http://liberty.alphaquam.com/viewtopic.php?t=1791&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=10This thread on another board is making me question.
I probably have 150-200 shows that aren't out there, because I don't have the means to convert them. Yet, these people on the board are saying "if you don't convert and spread the music you're not a true taper, you're not a real taper".
To which I call: BULLSHIT.
Now, am I wrong in assuming many of these people are just pissed off they don't have the recordings? in many instances, I'm the only taper, so mine IS the only copy. It's not just this band... there are many others, as well.
I don't have the time, money, or equipment to convert, and I haven't since I started taping back in 2000. I switched to dat this year so it will be easier to convert my stuff eventually. I haven't even updated my tapelist in about a year and a half. Taping is a hobby for me, not a job, and I do it because I want to hear the shows again. I do want others to hear them, but I also want the band to get copies as well, and if i were to be converting on my own, I'd be converting for the band, then eventually spread them online.
What do you guys think about this? They're talking about wanting me banned from the message board and all because I don't "share my shows".
and that if I go to a show and tape, I should lie and say I didn't, because "they don't want to hear it".
Keep in mind some people FROM that board have tried sabotaging my recordings before (either by disconnecting wires or trying to break my mics), have told me I didn't "deserve to be in the front" because I hadn't seen the band enough times, and have yelled into my mics at shows on purpose.
[it's a Vertical Horizon board.]
My response has always been "if you want the show, tape it your own damn self. And if you can't, then you're at the mercy of someone who can, so don't piss off the person who HAS the tape, because you're not encouraging me to spread them".
Thoughts? Opinions?
(and as a side note: the band knows I tape, and that I don't have the means to convert, yet they say for me to tape anyway, because at least they know it's getting taken care of.)