tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post114579521417915387..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: New music scores with free downloadsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146172231435778762006-04-27T22:10:00.000+01:002006-04-27T22:10:00.000+01:00I'm very much in favor of freely downloadable scor...I'm very much in favor of freely downloadable scores as well as audio files. But I'm less enchanted with the idea that one has to destroy the score after six months due to copyright restrictions. This is not terribly useful. I've been making my music available in full, scores and MP3s, for free on <A HREF="http://homepage.mac.com/dtoub/dbtmusic.html" REL="nofollow">my site</A> for quite some time, and the sky hasn't fallen. Indeed, it's created more interest in my music than when I did not have a Web presence. <BR/><BR/>Music is more than art, it is also information. And like medical journals, physics data, etc., it deserves to be freely disseminated and shared.David Toubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17454405518230397042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1146117838656435542006-04-27T07:03:00.000+01:002006-04-27T07:03:00.000+01:00I am totally positive about the idea of a young co...I am totally positive about the idea of a young composer getting exposure by having his/her music available for download. In fact, it's not often that we "professional" composers make all that much money from "sales," and I could bet that 99% of us would take a performance in some far-off place (which resulted from media exposure like this) over a small residual (from sales) any day. <BR/><BR/>I only have one complaint: it seems that the website offers the pdf file of the composition, but if you want to know about the composer,you must buy the magazine. Maybe I am mistaken, but I found it difficult to locate biographical info about the two young composers featured. I think it would be a huge shame if this led to miscommunications or confusion or misrepresentation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com