Free Digital Sheet Music

With the increasing nifty gadgets available on mobile phones and their ease of communications with the Internet it was inevitable that copyright trouble would arise. The SMH has a slightly alarmist article on how taking a video via your phone at a concert and posting on YouTube could give you a criminal record under legislation [...]

SpiralFrog is a new music downloading service set to launch later this year. According to an article in the SMH the songs will be free and the music targeted to those between 13-34. The songs will come from Vivendi’s Universal catalog and the business model: Kent said SpiralFrog’s business model is based on sharing income from [...]

Via Slashdot, OLGA (The Online Guitar Archive) has been shut down again. See my previous comments on the stupidity of such actions by the recording industry.

From the SMH: Music giant Universal has threatened an Australian ABBA fan site with legal action unless it hands over the details of fans who allegedly bought or supplied unauthorised or “bootlegged” live recordings via the site. Normally I’d agree with the argument from the site’s owners: “This is just about giving the people the opportunity to see [...]

A great discussion at Slashdot on how Online Music Brings New Life To Old Songs. I wish the major labels had such foresight. It would put an end to scouring eBay for forgotten LPs from the 80s. Some interesting tangents in the Slashdot discussion that have seeded a few thoughts of my own for when I [...]

I've been listening to a Danko Jones concert which features a radio interview with Mr Jones. Below are some edited comments relating to the price of CDs and how bands should respond to TEH DANGERS OF TEH INTERNETS. Danko Jones: I mean if I was a fan and a liked a band and I could [...]

Both Metallica and Pearl Jam have websites where fans can, for a modest fee, download FLAC or mp3 versions of recent and past concerts (respective sites are here and here). While both bands have a history of allowing tapers at shows, this is great idea that other bands could, and should, follow. The recorded shows [...]

A great thing about blogging is that some days instead of pouring blood and sweat into a post you can just simply say 'What she/he said' and provide a link. I was going to comment on the changes to Australia's copyright laws but Kim Weatherall and Flashman have eloquently done so. So what they said.