Post #350340 by tikiyaki on Wed, Dec 19, 2007 7:29 AM

On 2007-12-18 07:42, Mr. Ho wrote:
Hey guys

For what it's worth, as a musician, I hate seeing this. i know everyone swaps music here and there but posting entire records and collections seems wrong - even if it is schmaltz. If it's not released, and you really are going to share it, then maybe PM and nbe more discreet - sharing with one person is still wrong but less wrong than publically making somebody's entire collection of art (even if it's not!) available for consumption to the masses for free.

WAITIKI wasn't hip when somebody on TC offered our music for free download(!) and , well, we all know this argument.... :wink:

happy listening regardless!

Can I offer a counterpoint here ?

Being that alot of us here dig the vintage stuff, some of that obscure stuff is just simply not available. Alot of the artists are dead and gone, or simply impossible to find, the labels never paid the artists anyway, and there is alot of great music that will never be heard.

Example : Xtabay's World - I'm sure alot of you have been to this blog. Alot of great Exotica records posted up there. Stuff that's not on CD and never will be. Obscure records from defunct labels. Anyone a Gene Rains fan ? Is his stuff even available on CD ? What about Alex Keack "Surfer's Paradise" ?

I found an amazing piece of inspiration there by Don Ralke called "Savage and Sensuous Bongos" - I know....Don WHO? - no label in their right mind would re-issue this because about 5 of us would buy it, but it's AMAZING. I downloaded it. I seriously doubt that anyone involved with this record is thinking "Man, I gotta get my royalties for this record", if they're even alive.

These are records you'll find on eBay or at a yard sale if you REALLY luck out. Otherwise, you can't just go to iTunes and download it or buy iit on CD. I know, 50 years from now, when I'm dead and gone, I hope people find my music and share it, because it means that the music has some kind of longevity. As long as I'm alive, I want to get paid for it, but after I'm gone, what good will it do me ?

As long as no one is pressing it and SELLING it, I don't see the harm in sharing something cool and unavailable on the buying market.

So, as much as I agree with the downloading issue with CURRENT music, all those glorious, obscure, way out of print records that need to be rediscovered are better served being shared than never beaing heard at all.

Well, that's My $.02