Another year, another Kerrville Folk Festival !!! This is the only Festival of it's kind that I know of. There are thousands of other Folk Festivals all over the world I'm sure.. but none that I know of that takes place over 18 Days !!! I am out there every year for more than a month and usually have lots of great video of some extremely talented artists that most of you have never heard before.
So the next series of videos I will be posting are from Kerrville over the last 3 years, some Main Stage artist, but mostly new and unsigned talent. KFF revolves around the annual New Folk Songwriters competition so the campground is FULL of unbelievable talent and I hope to share as much of it as i can.

This first video is actually the last performer on Day 18. Ruthie Foster is out of College Station and has a HUGE following in Austin. She is a regular at Kerrville but I am not sure she ever CLOSED the Festival. this is "Real Love".
The 3 girls with the Hula Hoops were also Staff, and were out there the whole time and also gave me permission to film them during Ruthie's performance. I apologize to you and THEM for not remembering their names :( but the night was awesome and the atmosphere ... well just take a look !!

TO YOUTUBE*** I HAVE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS THAT APPEAR IN MY VIDEOS TAKEN AT KFF 2006 - 2009 !!! I ALSO HAVE PERMISSION OF ALL STAFF ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS THAT APPEAR AS WELL !!!

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When did Hillary Duff GROW UP ??? My goodness but she has become one beautiful woman. And I don't give a crap about her music career or her being another Disney clone ...all I care about for my purposes is her beauty..and there is NO denying that .

Set to Patti Smyth & Scandal's : "Goodbye To You"

NOW WMG VS YOUTUBE : Wonder where your videos are going ?? I uploaded this same video last night. But it was REJECTED BECAUSE...WMG BLOCKED IT BECAUSE I USED, J.GIELS BAND'S "FREEZE FRAME"...A 30 YEAR OLD SONG!!! Please read on Check THIS out. The following is BORROWED from Youtuber Bluepounder.

Here are some links regarding the Google/YouTube vs. Warner Music Group saga:

http://www.youtube.com/blog?en try=Gg-... YouTube blog entry about music licensing.

http://blog.amandapalmer.net/p ost/665... Amanda Palmer blog. Amanda Palmer is a WMG artist.

http://blog.wired.com/business /2008/1... Wired Blog: Warner Pulls Music From YouTube

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023 _3-1012... C-Net article: Talks Break Down; Warner Music Pulls Videos From YouTube

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023 _3-1012... C-Net article Sources: YouTube Not Warner Pulled Videos

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12 /22/bus... New York Times article: Warner Music Removes Its Videos From YouTube as Licensing Talks Stall

http://www.techdirt.com/articl es/2008... Techdirt article Record Labels Learning They Have Little Leverage On YouTube

Some of the labels included in Warner Music Group are:

Warner Bros. Records
Atlantic Records
Reprise Records
Sire Records
Rhino
Elektra Records
Maverick Recording Corporation

To see the entire list of labels click on this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L ist_of_...
To see the entire list of artists click on this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W arner_M...

The independent label Fueled By Ramen is distributed by Atlantic Records. Videos and music from this label are also being blocked by YouTube. Their lineup includes Paramore, Panic At The Disco and Fall Out Boy among others.
Here is the wikipedia link for Fueled By Ramen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F ueled_B...

As most of you know Google/YouTube (YT) has recently ended their partnership and licensing agreement with Warner Music Group (WMG). WMG was demanding more royalty money from YouTube to have music and music videos on their site. This would have been more advertising revenue per play from the music videos. Also, WMG (allegedly) was also demanding that You Tube charge users an upload fee for each video that has WMGs music in them.

As a result of this action by Google/YouTube WMG has ordered YouTube to remove ALL their official music videos and ALL videos using their music.

YouTube is also in the process of negotiating licensing deals with Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG and EMI. It is expected those deals may fail if those companies make demands similar to WMG.

It is a well known fact that the big recording conglomerates hate the internet. The music industry is stuck in the dark ages when people had to buy a physical copy (CD, record, cassette tape) of whatever music they wanted. They are against the free flow of information that is the internet as we know it. They don't like the idea that someone could get their favorite music for free off the internet. So they consider uploading videos that have music on them to be copyright infringement or piracy.

What these companies don't understand is that sites such as YouTube help promote their music. A lot of people discover new music on YouTube and actually go and buy it. They just don't get it. And they were making money from the advertising so what are they complaining about. Now they will have no promotion and make no money.

Warner Music Group has also caused problems with other websites as well and also with i-tunes. WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman is also the same person who organized the music industry to sue Napster a few years back. Napster was a music file sharing site at the time. Edgar Bronfman was head of Universal Music Group at the time.

