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• ITQ For You, Girlyman For Me, Friends For Heroes For Free
  In November of 2005, a band I was in went into a small studio in Chicago with the intention of recording a demo, maybe four or five tunes. At the end of five hours, we had 11 or 12 takes... »
• The Amen Break
  Nate Harrison has posted a great discussion of sampling, breakbeats, and copyright on his website. It takes the form of a fairly large (34 MB) MPEG-4 video which is visually not very exciting (the discussion is in the form of... »
• Greg Osby's MP3s and Logic Songs
  Saxophonist Greg Osby has a couple things on his website I found especially interesting. First, his extensive MP3 offerings, many many hours of listening available for free. Second, his smaller collection of MIDI and Logic song files for some of... »
• Creating Apple Loops
  I tried making Apple Loops from my own drum tracks tonight. Hear one result, and use it in your tracks if you care to. »
• Vic Firth Artist Videos
  I found out about Vic Firth's Quicktime movie resources today, and I'm blown away. »
• Noise Weekend
  A friend and I did some recording this weekend. Hear one result. »
• R.E.M. Remixes
  REM released remixes of several songs from their last studio for free. Go get 'em. »