Goth / Industrial / Synthpop music MP3's owned by Skulz
- The following web pages contain a list of mp3's I have on my file server.
- I do not clam to have every song in mp3 by every Goth or Industrial band, I just have a large collection. I also have Techno, EBM & other music.
- There are over 8000 MP3's on my MP3 hard drive and I am always adding more. (The RIAA can sux my @$$)
- This list is roughly in alphabetical order.
- I have also posted links to the band's web page if I know the web site. Links are usually found as the bands name posted in blue. I have more than one link for some bands and none for others.
- Some listings include images I have on my computer of band photos, album art, and other images items I had around.
- I also have over 200 movies in .avi format. (movie list next?)
- Note: If you are downloading copyrighted files beware of Trojan horse files the record companies have hired hackers to create. These files will hurt your computer, be sure to scan all files you download. The Music Industry is circulating bad files to give what they call music pirates a hard time. These bad files are found on KaZaA. The RIAA is also off with another round of lawsuits.
- None of the money the RIAA gets from suing it's customers will ever go to the Artists they clam to be protecting, they are only truly looking out for their own profits. Most of the mp3 sharing I know of is done in order to experiment with new sounds and trade in music that isn't available in the record shops. This went on long before computers and the internet. The first music I got was on a blank tape a friend gave me, (music swapping, sharing) from there I went and got my first record. Later I gave my friend a tape with songs on it for her to listen to (oh no, more music swapping!) Long before the internet people traded music on cassette tapes, remember them? The RIAA didn't sue us then, the sharing of mp3's isn't much different, I guess the RIAA doesn't remember cassette tapes.
- The RIAA is launching a new wave of lawsuits, this will only serve to hurt the music industry as others like me that once purchased music on a regular basis are boycotting many products. Seven of the record labels that sued people for file sharing are Sony Music Entertainment, Inc, BMG Music, Virgin Records America, Inc., Interscope Records, Atlantic Recording Corporation, Warner Brothers Records, Inc., and Arista Records, Inc.
- Note to the RIAA: This is not a web site sharing files, it is a list of music I purchased on Vinyl, CD, Cassette, or other media over the years. I do believe that I have the right to store my collection on my computer for personal use (covered under fair use). The actions taken by the RIAA are just a waste of time and money, and doesn't support the artist who created the music. The whole basis for the internet is to share information. Not all file sharing on the internet is Piracy or Copyright Infringement. The fault of the drop in record sales isn't from file sharing, most who do download mp3's often go and buy the music, it's a sort of test drive if you will. CD's cost the members of the RIAA penny's on the dollar to produce & compensate the artist. In the interest of greed, they greatly over-charge for their product. The other factor behind the drop in record sales is the quality of the product offered, or should I say the lack there of. Most of the new artists produced over the past few years all sounds the same, there is just less music I want, I don't idolize some ghetto drug-dealing gang-banger, nor do I want that sort of trash in the hands of my kids. Not all Americans like the package deal they offer, a cookie cutter process that results in bands that all sound alike.
- If you are sharing files the RIAA doesn't think you should there are web sites out that are trying to get the RIAA and the government to realize that file sharing is here, its not going away, and it's not the crime of the century. The fact is file sharing is just a basic part of the internet and its not going to be stopped by lawsuits. The RIAA missed the boat, file sharing could have been a tool for them to to promote the bands, many small record labels and bands offer their music on the internet for free download. These people get it, they see that file sharing is just another tool and are trying to use it.
- How you can help: Buy music from the independent labels, if a band offers it's music for free download send them email thanking them. See your favorite band live, and yes, do buy the CD. If your boycotting the major labels there are lots of other choices out there with a better verity of sounds. You won't hear independent music on the radio thanks to the RIAA paying radio stations not to play it. That's right, if you listen to the radio your only hearing music covered by the RIAA, that's what you need to boycott. I don't listen to the radio, there is nothing there I want to hear.
- Note: I collect music that fits in Goth / Industrial / Synth-pop / Techno / Trance / Ambient / sounds and I have some other music as well.
- The following pages are still in the works. All pages might contain errors and some bands have been left off. I have started with the bands in my mp3 file #1 and will add mp3's from my other two files soon.
- Note: Some rough information on the Goth / Industrial scene in Richmond, Virginia is posted at [LineNowhere].
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