Post MP3s from artist sites (completely legit sharing--no, 'you send its' or bogus links please). Old or new, just whatever you fancy--I'll start:

Shimmer Kids Underpop Association - Engines of the Inner Circle (1)

http://www.shimmerkids.com/music/The%20Book%20of%20Mirrors/01%20Engines%20of%20the%20Inner%20Circle%201.mp3

Bogus links? We're honest folk here!

Heh, what I meant is check your link via preview and make sure it works!

Here's another:

The Faraway Places - Marvellous Error

http://thefarawayplaces.com/mp3/Marvelous%20Error.mp3

You can download a full album by Salam here.

It's African folk, or something. I dig it.

no ysi's?? why not?

I'll break the rule and post...

Doves - Pounding - Live from Glastonbury 2005
http://s41.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3PEF ... 6F9ZLEYB8K

Because it's not legit.

Go to jail. Do not collect $200.

Hey, that was pretty good. Yeah, what's wrong with YSI links?


I'll add: Midwest Product - Swamp

http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2HS0P6FEXFQN23VHJ9Y09X1ZZG


It's that catchy electronic blippy song you've been hearing in those Hummer commercials.

http://www.clor.co.uk/gallery.htm

Check out the two videos from this group Clor. Like a Devo revival.[/url]

hey screech, i've been listening to that Clor album this week, and it's good shit. thanks for the link to their site as i'd yet to do a search for them.

*adding to my ipod*

Hey Dalen,

I haven't had a chance to hear the whole record. Is there any way I could get that from you? I have soulseek and IM. I've only heard the single and love it. Write me at mullinsbw@yahoo.com if you get a chance.

Maybe this is a good time to get some thoughts on this. What's YOUR justification for why file sharing music is legit or no? (Directed toward no one in perticular).

Is it about increasing awareness and supporting the scene or is it the people who love music the most stealing the paychecks of the artists and labels most worth listening to?

Well, from a strict constructionist viewpoint, defining "legit" as "legitimate," i.e. "within the bounds of law," filesharing is clearly not legit. As for whether you should feel ok with civil disobedience depends to me on why/how you do it. If you are downloading stuff, keeping it and never buying it if you like it, I'd say that you really don't have much cause to feel righteous. If you're buying the stuff you like and deleting the rest, I think you're doing fine.

I totally knew you were going to say this.

I speak tha troof. Do you have a different ideological take on the matter?

Not really. I think you covered it pretty well.

But yeah, I've probably posted some variation on the above in like 10 threads. I can only assume people anxiously anticipate my take on the matter EVERY SINGLE TIME it comes up.

no problem. i'll get a link up for you tomorrow and PM it over.[/img]

Yep, Haqs right, as for me, I have no radio to speak of here, so I would never hear anything except reggaeton if not for the downloads I take from this sight, which give me a jump point for shopping at Amazon
Billy Joel: "There's a new band in town/but you can't get the sound/from a story inna magazine"

ps, the link to the midwest product song you mentioned is
now stale, any chance I can catch that one again? Its in a commercial? See, my Tv is all in espanol, tambien.

How about this: I download an album by someone I've never heard of. I think it's great, so I go and buy a different album (or two) by the same artist. At the same time, I recommend this artist to several friends, some of whom purchase their own copies.

In that scenario, it seems to me like the artist benefited from me downloading their album, even though I didn't purchase my own original copy.

Is that totally illegitimate?

yes it is. screw anyone that says differently.

Wait, I think you meant to say

I hear an album I like by an artist, so I come on here and ask people to send me some of their stuff, so I don't have to buy it. I don't feel guilty at all, because I am a heartless bastard who likes to steal (I actually enjoy it).

It may not be legitimate, but I also don't give a fuck.

RolledMeat - it's certainly better than the alternative of downloading, liking, and downloading some more.

But again, it's not strictly legitimate.

i've read in countless interviews, (with small label band, indie bands, bands that would otherwise not get any real commercial exposure) that they benefit greatly from file sharing. Sometimes people want to hear something they read about ona n ezine and they dont feel like buy it through the net. so they download a song or a few or hell, the whole album. That will inturn casue that same person to spread word of said band. That person will eventually go to a concert which will actually put real money in the pocket of a band. The larger bands that complain are so fucking rich anyways it doesn't matter. Fuck'em when your "art" mean revenue to you only, then it's as free-for-all. i dont feel bad about file-sharing becasue i spend money weekly on cds