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Talk:MusiCares

message: I surfed here while doing a page on a band who performed at the 2007 Musicares event to honor James Taylor.  Many high profile celebrities either performed there or were in the audience.  However, reading this page, I can't figure out if it's a concert event to honor the artist chosen that year, and help them financially with the proceeds of the concert, OR... what?  Give the money to who?  How?  Especially in the case of James Taylor with his well known past (present?) drug addiction to slate the money for those who have suffered from that, I can see where someone unfamiliar with the wikipedia would be confused.  I'm still confused as to where, exactly, that money is supposed to go. --leahtwosaints (talk) 21:56, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusing 

message: http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/6193
"Over the entire period, MusiCares took in contributions of more than $6.5 million, but paid out $627,000, or less than 10% of its total income, in individual grants. Far larger sums went to cover organizational expenses."
"Bonnie Raitt agreed to work with this charity because she believed the lion's share of the money raised would go to benefit those in need. She was told that the money would go directly to help pay for people's rent, food, clothing, health insurance and substance abuse problems." [They] were shocked at the reprehensible' disparity between the income and payout at MusiCares."
EDLIS Café  19:57, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, you can include criticisms of the organization with a citation from a reliable source. That being said, the figures above are outdated. MusiCares paid out $3,771,190 of grants between August 1 2013 and July 31 2014, according to the organization's annual IRS return. "Organizational costs" is a vague term. Yes, MusiCares has to pay rent for its office space, web site hosting, insurance, telephone, utilities, accounting, staff wages and benefits, payroll taxes, and so forth. Almost all charitable organizations must pay similar costs to keep their doors open, and MusiCares need not be singled out for incurring these costs. MusiCares received $7,783,986 of contributions and incurred $5,726,268 of program services costs, meaning that 74 cents of every dollar donated goes directly to the furtherance of its mission of providing a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need between August 1 2013 and July 31 2014. ~ Quacks Like a Duck (talk) 13:48, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should the criticisms be addressed?
Talk:National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

message: The "Grammy U" section reads like a press release.  I would guess it was put there by a member of Grammy U/NARAS. 72.179.51.95 (talk) 06:12, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: I cleaned part of the article up to make so that its not like an ad/press release. --Alextwa (talk) 20:23, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: re

message: The academy is headquartered in a new building on olympic blvd. Could be get a new picture of the building to replace the picture of their old headquarters? --MusicGeek101 (talk) 21:05, 19 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: headquarters

message: I'd be interested in a section on membership and leadership. How does one become a member? Who leads the organization and how is that decided? Someone with interest might expand the article in that direction. - ¢Spender1983 (talk) 20:33, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Membership
Talk:John Eardley Wilmot

message: Wilmot family were important not only in Osmaston but in South Derbyshire. Victuallers 08:13, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is the Grand Union flag illustration really necessary to the article? Reference is made to the American War of Independence; switch goes on in Flagfreak's brain; Grand Union flag is added to article on famous English judge. Results: Flagfreak is satisfied, readers of Wikipedia learn no more about Wilmot than they knew already, and computer memory space is wasted for, basically, nothing. Propose deletion ASAP. Writtenright 22:23, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: It isn't necessary, and its only purpose is to draw the US reader's eye to the part of the article of American interest. It's a free image, and the effect on memory space is the length of the name and html embedded in the page, but if you find it freaky then do take it out. Xn4 15:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Propose deletion of Grand Union flag 
Talk:PRS for Music

message: Sorry I can't login as I can't remember my details but this reads as an advertising promotion for the performing rights society and is not in my opinion written from a neutral point of view Statements like "Royalties ensure composers and songwriters are paid in order to keep on creating. Royalties are vital to support the growing creative economy. PRS is an easy way for businesses that wish to use music to get the permission they need to do so from the creators of that music"
are not neutral in tone - they are advertising. Suggest this is reworded —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.151.58 (talk • contribs) 14:46, 25 November 2008
Agree and have edited with that in mind Kumarajiva (talk) 01:21, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: 2008 Advertising concern

message: Could someone with legal knowledge explain in the article whether a person who plays creative commons licenced music in public is legally required to pay the PRS? (where both the composers and performers have indicated that they wish the music to be playable free of charge) I can see a market for an internet radio station playing only CC licenced music as employees in many workplaces in the UK are banned from playing the normal radio because the management cannot afford a PRS licence.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.163.73 (talk) 22:06, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, we don't give out legal advice. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry (talk) 19:54, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Creative Commons licenced music?

