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Topic 294 Internet Underground Music Archive
peg:agarton cyberculture zone 11:18 AM Jan 25, 1994
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Internet Underground Music Archive January 14, 1994
Information File version 1.5 Beta 3
contact: ianc@sunsite.unc.edu
IUMA or IUMA
99 Mill Road 217 Highland Ave, Suite #3
Santa Cruz, California 95064 Santa Cruz, California 95060
(408) 457-8910 (408) 429-5476
*** THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST ***
*** IN THE INTERNET UNDERGROUND MUSIC ARCHIVE ***
Since November 1993, the Internet Underground Music Archive (IUMA)
has provided music distribution on the Internet by compressing audio into
the internationally standardized MPEG Audio format. With the Internet
experiencing tremendous growth (20 million current users and an estimated
1 million users added each month) we expect the Internet Underground
Music Archive to be accessible to the majority of people with computers
by the late 1990s.
Our goal is to maintain a publically accessible, fast Internet site that
archives the music, artwork and information of any musician, group or band
that wishes their music to be internationally and freely distributed. The
site is currently located:
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by WWW: http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/electronic-publications/IUMA/index.html
by FTP: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/electronic-publications/IUMA
by gopher: sunsite.unc.edu
select 5. Worlds of SunSITE
3. Browse all SunSite Archives
10. electronic-publications
2. IUMA
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To have your music made available, it must be:
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a) original --- cover songs are not legal even though no money is involved.
Feh, we don't like it, but we will abide.
b) copyrighted --- this protects the artist making covers of the song
illegal. We have info about copyrighting in the
/IUMA/info/copyright directory. Use the word "Copyright" not "(c)"
because at least one "legal expert" expressed that since the letter
'c' is not fully circled, courts might not "recognize" it as a copyright
symbol.
c) freely distributible - that means anyone can freely copy it, and freely
copy it for anyone they like. Oftentimes software authors allow their
'ware' to be distributed this way but demand/suggest/plead that you
mail them a check (usually far below what an equivalent commerical
product would cost). The concept is coined "Shareware". You may, in
your textfile, demand that after one week of playing that a listener
must either play your recording at the highest possible volume or
send a check/postcard/picture-of-them-as-a-child to you. They may
choose to ignore your feeble demand. Commerical music is not "freely
distributible" because it "belongs" to a label or publisher.
The IUMA has recently courted some legal experts who will be creating
legal templates ranging from a Public Domain Statement to an All Rights
Reserved And I Mean It Statement for bands and artists to choose from.
We also are authoring a policy that states any music on the IUMA is freely
distributable in it's native form _only_ unless we, the IUMA project
leaders, give written permission. This prevents the potential problem of
one day finding your song on an audio CD without the artist being paid while
allowing the inclusion of your song on a computer CD-ROM or on a "mirror
site" (a site that maintains a copy of the IUMA site) for further
distribution or archival purposes.
Clear? Well anyway, then here's what to send:
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Specifications
and Maximums Suggestions
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5 minutes of audio Choose one song recorded using the highest possible
fidelity. We will accept cassettes, DATs and
compact discs. Our tape deck has settings for normal
bias, high bias, metal cassetes and DNR B and C.
8-1/2 by 11 inches Photographs, artwork, "cybersleeve," finger paintings,
of artwork what have you with high contrast for best scanning
results. Black and white results in smaller file
sizes which is good for the Net. Any text other
than artistic text belongs in the textfile, not
above nor below the image. If you wish, you may
also send a PC-compatible disk with the image in any
common PC format.
2 8-1/2 by 11 inch Whether or not someone on the net grabs a copy of your
sides of text music/art will pivot on this text because it is likely
to their first contact with you. Tell the potential
listener about the musical style, your influences
or if you were sober, ha ha, your location, how long
the band has been playing together, your favorite
live performance memories, your favorite farm animal,
et al.
Please begin with the name of the band and the title
of the song.
Please list the names and instruments of the
members somewhere.
If you want your image to be placed somewher other
than above the text, indicate where it should be
inserted.
IMPORTANT: This would be the right place to include
an address for mailing lists/fan clubs/groupies,
advertise for a full demo tape, or beg for
patronage <grin>. Again, you may send a PC-compatible
disk with text in any common format if you wish to
save us the trouble of typing it up. If you send a
handwritten note, please write legibly.
A two sentence Just like the textfile above, but _focus_ on the
summary musical style of your music. Here's a crude example
by the group Deth Specula, "Deth Specula is a
five-man, guitar-oriented, neo-retro band from
Santa Cruz and plays both originals and covers. To
quote Thomas Jefferson, '... they rule ....'"
A personal note If your tape has more than one song on it, tell us in
to IUMA the note which one you want digitized.
So that we may process and cross-index your music
properly, please specify:
o Music genre (i.e. Experimental, Folk, Indie-Rock)
Feel free to be very explicit, unusual or common.
o Location (i.e. Santa Cruz, California, USA)
o Approx. length of the song (i.e. 4 minutes)
o Mono/Stereo (i.e. recorded in stereo)
Please include phone numbers, times we can reach
you in an emergency, and a single name and mailing
address. If you have an email address, fax number,
etc. include it as well.
Any special recording instructions belong in the
note such as using a Dolby Noise Reduction B or
what have you.
No money at this The IUMA is run by people dedicated to the
time but donations worldwide distribution of otherwise obscure
are accepted. bands and artists. Donations pay for not only
Donors receive the digitizing, compressing, scanning and typing,
first priority. but also for the maintanence and management of
IUMA as a whole. You can safely assume that we
spend about an hour to process, upload, and
archive your song, artwork and textfile. We think
US$20 is not asking too much. Foreign currency is
encouraged as it would be interesting. Checks
should be payable to IUMA and are not tax-deductible.
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Here's an example of the quick-view browsing Internaut will see:
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| A mini picture |
| goes here, usually|
| a close-up of the |
| larger image. |
| | ,----,
| | BAND/ARTIST'S NAME "SONG TITLE" |PLAY|
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A forementioned brief two-sentence or so description of the musical
style and whatever else a casual browser should definately be aware of.
Remember, there will be others and Internauts are finicky, so be brief,
poignant or both. Four lines, just like this, should be sufficient.
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When a browsing Internaut clicks on the picture or on the bands/artist's
name a larger picture and the full textfile is shown.
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We do have an /incoming directory for those on the Internet who can
perform their own conversion. However, we must insist that you compress
your audio into the MPEG Audio format, perform the audio digitizing
with true CD fidelity (44.1kHz, 16bit, Stereo or Mono, -90dB SNR) and that
you follow the specifications described above.
If you need to have anything returned, please enclose a self-addressed,
prepaid, protective envelope. If you have special needs, feel free to
email ianc@sunsite.unc.edu or use the address and telephone number above.
If you represent a label or more than a single artist, please
email/write/call us to discuss arrangements.
We look forward to hearing your music on the Net.
Sincerely,
Robert Lord, Jeff Patterson
ianc@sunsite.unc.edu
FTP: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/electronic-publications/IUMA
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Internet Underground Music Archive
217 Highland Court, Suite #3
Santa Cruz, California 95060
Telephone: (408) 457-8910 or (408) 429-5476
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