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Re:is your favorite band actually the band? by Gonarat · 2004-06-11 16:43 · Score: 1 · on Labels Find New Method of Payola

There is good indie music out there - it just takes more work to find the Gems. There are groups out there that sound horrid, others that are so-so, and even others that are just good, that you want to listen to once in awhile, but not that often.

Then you find the rare gem -- a group with a bunch of songs that make you want to download -- or better yet, buy their CD. Finding a group like that makes the search worthwhile. One such group that I found is Fitehouse, a rock band out of Baltimore.

There's lots of music out there, in many different genres. Looking for good music may take some work, but it beats most of the stuff that the RIAA is pushing these days.

The Fitehouse General Public Music License by MichaelCrawford · 2004-03-10 14:25 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Obtaining Legal MP3s Outside of the U.S.?

The band Fitehouse recently released an EP called The Bomb.

Both tracks are available for free download. Furthermore, The Bomb's first track, Running Scared is released under the new Fitehouse General Public Music License, which goes further than the Creative Commons or EFF Open Audio Licenses in that it requires the release of the studio master tracks from which a piece of music is composed: also on The Bomb's download piece are uncompressed WAV files with the raw, unmixed audio of each of the instrumental and vocal parts.

So if you like, you could record yourself singing and mix it with the other tracks from Running Scared.

The Fitehouse General Public Music License by MichaelCrawford · 2004-03-10 14:25 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Obtaining Legal MP3s Outside of the U.S.?

The band Fitehouse recently released an EP called The Bomb.

Both tracks are available for free download. Furthermore, The Bomb's first track, Running Scared is released under the new Fitehouse General Public Music License, which goes further than the Creative Commons or EFF Open Audio Licenses in that it requires the release of the studio master tracks from which a piece of music is composed: also on The Bomb's download piece are uncompressed WAV files with the raw, unmixed audio of each of the instrumental and vocal parts.

So if you like, you could record yourself singing and mix it with the other tracks from Running Scared.

The Fitehouse General Public Music License by MichaelCrawford · 2004-03-10 14:25 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Obtaining Legal MP3s Outside of the U.S.?

The band Fitehouse recently released an EP called The Bomb.

Both tracks are available for free download. Furthermore, The Bomb's first track, Running Scared is released under the new Fitehouse General Public Music License, which goes further than the Creative Commons or EFF Open Audio Licenses in that it requires the release of the studio master tracks from which a piece of music is composed: also on The Bomb's download piece are uncompressed WAV files with the raw, unmixed audio of each of the instrumental and vocal parts.

So if you like, you could record yourself singing and mix it with the other tracks from Running Scared.

The Fitehouse General Public Music License by MichaelCrawford · 2004-03-10 14:25 · Score: 2, Interesting · on Obtaining Legal MP3s Outside of the U.S.?

The band Fitehouse recently released an EP called The Bomb.

Both tracks are available for free download. Furthermore, The Bomb's first track, Running Scared is released under the new Fitehouse General Public Music License, which goes further than the Creative Commons or EFF Open Audio Licenses in that it requires the release of the studio master tracks from which a piece of music is composed: also on The Bomb's download piece are uncompressed WAV files with the raw, unmixed audio of each of the instrumental and vocal parts.

So if you like, you could record yourself singing and mix it with the other tracks from Running Scared.

Re:Moral? Are you kidding? by Gonarat · 2004-02-27 06:12 · Score: 1 · on EFF's New File-Sharing Scheme

How would you have heard of these bands if it wasn't for the RIAA promoting them via albums?

That's the beauty of the Internet and P2P. I am constantly following links from /. and other web sites to independent musicians. Some I like, some are okay, and some are not my cup of tea. The fun is in the exploring.

Yes it takes work to look for oneself instead of letting the RIAA tell you what is "good", but the results are worth the effort. I have discovered groups such as Fitehouse (Go check 'em out if you like Rock). You can download some mp3s for free, and buy the CD directly from them. I have 2 Fitehouse CDs at home, cost me around $18 shipped, all $ to the artists, none to the RIAA. I ripped the tracks and have them on my laptop for my listening pleasure.

With the RIAA being so boneheaded, it looks like that this is the future for me, at least for now. There's plenty out there, it just takes a little work.

The Fitehouse General Public Music License by MichaelCrawford · 2004-01-19 15:48 · Score: 1 · on Exchange Rates Play With Online Music Prices

The new Fitehouse General Public Music License (PDF) is based on the GPL and requires release of the "source" to the music - the raw, separate tracks, what is actually recorded in the studio but only very rarely made public.

Fitehouse just released their new EP The Bomb with both tracks available as MP3 download, and one track, the anti-RIAA anthem "Running Scared" licensed under the FGPML.

The raw studio tracks for Running Scared are also provided as uncompressed WAV files. (Please be nice to their server.)

This apparently culminates their eight month postcard campaign which both highlights Fitehouse as a band and also comments on the current crisis in music.

I only just came across these guys today, but I downloaded their EP and like their music.