One of the blogs I frequent is called TWILIGHTZONE! http://twilightzone-rideyourpony.blogspot.com/
TWILIGHTZONE! is not a blog about the old sci/fi television show. It's actually an mp3 blog that focuses on surf and garage rock music. It also throws in a little soul and honky tonk for good measure. An mp3 blog, like its name suggests, is a blog in which the author shares music with his/her readers. The legality of this type of sharing is sketchy. The site's author offers a disclaimer that the reader should either purchase the recordings or delete them, but there is no real way to enforce this guideline. To make it even more complicated, many of these recordings are old or limited-run presses, so purchase is not really an option.
Some of the mp3 blogs I have read in the past have been shut down because artists have threatened legal action. They have every right to do so. If I were an artist trying to make a living selling CDs from show to show, I'd probably be upset if somebody were giving my music away for free.
However, there is something to be said for the positive side of these blogs for the artists; promotion. Thanks to the Internet, word-of-mouth moves a great deal faster than it used to. The concept of an "underground" band is fading fast. For somebody like myself who doesn't listen to much radio, an mp3 blog is one of the main ways I learn about new music. In the case of TWILIGHTZONE! the music is usually a bit older, but there are several links to other mp3 (and general music) blogs that help me catch up with all sorts of different music.
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