I AM A LASER – 1.5 Mode

Aug 19th, 2009 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles, Style :: Articles, Vision :: Articles

So over the past month, here at I AM A LASER we’ve been working extra hard and late nights to improve the site in order to handle all that is about to come your way. So where do I begin!
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vinyl’s here… and she wants you back!

May 1st, 2009 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

The Vinyl Record is back as a mainstream music delivery medium and it’s just as easy to download as an MP3. After celebrating Record Store Day this past weekend, the world has awoken to the fact: that as CD sales [...]

Buying Vinyl *A pre_internet story

Feb 24th, 2009 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

Back in 1988, with a handful of bills gathered from the weekly chores, cleaning the house, mowing the lawn, taking out the trash (yes, this already sounds like one of those stories your grandfather told you about having to walk [...]

$99 Music Video – Is it you?

Feb 21st, 2009 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

$99 Music Video is a newly launched media site designed by one of the creators of the original MTV to give emerging bands a decent quality music video, shot and produced, within a few days time all for the low, [...]

The Downloads War is Over!

Feb 3rd, 2009 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

Got another BBC article from a few weeks back. Been so busy adjusting to Los Angeles, didn’t have the chance to post it – but get this:
The Recording Industry Association of America, which represents US labels, has traditionally been the [...]

Legal downloads swamped by piracy

Feb 3rd, 2009 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

This news story is a few weeks old, but maybe you even knew this a year ago - 
Ninety-five per cent of music downloaded online is illegal, a report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has said.
Now I’m [...]

Music Mag Rant #1

Dec 24th, 2008 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

Take a gander at your BPM’s, XLR8R’s, Spin’s (fill in the blank’s) There’s quite evidently a standard presentation to music mags and most of it has nothing to do with music, let alone crafting a cutting edge memorable experience –which [...]

Everything You do is news!: Pt.2

Dec 9th, 2008 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

This is a continuation of the article: Everything You Do is News! Click here to read it.
Are you asking yourself: “Who would benefit from what I’ve done?”. The answer is: countless people around the world, who share your tastes, could and will [...]

Everything you do is news!

Dec 5th, 2008 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

Here begins our first installment of “new media musician” articles for the 21st century. It’s a different side of the story to what it means to be a musician now in a world where the record selling business is over, [...]

Death & Birth

Dec 5th, 2008 :: BY Double You :: POSTED IN Sound :: Articles

They go hand in hand – don’t they!

I find it fitting that fist post of IAAL is timed right with the bankruptcy of Britain’s Pinnacle Entertainment, who was responsible for distributing somewhere around 400 Independent music labels albums/cd’s. According to [...]