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After much consideration, we both decided to drop the sampled song off the final CD and just let it float around the Internet on its own. As of now it's being played in some clubs and there's DJs that are spinning the song while they're on a world tour. Cool huh?
So let the lawyers find us that way. It's a much better case for us that the song is floating on the Internet rather than being digitally distributed by iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, etc..

So this means we take the CD back to the printers for brand new covers and I have to burn brand new copies of the demo. But no complaints here.
My husband will have his first CD actually released in just a few weeks!

Music Licensing 101

My hubby who made a remix of a very well popular song needs to obtain permission in order to sell that song on a CD, website, and other forms of media. Does this mean he'll do it? No.. this means I get to do it. :) Which I don't mind because if it deals with paper pushing.. I'm SO there!

He sampled this well known song (contact me for details.. heh), and now in order to sell it through CDBaby.. I really should obtain permission. It's the only fair thing to do. So I find the publisher info on ASCAP. From there I go to their websites to see if I can electronically get permission. That's a no go. So I look up music clearance services... one in particular is ridiculously expensive and the other just doesn't list the price. And then you see something like EMG that says on their page "Use a note and go to jail". Well fuck me.
I'm just going to do it my own self. I know I can. I can be all professional and stuff. *snort*
But on my little travels of finding out how to go abouts on getting the "ok" from the head honchos.. I run across this poor guy. All he wanted was to license some time of a few movies for his home project.. HOME, as in no audience but him and his family.

Anyways.. I'll keep my events updated. This should be fun. :)

Funny Quote

This funny quote popped up on my Google homepage today:

"I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down." - Mitch Hedburg

I had to look up who he was too. He was a stand-up comedian that passed away in 2005 due to OD'ing on heroine and cocaine

Here's some other quotes by him:
- I drink Orange Juice with Vodka. It's like Vitamin C that kicks your ass!
- I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.
- I type at one hundred and one words a minute. But it's in my own language.
- I would imagine that if you could understand Morse code, a tap dancer would drive you crazy.
- If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work.
- My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

There's a TON of these!

What a difference 8 years make

8 years ago I was in my hometown and going to the local dance club every Thurs night for lady's night. My favourite song back then was Fatboy Slim's Rockafeller Skank. The DJ would catch my eye when I walked in, I'd wave and just a few minutes later everyone could hear that song blasting through the speakers as I would dance, dance, dance.
Flash forward 8 years later, the song begins to play on one of my favourite radio stations (Dave FM) and there I am... dancing in my kitchen, folding laundry and all the while wearing my cow slippers. My 2yr old joins in the dancing and there we are, a couple of crazy girls dancing in our slippers.
My life has certainly changed, and I wouldn't exchange it for the world.

What American accent do you have?

I really didn't think I am Inland North.. I mean, maybe Midwest, but North? I don't have "pop", I have "coke". Eh.. well.. it's a short test. :)

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North   You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
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What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

I got great ta-tas

I was running into a store the other day and didn't pay attention that the shirt I was wearing was slowly unbuttoning itself. When I came to a stop, I looked down and found my shirt mostly unbuttoned and my bra showing. This lady looked astonished at me and I quickly went to button myself, apologizing profusely and making wisecracks at how careless I was.
The lady fanned herself and said "Whew! That was very nice! You have a nice pair! You just made my day!"
Oh, no no no.. you just made mine.
I got a great rack! To which my husband replies, "I keep telling you that but it takes a lesbian to convince you?"

Free International Calls?

Yes.. it's true, you too can make almost free phone calls to 50 international countries, check out Allfreecalls.net. The only amount your charged is any long distance rate you would naturally incur by calling Iowa, because you're calling Iowa who in turn calls the International number you want.
This article will explain why and how they do this.
Is it worth it? Well.. if you have free long distance then yes it could be worth it. However, if you have to pay then you could just use Jajah, which is free... or even Skype.
How do you get this free call?

1. Dial 712 858 8094
2. Enter 011, Country Code & Phone #
3. Enjoy free phone calls.

We may be calling this soon because Hubby's Babi just got out of the hospital after a bad attack of angina and heart failure. I don't know if this means that we'll be traveling to Czech sooner than I thought, but I know they want to see Peanut and well.. they aren't getting any younger.