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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > DIY not EMI
The DIY punk ethic refers to the idea of 'doing it yourself', i.e., making and promoting music without major record label backing, and without any great level of "selling out".
A popular slogan of the DIY movement is "DIY not EMI", an explicit rejection of the major label of that name.
Such labels and collectives tend to have relatively small outputs and sales, although there are groups who have been able to achieve levels of mainstream success whilst maintaining a fiercely independent and uncompromising stance.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/di/DIY_not_EMI   (121 words)

  
  EMI. Who is EMI? What is EMI? Where is EMI? Definition of EMI. Meaning of EMI.
EMI Group plc was formed as Electric and Musical Industries Ltd in March 1931 from a merger of UK Columbia Records and the Gramophone Company/HMV.
EMI was the largest record company in the world for nearly fifty years.
Metal bands on EMI during the 1980's included Great White, Iron Maiden, and, controversally, W.A.S.P. The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label in 1976 in a relationship that was fraught with controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history of the music industry.
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/EMI   (309 words)

  
 DIY ethic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A popular slogan of the DIY movement is "DIY not EMI", an explicit rejection of the major record company of that name.
DIY artists share much more in common with and are thus more able to reach out to their audience than "arena rockers".
A general feeling shared by most participants in DIY punk is that the practice blurs or eliminates distinctions between audience members and band members, thus fostering a sense of community.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DIY_not_EMI   (319 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > EMI
EMI Group plc was formed as Electric and Musical Industries Ltd in March 1931 from a merger of UK Columbia Records and the Gramophone Company[?]/HMV.
EMI was the largest record company in the world for nearly fifty years.
The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label in 1976 in a relationship that was fraught with controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history of the music industry.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/em/EMI   (302 words)

  
 DIY. Who is DIY? What is DIY? Where is DIY? Definition of DIY. Meaning of DIY.
The DIY industry has grown markedly since the 1980s as DIY has become a popular weekend pastime for people wanting to improve their living conditions (and the value of their house) without the expense of paying someone to do it.
Most DIY tasks are within the range of most people who can read and follow instructions, although DIY has been responsible for an increase in injuries at home.
A popular slogan of the DIY movement is "DIY not EMI".
www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/DIY   (195 words)

  
 ☆DIYism:DIY=NIY+CIY+EIY!☆
DIY devotees used to preach “DIY, not EMI,” after the powerhouse, Electric and Musical Industries Ltd. began to infest the underground.
DIY still exists, with the boom of internet zines and local band communities, but the punk bands most know and love are on record labels that most know and love.
Even up to this point, where DIYing is slowly disappearing into pop culture abyss, it still exists among bands that use the ethic as the moral to their story.
diyism.com   (1400 words)

  
 EMI - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdomand with operations in over 25 other countries.
In the early 1970s EMI established a new subsidiary label, HarvestRecords, which signed groups in the emerging progressive rockgenre, including Pink Floyd.
The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label from October 8, 1976 to January 22, 1977 in a relationship that was fraughtwith controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history of the music industry.
www.world-knowledge-encyclopedia.com /?t=EMI   (390 words)

  
 EMI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
The EMI Group is a major record label, based in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries.
EMI's Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries dominated the popular music industry in those countries from the 1920s until the 1960s, when other locally-owned labels (such as Festival Records) began to challenge EMI's market near monopoly in those regions.
In the early 1970s EMI established a new subsidiary label, Harvest Records, which signed groups in the emerging progressive rock genre, including Pink Floyd.
hallencyclopedia.com /EMI   (673 words)

  
 EMI - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries.
EMI Group is one of the Big Four record labels.
The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label from October 8, 1976 to January 27, 1977 in a relationship that was fraught with controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history of the music industry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/EMI   (523 words)

  
 DIY ethic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
The DIY ethic refers to the idea of 'doing it yourself', i.e., of making and promoting music without major record label backing, and without any great level of "selling out".
A popular slogan of the DIY movement is "DIY not EMI", an explicit rejection of the major label of that name.
The DIY punk ethic also extends to how groups and individuals around the world are applying their political stances to their daily lives and how they contribute to institutions they see as exploitive.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/DIY_punk_ethic   (254 words)

  
 The Ultimate EMI - American History Information Guide and Reference
The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith, London, in the United Kingdom and with operations in over 25 other countries.
EMI's Australian and New Zealand subsidiaries dominated the popular music industry in those countries from the 1920s until the 1960s, when other locally-owned labels (such as Festival Records) began to challenge EMI's market near monopoly in those regions.
In the early 1970s EMI established a new subsidiary label, Harvest Records, which signed groups in the emerging progressive rock genre, including Pink Floyd.
www.historymania.com /american_history/EMI   (438 words)

