Buggered if I know…

It’s weird how one thought leads to another isn’t it?

Computers really are second rate processing tools compared to the human mind, don’t you think?

The other day I heard a track ‘Dang Me’ by Roger Miller on Radio 2 on the way home…  Subsequently I did a little sourcing and was listening to a range of favourites of his which I’d been introduced to by my parents (probably in the 70′s) – ‘Chug-a-lug’, ‘You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd’ and, of course, ‘England Swings’…

One thing led to another and a friend of mine reminded us of Roger Whittaker, a name very close, but of course a slightly different ‘cup of tea’ musically. It happens that I have Whittaker in my memory banks too – thanks to my folks.  A little more sourcing turned up a range of stuff. The one which, from the deep dark past which I recall best is his album – Whistle Stop! – part of Whittaker’s early signature as a performer was his whistling. Some kind soul has recorded the vinyl (yep, those big black semi-floppy things we might recall so fondly) to FLAC.

Are all these recordings to be lost in the future days where labels are not going to keep on catalog those things which don’t fill share-holders coffers?

This might be an example of the themes I was starting to develop around the amazingness of the Internet a little while back.

Music & video sharing, P2P, and the like isn’t going to go away – the internet ‘tools’ and possible benefits of a the global Internet knowledge-store are too compelling…

A hallmark of human-kind is sharing knowledge and creativity – having wide-spread access to current and past knowledge and creativity is new – and very exciting – but we need a new model to ensure we can use the tools and pay the creators…

Marty Robbins anyone?

BIIK