The Music Industry, and progress...

Finally finished demoing Ultraviolet Landscape...
might do one more divine demo with the new drum track I spent about 3 hours on....

Realizing that I am way more talented/creative and faster than a lot of other musicians out there...
must be my ear for music...mixed with the creativity I manifest...

Finished about 15 new general song ideas as well...

Finished a couple more paintings...

And, am under the impression that people are unlawfully claiming rights to some of my songs.... its pretty disheartening and I've already disputed two wrong claims... which leads to this:

Why, if for any reason at all, do people claim to be "artists" when they just sing/do things over other people's songs and claim they made the whole song? There is a huge difference between a conartist and an artist...

Not only do I write all my music, drums, sounds, instruments, and all...but I also write the words, the vocal melodies, and sing on them... and play guitar... and pretty much all of the above entitles me to rightfully term myself as an artist... However, other people must not be as capable and still get under the impression that they can either just grab a song and run with it or not give any real credit to the person/people making the whole song possible in the first place. This is the number one reason why the music industry is in such bad shape.

Reminds me of the whole Napster thing...yeah, while Britney Spears may not have as much as a right to complain about "stealing" music as Metallica, the whole "I didn't write the song, but I performed it" stigma clouds into all these "Piracy" sites...and it makes perfect sense. Its essentially like this: "I bought the music and chose to put it on my computer, doesn't that mean I own it?" and the other side is like "I released the music for you to buy...doesn't that mean I own it?" Maybe its a sign from the world that cradles us that fraudulent "stolen" creations are not really cool....

Anyways, getting a lot done...