  
 Bits and Pieces Loosely Joined   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
DIY Culture is about people formulating their own lifestyles, creating their own systems, setting their own agendas, raising their own issues, using their own vocabulary and finding their own ways to deal with problems rather than waiting for someone else to do it.
DIY Culture is associated with a revival of non-violent direct action: protests against the M3 extension through Twyford Down in Hampshire were a catalyst.
Some DIY Culture is linked with the mainstream media, using innovative direct action to capture the attention of national newspapers, television and radio, thereby raising issues and stimulating debate.
oneab.net /talks/diy.html   (2013 words)

  
 DAKIOM Technology Improves the Sound Quality of Audio Systems.
The purpose of our DIY projects is to supplement you with some ideas and products that we cannot manufacture yet (due to our present limitations) but they are important for better music.
DIY is for people with training in the subject.
This DIY power cord (and vibration control of the whole cord) may not be the perfect solution but it is ten times better than the most expensive boutique cord or dedicated AC line connection.
www.dakiom.com /diy.htm   (3054 words)

  
 FT.com / Columnists / Charles Pretzlik - EMI ‘de-layers’ Levy and Munn
Their departure was accompanied by a profits warning and the announcement of a broader restructuring plan by executive chairman Eric Nicoli.
“There is no question that the management challenge for EMI now is to reinvent the model for the business to take it through into a successful digital era,” writes Jeremy Silver at jeremy1.wordpress.com “The company has the opportunity to create a whole new kind of relationship with its artists.
Focus DIY has appointed Rothschild to advise it on future options for the group which may include a sale.
www.ft.com /cms/s/98b3c7d0-a223-11db-a187-0000779e2340.html   (806 words)

  
 BBC News | BUSINESS | EMI announces 1,800 job cuts
EMI said the revamp will cost a total of £110m ($154m) to push through, but should generate annual cost savings of £98.5m.
The singer had signed with EMI in March 2001 in what was rumoured to be one of the most expensive recording deals ever.
EMI, hit by a decline in music sales during the global economic slowdown last year, made a £2m loss for the March to September period last year, down from a £59m profit twelve months earlier.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/1882975.stm   (491 words)

  
 wiki/EMI America Definition / wiki/EMI America Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
The EMI Group is a major record labelA record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes.
In one of its highest-profile and most expensive acquisitions, Thorn EMI took over Richard Branson's Virgin RecordsVirgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Richard Branson, and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London.
Under the control of Sir Louis Sterling, EMI opened the legendary Abbey Road Studios in LondonLondon — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major "world city".
www.elresearch.com /wiki/EMI_America   (3891 words)

  
 EMI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
EMI Group plc was formed as Electric and Musical Industries Ltd in March 1931 from a merger of UK Columbia Records and the Gramophone Company / HMV.
EMI was the largest recordcompany in the world for nearly fifty years.
Metalbands on EMI during the 1980's included Great White, Iron Maiden, and, controversally, W.A.S.P. The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label in 1976 in a relationship that was fraught with controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history ofthe music industry.
www.therfcc.org /emi-46423.html   (303 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: DIY ethic
Cassette culture was in part an offshoot of the mail art movement of the 1970s and1980s, and in both the United States and the United Kingdom it owed a lot to the DIY ethic of punk.
Guerrilla gigging is a technique that became popular with punk rock, indie rock and noise rock bands in Britain and then the United States during the early to mid 2000s.
DIY Culture was a wide range of grassroots political activism in Nineties (1990s) Britain.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/DIY-ethic   (1469 words)

  
 Anarcho-punk
He feels that the anarcho-punks were actually representative of true punk, while the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned etc. were in fact nothing more than 'music business puppets'.
Many anarcho-punk bands, especially at the local level of unsigned groups, have taken on what is known as a "DIY" ethic: that is, Doing It Yourself; indeed, a popular Anarcho-punk slogan reads "DIY not EMI", a reference to a conscious rejection of the major record company of that name.
Again, these were usually very much 'DIY' affairs, tending to be produced in runs of hundreds (at most) rather than thousands (although there were exceptions, such as Toxic Grafity (sic)), printed on photocopiers or duplicator machines, and distributed by hand at punk gigs.
pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/a/an/anarcho_punk.html   (560 words)

