Sharing music among friends

[gamalot]

It is getting harder and harder to find new music that suits my fancy.

Harder because I don't honestly stay up with what is new and current and harder still because I might have missed some fine tunes along the way.

I hate buying a pig in a poke on the hope there is good music on a particular CD.

I'm not sure of the legalities here but could we share music back and forth between ourselves in the hope of finding new stuff we like.

We all probably have a CD burner and I think since nothing is being sold it is legal.

I love Blues Guitar and Sax while others might have different likes.

I have some nice stuff by relatively unknown artists that many blues and sax lovers would appreciate and I am always searching for nice bluesy music.

The worst that could happen is you get or send something that is not liked and big deal, it might have cost a buck between a blank CD and a stamp.

Any thoughts here.

Gary

[Mike Gibson]

When someone recommends music to me I go to www.pandora.com and add the artist or song to my list. It plays what you want and you listen to the whole song. Instead of the introduction like you get on Amazon.

Also it adds similar music as you go. You pick your own station to listen to with music you like. It takes some of the mystery out of buying music.

Hope that helps a bit Gary.

[RonSSS]

MP3 format? Or real CD format?

MP3 ***** ! Bad! it hurts my ears!


Ron

[bowtie427ss]

The worst that could happen is you get or send something that is not liked and big deal, it might have cost a buck between a blank CD and a stamp.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I think sharing is a great idea Gary.

But, i'd like to offer a few words of caution where the RIAA and copyright law in the USA is concerned.

RIAA is still diligently working on their "shock and awe" campaign of litigation against unwitting violators.

In the RIAA's view if you legitimately purchase and own a copy of a protected recording, the moment you "rip" that recording to your hard drive, a blank disc, or a digital media device, or duplicate the recording in any other way for any purpose, you are in violation of copyright terms and conditions and they WANT to prosecute you.

Don't get me wrong i'm all for sharing, just don't want to see anyone go bankrupt or lose their home as a result of defense and fines from a supreme court case.

Here's one example from a while back, some of you were probably aware when this was going on, and even if ultimately the decision is reversed, there's the stress and lost time as well as the public exposure that this woman has had to endure all because of 24 songs.

[url="http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/2007/10/riaa_wins_lawsuit_against_real_1.html[URL=http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58030]"]http://time-blog.com/nerd_world/2007/10/riaa_wins_lawsuit_against_real_1.html

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/articl...TICLE_ID=58030

[gamalot]

My thought is to burn CD to CD.

Good Info Bowtie but I do find all of this interesting. I buy a Sony (BGM)CD and bring it home to play on my Sony CDP and if I record it on my Sony CD/RW on to a blank Sony CD Music disc I am stealing.

I need some of what they smoke!

I do agree that if I copy music and then re sell it I am doing wrong.

By virtue of Sony's argument, it could be said that any music we own that is on home made tape, CDs, Ipods, or any other recording media is illegal. I guess then that taping a TV program to watch later could also be a violation.

I think they are barking at the moon and ever since the advent of cassette tape I have purchased Vinyl recordings and copied them immediately to tape for my own pleasure.

Every one of us are criminals in this respect.

Gary

[bowtie427ss]

I agree with you completely Gary.

We're all potential targets too.

It's not my intent to instill fear in anyone, just a little public service announcement that might save someone from becoming an "example".

Consider that the RIAA has even seen fit to call radio broadcasts a form of "piracy" and have sought "through the courts" to collect royalties from radio stations that broadcast copyrighted music.

Just my .02................

[gamalot]

Guess my idea went over like a f.a.r.t. in church!

I was hoping Bfish would get off of some of the bluesy type stuff I know he has.

I have spent a small fortune on stuff labeled as blues but very little of it even comes close to qualifying in my book.

Real nice Sax stuff is pretty hard to search out also so I thought I might ask here.

Gary

[bfish]

I 'magine you've heard what I have, since most of it's older. I'll try to gather a list to send, but it may take a bit since I commited to a j. o. b. this week.

Of course, it would just be a recommendation, as I'd never break the law...

I wrote a reply for you yesterday, then Hostboard crashed, so here it is belatedly;

Originally posted by gamalot:
...I buy a Sony (BGM)CD and bring it home to play on my Sony CDP and if I record it on my Sony CD/RW on to a blank Sony CD Music disc I am stealing...

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">The way I understand it, copying to a dedicated music CDR is cool. A portion of the extra $$ you pay for music CDRs is somehow supposed to be returned to the music industry. It can't go directly to the artist(s) you rip though, so I don't understand why it's considered acceptable.

From an artist/label POV, any sharing (even with yourself, i.e. a copy for the car) is theft because the copy means one more user they can't sell an original to. It's a broken system way overdue for overhaul.

Whether they admit it or not, most recording musicians are in it for the money (can you blame them?), and the motivation for producing hits is very real. Remove (or signifigantly reduce) that motivation through lost sales due to sharing, and there's no longer much reason for them to produce new hits. The result? Less good new music on the shelf.

How to avoid RIAA suits? Don't leave tracks...like, oh I don't know, maybe not advertising on a public forum you're into sharing... Like most enforcement agencies nowdays, the RIAA encourages and rewards snitches.

[Carl Bill]

Originally posted by gamalot:
I think they are barking at the moon and ever since the advent of cassette tape I have purchased Vinyl recordings and copied them immediately to tape for my own pleasure.
Gary

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">What?! You waited for cassette? What about 8-track?!?!

I made some tapes for the car on 8-track before I ever could afford a home cassette recorder or car player.

I am NOT that old either!

[Carl Bill]

Maybe somewhat off topic...

I really like finding music that is not played on the FM radio all the time. I just get tired of the mainstream music. That may also be a part of how I came to appreciate Altec. I listened to polka music when I was 12 years old through some Altec's at the local polka dance hall while I cleaned up the place on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Mainly 8-track tapes of polka music.

But now days, I really like "roots rock" music.

Web Wilder and Kevin Gordon are 2 of my favorites. The Beat Farmers are also on my favorite list. Dead Livers have a few good tunes and The Goard's are really good on some of thier better tunes.

I can share if anyone is interested.

I still like polka music. I guess I am deminted.

<font color="#FFFFFF" size="1">[ August 07, 2008 10:36 PM: Message edited by: Carl Bill ]</font>