I just came across Adele recently with some radio airplay of her song, Right as Rain. It's a decent album with a handful of good songs, but there's one that caught my ears as a Bob Dylan cover, Make You Feel My Love. I think that this version is a geninue improvement over the original. Dylan is one of those artists that is hit or miss for me. He's certainly backed by a formittable array of songs and styles, but honestly, some of his stuff just grates.
Adele here takes the song and really turns it into her own. I think her voice just fits the song better than Dylan's nasalish sound. What do you think?
I'm not totally moping around, being all emo-ish on valentine's day. I barely even noticed it. Still, I wish that I had a reason to really celebrate it, and I wish things had gone better.
My last post saw the introduction of a flash player to the site. This is a step that I've been meaning to get to for a little while, and in my opinion, it is overdue. As of this point, Carry You Away will be closer to its original goal - sharing music that I like with the world, but in a way that doesn't necessarily mean that it will be copied and distributed.
Unless I get a an okay from an artist, publicist or other related party, we're not going to offer downloads. This might come as a problem for some, as it's convenient to be able to listen to a song and then download it, especially if you like it. However, we would rather skate on thicker ice with this issue. While we feel that the RIAA and the music industry in general has been slow to react to the changes that the internet has brought on, they are a group that I would rather remain on their good side, and as such, we'll be doing our best to better respect copyrights, while still showing the world music that we have found and grown to love.
Often, publicists will provide a free MP3 to share, and those will continue to be uploaded. Live tracks that can be found on Archive.org will also be downloadable. But other tracks will be on a flash-based listen only post, where you can still listen to your heart's content. If you really do like it, buy it, and support the artist.
Music is a product, just like everything else that we seem to enjoy, and I don't believe that it should be pirated to an extent where it impacts the artist. In this day and age, piracy is far more easy to accomplish, and there will be big changes on the way. We've always found iTunes to be a very reasonable platform and music store, as well as countless others. This site was not started as a way to distribute music, but as a way to share our passion for other bands to people around the world, and to help them, in any way possible, to get more listeners. The blogosphere has been a wonderful place to find new music, and will continue to be one for years to come (hopefully). We'll just do our part.