People need to be aware that individual users could be sued by record companies for uploading copyrighted music on the internet. One of the purposes of YouTube's licensing agreements was to protect users from just that. That protection has now been lost since WMG's music is no longer licensed to YouTube. Since it was Google/YouTube that broke up the licensing agreement and partnership any fair use claims from users will probally get ignored or result in suspension of their channels.


***ALL IMAGES found using yahoo and google image search.

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Another experiment. These ain't your Disney girls by any stretch of the imagination. Nope no Ariel ...no Pochahontas, and no Snow White in this montage. All images here are from various Computer, and console video games. Believe it or not. :)

The background is simply A Voyage Into Trance mixed from different loops from Paul Oakenfold. Enjoy.

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This is a music video that me and some friends made at a sleepover party to the song "Hey Mickey" by B*Witched.

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Apologies to Ben, But the woman with the noisy baby thought it would be a GREAT IDEA to stand right next to the area where the cameras were. But you did a great job anyway. This is a clip from a benefit concert called "ENCORE! ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN" Encore concerts are held every year and primarily consist of Disney Cast Members and their families. EVERYONE has donated their time to this project. Including musicians, cast and crew. This year's event was held at EPCOT world showplace. The charity this year was United Arts of Central Florida. WELL DONE GUYS!!!

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Kristin performs 14G

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Part 1 of 4 : From Kill Bill Vol 1

Uma Thurman as The Bride
Lucy Lui as O-Ren Ishii
Chiaki Kuriyama as GoGo Yubari
Chia Hui Liu as Johnny Mo

THE SETUP : O-Ren Makes A Statement

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Part 2 of 4 : From Kill Bill Vol 1

Uma Thurman as The Bride
Lucy Lui as O-Ren Ishii
Chiaki Kuriyama as GoGo Yubari
Chia Hui Liu as Johnny Mo

Part 2 : The Bride Crashes the Party

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Part 3 of 4 : From Kill Bill Vol 1

Uma Thurman as The Bride
Lucy Lui as O-Ren Ishii
Chiaki Kuriyama as GoGo Yubari
Chia Hui Liu as Johnny Mo

Part 3 :
"Silly Rabbit, Tricks Are For Kids"

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The video says it all. Warner Music Group sucks!

Check out this video from tygerWDR. He does an entertaining rant about WMG and YouTube and provides contact information for WMG, YouTube and Google.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Hla7KMY8OFA

Featuring the middle finger from Madonna (I couldn't resist). Probally the most famous middle finger of all.

The song used in this video is not from Warner Music Group

Music: Everything Zen by Bush
Copyright (c) 1994 Interscope Records

Here are some links regarding the Google/YouTube vs. Warner Music Group saga:

http://www.youtube.com/blog?en try=Gg-mX2mof8c YouTube blog entry about music licensing.

http://blog.amandapalmer.net/p ost/66586355/the-man-strikes-a gain-youtube-wars Amanda Palmer blog. Amanda Palmer is a WMG artist.

http://blog.wired.com/business /2008/12/warner-pulls-mu.html Wired Blog: Warner Pulls Music From YouTube

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023 _3-10127666-93.html C-Net article: Talks Break Down; Warner Music Pulls Videos From YouTube

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023 _3-10128454-93.html?part=rss&s ubj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 C-Net article Sources: YouTube Not Warner Pulled Videos

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12 /22/business/media/22warner.ht ml?_r=1&ref=business New York Times article: Warner Music Removes Its Videos From YouTube as Licensing Talks Stall

http://www.techdirt.com/articl es/20081223/0021143203.shtml Techdirt article Record Labels Learning They Have Little Leverage On YouTube



Some of the labels included in Warner Music Group are:

Warner Bros. Records
Atlantic Records
Reprise Records
Sire Records
Rhino
Elektra Records
Maverick Recording Corporation

To see the entire list of labels click on this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L ist_of_Warner_labels

To see the entire list of artists click on this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W arner_Music_Group_artists

The independent label Fueled By Ramen is distributed by Atlantic Records. Videos and music from this label are also being blocked by YouTube. Their lineup includes Paramore, Panic At The Disco and Fall Out Boy among others.
Here is the wikipedia link for Fueled By Ramen:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F ueled_By_Ramen

As most of you know Google/YouTube (YT) has recently ended their partnership and licensing agreement with Warner Music Group (WMG). WMG was demanding more royalty money from YouTube to have music and music videos on their site. This would have been more advertising revenue per play from the music videos. Also, WMG (allegedly) was also demanding that You Tube charge users an upload fee for each video that has WMGs music in them.

As a result of this action by Google/YouTube WMG has ordered YouTube to remove ALL their official music videos and ALL videos using their music.

YouTube is also in the process of negotiating licensing deals with Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG and EMI. It is expected those deals may fail if those companies make demands similar to WMG.

