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<strong>I DON´T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU VOTED FOR ME OVER ON OURSTAGE, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DID, THIS POST ALSO APPLIES TO YOU. 
<br />THANK YOU. <br /><br />HI EVERYONE, <br /><br />I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR VOTING MY SONG "DO YOU WANT MY LOVIN" #1 IN LATIN FOR JULY. I MADE THE FINALS, BUT IT WAS ROUGH, BECAUSE "DO YOU WANT MY LOVIN" IS REALLY AN UNFINISHED SONG, THAT WOULD NEED LYRICS AND SOME KILLER VOCALS IN ORDER TO WIN THE FINALS. BUT THIS JUST SHOWS ME HOW GOOD THE INSTRUMENTAL TRACK IS. BECAUSE IT DID VERY WELL FOR JUST BEING A BACKING TRACK WITHOUT THE VOCALS, SO I´M VERY HAPPY. <br />I WON A $100.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE AT AMAZON, AND OURSTAGE ASKED ME TO DO A SHORT 20 SECOND VIDEO AS AN ACCEPTANCE/THANK YOU SPEECH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MY VIDEO CAMERA IS BROKEN, AND I HAVEN´T BEEN ABLE TO BORROW ONE, AS MOST OF MY FRIENDS ARE ON VACATION AT THE MOMENT, AND TOOK THEIR VIDEO CAMERAS WITH THEM. LOL<br />SO, YOU´LL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL I WIN THE FINALS, AND I´LL BUY A NEW VIDEO CAMERA WITH SOME OF THE $5,000, AND MAKE A VERY NICE SPEECH FOR ALL OF YOU. <br />ONE AGAIN, I´D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT, AND OURSTAGE FOR MAKING ALL OF THIS POSSIBLE. <br />YOU ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <br /><br />ALL THE BEST, <br />DICARLO<br /><br />ADDED; I´VE OPENED A SHOP AT CAFE PRESS, AND HAVE SOME PRETTY COOL STUFF THERE (T-SHIRTS, SWEAT SHIRTS, JACKETS, MUGS, MOUSE PADS, ETC.)<br />HAVE A LOOK AT; www.cafepress.com/dicarloproducts</strong>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>WELL, I DID IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! <br />THIS TIME ON ANOTHER SITE CALLED MUSIC NATION!!!! <br />I ENTERED A CONTEST FOR A DEAL WITH SIGNAL/EPIC, MADE THE QUALIFICATIONS AT #22, AND NOW THE LAST DAY TO VOTE I´M CURRENTLY AT #15 WITH MY SONG "LOVE IS THE KEY"!!!!! <br /><br />I KNOW THAT MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON´T HAVE THE TIME, OR WHATEVER, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I´D TELL YOU ABOUT IT IN CASE SOME OF YOU WANT TO VOTE!!! <br />I´M HOPING YOU´RE ALL NOT LIKE JAUG SAID, WHEN HE SAID; "I WON´T VOTE FOR BECAUSE I´M JEALOUS", OR MAKE YOU MAKE TOO MANY SMILIES, ETC. :D :lol: I KNOW HE WAS JOKING!!!! LOL<br /></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><br />I THINK I KNOW MOST OF YOU BETTER THAN THAT!!!!!!!!!!!! :D <br />I DON´T EXPECT TO WIN THIS CONTEST, BUT JUST FINISHING IN THE TOP 20 TO BE JUDGED BY THE PANEL OF JUDGES WOULD BE AWESOME!!!!! </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><br />HERE´S THE LINK; <br />http://musicnation.com/contest/spin/matchup<br /><br />HOPE YOU´RE ALL DOING WELL.<br />HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND.<br /><br />PEACE, <br />D</strong></span></p>
<p><strong>HI EVERYONE, </strong></p>
<p><strong>I KNOW I HAVEN´T BEEN AROUND HERE MUCH, BUT I´M STILL VERY HAPPY TO SEE IMS BACK UP AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<img src="images/smilies/face-grin.png" border="0" alt="grin" title="grin" /></strong></p>
