, 19 Mar 2005 02:13:55 +0000

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By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:44:07 +0000

well said and written.

Unfortunately, your challenge will never be accepted, it’s ok for the record co’s to accuse everyone else of subterfuge, deception, lack of morals or ethics and shady business models….but for them to investigate themselves and reveal that they are as bad or worse than anyone else…well, lets just say I’m not holding my breath.

My secret wish is for full disclosure through independant audits…and not just in Cali but everywhere….if that were to happen there’d be riots in the streets.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 11:34:22 +0000

Here’s a great quote from Bono’s acceptance speech at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame last night. Regardless of how people feel about him, hopefully everyone can see that it’s a valuable statement.

“That’s what I’d like you to take away from tonight. I would like to ask the music business to look at itself and ask itself some hard questions. Because there would be no U2 the way things are right now. That’s a fact.”

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Fri, 18 Mar 2005 09:52:29 +0000

I really do hope that Fiona Apple see this as a good thing. If she didn’t know before, it is now obvious that she has a large number of dedicated fans who will stick by her and her music even if a record company won’t.

Fiona Apple can now make an informed decision on whether to drop Sony as her publisher. They’re supposed to be working for her remember. She’s the artist, they help her sell her art.

She could even consider self publishing her work with such an impressive fan base. Or perhaps hook up with The John Butler Trio’s label Jarrah. Going independant is worked for those guys when no record company wanted a bar of them (although it’s funny that Big Music is suddenly interested in them now that they’re sucessful).