It is a well known fact that the big recording conglomerates hate the internet. The music industry is stuck in the dark ages when people had to buy a physical copy (CD, record, cassette tape) of whatever music they wanted. They are against the free flow of information that is the internet as we know it. They don't like the idea that someone could get their favorite music for free off the internet. So they consider uploading videos that have music on them to be copyright infringement or piracy.

What these companies don't understand is that sites such as YouTube help promote their music. A lot of people discover new music on YouTube and actually go and buy it. They just don't get it. And they were making money from the advertising so what are they complaining about. Now they will have no promotion and make no money.

Warner Music Group has also caused problems with other websites as well and also with i-tunes. WMG CEO Edgar Bronfman is also the same person who organized the music industry to sue Napster a few years back. Napster was a music file sharing site at the time. Edgar Bronfman was head of Universal Music Group at the time.

People need to be aware that individual users could be sued by record companies for uploading copyrighted music on the internet. One of the purposes of YouTube's licensing agreements was to protect users from just that. That protection has now been lost since WMG's music is no longer licensed to YouTube. Since it was Google/YouTube that broke up the licensing agreement and partnership any fair use claims from users will probally get ignored or result in suspension of their channels.

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A fairly quick EDUCATIONAL rant about the music industry, and their absolute paranoia over "copyright infringement". If I had the money I'd fight them and argue "fair use" laws, but they have more money and more lawyers. And as we all know you don't need to be right, you just need to have the right lawyers.

And a LINK! http://www.hollywoodtoday.net/ 2008/12/21/warner-music-group- pulls-the-plug-on-youtube/ Warner Music is throwing a hissy fit because youtube isn't paying them enough money! A multi-BILLION dollar company is pulling a juvenile stunt. Thanks Warner Music! And thanks youtube for bending over and taking it rather than stepping up to defend your users! Way to go!!!!

I believe it was Carlos Santana who said something like this first. "They claimed that home taping would kill the music industry. Then they said home CD's would kill the music industry. Then napster would kill the music industry. Bad music is what's killing the music industry."

§ 107. Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use40

Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include —

(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;

(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.

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WARNING : Adult language ahead. You've been warned.

SEQUEL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =HdFe4JNsuIo Some possible solutions to answer people who complained that we're all complaining too much.

lock and load. Yes, this bothers me this much. When I see people kill creativity to make money it burns me up. And I've been seeing a LOT of people with "fair use" content having their videos yanked over this. So yes, this bothers me. Don't like it? Don't watch.

And I still maintain that a major problem is when "artists" become "businessmen". how many people know Lars Ulrich had controlling interest in a recording label for a while? Right around when he went after Napster. Coincidence? I think not. But now, I see information that leads me to think Youtube isn't nearly as "victim" as they're trying to play themselves off as. I think they're happy to let the masses believe they did nothing, when it might be the case that they're the ones forcing the issue here and turning the screws on Warner. We'll see how it plays out in the next few weeks, but I think the time to do something is *now*.

Links mentioned in the video :

http://www.youtube.com/blog?en try=Gg-mX2mof8c : Youtube blog where they breat the story, apparently without telling WMG according to C-Net

http://blog.amandapalmer.net/p ost/66586355/the-man-strikes-a gain-youtube-wars : Amanda Palmer's blog. She's a part of the WMG as an artist.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023 _3-10128454-93.html?part=rss&s ubj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 : C-Net article which says GOOgLE and Youtube pulled the music, NOT Warner

http://www.techdirt.com/articl es/20081223/0021143203.shtml : Techdirt article about Warner's answer, a "Hulu for music" deal

http://blog.wired.com/music/20 08/06/warner-music-gr.html : Warner pulls music from Last.FM

http://www.google.com/intl/en/ contact/ : Google Contact

http://www.youtube.com/t/conta ct_us : Youtube contact

http://finance.google.com/fina nce?client=ob&q=NYSE:WMG : WMG's finance page

http://www.faxzero.com/ : Send free faxes from the internet
http://www.tpc.int/
http://www.freefax.com/

Keep circulating the tapes

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Think you know EVERYTHING about Pro Wrestling?? It's All Fake right?? Ever wonder WHO the guys are that beat the hell out of each other every night ... for a living?? Well check out this series of videos I'm doing now

Here is Part One...

"BEYOND THE MAT"

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Think you know EVERYTHING about Pro Wrestling?? It's All Fake right?? Ever wonder WHO the guys are that beat the hell out of each other every night ... for a living?? Well check out this series of videos I'm doing now from the movie "Beyond The Mat"

Here is Part 2...

"TERRY FUNK"

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Think you know EVERYTHING about Pro Wrestling?? It's All Fake right?? Ever wonder WHO the guys are that beat the hell out of each other every night ... for a living?? Well check out this series of videos I'm doing now from the movie "Beyond The Mat"

Here is Part 3...

"Mick Foley"

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