[brlug-newbies] On a related topic.Re: MP3 Pay sites, etc.

[Mathew Branyon]

This website tells you if an album is released under the umbrella of the
RIAA:  www.riaaradar.com

I have been boycotting the RIAA since 2000. 

There has been a movement for artists to release music for free.  Not
that there is much to choose from.  Some that I know of:

Harvey Danger -- they ask that you send $10 if you like it
Barenaked Ladies -- was offered free for a limited time.
Definitive Swim -- A collection of underground hip hop released by
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

Another band I like (they are no longer around), The Dismemberment Plan,
released all the master files to their last album, and took submissions
for remixes, and released those remixes as an album.   

I think Nine Inch Nails released a song off their album for free as
well.  I have also heard of several artists (can't remember which)
allowing you to buy direct from them, in digital form, for $10 or something.

I'm a music junkie though.

Just my 2 cents.

--mat

k5mke at bellsouth.net wrote:
> Good Morning All,  ;-)
>
> Thanks for all the information.  Yes, I'm really looking for a flat-fee site.  I don't
> have any "cards", except my ATM and QSL cards, LOL!  The last thing I want is
> some "suit" in my face, with "Guido" & "Tony" behind him with baseball bats an
> Sak-crete, LOL!
>
> My music interest vary from Classical (Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, etc), Blue-
> grass, Country, Blues, comic routines, some Jazz, LOTS of Honky Tonk (LOL!), 
> Military marches, Native American, , Celtic, Polka & Schottisches, Cowboy 
> "Western", Rock-N-Roll and of course, Cajun.  If you're from Louisiana, you 
> HAVE to have "Jolie Blon", Hahaha.
>
> Now, while it's "illegal" to SWAP music, should anyone know of a song I just
> might like, please e-mail me off-list and let me know where I can find it on a
> site.
>
> I'm also planning on collecting pictures of  "space"...galaxies, stars, gas 
> clouds, Hubble shots, and beautiful things here on Earth...mountains, 
> valleys, sunrises, sunsets, plants, "critters" and of course those friends 
> who send me their pictures.  There IS no thing as "ugly", except one's own
> attitude.  ;-)
>
> I continue to read that Fedora 6 "Bible" and seem more confused the more
> I read, LOL!  Maybe it will all 'click' eventually.  I wished there was a simpler
> to understand book for us Ol' Fart newbies.
>
> There IS no SBLUG any more here in S'port and the "guys" have scattered
> far and wide.  That makes it all the harder, when no one local is around to 
> call on the 'twisted pair' to ask or come over to show you the error of your
> ways, hehehehe.
>
> I know it would be a LOT of trouble, but have y' all considered doing some
> "lessons" that could be downloaded or viewed on the NET for Newbies?
> THAT would certainly help a lot of possible Linux users all over the World
> OR be a money-making venture for some individuals.  Something to at
> least consider.
>
> Well, I need some more Cajun Cowboy "Sock" Kawphy and get busy doing
> some more antenna research on 2 meter Quagi antennas.  I'm hoping to 
> build a wooden, long-boom (over 24') that I can mount to work individuals
> and FM repeaters.  The 2m/70cm "J-pole" I have at 40' already gets into 
> the 147.33 mcs. machine in Alex.  Baton Rouge and Lafayette repeaters
> are on my list to work now.  Who knows, maybe I can work a few of you
> down there, LOL!  If I get band conditions, I could also work the 6 meter
> repeaters down there.  :-)
>
> Keep your powder dry and watch you'rn "top knot".
>
> Respectfully submitted,
> 73,
> Don/K5-MKE
>
>
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