Here's a post which goes out to all my fellow bloggers out there.
I came across this article which I read in the Independent yesterday which indicates new laws which could soon be coming into force and a crackdown on both the uploading and downloading of music from the net.
Reading between the lines, it could pose a threat to blogs like this one. However, that would seem ludicrous - as over 90% of the links posted on this blog are for tracks that are over 10 to 15 years old (in some cases 20), that have long been deleted and hence we are simply making this fantastic music available to a wider audience. In many aspects we (the bloggers) are promoting the artists and their music and encouraging you the dance music enthusiasts to purchase the original material (if it is still available) which it quite often isn't.
Our blogs are not a threat to the music industry or a threat to up and coming artists or bands.
I'd be keen to hear further views on this from bloggers and blog followers alike.
In my opinion the future is uncertain and potentially blogs like this may ultimately be forced to close??
Which would be a great shame. Maybe we should all be voting for the Pirate Party UK
The link to the article is below;
On a more postitive note lets put out another quality track. (While we can!!!)
A huge thank you to Chris for supplying me with some quality tunes and suggestions of late.
Just check this one out. Bananarama have never sounded so good. Did you spot the "ooh ooh" sample? Also the intro starts very much like Fools Gold - don't you think??
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Bananarama - Only Your Love
(Milky Bar Mix)
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