Comments on: ArtistServer.com Gets Served! http://www.manchicken.com/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html Rantings of a Questionably Sane Chicken Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:22:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: manchicken http://www.manchicken.com/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-257 manchicken Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:12:00 +0000 http://blog.notsosoft.net/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-257 Gideon Marken: Wow! I didn't expect to see you comment here :) How exciting! This is all good stuff. If you're participating in any Free Software projects for this (RoR or Python, etc) or are interested in enlisting any free software community support, I'm sure there are plenty of Free Hackers out there who would be stoked to help out. I'd also contact the folks at DefectiveByDesign to try and get some press. I think ArtistServer is moving things in a direction that goes pro-music, not pro-profiteering. I like that. I think FSF and DefectiveByDesign do too. Gideon Marken: Wow! I didn’t expect to see you comment here :) How exciting!

This is all good stuff. If you’re participating in any Free Software projects for this (RoR or Python, etc) or are interested in enlisting any free software community support, I’m sure there are plenty of Free Hackers out there who would be stoked to help out.

I’d also contact the folks at DefectiveByDesign to try and get some press. I think ArtistServer is moving things in a direction that goes pro-music, not pro-profiteering. I like that. I think FSF and DefectiveByDesign do too.

]]> By: Gideon Marken http://www.manchicken.com/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-256 Gideon Marken Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:35:53 +0000 http://blog.notsosoft.net/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-256 Thanks for the kind words on ArtistServer.com :) For those who are fans of Jamendo, yes I agree - great site indeed. >>In addition to more content, Yes - more music is always nice. I believe I'll need to work on some type of cross promotions with other sites or companies to help pick up the pace. Word of mouth works well, but we all need a little buzz to get things really rolling. >>I would like to see flac or ogg files available, After I'm able to scale the site, I could offer this. Right now I'm a team of one with no budget who works a part time job, so updates such as this can be difficult to pull off. I'm currently evaluating Amazon's S3 solution for storing/serving the files, which seems very affordable. >>>I’d also like to see an option to hide all restrictively copyrighted music I do allow you to browse by license, while that doesn't do exactly what you are asking for, it does filter out the music with copyrights. Again - thanks for the kind words about the site. :) - Gideon / Admin ArtistServer.com Thanks for the kind words on ArtistServer.com :)

For those who are fans of Jamendo, yes I agree - great site indeed.

>>In addition to more content,

Yes - more music is always nice. I believe I’ll need to work on some type of cross promotions with other sites or companies to help pick up the pace. Word of mouth works well, but we all need a little buzz to get things really rolling.

>>I would like to see flac or ogg files available,

After I’m able to scale the site, I could offer this. Right now I’m a team of one with no budget who works a part time job, so updates such as this can be difficult to pull off. I’m currently evaluating Amazon’s S3 solution for storing/serving the files, which seems very affordable.

>>>I’d also like to see an option to hide all restrictively copyrighted music

I do allow you to browse by license, while that doesn’t do exactly what you are asking for, it does filter out the music with copyrights.

Again - thanks for the kind words about the site. :)

- Gideon / Admin ArtistServer.com

]]> By: arakoczy http://www.manchicken.com/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-253 arakoczy Tue, 03 Apr 2007 05:15:26 +0000 http://blog.notsosoft.net/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-253 emusic.com is pretty cool too emusic.com is pretty cool too

]]> By: manchicken http://www.manchicken.com/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-252 manchicken Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:30:58 +0000 http://blog.notsosoft.net/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-252 Jeremy: That is an <strong>excellent</strong> site! Thanks for the comment! Jeremy: That is an excellent site! Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.manchicken.com/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-250 Jeremy Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:34:03 +0000 http://blog.notsosoft.net/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-250 You should also be excited about <a href="http://www.jamendo.com/" rel="nofollow">Jamendo</a>, also a service that offers DRM-free CC-licensed music in OGG or MP3 format via BitTorrent. Jamendo is being integrated into the Rhythmbox that is included in Ubuntu 7.04, so that will be exciting. <small>Edited per commenter request</small> You should also be excited about Jamendo, also a service that offers DRM-free CC-licensed music in OGG or MP3 format via BitTorrent.

Jamendo is being integrated into the Rhythmbox that is included in Ubuntu 7.04, so that will be exciting.

Edited per commenter request

]]> By: Fabian Rodriguez http://www.manchicken.com/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-249 Fabian Rodriguez Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:26:18 +0000 http://blog.notsosoft.net/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-249 MP3 ? Exciting ? MP3 ? Exciting ?

]]> By: Meneer R http://www.manchicken.com/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-248 Meneer R Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:23:43 +0000 http://blog.notsosoft.net/2007/free-software/artistservercom-gets-served.html#comment-248 ArtistServer.com is ok, but you are missing the most crucial cc-liscenced music repository out there. Its called Jamendo. They have over 20,000 songs that you can freely download, remix and spread around. They actually use torrents to distribute the albums. There are two ways to use Jamendo. #1 Go to their website www.jamendo.com #2 Launch rhythmbox on ubuntu-feisty (or enable backports on ubuntu-edgy), enable the jamendo plugin and browse all the music in rhytmbox box. Click the big download button if you like something. You can download high-quality OGG files and reasonable quality MP3 files. Exactly what the doctor ordered if you ask me. ArtistServer.com is ok, but you are missing the most crucial cc-liscenced music repository out there. Its called Jamendo. They have over 20,000 songs that you can freely download, remix and spread around. They actually use torrents to distribute the albums.

There are two ways to use Jamendo.
#1 Go to their website http://www.jamendo.com
#2 Launch rhythmbox on ubuntu-feisty (or enable backports on ubuntu-edgy), enable the jamendo plugin and browse all the music in rhytmbox box. Click the big download button if you like something. You can download high-quality OGG files and reasonable quality MP3 files.

Exactly what the doctor ordered if you ask me.

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