Thanks for the music, which I'm enjoying via the FreePlay player as I write
this. It's fun. Again, what kind of studio did you use to make this? I
imagine at least some of it is Csound - how much? What bandwidth did you use
for the initial recording? And what MP3 encoding rate did you use?

I must say I'm surprised that more computer music people don't distribute
MP3s of their stuff. I can understand it for Paul Lansky, but what about
those of us who don't have a record contract, or whose recording company
doesn't deliver results when it comes to promotion and advertising? It seems
like a no-brain decision to give some music away, so that people can at
least hear enough to decide if they want more or want to pay. It's not
exactly hard to make these things, after all.

Of course there is a bind here that is becoming more and more exposed. Once
you have a digital object, all copies henceforth are essentially free to
make and easy as pie to steal. This is a situation that applies across many
fields and many sectors of the economy. Sun's giving away Java, Netscape's
giving away Navigator, bands are giving away prime cuts... how stable is
this situation? Is software compatible with capitalism, or does it tend to
the condition of anarchic socialism?

-----Original Message-----
From: Hans Mikelson 
To: Csound List 
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: MP3


>Michael Gogins wrote:
>>Do any of us download and/or listen to MP3s?
>
>I do.  I usually make a tape from them and listen in the car.
>
>>Do any of us have MP3 files of pieces on the web, either for sale or to
>give
>>away?
>
>I have some to give away at:
>
>http://www.mp3.com/music/Electronica/5305.html
>
>>Does MP3 sound really good? Is it really adequate for complex music?
>
>Apparently the quality is similar to cassette tape without some of the
>problems like tape hiss or the tape getting munched.
>
>>What are our plans to distribute, publish, or make money off our music?
>
>Well if it looks like someone actually likes my music I may try to move
some
>of the better stuff into the for sale category.  I tried putting it at
>www.spareroomstudio.com but they never did anything as far as I could tell
>and now they have begun charging money to put your music up.  www.mp3.com
>seems like a more legitimate outfit and have two of my songs up although I
>have submitted four.  mp3.com has a lot of info about mp3.  The mpeg
encoder
>I currently use is from:
>
>http://www.isafeelin.org/soloh/mpegEnc.html
>
>It does not seem to generate any glitches or pops but takes quite a while.
>I use Winamp to listen to MP3's. (with the Cthugha plug-in)
>
>Regards,
>Hans Mikelson
>