I am totally in favor of tape trading, and file sharing never did
anything wrong by me. People got into The Mountain Goats after
downloading my stuff. The only people who are afraid of file sharing
are the people whose albums are so dull presentation-wise that nobody
cares about owning the actual finished product, and the people who have
so little connection to their listeners that said listeners have no
reason to care whether the artists they like are getting reimbursed for
their efforts. My listeners are very kind to me and have tended to buy
the albums whether the MP3s are available for free or not, and I always
try to make the albums nice to look at and to hold in your hands while
you listen. Usually by going completely overboard with text credits,
but you know what I mean.
Aldus tMG-frontman John Darnielle. Met deze woorden geeft hij toestemming aan het Internet Music Archive
om zijn live-shows te verzamelen en voor iedereen ter download te
zetten. Je kan ze ook zelf uploaden, al zijn de kwaliteitseisen
redelijk strikt. Tot nu toe is er nog maar