message: PRS is still a company (cf Companies House) but "PRS for Music" is also a PLC (Private Limited Company) - this rather muddies the relationship between them. Which company is the licensing body, which is collecting the money? The header is giving the impression of a cooperative like society, but this appers to be wrong. Pbhj (talk) 16:37, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: PRS plc

message: This section was added fairly recently by an anon IP, with the only sources given as sites that say that what they're doing is "legal," which is less than ideal. Nick Cooper (talk) 14:10, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Alternatives to paying the PRS" section 

message: PRS routinely is involved in litigation in respect of its day-to-day licensing and copyright activities, I don't think the two tabloid stories presented here are in any way representative, they're just atypical sensational cases. It's not a neutral point of view. So, I've tagged it.--feline1 (talk) 12:38, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  neutrality of "Legal cases" section
Talk:Piano Technicians Guild

message: I'm not sure this article's subject matter would classify as an article about classical music, it being about a trade organization. If any music classification were attached to it, I would think it would be music in general rather than just the classical genre. In addition, since "registered piano technicians" are covered and cited in this article, I have suggested that the stub Registered Piano Technician be merged here. Thoughts? Pianotech (talk) 13:35, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  General observations
Talk:Royal Choral Society

message: The history of the Royal Choral Society reads like a directory of the greatest names in the musical world. Formed soon after the opening of the Royal Albert Hall in 1871, the choir gave its first performance as  ...
* These words sound like they were lifted straight from a glossy and over-priced concert programme.  I strongly suspect copyright issues.  --  Jack of Oz [your turn] 09:19, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Programme style
Talk:Schola Cantorum Basiliensis

message: The most recent translation of "Cantorum" in the article is "Cantors", but that is an ambiguous term. The first meaning is "singers", - why not used that? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 15:10, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed it. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 05:17, 6 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cantorum? 

message: Why is the nationality of the faculty members even slightly important, much less so important that they are listed in order of nationality? --jpgordon𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇  05:31, 10 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Nationality of faculty members is probably interesting to many, because the school has an unusually high rate of international faculty. However, it would make more sense to organize them by instrument.  --HenryPurcell (talk) 00:27, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: That wouldn't work so well; half the names are multi-instrumentalists. What's wrong with just alphabetical order? Also, the source for the list is fine for current instructors, but not for the past instructors; and why should there be a list of lutenists that have studied there? I know why it's important -- SCB is essentially the center of that universe -- but there's nothing in the article that suggest why this is special. Perhaps someone knowledgeable could find a good source in the literature for the importance of the lute instruction here? --jpgordon𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇  00:41, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Faculty
Talk:SACEM

message: Coincidence or using a similar name that people might know and like?--81.189.129.234 (talk) 13:09, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I added "not to be confused with..." boilerplate to the beginning of the article. This is a standard way of addressing situations like this. —Ringbang (talk) 15:06, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: SECAM?

message: :The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) estar8806 (talk) ★ 13:05, 3 November 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique →  – Per MOS:ACRO, rather than foreign language term. MirrorPlanet 🪞🪐 11:15, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 26 October 2023
Talk:Texas Music Educators Association

message: Though the list of goals does adequately describe why TMEA does what it does, I think a better lead section can be created. I'll put it on my list unless someone else wants to suggest one. 67.11.71.176 (talk) 10:38, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead Section 

message: I don't know how much more this section can be expanded without sounding like an advertisement. Any comments? 67.11.71.176 (talk) 10:39, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Clinic/Convention 

message: I know there is some history behind the Southwestern Musician. If anyone wants to add it go ahead, otherwise it's on my list. 67.11.71.176 (talk) 10:41, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  ''Southwestern Musician'' 

message: The current history section has a reference link that no longer works. Is there another place to access this dissertation? 67.11.71.176 (talk) 10:44, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 

message: I will help create an infobox to this page and more information to this wikipedia page. I have overhauled my previous statement. I am in the process of trying to update the Texas UIL High School Athletic Regions to take into account of the recent 2016-2018 Reclassification and Alignment. It is also taking into account of the Conference 6A that has yet to be added. Anyone is free to help me update this massive template. Template:Texas UIL High School Athletic Regions I am also creating a new template for Texas UIL TMEA ATSSB High School Music Regions similar to the Athletic Regions because music is the only UIL Division has their own Regions Alignment and Reclassification because the duties are shared jointly by UIL, TMEA, and ATSSB. All three share the same music regions but all three have separate areas for marching band and all-state. It will take some time for me to work on them. I will link to this post once my move request on my draft is processed because my templates needs a proper name. Azndrumsticks (talk) 23:46, 9 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox and Template
Talk:Wandelweiser

