[Fedora-music-list] Free/open music scene ...

[Greg DeKoenigsberg]

Something else you can do that will really help: set up a torrent with all 
that great new bandwidth.  :)

The reasons that I'm *really* excited about Jamendo:

1. Lots of free content in one place, with a rating mechanism that 
actually works.

2. Real growth in artists.

3. Bittorrent, which means low costs for delivery.

4. They serve Oggs!  This will be *crucial* for the Fedora story.

BUT... the Ogg torrents are underserved.  Help.  :)  Here's what you
yourself can do, right now:

http://www.jamendo.com/us/static/jamendotools_jamseeder/

I'm working to get hardware, but it could be a while before it's ready to 
go -- like, a month-ish.  In the meantime, I'm about to go buy a big 
external hard drive, attach it to an old system at home, and run Jamseeder 
myself.

--g

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On Wed, 30 Aug 2006, Mike A. Harris wrote:

> Greg DeKoenigsberg wrote:
> > My recommendation?  Troll through Jamendo and start listening.  As soon as 
> > you find something you like, rate and review it.  Follow Michael Tiemann's 
> > example: this is exactly what he's been doing.  :)
> 
> Cool, will do...   Heard mention of Jamendo before but never
> googled to learn what it was.
> 
> Now that I've done so, this looks quite exciting.  I just got
> Shaw (my ISP) High-speed-extreme hooked up, and it looks like
> I did so just in time to start downloading free music at 10mbit
> by the boatload.  ;)
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion Greg!
> 
> 
> 
> 
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