<p><strong>I´VE BEEN REALLY BUSY MIXING AND MASTER A LOT OF CD`S FOR ARTISTS IN THE USA, FOR UPCOMING CD RELEASES, PLUS DOING A LOT OF LIVE CONCERTS AT SUMMER FESTIVALS HERE IN BERLIN, AND AROUND GERMANY. I´VE BEEN HAVING A BLAST DOING BOTH. </strong></p>
<p><strong>I´LL BE HAVING A SPECIAL OFFER ON CD MASTERING FOR THE MONTH OF JULY, WHERE YOU CAN SAVE $157.00 TO OVER $200.00 OFF THE NORMAL PRICE, BUT I´LL POST A BLOG ABOUT THAT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. </strong></p>
<p><strong>I´M JUST GLAD TO SEE IMS IS STILL STANDING STRONG, AND THAT ALL MY FRIENDS STILL HAVE A HOME FOR THEIR MUSIC!!!!!!<img src="images/smilies/face-grin.png" border="0" alt="grin" title="grin" /></strong></p>
<p><strong>MAKES ME VERY HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<img src="images/smilies/face-grin.png" border="0" alt="grin" title="grin" /></strong></p>
<p><strong><br />HOPE YOU´RE ALL HAVING A GREAT SUMMER. </strong></p>
<p><strong>ALL THE BEST,</strong></p>
<p><strong>DICARLO</strong></p>
<p><strong>HEY, JUST WANTED TO WISH ALL MY FELLOW AMERICANS HERE A HAPPY AND SAFE MEMORIAL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! <img src="images/smilies/face-grin.png" border="0" alt="grin" title="grin" /></strong></p>
<p><strong>SORRY I HAVEN´T BEEN AROUND MUCH, BUT WE LOST A GREAT BASS PLAYER AND GOOD FRIEND RECENTLY, AND HAVE HAD TO BREAK IN A NEW GUY, WHICH MEANT A LOT OF REHEARSALS FOR THE GIGS AND FESTIVALS WE´VE BEEN DOING EVERY WEEKEND. AND NOW THIS NEW GUY IS GOING ON TOUR WITH A MAJOR ACT HERE IN GERMANY, SO THAT MEANS FINDING ANOTHER GUY TO DO THE GIGS IN JUNE-JULY-AUGUST. I´VE ALSO BEEN DOING A LOT OF MIXES AND MASTERS FOR ARTISTS ON MY SPACE. THE HIP HOP ARTIST DUTTY DEVISIOSO JUST SENT ME ANOTHER 3 SONGS TO MIX AND MASTER THIS WEEK, AND BEFORE THAT I HAD DONE 18 OTHER SONGS FOR HIM. HIS CD WILL BE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT MONTHS AND IT´S REALLY GOOD. I´VE ALSO MET A FANTASTIC FEMALE SINGER-SONGWRITER THAT HAS A DEAL WITH SONY/REDD AND WARNER CHAPPEL PUBLISHING, THAT WANTS TO COLLAB WITH ME, AND HAVE ME DO REMIXES OF SOME OF HER EXISTING SONGS. HER NAME IS LA MENGA KAFI, AND SHE´S ALSO ON MY SPACE AS WELL.. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I HAVEN´T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF TIME LATELY.</strong></p>
<p><strong>ALSO, I´VE DONE IT AGAIN, I´M IN THE THE QUARTER FINALS AT OURSTAGE AGAIN, BUT IN 2 GENRES THIS TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D<br />MY "DICARLO BEATS & SONG SNIPPETS" ARE #5 IN THE DJ BEATS GENRE, AND "ATHENA´S WISH" IS #5 IN THE ROCK INSTRUMENTAL GENRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D</strong></p>
<p><strong>THE JUDGING FOR THE QUARTER FINALS STOPS ON MAY 29. </strong></p>
<p><strong>SEMI FINALS START ON MAY 29 </strong></p>
<p><strong>AND THE FINALS ARE ON MAY 31. THE #1 PRIZE IS $5,000. <br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>AS USUAL, MY SONGS ARE ALWAYS STRONG ENOUGH TO REACH THE QUARTER AND SEMI FINALS, AND IT´S HAPPENED 3 TIMES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS, SO I NEED ALL THE VOTES I CAN GET!!!!!!!! <br /><br />SO IF YOU GOT SOME SPARE TIME, I´D APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. :D<br />www.ourstage.com</strong></p>
