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Del Rey & The Sun Kings
11+ albums
00sExperimental Rockbeyondwithinnewbreedsavage republic related
about
In the past 17 years since the last official 17 Pygmies or Del Rey release, Philip Drucker (aka Jackson Del Rey) has seen quite a few changes in his life. Fascinated (and horrified) by the sad tale of how he lost control of most of his early copyrights, he first began to read about Copyright law, then found himself informally helping other musicians with their quasi-legal problems, and eventually went to law school, passed the California bar (first try!) and now practices intellectual property law. Additionally, Drucker, Esq. also teaches basic business and business law at a prestigious private institute to aspiring photographers and filmmakers. As part of his desire to again record music, JDR wanted to not only make a musical statement, but a statement that included utilizing some of his knowledge attained during his years of studying and practicing copyright law. Mostly, JDR has a keen interest in the public domain, and the public’s constitutional right to “recycle” other person’s copywritten works when in fact said protection expires. To this end, JDR chose to include many pieces now in the public domain as inspiration for last 17 Pygmies double CD titled 13 Blackbirds/13 Lotus. Compositions such as “Bye Bye Blackbird (written in 1925) and Going Up Yonder (traditional gospel) as well as “found sounds” from “free (aka royalty free) sites” and even sound bites distributed under “alternative” licensing agreements, such as creative commons and free sound project, were used as
