The Highland Clans TV series

**TheOfficialBren** · 26th January 13, 02:51 PM

Ee-gads!! That IS rough!
Good on you for looking at the bright side, though.
:-)

**Laird_M** · 8th February 13, 06:54 AM

Well, I fanially got a chance to watch the MacLeod episode having dug through the loft for a pair of speakers.
Was quite interesting to watch and I never knew we had a 'senechi'(sp?) or Clan Storty Teller.

Now trying to find out if he's written anything...

**Tim Little** · 8th February 13, 07:05 AM

Originally Posted by Laird_M

...I never knew we had a 'senechi'(sp?) or Clan Storty Teller...

"Shanachie" is the common spelling, I believe.

[Scots Gaelic seanachaidh, from Old Irish senchaid, variant of senchae, historian, from sen, old; see sen- in Indo-European roots.]

**guardsman** · 8th February 13, 07:38 AM

Some of the clans are under the programme Scotlands Clans . Same presenter different series

**CMcG** · 8th February 13, 08:16 AM

This TV series looks really interesting. I'll have to check it out at some point!

Originally Posted by TheOfficialBren

I sure hope you aren't using that for music-related stuff. We musicians are struggling right now. The biz is dead! We can't turn a profit with illegal downloads and file-sharing. It hurts independant artists like me MORE than major record label artists.

I remember a fan telling me that he downloaded one of my songs...illegally...and that he dug my tune. Sure, I made a fan but he won't ever pay me a penny for his enjoyment after I spent thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours writing, recording, producing, mixing, mastering, replicating, copyrighting, trademarking, and promoting my album (working on album number two now).

Sure, stickiing it to a corporation feels good...but they always just pass the pain on the the little guy.

Sorry if I stepped on your toes, my friend. I meant no disrespect.

I'm also a musician and I feel you pain. Consider for a moment, however, that the "music business" being synonymous with the "record business" is actually an aberration of the 20th century. In a broader perspective, the music industry is growing; in the 21st century, that just means different things.

I'm giving away my latest album for free. People can buy it if they want to (iTunes, Amazon, etc), but over the last three months I've had tens of thousands of free downloads and only two people have paid. That speaks volumes about the state of the record industry.

Read my blog post about the value of music HERE. I make money as a music scholar, a teacher, an audio engineer, a DJ, and royalties/commissions from licensing my compositions...

Sorry, all, for getting so off-topic!

**unclevenus** · 10th February 13, 07:10 AM

Anyone has the link to the "Scotland's Clans" mentioned earlier? I saw the Highland ones, but not the ones with Armstrong, Hamilton, Stewart, etc..

**pbutts** · 10th February 13, 07:16 AM

All but one or two episodes are also on You Tube.

**creagdhubh** · 10th February 13, 07:53 AM

They're all on YouTube, you just have to search.

**TheOfficialBren** · 11th February 13, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by CMcG

This TV series looks really interesting. I'll have to check it out at some point!

I'm also a musician and I feel you pain. Consider for a moment, however, that the "music business" being synonymous with the "record business" is actually an aberration of the 20th century. In a broader perspective, the music industry is growing; in the 21st century, that just means different things.

I'm giving away my latest album for free. People can buy it if they want to (iTunes, Amazon, etc), but over the last three months I've had tens of thousands of free downloads and only two people have paid. That speaks volumes about the state of the record industry.

Read my blog post about the value of music HERE. I make money as a music scholar, a teacher, an audio engineer, a DJ, and royalties/commissions from licensing my compositions...

Sorry, all, for getting so off-topic!

I hear you but, respectfully, it devalues music and hard work when we give it all away. Why not use the restaurant business model? Give away SAMPLES (i.e. A song) but make them BUY the rest of your album.

I work too hard on my music to give it away. Indies need the sales more than majors.

Have you read Bobby Borg's work? He discusses this very thing a LOT.

Traditional revenue streams (placements, live gigs, merchandise) are all drying up. Even with a good agent a lot of artists still have a rough time getting placements and paying gigs. It may be different for the electronica scene but in hard rock it's pretty dry right now...too much urban music being pushed because it's cheap to produce and the artists are easy to find.

Consider what it costs to produce music, make artwork, submit your songs to breakdowns, create merchandise, run websites, produce music videos (a MUST in today's industry), and create and mpliment a marketing strategy...WHY would you give your music away?! You are robbing yourself!! Congratulations...you got a bunch of downloads...but only two people paid. That speaks volumes, my friend.

I'm finished ranting now. No disrespect intended, mate. We can agree to disagree with all friendliness intended.