  
 EMI restructures, warns investors as execs exit
Longtime EMI executive chairman Eric Nicoli will take over the new role of CEO and in that position be responsible for EMI Music.
EMI also said that revenue for the company's fiscal year, which ends March 31, likely will decline 6%-10% assuming constant currencies.
As a result, EMI announced a restructuring, after several other phases of cost reductions in recent years.
www.hollywoodreporter.com /hr/content_display/news/e3icKVjbdNgEsdfy8%2FzC8XXDQ%3D%3D   (555 words)

  
 emi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
The musicians may have been signed under one of EMIs subsidiary labels.
Metal bands on EMI during the 1980's included:
The Sex Pistols were briefly signed to the label in 1976 in a relationship that was fraught with controversy, and that had lasting repercussions for the history of the music industry.
www.yourencyclopedia.net /EMI.html   (193 words)

  
 Anarcho-punk
Again, these were usually very much 'DIY' affairs, tending to be produced in runs of hundreds (at most) rather than thousands (although there were exceptions, such as Toxic Graffiti), printed on photocopiers or duplicator machines, and distributed by hand at punk gigs.
Anarcho-punk has been highlighted as one of the social phenomena which took anarchism in the direction of 'identity politics' (or 'lifestylism').
DIY - Punk pioneers - First wave - Second wave - Punk cities - Punk movies - Skinhead - Skinhead films - Ska
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Anarcho-punk   (640 words)

  
 MP3.com: Music News - MP3 News Breakers: Foxy, Lil' Flip, Weezer, Lady Sov, EMI
Lady Sovereign grew up in England's Chalkhill Estates, which she claims is "one of North London's rougher housing developments." The rapper has already performed at the US's Coachella and Intonation festivals and has shared tour dates with UK rap group The Streets.
Adam Klein, an executive at the helm of EMI Group's strategy involving digital distribution of its music, has left the company--and was possibly forced out, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The departures come amid the continued takeover standoff between EMI and Warner Music Group, both of which have rejected the other's takeover bids.
www.mp3.com /news/stories/5301.html&ref_id=645849&ref_type_id=1   (1220 words)

  
 MAGNECOR Race Wires: Frequently Asked Questions about Ignition Wires
EMI radiated from these ignition wires can adversely affect the function of computer managed electronic ignition and fuel systems, which in turn, will decrease engine efficiency.
EMI from spark plug wires can cause erroneous signals to be sent to engine management systems and other on-board electronic devices used on both racing and street vehicles in the same manner as RFI (radio frequency interference) can cause unwanted signals to be heard on a radio receiver.
Recently, the same marketers have decided they need to claim their "low-resistance" spiral conductor wires are also EMI suppressed, and whereas consumers are able to overlook inadequate RFI suppression, the same can't be said about inadequate EMI suppression, because of its effect on the driveability of vehicles using computerized engine management systems.
www.magnecor.com /magnecor1/frequent.htm   (11105 words)

  
 Anarcho-punk -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-27)
While no doubt participants would dispute having any leadership, it is difficult to imagine anarcho-punk existing without the influence of Crass, although Crass founder (Click link for more info and facts about Penny Rimbaud) Penny Rimbaud has stated that it is a label he dislikes.
The anarcho-punk movement also had its own network of (Click link for more info and facts about fanzine) fanzines (sometimes called (Click link for more info and facts about punk-zine) punk-zines) which disseminated news, ideas and (Photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication) artwork from the scene.
Again, these were usually very much 'DIY' affairs, tending to be produced in runs of hundreds (at most) rather than thousands (although there were exceptions, such as Toxic Graffiti), printed on (A copier that uses photographic methods of making copies) photocopiers or duplicator machines, and distributed by hand at punk gigs.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/An/Anarcho-punk.htm   (630 words)

  
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ONLY STUPID BASTARDS (BLAGGERS) HELP E.M.I. "It was all a frame, they only did it because of fame." Reaching a wider audience or "popularism" is the idea that by making the media/style of your politics more accessible to the public you can influence peoples attitudes and affect change.
Despite the importance of breaking out of the "radical ghetto", what remains all important is how credible the "popularist" argument is faced with the compromises and associations involved.
EMI is typical of major labels with its links to the most evil parts of the capitalist system.
www.monkey.org /~nemickol/class/old/todo.txt   (553 words)

  
 DIY punk ethic: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about DIY punk ethic
DIY punk ethic: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about DIY punk ethic
The DIY punk ethic refers to the idea of 'doing it yourself', i.e., making and promoting music without major record label backing, and without any great level of "selling out".
Such labels and collectives tend to have relatively small outputs and sales, although there are groups who have been able to achieve levels of mainstream success whilst maintaining a fiercely independent and uncompromising stance.
www.encyclopedian.com /di/DIY-not-EMI.html   (129 words)

  
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