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[csharpminor]

I am sat here listning to my first Kate Rusby cd, I first saw her in the good old Acoustic mag, but I first heard her on the web and it got me thinking how much music I have brought because of the www. I have always been quite broadminded music wise but I must admit some areas I would not give a thought to, but then I stumble on a little gem which opens up a few more areas. Some artists you would never have heard of, some will never play a venue in my country let alone my town but I've heard them and it has made my life better for it. I have many cd's in my collection I would never have had without the world wide web, how 'bout you?

[paulgraham007]

absolutely spot on csharp I have discovered how much exciting stuff unheard of on www but have been introduced to a lot of new stuff through these ACOUSTIC FORUMS.

[Scorpiodog]

Totally agree with you, Chris.

There are so many opportunities on WWW to hear music almost accidentally. But for me the great site is YouTube. It's led me to music I would never have heard otherwise, helped me learn new songs, helped me remember stuff I'd nearly forgotten.

But the tab sites are fantastically useful too. I know I progress faster now in terms of learning new stuff because it's easy to find an ice breaker on the net.

I really hope that the music companies and the American Music Publishers Association fail in their attempt to control these recources. There is a chance for real revolution here in the way that music is disseminated. I appreciate that creative artists need to be compensated for their effort and talent, but it is time that the large vested interests released their stranglehold on the body of music and enabled its wider distribution. There are many artistes out there who understand this (Show of Hands encourage people to copy their cd's and distribute them, many artistes have made songs available free).

But I fear that the vested interests will prevail in the end. This always seems to happen. I hear that the Performing Rights Society are now targeting companies with music on hold on their telephone systems. Madness!

But the WWW is, I feel, an incredible tool to be used by those of us who love music. After all, most of us would never have communicated with each other were it not for the WWW, would we?

[slidingwolf]

Originally Posted by Scorpiodog

Totally agree with you, Chris.



I really hope that the music companies and the American Music Publishers Association fail in their attempt to control these recources. There is a chance for real revolution here in the way that music is disseminated. I appreciate that creative artists need to be compensated for their effort and talent, but it is time that the large vested interests released their stranglehold on the body of music and enabled its wider distribution. There are many artistes out there who understand this (Show of Hands encourage people to copy their cd's and distribute them, many artistes have made songs available free).

But I fear that the vested interests will prevail in the end. This always seems to happen. I hear that the Performing Rights Society are now targeting companies with music on hold on their telephone systems. Madness!

Couldn't agree more. And it's happening already. I mentioned a site called Weenie Campbell on here in another thread. They used to broadcast non- stop pre-war blues over the net including lots of the more obscure artists. Eventually the powers that be got to hear of them and threatened to charge them so much money they couldn't afford to keep broadcasting anymore.

The really crazy thing is, I am sure there were lots of listeners, like me, who heard the music and then bought the CD .

Now how do you get to hear people like Leon Pinson, Kid Prince Moore, Six Cylinder Smith etc etc? And how many CDs will they sell if no-one hears them in the first place?Talk about cutting your nose off to spite your face!

And don't even metions the PRS - they wanted to charge a company I used to work for an eye-wateringly large amount of money because someone played their radio in a factory and other people cold hear it!


SW