message: While I wouldn't deny Cage's influence on the group I really don't think we can say "John Cage is a figure of central importance to the Wandelweiser composers; their music is often referred to as "silent music," taking as its starting point Cage’s legendary work 4'33", the first composition to consist largely of silence" without a good source. The silences in the groups music (I'm most familiar with Malfatti's) does not seem Cageian to me at all and, indeed, this is not the impression I get from interviews etc.. Cage used silence to highlight ambient noises and the like whereas the Wandelweisers seem, to me at least, to use silence simply as a compositional tool, simliar to counterpoint or whatever, with just as many musical uses as any other; it can be used to play a series of sounds without a question of tonality havivng to be raised, or it can be used to fore the listener to take note of every aspect of each sound. Infact I think that 'intrustions' to the silence would be as bothersome to one of these composers as they would have been to a last 19th century compsers. For instance, the sounds recorded between notes on many Malfatti recordings are simply silenced digitally so as, one imagines, to remove distraction. The only somewhat Cageian release from the Wandelweisers which I can think of is 'Three Backgrounds' where three compositions by Jürg Frey, Radu Malfatti and Michael Pisaro are played at the same time. During the long period of silence members of the audience shift around or talk quietly and so on (one point a mobile phone cacn be heard ringing)forcing the actual music into the 'background.' It should be particularly noted that Malfatti has explained, in an e-mail correspondence with erstdist's Jon Abbey, that he had been against the release of this recording until he recieved some positive feedback about it and a request that it be published on CD. This could suggest he was unhappy with the Cageian aspects of the music. SuperlativeHors (talk) 08:12, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Cage's Influence
Talk:75th Cavalry Regiment

message: I've got a pretty good history of the Squadron I wrote while I was in it. It includes some material on the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion while not duplicating that page (which I oppose merging, BTW, see my comments on its Talk page) and covers events through the end of the 2007-2008 OIF 7-9 deployment. I've got nothing on the last trip to Afghanistan though. I'll get with some of the guys who're still there and see what they've got. 
Gimme a couple weeks, and it'll be upWiseguyThreeOne (talk) 08:16, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  I'll take this one.
Talk:Weobley Castle, Gower

message: The first thirty or so pages of An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan: Volume III - Part 1b: Medieval Secular Monuments the Later Castles from 1217 to the present are available through Google books. Looks very useful for this article. Nev1 (talk) 16:38, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google books
Talk:Navajo-Churro

message: The Pueblo Indians were introduced to Spanish Sheep high in the Rio Grande valley near Big Bend in 1600.
The Missionaries brought sheep to Northern Mexico 100 years later.
I suggest the author of this page read, "The Early History of the Range Cattle Industry in Northern Mexico" by Donald Brand p132...
It is unclear if stolen sheep and goats made their way across Chihuahua to the Navajo or if the Missionaries sheep and goats arrived first.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.93.183.99 (talk) 22:31, 30 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Attention to dates needed 
Talk:Flow Music

message: September, 2009WEST COAST LATIN INDIE LABEL BLASTS LATIN GRAMMYS
The Annual Latin Grammy Awards is coming under fire for allegedly favoring major label artists over Mexican regional and Central American performers.
Carlos"The Flow" Talavera, GM of indie label Flow Music, told the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion that artists associated with Universal and Sony Music's labels and Miami-based producer Emilio Estefan are being favored over Mexican regional and Central American stars.
"This is a party between Emilio Estefan, Sony,and Universal" The Flow said, adding the awards "definitely don't represent Latin artists at all."
Central American and Mexican regional sales make up about 60 percent of the U.S. Latin music market. There are no Central American regional acts nominated in the major categories, including album, record and song of the year, let alone are scheduled to perform during the ceremony, which takes place Sept. 13 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Flow Music has urged its artists to avoid the inaugural Latin Grammys ceremony because of the perceived snub by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, which produces the awards show.
Talavera further added back in 2000 he was insulted that ceremony host Jennifer Lopez, who is Puerto Rican, portrayed the slain Tejano star Selena; that the Taco Bell chihuahua isn't even a Mexican male and that "Sabado Gigante" host Don Francisco is actually a guy named Mario Kreutzberger.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Officialkingsofflow (talk • contribs) 00:20, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  WEST COAST LATIN INDIE LABEL BLASTS LATIN GRAMMYS
Talk:Good Life Recordings

