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Over the years, hundreds of artists have shared their music online for free. These are mostly newcomers who realize that exposure can ultimately help grow their fanbase. <\/p>\nOver the years, hundreds of artists have shared their music online for free. These are mostly newcomers who realize that exposure can ultimately help grow their fanbase. <\/p>\n
Some established musicians have ventured down this part as well. For example, Radiohead shared<\/a> their music via torrents and Nine Inch Nails even ran their own torrent tracker<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n Ten years later the music industry has changed, particularly the discovery part. With the rise of online streaming subscriptions and the dominance of YouTube, sharing music via BitTorrent has gone out of fashion. But that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s lost its purpose. <\/p>\n Late last month, Australian \u2018rock\u2019 band \u2018King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard<\/a>\u2018 started an experiment that highlights the power of sharing. The band decided to release the master files<\/a> for several recordings, including concerts, completely free of charge. <\/p>\n The collection of nine recordings, covering more than a hundred individual tracks, are available for download via torrent magnet links, directly from the band\u2019s site. <\/p>\n The King Gizzard approach differs from other more traditional giveaways though. While anyone is able to download and share the music for free, the band doesn\u2019t want this to be a one-way street. Instead, it invited the public to create their own bootleg releases. <\/p>\n \u201cYo indie labels, bootleggers, fans, weirdos. We\u2019ve got a deal for ya\u2026 If anyone wants to release these albums, you\u2019re free to do so. Below you\u2019ll find links to audio master files and cover art,\u201d the band notes.<\/p>\n As far as we know it\u2019s the first time that a band has shared their work while encouraging fans and even labels to create their own releases. For most artists, this is impossible to do as they are usually restricted by the record labels who own part of the rights. <\/p>\n \u2018King Gizzard\u2019 aren\u2019t asking much in return either. However, if people use the master recordings to create their own releases, they\u2019d like some copies to sell in their own shop.<\/p>\n \u201cFeel free to get creative with it if you like \u2013 it\u2019s yours. Only deal is you\u2019ve gotta send us some of them to sell on GIZZVERSE.COM \u2013 whatever you feel is a fair trade is cool with us.\u201d<\/p>\n This is a great opportunity for fans, who would love to see \u2018their\u2019 release in the official store. And small labels may want to seize the opportunity as well. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n All the master recordings are being offered via magnet torrent links, using public trackers such as Opentrackr.org and RARBG.to. This means that the band doesn\u2019t have to pay bandwidth costs, aside from hosting the initial seed. <\/p>\n This isn\u2019t the first time King Gizzard has experimented with torrents and free sharing. Just a few months ago, it released the raw audio recording and raw video clip files for the single Automation, encouraging fans to get creative<\/a>. <\/p>\n This resulted in some great fan-made projects, several of which can be found on YouTube. This includes a video created by Jaron Hall<\/a>, who used his video editing skills to create his own video clip.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a super fun project to learn and incorporate some new video processing techniques such as ASCII conversion, deep dream neural networks, replicating a Windows 95 desktop environment,\u201d Hall writes. <\/p>\n King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard hopes that the bootleg editions will be just as creative. Thus far, the response has been overwhelming. <\/p>\n \u201cHOLY SHIT thanks everyone who hit us up with a plan to bootleg records already!\u201d the band wrote<\/a> on Twitter. \u201cDon\u2019t forget you gotta send us copies for us to sell on gizzverse too. Whatever you feel is a fair trade for the use of our tunes.\u201d <\/p>\nTorrenting Master Recordings<\/h2>\n
Bootlegs<\/h2>\n
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