| Crystal Castles / Health at Studio B |
[31 Mar 2008|09:57pm] |
Do you read my blogspot? dianawongphoto.blogspot.com ? Anyway, this is what I wrote.
 
Full set at Flickr.
Yay! I return to the world of music photography after a brief break. By return, I mean forcefully propel myself back into it, as I am slightly bruised and battered after braving the crowd feverish for HEALTH at Studio B last night. Some pictures, taken for Loose Record:
 
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| Anna Sui Fall 2008 |
[08 Feb 2008|02:15am] |
I was at Bryant Park for the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week. Shot the Anna Sui show.
After the jump for some highlights, click here if you want the entire set!
Agyness Deyn looking fiercer than ever. I hate her a little because of the club kid aspect, but this makes me love her.
Karen Elson a.k.a. Mrs. Jack White with unfortunate bangs.
Sasha Pivovarova a.k.a. Gemma doppleganger.
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| Save Internet Radio |
[12 Jul 2007|02:24pm] |
You probably know I have a radio show at WBAR, the Barnard College Radio Station. So I'm asking you this so I can have my show again in the fall. Save Internet Radio. In two days and 10 hours or so, MUSIC WILL DIE.
Because I can't say it much better, I'm posting this from the WBAR website:
Protect internet radio, write your legislators!
The Copyright Royalty Board recently announced a new rate plan for collecting royalties from internet radio stations. The royalties are paid to SoundExchange, the royalty-collecting arm of the RIAA. Whereas under previous rules, internet broadcasters were required to pay only a percentage of their advertising revenue, the new plan demands royalties on a per-song per-listener basis, regardless of whether any revenue is being generated in first place. Such a system, if enforced, would make a web stream impossible for WBAR to support, and also cripple most internet radio as we know it.
It gets worse. SoundExchange demands royalties for all copyrighted music, even for songs recorded by artists on labels not represented by the RIAA. It keeps 50% of the royalties for itself and distributes the rest to labels. This amounts to the RIAA profiting off of material recorded by labels it does not represent. Most of the music WBAR plays is sent to us by promoters for independent record labels. They own the intellectual property and give it to us for free so we can promote the artists. If these new rules are enforced, the RIAA will essentially be collecting royalties for music we were given by labels that have chosen to not join the RIAA in the first place. Let me remind you that this is all mandated by law. Imagine if non-profit libraries were mandated by law to pay royalties per-reader, per-book.
So, what can you do about it? At the moment, both the House and Senate are considering the Internet Radio Equality Act, a bill that would restore the previous percentage-of-revenue model. You can do your part writing or calling your senators and representative and encouraging them to co-sponsor this legislation. To read more about the issue, please visit SaveNetRadio.org.
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| My Music |
[12 Feb 2007|02:11am] |
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