12-01-2007, 09:35 PM
Kind of tough, but I'd err on the side of conservatism on the P2P stuff. My thought is just because you may have had a copy on vinyl or cassette or even CD doesn't justify it...it's tough, though, b/c many times I just buy used CD's on Amazon or Half.com and I think to myself, well, the artist isn't making anything off this anyway, so why not P2P it? But I have abstained from that.
I was looking for a single from an established band a while back but couldn't find it anywhere -- it was in a film but not on the soundtrack, and not on any of their albums. Someone suggested to me to P2P it and then buy some other song from them that I already had purchased, and call it even. I thought that sounded like a fair compromise.
Most of these are pretty new artists. You might give a listen to:
A Fine Frenzy
Alexi Murdoch
Augustana
Blue October (History for Sale is my favorite album of theirs)
Borne
Cake (these guys are a lot of fun)
Cameron McGill
The Church (yeah, they are still kickin' it; see: Uninvited, Like the Clouds)
Corinne Bailey Rae
Damien Rice
Dar Williams
Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode singer's first solo effort, Paper Monsters is enjoyable)
Detroit Cobras
E Double
Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild soundtrack)
Eliot Yamin
Format
The Fray
Garden State Soundtrack
Gary Richard (one of our own, give him a listen, nice rock/country fusion)
Gin Blossoms (great band that has evolved; their latest, Major Lodge Victory, is very solid)
Graham Colton
Guggenheim Grotto
India Arie
Kate Bush / Tori Amos (Tori kind of ripped Kate's sound, but it's good; Beekeeper is one of my faves)
Kathleen Edwards
K's Choice
The Last Goodnight (more pop-oriented but still somewhat alt)
Matt Nathanson (Some Mad Hope and Beneath These Fireworks are both excellent albums)
Mike Ness / Social Distortion
Jon McLaughlin
New Order (recent album, Waiting for the Sirens' Call)
Pete Yorn (I have all of his stuff, one of my favorite artists)
Rock Kills Kid
Snow Patrol (you're probably familiar with them; all their stuff is solid, esp. the latest)
Vega4
I was looking for a single from an established band a while back but couldn't find it anywhere -- it was in a film but not on the soundtrack, and not on any of their albums. Someone suggested to me to P2P it and then buy some other song from them that I already had purchased, and call it even. I thought that sounded like a fair compromise.
Most of these are pretty new artists. You might give a listen to:
A Fine Frenzy
Alexi Murdoch
Augustana
Blue October (History for Sale is my favorite album of theirs)
Borne
Cake (these guys are a lot of fun)
Cameron McGill
The Church (yeah, they are still kickin' it; see: Uninvited, Like the Clouds)
Corinne Bailey Rae
Damien Rice
Dar Williams
Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode singer's first solo effort, Paper Monsters is enjoyable)
Detroit Cobras
E Double
Eddie Vedder (Into the Wild soundtrack)
Eliot Yamin
Format
The Fray
Garden State Soundtrack
Gary Richard (one of our own, give him a listen, nice rock/country fusion)
Gin Blossoms (great band that has evolved; their latest, Major Lodge Victory, is very solid)
Graham Colton
Guggenheim Grotto
India Arie
Kate Bush / Tori Amos (Tori kind of ripped Kate's sound, but it's good; Beekeeper is one of my faves)
Kathleen Edwards
K's Choice
The Last Goodnight (more pop-oriented but still somewhat alt)
Matt Nathanson (Some Mad Hope and Beneath These Fireworks are both excellent albums)
Mike Ness / Social Distortion
Jon McLaughlin
New Order (recent album, Waiting for the Sirens' Call)
Pete Yorn (I have all of his stuff, one of my favorite artists)
Rock Kills Kid
Snow Patrol (you're probably familiar with them; all their stuff is solid, esp. the latest)
Vega4