p2pnet music downloads [3]
p2pnet news | music:- “Are we missing any kind of coverage/topics you think should be here?” – I asked on p2pnet a long time ago.
“YES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” – said a response, going on:
Make p2pnet a repository: THE place to go for links to free, legal music ( the Wayback Machine is one example ) … And think what a favor you’d be doing others,bands and fans alike, if you could help them to legally offer or get free lossless/DRMless music they really want.”
“Great idea!” – I said. “Thanks. And as it happens, I’ve been thinking about something along these lines for quite a while.”
So here it is.
It won’t be THE place, but it can be one of the sites where people can safely listen to, and download, music without intimidation from the organised music cartel.
One of the things I’ve wanted to do since p2pnet went online, and one of the primary reasons I started it in the first place, was to have a showcase where independents artists could tell people about themselves and their music.
There’s a Music Downloads bullet at the top right of the page.
There you’ll find headlines with one sentence summaries leading to separate pages featuring a given artist in the music category with two or three (or more) MP3s, and a link to that artist’s own webpage.
If you’d like to be featured in this section, or if you know someone you think would like to be included, please email music @ p2pnet dot net, and please spread the word.
A place to hang out
Meanwhile, I’m part of a three-person team with singer song-writer Maggie Council and entertainment lawyer Fred Wilhelms as the two other members. Our idea is to give musicians a place where they can hang out and post full length samples of their music so people around the world can get a taste.
The only qualification is: contributions must be your own original work. No covers, in other words. There’ll be an index page much the same as the one on the main p2pnet news page – ie, a heading which’ll comprise the name of the artist or a band, with a one line description of style underneath. This’ll link to a page going into greater detail with pictures, free downloads, and a link to the person or group’s homepage, if they have one.
If not, there’ll be a contact address and/or email addie. And the p2pnet ‘anyone can speak’ policy will also apply on the music download site. People will be able to leave comments whether they’re registered or not. We’ll help you like we’d have liked to have been helped Meanwhile, the p2pnet Music Download section is totally free and not-for-profit. As Maggie sums it up:
We’re not going to make money off your music. We’ll help you like we would like to have been helped, by providing a platform for your music to be distributed and heard. You keep all your copyrights. But by agreeing to participate, you understand that your music on this site is here to be – and will be – shared. The technical way to say this is: any of your songs hosted on p2pnet for download and sharing are also being made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 licence through which you let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work – and derivative works based upon it – but for noncommercial purposes only.
And as Fred suggests, anyone taking part in this project can yank their songs at any time without fuss or need for explanation; and, we promise we’ll delete their songs from our download database immediately we’re asked to do so. Obviously, it’d be really cool if collaborations result and if that happens, we’d love to know about it.
And since this is supposed to be the P2P sharing effort, we are wide open to suggestions and ideas.
Eventually, we’ll have musicians who have already made it on tap to provide hints, tips and advice, as well as other professionals.
Cheers! And thanks …
Maggie, Fred and Jon
music @ p2pnet dot net
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July 22nd, 2007 at 9:05 pm
In 1996 or so I was invited to a rave to see my friend Scott perform. He did a live PA set using his home PC connected to a sound system. He played a remix he wrote of one of my songs. That was just about the most flattering thing I think I’ll ever experience.
Derivative works are such an honour.
July 23rd, 2007 at 3:45 am
Way to go Jon, I love the idea of this site becoming an actual, legal, source of free media. Keep up the good work.