Hi to everybody!
When the list of the best 2008 albums was discussed at www.shitenonions.com, an American friend told me if I could make some suggestions about European releases.
After having thought about that, I decided to make some samplers of the different European "Celtic Punk" scenes. I intended to upload to mediafire 1 or 2 samplers every month.The files would be compressed with winzip (even if I prefer winrar), since I felt that everybody would be able to open them.
Since now I have posted the links to 6 samplers at the shitenonions message board. Given that I think that other people could be interested in them, I have created this blog to share those bands with all the Celtic punk and Celtic rock fans that are looking for new artists.
These samplers are based on tracks that are available free on the Internet. None of them come from albums that I have ripped. Besides, none of them have been downloaded from P2P networks. They are available in the bands' websites or in other sites as free downloads. In other words, they are not illegal downloads, it is not piracy, as you can go to those sites and download those tracks free one by one. The only thing that I have done is to put them together in one place. I have checked all of them and have re-tagged some the best I have been able to (band, album, year, original track number and genre)
If some of you are old-fashioned people like me and want to burn the mp3s to audio CDs, I have also made some artwork for them. In that booklet I have included the line-up of every band, the website and the discography.
Obviously the quality of the mp3s may vary, unfortunately some of them are low quality. Regarding the bands that are included in every sampler, I have tried to put at least 4 bands. I have decided not to include some bands because they have recorded mainly covers (traditional songs, Pogues songs ...) and give priority to those who write their own material
Please remember that these samplers are for promotional purposes. You can download them free and if you ever find some tracks from an album that is worth buying, don't hesitate to get in contact with the band and buy it.
If you are in a band and want to be included in one of my samplers, please feel free to contact me. And if you are in a band and want to be removed from my samplers, you can also contact me and I will remove your tracks from my samplers. Anyway, I hope that this won't happen, as I am doing a free work to promote bands that are not well-known and, as I have previously said, the bands are already sharing those tracks on other sites.
Enjoy!
When the list of the best 2008 albums was discussed at www.shitenonions.com, an American friend told me if I could make some suggestions about European releases.
After having thought about that, I decided to make some samplers of the different European "Celtic Punk" scenes. I intended to upload to mediafire 1 or 2 samplers every month.The files would be compressed with winzip (even if I prefer winrar), since I felt that everybody would be able to open them.
Since now I have posted the links to 6 samplers at the shitenonions message board. Given that I think that other people could be interested in them, I have created this blog to share those bands with all the Celtic punk and Celtic rock fans that are looking for new artists.
These samplers are based on tracks that are available free on the Internet. None of them come from albums that I have ripped. Besides, none of them have been downloaded from P2P networks. They are available in the bands' websites or in other sites as free downloads. In other words, they are not illegal downloads, it is not piracy, as you can go to those sites and download those tracks free one by one. The only thing that I have done is to put them together in one place. I have checked all of them and have re-tagged some the best I have been able to (band, album, year, original track number and genre)
If some of you are old-fashioned people like me and want to burn the mp3s to audio CDs, I have also made some artwork for them. In that booklet I have included the line-up of every band, the website and the discography.
Obviously the quality of the mp3s may vary, unfortunately some of them are low quality. Regarding the bands that are included in every sampler, I have tried to put at least 4 bands. I have decided not to include some bands because they have recorded mainly covers (traditional songs, Pogues songs ...) and give priority to those who write their own material
Please remember that these samplers are for promotional purposes. You can download them free and if you ever find some tracks from an album that is worth buying, don't hesitate to get in contact with the band and buy it.
If you are in a band and want to be included in one of my samplers, please feel free to contact me. And if you are in a band and want to be removed from my samplers, you can also contact me and I will remove your tracks from my samplers. Anyway, I hope that this won't happen, as I am doing a free work to promote bands that are not well-known and, as I have previously said, the bands are already sharing those tracks on other sites.
Enjoy!
Hey WL!
ReplyDeleteI've been digging this blog. It's a great forum for all your work, and I think you are the only blog out there right now doing this, so congrats!
Your American friend,
Chris Toler