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Tony and Jay performed at the in/out festival in NYC last week. Here’s some video.

Ocular Noise Machine 12/12/2009 Part 1 from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

Ocular Noise Machine performing at the in/out festival in NYC. Part1

Check out Part 2 over on Sinch TV

If there are any Sinch fans that are also poker fans (and by that I mean that you play Texas Hold ‘Em) that also live within driving distance of Doylestown, PA you should check this out:

Belly Busters Free Poker Tournaments

It’s a free poker tournament hosted by Jamie (you know, the singer in the band) that takes place 5 nights a week in several Doylestown venues. The prize is $100 and it’s free to play so you don’t have much to lose (except the money you’re obviously going to spend on Zima and Appletinis).

Our friend Boris from Epidemic (from LA) has been busy with his new project, Noise Within. They just released their first album (Prey for the Zealots) and are making the download version available for free.

Get Prey for the Zealots here »

You can also get it on CD for $9.99.  Or you could go for the PREMIUM package and get both the CD and a Noise Within t-shirt. The Premium package will help you sleep at night, knowing that you’re doing your part to support independent artists.

Listen to the album here:

Performance rights organization ASCAP recently created a Bill of Rights for Songwriters and Composers to “clarify the entitlements that every music creator enjoys.”

1. We have the right to be compensated for the use of our creative works, and share in the revenues that they generate.
2. We have the right to license our works and control the ways in which they are used.
3. We have the right to withhold permission for uses of our works on artistic, economic or philosophical grounds.
4. We have the right to protect our creative works to the fullest extent of the law from all forms of piracy, theft and unauthorized use, which deprive us of our right to earn a living based on our creativity.
5. We have the right to choose when and where our creative works may be used for free.
6. We have the right to develop, document and distribute our works through new media channels – while retaining the right to a share in all associated profits.
7. We have the right to choose the organizations we want to represent us and to join our voices together to protect our rights and negotiate for the value of our music.
8. We have the right to earn compensation from all types of “performances,” including direct, live renditions as well as indirect recordings, broadcasts, digital streams and more.
9. We have the right to decline participation in business models that require us to relinquish all or part of our creative rights – or which do not respect our right to be compensated for our work.
10. We have the right to advocate for strong laws protecting our creative works, and demand that our government vigorously uphold and protect our rights.

Being songwriters, we obviously support this kind of thing. If you’d like to show your support (especially if you’re a songwriter yourself) you can add your signature here.

About ASCAP

We’ve been members of ASCAP for years now, both as writers and publishers of our music. They’re a Performance Rights Organization that collects roylaties on behalf of songwriters and publishers from places like radio stations and television channels that use their music.

Thanks to everyone who voted for us, we finished as one of the top 20 bands in the Fresh Films contest. That means we were eligible to have our music featured in any of the films.

Fresh Films Atlanta chose “Silence Broken” for their film “The Testimony of Saint Grey“. You can watch it online right now and vote for them as many times as you want! Voting for them is like voting for us, so get over there and make it happen. If they win this thing, that’s even more exposure for our music, which is always a good thing.

Click here for the Fresh Films website!

Then click on “FILMS” and then on Atlanta on the left to watch the film. Please vote for them too! You can vote more than once, so just keep voting as much as you have time for!

Over the past couple years, a lot of people have contacted us, wondering what happened to Epidemic, a band we toured with back in 2002. Well, unfortunely they’re no longer together, but Boris (vocals) just emailed us with some new music he’s been working on:

Hi everyone

It’s been a while….I know
I’ve actually finished some songs and am planning to head out with a band this summer…
yes, we will go on my space as well, just not right now.

Go here and play that shit LOUD :
www.civilianmusic.net

thanks for all your patience and support!

Boris

So now you’ll go to his site and check it out. Seriously. Go now.