Maid in Mexico

Lots to say about musicking, informal music playing, aspirations, working conditions, social status, musical sensitivity.<—6a599ce0edec67d8e4762569ecc8f4eb—><—971b080ffc97045d954282274120e6a2—><—bd04f69acb7bee85a814ee0d8c6726a5—><—7ccdfd4a71656cbb8c52c1b39b29b423—><—4bc8b90d483aca32072f1fca08249f8e—>

Not that it’s a completely new topic but it’s an interesting effect which now has some documented cases. Rock musicians apparently making more money from selling tracks in games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero than on the iTunes Store.
Rock acts ringing up sales via video games | Entertainment | Reuters
The write-up and the comments from an industry player sound a bit “disconnected” from the typical enthusiasm in tech communities. But that might be a good thing. If CEOs of record labels, large and small, do get what is happening, there might be hope that new models for music as a business will finally bloom.<—92136ed7335d4c81a9761ace7a904984—><—6eb606cea6067806e6161751ef6079f4—><—81ad5c318e9af930f8625d6f37ef044e—>

Just a thought…
Charles Keil should do an updated article on participatory discrepancies (PD) as a tribute to Bo Diddley, who passed away yesterday.
One of Keil’s first PD piece is in the Grooving on Participation section of Music Grooves, a fairly unique piece in the ethnomusicological literature.
Keil has since been active in a number of interesting projects, including the 12/8 Path community, the Born to Groove book and community website.