Firstly, I am now an international superstar and well published author... well sort of. Earl was kind enough to post a mention of tedsguitar on his site, guitarguitarguitar. I have no doubt at all that very soon the name Ted sit proudly beside other authors such as Cumpiano and Netelson.
Scrolling through Earl's site I found so very disturbing news. Olga has been served with a take down notice which in effect removes one of the largest collections of guitar tab and chords going around. Obviously there are other places on the net but, is this just the start?
Now, I can totally understand why the corporate music world went hunting after Napster and other peer to peer music trading sites, but when it comes down to internet quality tab and chords I think they have gone too far. What's next? will they start asking high school bands for royalties each time they play a song. What percentage of an artist's earn is made from the sale of music books.
Another point is that these books are notoriusly bad. They are obviously transcribed by computers at worse, at best a classically trained violinist.
Internet tabs and chords provide the start required for the next generation of guitar players, who will in turn be the next big thing that the music industry will seek a percentage from. Without this resource, kids will have to return to the days rote learning Smoke on the Water, a song from some bad they have never heard off. How many kid will pay $30.00+ to buy a music book?
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hi ted,
olga is still down (i just checked), and it seems other sites are being approached to shut down! you make a great point; many of the 'authorized' tab books are really poor, and who can afford them?!
oh, and glad the "crack" wasn't anything serious!
earl
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