..to agree to allow them to pay artist less

“Aggressively litigious group has claimed to protect musicians in the past. Now believes musicians deserve less for “innovative” music distribution.”

go visit IGN here –> to read the entire article

“We hope the judges will restore the proper balance by reducing the rate and moving to a more flexible percentage rate structure so that record companies can continue to create the sound recordings that drive revenues for music publishers.” In simple terms, they want less money in the pockets of the artists for the work they created.

… and that exactly what i had.

Friday i headed out to JC/Manhattan to visit Matt and Andrea. Friday night we hung out in JC becasue Matt had a remote to do that was a very interesting remote ..which im not going to go into details … lets just say i never want to experience that again and so long as i stay in Hays i wont have too =P.

Saturday we headed up to the Casino that was a fun time first time ive even been to a casino. i went in with 40 dollars lost it at blackjack after about 10 minutes or so of just standing around watching Matt and Andrea play i decided to get out my last 10 dollars and ended up leaving with $122.75. so i came out 70 dollars ahead!

Sunday was just a relaxing day Matt and I sat down and played some Final Fantasy XII (12).

It was nice not having to worry about anything at all this weekend. It was just a nice relaxing weekend.

well we have had the cold weather and a ll snow not enough to matter … and well the weekend get away starts tomorrow friday …finally ill be able to get out for a few days and just relax right before finals start.

friday after classes are out im heading out to see matt and andrea i cant wait to see you guys its been a while my birthday i believe … and we are going to go gamble … thats right we are going to go deposit money to the local casino fund … we will be at the blackjack tables…