Comments on: SXSW 2010 on BitTorrent: 3.35 GB of Free Music

By: halocursed

halocursed — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:16:19 +0000

Just thought I’d mention that in the 2008 pack my favourite song was ‘longwave – no direction’ – check it out on youtube, it’s a good tune I’ve since bought the album, which is pretty decent (called secrets are sinister). most importantly, I downloaded free music, heard a band who I have never heard of before, and paid for their album. heres hoping the music business gets with the times(http://gameranx.com)

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2010-03-09 ??? ?? | We are connected — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:47:03 +0000

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TGIF Round-up: The Best of the Internet This Week « Communication Breakdown — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:24:27 +0000

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Hautelinks: Week of 3/11/10 – College Fashion — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:27:14 +0000

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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:09:25 +0000

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By: Big Willy Style

Big Willy Style — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:33:47 +0000

Remember when the valiant internet crusader, Fellatio, tried to make a name for himself on a website?

By: dave

dave — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

…and I only listened to the 2009 songs lol

By: dave

dave — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:55:20 +0000

very fresh indie music, and a great variety too, a very nice move of them to make a royalties-free showcase! I hope other will follow suit!

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El festival SXSW regala 1038 canciones | ALT1040 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:04:39 +0000

[...] Una de las mejores cosas que tiene es que los organizadores todos los años se encargan de lanzar un torrent con música 100% gratuita. El año pasado subieron a la red 6GB que miles de personas de todo el mundo pudieron disfrutar sin tener que soltar un solo centavo. [...]

By: Torrentino

Torrentino — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:57:21 +0000

LOL at this thread!

Look, there’s some great music on major labels, some great music on indie labels, and some great music on no label… And lots of crap on all three.

SXSW’s samplers are great, and I hope they come on coming. Out of 1000 songs, I’ll find 50 or so excellent ones, another 100 very good ones, and another 100 or so “interesting” ones.

Even if I go ahead and delete 75% of all the torrents, $0 for 250 good songs is a pretty good deal. Not all of the artists are ‘unknown’ some are fairly well-known… Some are names I always was curious to hear, but wasn’t going to shell money out for.

SXSW is doing the right thing, and others should be encouraged to share music in this manner. I’m grateful for it. If you don’t like it, don’t download it. Simple.