Tablature is great for learning to play songs without having to learn sheet music. With pressure from the MPA and sheet music organisations Mxtabs, one of the greatest tab resources was forced to close despite over $3000 per month in sales of licensed sheet music via their links. The RIAA and MPA have made a foul dirty move. Not only does it appear that they are nothing more than money grabbing, corporate fools but, also that they know nothing about the industry. The industry needs free tabulature to stay alive, without it all new musicians will quickly get bored and never return to it again. The educational value of it is also great and some courses rely on tabulature to educate their pupils. Please if you read this and care about music I hope you will understand the importance of this petition. If they are banning free tabulature where will they stop Will they ban you from singing songs in the shower This petition will be sent to both the MPA and RIAA once enough signatures have been recieved and hopefully will let MX Tabs and other free tab sites continue peacefully.
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September 6, 2006
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people feel the same way about losing these resources. This movement belongs to all of you who refuse to let these sites vanish without a fight.
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This is ridiculous. Tabs are the only reason I started playing guitar back in high school. Leave the sites alone.
Bring it back. I used to go there every single day to look up new songs to practice.
mxtabs was the goat for real. how are kids supposed to learn if they take everything down? absolute joke.
so sick of these big companies ruining everything for the rest of us. mxtabs helped so many people.
They want to kill music education just to squeeze out a few more bucks. It makes no sense.
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Tablature is great for learning to play songs without having to learn sheet music. With pressure from the MPA and sheet music organisations Mxtabs, one of the greatest tab resources was forced to close despite over $3000 per month in sales of licensed sheet music via their links. The RIAA and MPA have made a foul dirty move. Not only does it appear that they are nothing more than money grabbing, corporate fools but, also that they know nothing about the industry. The industry needs free tabulature to stay alive, without it all new musicians will quickly get bored and never return to it again. The educational value of it is also great and some courses rely on tabulature to educate their pupils. Please if you read this and care about music I hope you will understand the importance of this petition. If they are banning free tabulature where will they stop Will they ban you from singing songs in the shower This petition will be sent to both the MPA and RIAA once enough signatures have been recieved and hopefully will let MX Tabs and other free tab sites continue peacefully.
Updates
September 6, 2006
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people feel the same way about losing these resources. This movement belongs to all of you who refuse to let these sites vanish without a fight.
6 Comments
GREEDY CORPORATE GARBAGE. LET US LEARN OUR MUSIC.
This is ridiculous. Tabs are the only reason I started playing guitar back in high school. Leave the sites alone.
Bring it back. I used to go there every single day to look up new songs to practice.
mxtabs was the goat for real. how are kids supposed to learn if they take everything down? absolute joke.
so sick of these big companies ruining everything for the rest of us. mxtabs helped so many people.
They want to kill music education just to squeeze out a few more bucks. It makes no sense.
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GREEDY CORPORATE GARBAGE. LET US LEARN OUR MUSIC.