Today Stibbard-me-Timbers show played tribute to Greg Ham from Men At Work who sadly left us last Thursday 19 April. We played 2 songs from the Business As Usual album which was a major success overseas especially in the US. It was the only in Australian History that an Australian music act have achieved both a number 1 album and number 1 single in the US simultaneously. Men At Work have sold 30 million copies from the 3 albums they produced, the other 2 being 'Cargo' and 'Two Hearts'. Men At Work split up in 1985 when Greg Ham left the band. It was sad that the release of "Down Under" which was number 1 in the US for 5 weeks recorded in 1981 became the subject of a copyright law case initiated by a Publishing company as late as 2002 where they purchased the rights of 'Kookaburra'. Kookaburra was written for a competition held by the Girl Guides in 1935.
Given that the case wasn't initiated until 2002, I question the reason it was initiated in the first place when this song, with the flute riff, had been made public for 2 decades. It is my opinion which I also believe are held by a majority of musicians that it was unfortunate that this case be initiated and most musicians I know thought that the result of this case was bad.
In introducing playing Down Under I announced on radio
"Greg Ham, If you are there upstairs, this riff was yours"
Here is the playlist for show number 15 - 25 April 2012:
1. Helpless Automaton - Men At Work (A song written by Greg Ham, Tribute)
2. Groove Merchant - Jakksen Fish (Live In The Studio)
3. End Of Transmission - Jakksen Fish (Live In The Studio)
4. Bandido - Jakksen Fish (CD)
5. Sanity - Jakksen Fish (Live In The Studio)
6. Devil In The Woods - Jakksen Fish (CD)
7. Put A Face To Your Name - Anna Paddick
8. Monkeys Taking Over The Zoo - Sunset Blush
9. On My Mind - Laura Clarke
10. Down Under - Men At Work
11. Fallen - Beth King And The Hemingway Collective
12. Live Like An Afghan - Fred Smith
13. Mercy, I Don't Want Any More - Joe Forrester
14. One More Jesus - Giles David Field
15. Take It Slowly - The Twoks
16. Prayer Flags - Richard Jeffrey
17. This Wooden Ship - Elk And Whale
18. A song by Perch Creek Family Jug Band (unknown)
19. Migrating Bird - The Gallant Trees
Please listen in next fortnight to Stibbard-me-Timbers on the 9th May at the new time of 4pm to 6pm. We will be joined by Laura Clarke, local musician in the studio. Stay tuned next week for Radio Roarhouse on the 2nd May at 4pm.
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Wednesday 25 April 2012
Friday 13 April 2012
3MDR Community Radio Adventure 21 March 2012 by Joel Stibbard
I first got the idea of writing a blog for community stations I had visited when asked to appear on The Dotted Line on 3MDR out at Emerald. Since then I have seeked other community radio stations around Victoria to see if I could visit them on day trips.
3MDR (Mountain District Radio) was a station I appeared on whilst recovering from an injury to my finger. Located in Emerald, about 15 minutes from Belgrave in Melbourne's outer Eastern suburbs I was welcomed by Michelle who does a show there every Wednesday night at 9pm to 11pm. She offered to cut the show short though so she could drop me back at Belgrave Station in time to catch the last train in which was 11:09pm, that adventure I'll tell you about later.
She was kind enough to play 6 songs from our album 'Music For Frustrated Ornithologists' and I dropped off a couple of copies to the station so they can feature it further. We talked about the wonder of Birdwatching, walking and discovering nature in which Emerald is a place that reflects all these things. I met her the month before at the Sustainable Living Festival where I had played a 50 minute set.
It was on the 21st of March that I had visited Emerald, still basking in the feeling of releasing the album at Wesley Anne 5 days earlier, I was buzzing as we talked about all things bird related as well as all things music related. 3MDR is a humble studio as part of Emerald Hall and they were happy to give me a few free stickers which I now have on my Guitar case.
I really enjoyed the experience out bush for the day and hope to visit again.
On my way back though I was panicking as I was relying heavily on Public Transport. Getting there by two trains and a bus from the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne to Emerald was ok during the early afternoon but when it came to travel back I was fully aware of how possible it could've been that I'd miss the last public transport back from the City heading north. I jumped on the Train at Belgrave and caught the train that said it would stop at Ringwood and to change trains. As it turned out, It was the train that went to Flinders St but as it went past Glenferrie, I looked at the tram timetable on my iPhone to discover the last tram was leaving Collins St in 15 minutes. I got in to Flinders St with 6 minutes to get to Collins St so made it by 2 minutes but it still had me worried all the way in.
As it turned out, it was a lovely day that I got to spend out in the bush with locals and 3MDR made me feel really welcome, just like Community Radio Stations are meant to do, hence the emphasis being on Community.
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