message: They can'T be based in Belgium! Avenged Sevenfold are american and they've been with Good Life recordings  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brunohbrassard (talk • contribs) 11:35, 19 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Indented lineCheck the Contact-Link on the official HP and you will see that GLR is located in Belgium.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.136.132.2 (talk) 12:46, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: BAsed in Belgium??
Talk:Hottest temperature recorded on Earth

message: Has it been cleaned up enough to remove the requirement?  I fixed the citatation/reference style and added units. Sween64 06:53, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

message: Maldek or anyone else who wants to put the hottest artificial temperature on this page, please do the following:
:1) Give it its own section (see Coldest temperature recorded on Earth for a great example of how this can work).
:2) CITE YOUR SOURCES.  Make sure you include the ref in the appropriate spot in the text, footnote-linked to the full citation in the References section
:3) Wikilink your contribution (e.g. to the Z machine)
:Fredwerner (talk) 06:33, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I put it in with ref.s  No new section needed yet, but if someone wants to do a history of record-setting artificial high temperature readings, that would need a separate section.  And if someone can explain the mechanics of this (how the z-machine created such a high temp, how a temperature hotter than the center of the sun can be measured, how it doesn't melt the Z machine itself, etc.), that would need another section, too.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fredwerner (talk • contribs) 06:49, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Artificial temperatures
Talk:Finnsheep

message: I took out the Refimprove tag from July 2006, as there were references which have been added.  Article was cleaned up, and I also removed the redirect from Finnish Dorset as Finnish Dorset is half Finnsheep, half Dorset.  DruidSmith 21:49, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refimprove
Talk:Hebridean sheep

message: It is NOT a hebridean sheep  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.161.155.85 (talk) 14:15, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
Talk:Redeye Distribution

message: Hi, I came across this place and was wondering, my companies name is RED EYE DISTRIBUTION LLC but when I typed it in you came up. Why does my web site and business not come up???  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.25.134.21 (talk) 14:58, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RED EYE DISTRIBUTION LLC 

message: The first paragraph of this piece reads like a press release. Sure enough, it's copied almost word-for-word from the company's About page:
 https://redeyeworldwide.com/about/
-- Marcus Rugman (talk) 20:23, 13 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: First paragraph reads like a press release
Talk:Lincoln sheep

message: The WikiProject classification for Lincoln sheep was Start-class. It has been reclassified as Stub-class per request.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:11, 13 July 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reclassified as stub 
Talk:Manx Loaghtan

message: It would be useful to have some indication of the pronunciation of ‘Loaghtoan’.  Since Manx is one of the gaelic languages, I can make a guess, but it would be good to have it confirmed.  Other resources on the web (eg videos or a note at a farm site) give ‘lowtan’ (something like what I'd have guessed) or ‘lockton’ as possibilities, but without much authority. NormanGray (talk) 09:59, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The first syllable is like the Scottish loch rather than low or lock. Dabbler (talk) 17:34, 10 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation
Talk:SAR Records

message: Because to my understanding SAR was Sam Cooke and was taken away by Alan Klein and made it ABKCO because that's what I read I thought that after Sam Cooke died everything would go to his family and this white dude like always there has to be a freaking ass white dude came and took everything plus his money, so ABKCO of it still exist and whoever is working there they're working with blood in their hands??? So if anyone wants to correct me on this please do so and I don't care if there's drama or an argument because I'm ready for it Sam Cooke the deserved way much more than that white racist man mofo gave him. And of anyone wants to send the cops to my home here I am with my hands out for defending a great great artist. 2601:8C0:8100:1640:809A:476B:929A:329A (talk) 03:47, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  SAR Records in New York was taken away by Sam Cooke?
Talk:Show World

message: Please explain how to enter a music album and track listing rather than simply link to a commercial site like Half.com.
:There are a lot of album articles you can look at to find out how. I'm sure you can do that on your own. JuJube 07:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Head on over to WP:ALBUMS. The answers are there. :) Note that if this article is not extended beyond a track listing, it will probably be removed for failing the guidelines pertaining to albums. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:47, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't like to leave articles in sub-stub status, so I've added a bit to it. There's still a lot more work to be done, though, and the additional information needed can be found, as I said, at WP:ALBUMS. Good luck with the article. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:03, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

message: Any thoughts on why show world is not available on streaming services like apple? 67.162.20.73 (talk) 16:12, 23 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Show world
Talk:Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur

message: I am not entirely sure how to post a notice in this article to state the following:
This article needs to be rewritten from a more impartial standpoint. Author, please attempt to do this.
Daniel Musto 07:05, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled