Hey folks,
Am wondering if some of you guys have an interest in P2P file sharing of 70's,80's and 90's music I have enjoyed in the past and would love to add later. (Boston, Styx, AWB, Chicago, Seeger, Steely Dan, Heart, Meatloaf, Little River Band, Boz Scaggs and many more)
Have a lot of old tunes on vinyl records, but not sure I can dub them adequately,? Would like to have some of the better ones in MP3 format of 128 or higher.
Yes, my taste vary a lot from classic rock to country and even New Age and Classic "Long Hair" cuts from long ago.
Comments?
Swez
PS Have a fair start, but there are so many great hits I'd love to add to the library w/o using sites like Limewire and such. I'd be willing to share files with others as they wish too.
Replies (4)
ttocs on 05/22/2008 22:23:45
I recently updated my catalog to mp3 myself. I went out and bought an external usb 120Gb hard drive that I have used to drag and drop files from my buddies collections(not on itunes) and have about 24G now. It varies from 70s-80s-alternative-metal-techno-everything........... I'll see if I can get a list of titles.
Ash on 05/23/2008 08:17:18
I've got quite a bit of Steely Dan and a few Chicago hits that I'd be more than happy to share.
Not tech saavy though, so let me know what needs to be done.
trunkisloud on 05/23/2008 09:14:18
hey man i got some foghat..
swez on 05/24/2008 06:21:40
Foghat??? I have them on vinyl too, but have outgrown the taste for much of their music that I once enjoyed some 25 years ago.
Steely Dan and Chicago are definitely on the list of favs for this old man. Some of their earlier material was considered state of the art recordings in their day. Both bands had excellent studio musicians in the mix and the digitally remastered cuts can sound very clean.
How to do this exchange? Have found Yahoo IM to be an excellent way to share files with others while chatting. (VOIP or text messages) E-mails are often limited to 10 Megs per message. Most songs need 4-7 Megs per cut, depending on length of the cut and bit-rate they are sent at.
MP3 files sound fair at 128 Kb's/sec. CD quality cuts are often above 160 Kb's/sec. Some of the best cuts I have received to date, are above 300 Kb's/sec. (Thanks to Victor) These are High Def DVD level cuts of various Indian music he shared a while back. Some of these cuts are stunningly clean in every detail.
OK, the last option that works very well are burned CD's via snail mail. If any wish to use that option, I would gladly provide mailing details via private e-mails. If you wish to go that route, my e-mail addy is:
swezdp@yahoo.com
Comments?
Swez
PS I don't have a CD burner on this computer right now. (Dell Latitude 640, 256 RAM) It's a solid laptop for now, but the next generation computer I hope to buy later, will have CD/DVD burn options and a lot more RAM too. For now, I am limited to add on storage devices like MP3 sticks or maybe an outboard backup drive. (USB or serial/parallel port configurations)
Am wondering if some of you guys have an interest in P2P file sharing of 70's,80's and 90's music I have enjoyed in the past and would love to add later. (Boston, Styx, AWB, Chicago, Seeger, Steely Dan, Heart, Meatloaf, Little River Band, Boz Scaggs and many more)
Have a lot of old tunes on vinyl records, but not sure I can dub them adequately,? Would like to have some of the better ones in MP3 format of 128 or higher.
Yes, my taste vary a lot from classic rock to country and even New Age and Classic "Long Hair" cuts from long ago.
Comments?
Swez
PS Have a fair start, but there are so many great hits I'd love to add to the library w/o using sites like Limewire and such. I'd be willing to share files with others as they wish too.
Replies (4)
ttocs on 05/22/2008 22:23:45
I recently updated my catalog to mp3 myself. I went out and bought an external usb 120Gb hard drive that I have used to drag and drop files from my buddies collections(not on itunes) and have about 24G now. It varies from 70s-80s-alternative-metal-techno-everything........... I'll see if I can get a list of titles.
Ash on 05/23/2008 08:17:18
I've got quite a bit of Steely Dan and a few Chicago hits that I'd be more than happy to share.
Not tech saavy though, so let me know what needs to be done.
trunkisloud on 05/23/2008 09:14:18
hey man i got some foghat..
swez on 05/24/2008 06:21:40
Foghat??? I have them on vinyl too, but have outgrown the taste for much of their music that I once enjoyed some 25 years ago.
Steely Dan and Chicago are definitely on the list of favs for this old man. Some of their earlier material was considered state of the art recordings in their day. Both bands had excellent studio musicians in the mix and the digitally remastered cuts can sound very clean.
How to do this exchange? Have found Yahoo IM to be an excellent way to share files with others while chatting. (VOIP or text messages) E-mails are often limited to 10 Megs per message. Most songs need 4-7 Megs per cut, depending on length of the cut and bit-rate they are sent at.
MP3 files sound fair at 128 Kb's/sec. CD quality cuts are often above 160 Kb's/sec. Some of the best cuts I have received to date, are above 300 Kb's/sec. (Thanks to Victor) These are High Def DVD level cuts of various Indian music he shared a while back. Some of these cuts are stunningly clean in every detail.
OK, the last option that works very well are burned CD's via snail mail. If any wish to use that option, I would gladly provide mailing details via private e-mails. If you wish to go that route, my e-mail addy is:
swezdp@yahoo.com
Comments?
Swez
PS I don't have a CD burner on this computer right now. (Dell Latitude 640, 256 RAM) It's a solid laptop for now, but the next generation computer I hope to buy later, will have CD/DVD burn options and a lot more RAM too. For now, I am limited to add on storage devices like MP3 sticks or maybe an outboard backup drive. (USB or serial/parallel port configurations)
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