MP3s

[Lainie]

Downloaded some of the MP3s, am really impressed
still think it's a good way to spread music online

would it be too much of a bandwidth killer to have some mp3s of live shows? Just wondering~

[Eric]

Downloaded some of the MP3s, am really impressed
still think it's a good way to spread music online

would it be too much of a bandwidth killer to have some mp3s of live shows? Just wondering~

If I understand correctly, part of the problem is that the live shows'll most likely have songs which are on the next album, which hasn't been released yet. It could create a problem for album promotion and sales if there are freely available versions of those songs. So we'll see ... maybe after Warm Strangers is out it'll be okay?

Thanks for stopping by!

[Michele]

I have two short shows now that only have Waking Hour songs. I don't do MP3s though They're available in <a href='http://etree.org/' target='_blank'>lossless format</a> (SHN) for broadband users, and I'm happy to send out audio CDs by <a href='http://www.mcnichol.com/bnp/' target='_blank'>B&Ps</a> for people who don't want to download 'em.

The bandwidth problem can be eliminated if Vienna would allow her music to be put up on <a href='http://www.archive.org/audio/etree.php' target='_blank'>archive.org</a> (hint hint plead plead) and I think they're gonna start experimenting so that MP3 distributions will also be allowed. But some bands don't use the site because there's no person-to-person trading involved when you just download a show.

I'll be offering up more shows when Warm Strangers comes out. I don't think I'm going to be doing the Waking Hour full live thing for a while...I'm not happy with all the versions on it, and I figure it's gone on long enough that people can just make their own version when the next album comes out and more shows float around.