BETTIE BLACK POSTED YO LA TENGO’S NUCLEAR WAR in 2003
This song, originally an Epitonic posting from indie rockers Yo La Tengo, sent me to see this band as soon as they hit town, back then. Written by Peter Tosh, this song takes on another life in this version. I found this song again recently at YouTube. Here's what...
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POOTIETANG FINDS THE 88’s “All THE SAME” IN 2003
Good one Pootie! This L.A.-based band made some gr8 music. This song is a perfect example. Here's what Pootietang wrote in 2003: Oh, this really floats my brit pop happy boat! Such a sweet summer departure, feel-good top-down music a'la Kinks, Beach Boys and Beatles....
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SKYLER IN 2003 TURNS US ON TO BARCELONA
Thanks to Skyler we got to listen to Arlington, Virginia's Barcelona's (not to be confused with the Seattle based band of the same name) "Why Do You Have So Much Fun Without Me." This song was recorded for a March Records release Simon Basic in 1999. This Arlington,...
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SLEEPY FOUND SHATTERED REALM’S “ALL WILL SUFFER” IN 2003
Sleepy, a true music lover, was our resident hardcore, death, and speed metal source. He found these hardcore rockers from New Jersey, who ruled the hardcore metal world in the early part of this century. The song was a free post at metelonmag.com I recently found the...
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BAND GEEK WHERE WERE YOU IN 2003 TO FIND THE MTHEMBU QUEENS “WADILZA UMUZI”
What a find, Geek! I wonder where your head was at to be listening to this song in 2003. South Africa has such cool music! This was originally hosted as a free mp3 at Amazon Music. I re-found this as a free listen at Youtube,com. Here's what you said back then: Soul...
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AISA BLUE POSTED THE FAINT’S “WORKED UP SO SEXUAL” IN 2003
The Faint originally hosted this song on their website for free. They did this for exposure in 2003. I just re-found this song on YouTube. It seems the band didn't appear in this video, but allowed fans to perform a video using this song. Here's what Aisa said back...
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I POSTED “LESS THAN JAKE” IN 2003
I was one of the early music lovers who posted music @MP34U. I saw a young punky Ska band from Gainesville Fla. at the Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco and wanted to share what I saw with the world. Less Than Jake, a full fledged Punk Ska band, put on a high...
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BAND GEEK TURNED US ON TO HORACE ANDY
Band Geek is one of the early music lovers to post music @ MP34U.com. I was lucky to recruit this Uptones sax phenom to discover music. He posted this song in August of 2003: "Mr. Bassie." Horace Andy is a Rastafarian. Horace gained worldwide recognition with his...
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LINK TO FREE MUSIC FROM YOUR INBOX
Don’t miss out! Now that you've found me, I’ll email you a link (please note - not a large file) to music that music-lovers have found, for free. Since I realized the music biz was headed in such a strange direction, I have amassed a treasure trove of free worthy...
read moreWHY SOUNDCLOUD4U? YOUTUBEMUSIC4U?
When the era of "artist-direct" ended in a bad dream, the tech giants dealt with the music giants and made it so difficult for any music outside their influence to surface. SoundCloud.com and YouTube.com became two of the surviving venues as repositories for...
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