<p><strong>AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I HAD A FRIEND ASK ME TO VOTE FOR HIM ON ANOTHER SITE CALLED www.musicnation.com, AND SINCE I HAD TO REGISTER TO VOTE, I DECIDED TO MAKE A PAGE THERE, AND ENDED UP ENTERING A CONTEST SPONSORED BY SPIN MAGAZINE AND HENNESSEY. I JOINED THERE 6 DAYS AGO, WAS #447 IN THE CONTEST, AND TODAY I´M #53!!!!!! 1ST PRIZE IS A RECORD DEAL WITH SIGNAL/EPIC (SONY). I DOUBT I´LL WIN, BECAUSE THERE´S SOME VERY TALENTED ARTISTS ON THE SITE, AND SOME EVEN HAVE TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL MTV LIKE VIDEOS. A LOT OF YOUNG NEW INDIE ARTISTS HUNGRY TO GET A DEAL. LOL TO BE HONEST, I´M QUITE SURPRISED AT THE SUCCESS I´VE HAD SO FAR. BUT THE REAL HEAD ON HEAD BATTLES START LATER, AND I DON´T KNOW HOW WELL I´LL DO AGAINST THE PRO VIDEOS, ETC. MANY OF YOU HERE HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO OF MARGOT MC DONALD. WELL, THERE´S A MILLION MARGOT MC DONALDS, AND YOUNG BANDS WITH THE SAME QUALITY MUSIC AND PRO VIDEOS OUT THERE TRYING TO MAKE A NAME FOR THEMSELVES. IT´S PRETTY SCARY TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. LOL<br /></strong></p>
<p><strong>ANYWAY, I HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE STAYING HEALTHY AND DOING WELL. HAVE A GREAT MEMORIAL DAY!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />PEACE, <br />DICARLO</strong></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I WILL BE PERFORMING WITH MFA KERA & MIKE RUSSEL BAND ON THE AFRICAN STAGE.</span>WE WILL BE DEDICATING THIS CONCERT TO THE LATE EARL BOSTIC, OUR BASS PLAYER, WHO PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY ON TUESDAY. HE WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THIS GIG.<span style="font-size: x-small;">SEE FESTIVAL LINK: http://www.karneval-berlin.de/de/kalender.26.html</span></span></p>
Hey friends & fans,
It’s Semi-Finals time at OurStage.com, America’s great independent music and video discovery destination, and I..m shooting for top act of the month. There’s quite a bit at stake here, such as gigs at festivals and other career-making goodies.
And this means, of the thousands of bands competing to be 1, DICARLO stands a decent chance of taking it. If you already voted me into the Semi-Finals, I hope you’ll come back and support me again. If not,I hope you’ll vote for me now.
So thanks for your vote, if you did – it means a lot. And please vote for me again. If you’re not yet an OurStage member, you can easily become one right now, right here. It’s fast, easy and free.
Here..s the link to my page;
The song is called "HURTS SO GOOD", and please join my Fan Club while you..re there.
<a href="http://www.ourstage.com/banner/1/NOCRQJGDJUCH"><img src="http://www.ourstage.com/banner/image/1/NOCRQJGDJUCH.jpg" alt="HURTS SO GOOD, by DICARLO on OurStage" style="width:280px;height:300px;border:none;"/></a>
I need 20 more fans by March 31st. That..s tomorrow!!!!
Thank you.
Peace,
DICARLO
ADDED; I THINK THAT DOUBLE POSTING BLOGS IS A BIT THE SAME AS UPLOADING SEVERAL SONGS AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!!
