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   Message 826 of 2,344   
   Jack Aldrich to Arnaud Berger   
   Re: PBS Amercian Experience - The Carter   
   10 May 05 19:02:05   
   
   XPost: rec.music.folk, alt.music.country.classic, rec.music.country.western   
   XPost: rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic   
   From: john.w.aldrich@boeing.com   
      
   Bristol TN/VA sits right on the state line, so there is one of each,   
   depending on which side of the line one lives.   
   "Rufus Leaking"  wrote in message   
   news:1115737214.466673.233810@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...   
   > << In August 1927 three musicians arrived at a makeshift recording   
   > studio in Bristol, Tennessee >>   
   >   
   > accoding to the ad copy shown on the program, this was is Bristol, VA.   
   > A typo in the ad or was it in fact done in VA and not TN?   
   >   
   > << The songs A.P. Carter, his wife Sara and her cousin   
   > Maybelle recorded that day drew upon the rich musical traditions of   
   > their native rural Appalachia. >>   
   >   
   > not casting aspersions here, as many of my musical heroes have done   
   > likewise over the years, but A.P. seems to have co-opted much of his   
   > songbook from other writers/sources (to wit his travels far and wide in   
   > search of songs) and by rearrangement claimed copyright. Was there any   
   > remuneration to the song providers in the way that APC was paid by   
   > Peer, et al, by the song?  It seems that even though he and the other   
   > Carters could indeed write there own very good material, most of what   
   > they recorded and received payment for was truly not completely their   
   > own material.   
   >   
   > RbflL   
   >   
      
      
   #! rnews 1465   
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   From: "Fred L. Kleinschmidt"    
   Subject: Re: Constrasting Color   
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   Arnaud Berger wrote:   
   >   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > What about this :   
   >   
   > Color originalColor=....;   
   >   
   > int red=originalColor.getRed();   
   > int green=originalColor.getGreen();   
   > int blue=originalColor.getBlue();   
   >   
   > newRed=255-red;   
   > newGreen=255-green;   
   > newBlue=255-blue;   
   >   
   > Color newColor=new Color(newRed,newGreen,newBlue);   
      
   Definitely not. Think about originalColor = (128,128,128)   
      
   >   
   > Regards,   
   >   
   > Arnaud   
   >   
   > "-"  a écrit dans le message news:   
   > 4280bf63$1@news.starhub.net.sg...   
   > > If I have a Color object, is it possible to get a constrasting Color in   
   > > return?   
   > >   
   > > Black: 255 255 255 becomes White: 0 0 0 so on and so forth...   
      
   --   
   Fred L. Kleinschmidt   
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