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How Do You Find New Non-RIAA Music?
burgundysizzle writes "Given the general reaction to the RIAA in comments, I assume that there are a number of users that try not to buy from RIAA sources. What alternatives do you use - or more importantly - what methods do you use to discover alternative sources of music? I use Sellaband.com (some free legal music available) and Amiestreet.com (new music is free and most music really cheap) to find new music, but I'm always on the lookout for interesting sites to discover new music. Tell me about your experiences and any other interesting places you get new music from. I'm looking for inexpensive, and legal."
Can you think of anything that under-21s can do that's as effective?
Go to all ages shows. Even places that serve alcohol will put on earlier all ages shows if there's enough demand.
This guy's the limit!
If I don't like the politics from some party, coorporation, economical or religious group, I try to find a way to protest without affecting my life. Imagine if I would veto everything I dislike. I wouldn't drive a car (oil producing country often suck major dictatures), eat meat (poor cows), miss a manowar record (Riia), drink a beer (alcohol monopoly in sweden). etc...
But hey, don't let my rants discorage you to listen to what you want...
It's time to realise that Abble's products are the biggest abomination these days. Just say NO to the dumb iAbble way!!
It's an understatement to call the Montreal scene great. It's certainly the best scene in Canada, and one of the top 5 in North America.
http://www.isratrance.com/index.php Info / Forum
http://www.psynews.org/ Info / Forum
http://www.psyshop.com/ Online shop
http://www.saikosounds.com/english/default.asp Online shop
Now of course you have to like electronic music for those links to be useful. For used and out of print I go to Ebay obviously, or also GEMM That serves most of my needs right there. Someone else around here will post a link to CD Baby, I just did a quick search and my results made me uncertain....
So that's what I'm into, covers some fast trance, and slow downtempo chill and ethic flavor and a lot of world-wide creativity in there. Of course there's a lot more out there, but most of it doesn't interest me enough to really follow it and this grouping of stuff is enough to meet most of my needs...
And for RIAA music, I'm sure everyone know where to download their favorite stuff so that you're not supporting the evil beast (okay I kid I kid, no seriously LOL)...
Have you actually tried this? It would be nice to bash the RIAA with some actual real life experience, other than arm chair musings.
Not to mention that their music sucks festering goat balls.
There's something very satisfying about handing the money directly to the musician on the CD.
Then there's something pleasantly surprising when said musician says "If you like it, and want to do us a favor, make as many copies as you want, and give them to your friends" after handing you the CD.
And If you legitimately don't have the $10 they're selling the CD for, they'll usually give you the CD for however much money it takes to buy gas to get back home.
-- If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done? - Uli's moose
Yeah, move to a different country :)
From Denmark, legal drinking age is 18 (in bars, you can buy alcohol at the age of 15 in supermarkets), but if you don't drink we (the student bar) often allow minors in to see the music.
Hi,
My main sources for music are emusic.com which sells great independent artists for cheap and DRM free,
and some netlabels in particular thinner/autoplate http://www.thinner.cc/ that is simply amazing.
I don't know about the other 2 sites, but pitchfork.com is one of the most annoying sites ever. It is based on the principle that experimental is always good, independent is always better than commercial, and a band shouldn't be popular (although they're allowed to be HUGE in the underground). Also bands aren't allowed to "sell out" which means making commercials, or doing anything besides releasing CDs and touring to feed their families.
The whole indie vs big label thing is kind of crappy. It's okay to like bands on independent labels, and it's okay to like bands on major labels. Listen to the music you like, and stop judging it based on the company that owns the label. Besides, it's not like every independent label is better than the major ones. Some can be worse and even more money grubbing.
Phil
And no, I will not let the politics affect my life in that way.
If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.--Samuel Adams