No more tabs for you matey!

Sicklehut · Post by **Sicklehut** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:42 pm

*UNIQUE* wrote:Well, I only really bothered to learn how to read tab about a year ago...normally just learn the song from the recording...usually also downloaded...hah

I really believe these media companies think they are on a crusade for the good of all men - quite frankly, they have got it very wrong. I have an excellent RIAA parody comic picture which is simply too offensive to post...but I laugh out loud every time I read it...

Go on .. post it ... I doubt it can be too offensive here

malevolentsparkle · Post by **malevolentsparkle** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:42 pm

first they took all the lyrics off tab and chord files and now this. speaking of which; does this apply to chord files as well as tabs? after all you cant copyright a chord progression!

Red Fred · Post by **Red Fred** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:05 pm

Why would I pay $60 - $80 for a tab book when I could get it for free and have it playing with drums and bass?

Tab books are a complete rip off anyway. This lawsuit is BS.

offender · Post by **offender** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:21 am

I find tab books are much better than free tabs, but I like free tabs for getting the feel of a song to decide if I want to learn it more.

mxtabs.net seems to have changed into some sort of music review site???? (not sure if that was their intention all along or whether its just a quickly hurried thing in light of possible threats for having tabs on their site)

Red Fred · Post by **Red Fred** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:22 am

I'm not talking about ASCI tabs I only use Guitar Pro or power tab.

offender · Post by **offender** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 8:03 am

AH right, I didn't realise. Ultimate guitar still has guitarpro tabs on the site. How much is Guitar Pro these days?

Optimus_prime · Post by **Optimus_prime** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:50 pm

Free if you have limewire

lucky13sp · Post by **lucky13sp** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 4:54 pm

Limewire can be quite useful sometimes, everytime at startup it asks me to 'upgrade to limewire pro' i always click later, and i eventually used limewire to download a free copy of limewire pro

Optimus_prime · Post by **Optimus_prime** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:24 pm

same here
Irony in it's sunday best

Imbalance · Post by **Imbalance** » Tue May 16, 2006 10:43 pm

Haha yeah, i torrented a GP5 which is good. I can't get over how much they are overacting with this. I suppose i'll just have to ear out my songs from now on, but it's always good to cross reference with a tab and see if you've made mistakes or if they have.

humphreybear · Post by **humphreybear** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 5:58 pm

I tab the songs out myself but making that illegal is just a load of rubbish and making it illegal isn't going to stop people from doing it!

DarcyPerry · Post by **DarcyPerry** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:55 pm

As long as I have my EARS I will be sweet.

I learnt treble clef in brass bands. I learnt tab as a bass player. I learnt (some) music theory in a year at polytech with Rik Bernards. But my ears have always been the best source for musical understanding.

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:03 am

Tabs are basically musos helping other musos. They serve no other purpose.

I suppose if Tsuken shows me one of his Vai riffs, he's in copyright breach and we'll both end up in jail?