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Hell’s Belles @ McDonald Theatre in Eugene, Oregon
Hell’s Belles is playing at the Rogue Theatre in Grants Pass on Saturday, November 2, 2013. To make this night even better, 100 Watt Mind is opening.
100 Watt Mind was excellent, as always, in Grants Pass this past Saturday night. However, I’m a bit pissed off at them now. I bought one of their new CDs (Out of Night) at the show. Upon opening it up I found a bunch of my photos being used without permission or attribution.
I could put a big, ugly watermark on all of my photos like many photographers do. Or I could just not share my photos unless people pay me for them like a lot of photographers do. Instead, I have a very simple copyright policy which can be reached by clicking on the word copyright on every page of the blog.
Use my photos all you want for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution. You don’t even need to ask. If you want to use a photo for commercial purposes (like 100 Watt Mind did), ask. I would have said yes, and I would have charged them $0. Everyone would have been happy. Instead, I’m just a little pissed. If I didn’t otherwise like them, I’d be really pissed.
Would a musician want their work to be taken and used by someone else without permission or attribution? I don’t think so. Why do some musicians think that it is OK to do such a thing to a photographer?
100 Watt Mind will be rocking the Britt Festival next week. May saw 100 Watt Mind record their first, real studio album in San Francisco. No word yet on a release date, but hopefully it will be soon.
Last night was probably the seventh time I’ve had the privilege of seeing 100 Watt Mind live. While they always put on a great show, their performance last night had more energy than I have ever witnessed before. 100 Watt Mind absolutely killed it from beginning to end at Club 66 on this evening.
I have said it before, and I’ll probably say it again, but I love Club 66. I enjoyed a fantastic Caesar salad prior to 100 Watt Mind. The lighting is so good. So many small clubs do little or nothing in the lighting department, but I really appreciate a venue that puts forth the extra effort to make the lighting as professional as the sound.
Last night at Caldera Tap House in Ashland there were a few acts playing. The first was Brynna Dean of 100 Watt Mind singing and playing her Gibson SG Guitar. (Ryan recently purchased an SG.)