BOTH ARE THINGS I WOULD NEVER DO, BECAUSE I RESPECT EVERYONE`S PROMOTIONS!!!!
IT´S ALL WE REALLY HAVE TO FURTHER OURSELVES!!!!!
SOMETIMES I WILL EVEN WAIT 1 OR 2 DAYS TO POST MY BLOG, AND LET THE OTHER GUY DO HIS THING, IF I SEE IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HIM!!!! RESPECT!!!!!!
SINCE MY CONTEST IS OVER TOMORROW, THIS IS KIND OF IMPORTANT TO ME, AND CAN`T WAIT, SO I AM POSTING THIS AGAIN!!!!
HOPE YA`LL UNDERSTAND.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
THANKS.
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JUST WANTED TO WISH ALL OF YOU A HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
ALL THE BEST.
PEACE,
DICARLO
Recording Industry Calls for “Monetization Without Representation”
By DICARLO PRODUCTIONS, 2008-03-19
Recording Industry Calls for “Monetization Without Representation”
Posted at 10:13 AM PT on March 13, 2008
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The concept is simple: The music industry forms a collecting society, which then offers file-sharing music fans the opportunity to ‘get legit’ in exchange for a reasonable regular payment, say $5 per month. So long as they pay, the fans are free to keep doing what they are going to do anyway–share the music they love using whatever software they like on whatever computer platform they prefer–without fear of lawsuits. The money collected gets divided among rights-holders based on the popularity of their music. In exchange, file-sharing music fans will be free to download whatever they like, using whatever software works best for them. The more people share, the more money goes to rights-holders. The more competition in applications, the more rapid the innovation and improvement. The more freedom to fans to publish what they care about, the deeper the catalog.”
–Excerpt from “A Better Way Forward: Voluntary Collective Licensing of Music File Sharing,” Electronic Frontier Foundation, April, 2004
Turns out that the Electronic Frontier Foundation was simply ahead of its time when it suggested that the recording industry adopt a voluntary collective-licensing model for music. Because the record labels are finally warming to the idea.
During tomorrow’s South by Southwest “Mobility, Ubiquity and Monetizing Music” panel, Jim Griffin, managing director of OneHouse–a digital entertainment consultancy that works with three of the four major labels–will argue the case for a file-sharing surcharge.
Like the “File-sharing Monetization” proposal recently pitched by the Songwriters Association of Canada and the EFF plan that the industry dismissed back in 2004, Griffin’s proposal would have Internet Service Providers add a flat-rate fee to their monthly charges to underwrite the cost of unlimited music downloads. The resulting funds would be divvied up among songwriters, performers, publishers and music labels.
“It’s monetizing the anarchy,” says Peter Jenner, head of the International Music Manager’s Forum, who will join Griffin on the panel. “The labels are beginning to like the idea of an access-to-music charge, because they’re increasingly aware that their current model is broken.”
EVEN STREET MUSICIANS ARE AFFECTED BY FREE DOWNLOADS!!!!!!!!! :D LOL
<a href="http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/DICARLO1/?action=view¤t=cartoon1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/DICARLO1/cartoon1.jpg" border="0" alt="EVEN THE STREET MUSICIANS ARE FEELING THE DOWNLOAD CRUNCH"></a> :D
THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL THE REVIEWS ON "AGELESS"!!!!:D
I PUT IT UP TO UPLIFT PEOPLE`S SPIRITS A BIT, AND AS A DEDICATION TO ROB, AND FOR HIS SPEEDY RECOVERY!!!! :D
GLAD SO MANY OF YOU ENJOYED IT!!!!!!! :D
HERE´S A LITTLE SOMETHING I FOUND THAT CRACKED ME UP, THAT I THOUGHT YOU WOULD ALL ENJOY!!!!!
HOPE THIS WORKS.
I TRIED EMBEDDING IT IN MY VIDEOS, BUT IT DIDN`T WORK?! 
OK, COOL, IT WORKED!!!!!!!
"SMOKE ON THE WATER" LIKE YOU`VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE!!!!
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