I'm sick and FUCKING tired of the RI FUCKING AA.
Ok, now that that's out of my system...This is getting ridiculous. I can't guitar tab online. Anywhere.
I just bought the Foo Fighters Skin and Bones concert DVD. And, I just can't help wishing that I could play guitar like Dave Grohl. So, throughout the little intro to the concert, and the very first song they play, Dave is playing the main little riff (I think that's what it's called) from Razor. It's pretty simple, just maybe 6 or 7 notes, and he plays it faster than I can (I've only been playing for about 2 months), but I really wanted to try. So, I google it.
guitartabs.com guitarmasta.net mxabs.net
This is what I find. The top 3 links, and several more down the line, are not there. Why? Because they've been threatened with legal action. Let me say that again.
LEGAL ACTION.
Why? They had the fucking AUDACITY to post user submitted recreations of songs that they figured out themselves. They didn't photocopy someone's tab booklet, they figured it out. And do you think that this hurts the artists? If you say yes, step away from the computer and GOUGE OUT both of your eyes and eardrums with a spoon. You don't deserve to see or hear anything ever again. If I was a real guitarist and was actually going to cover this when playing for people, or actually going to practice it for real, then guess what I would do. I would buy the version penned by the artist himself. I wouldn't settle for someone else's interpretation. And, if I was a real guitarist, I probably wouldn't need someone else's interpretation - I could get it myself, just by listening to the song. It's only because I'm not that good that I just google it to find some decent interpretation.
I have this urge to hit someone in a suit...really hard...with a bat.
-prog
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Wow.... I hadn't heard about something like this happening yet... it was just a matter of time I suppose... but yeah it's pretty asinine. I feel for ya...
i said it once today on Mog and I'll say it again... f*in lawyers!
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I totally agree. I hate suits. Stupid Fother-Muckers!!!!
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Yeah, it's totally bullshit.
You know, I wouldn't mind buying a bass book with tab or charts or whatever, but it's ridiculously hard to find them (damn the man for thinking that only guitarists want this stuff) but Internet tab sites turn out to be the best source for stuff. And how does the RIAA honestly think that amateurs who want to hone their skill by sharing unofficial tab over the Internet is going to knock down their profit? Ugh. The RIAA disgusts me in so many ways.
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This has been going on for a long time, at least 10 years or so but I thought there was some settlement reached at one point that people could post their interpretations of songs, but not lyrics. Anyway it does suck and I completely agree-I just want to strum along with my favorite songs, or annoy my wife or something. The good news is you can still find lots of tabs on the web, here's one site I like:
http://www.chordie.com/
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To hell with RIAA!! Lets just enjoy good music and rock on Foos!!!