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RIP Mxtabs
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Author:  Computer [ Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:04 pm ]
Post subject:  RIP Mxtabs

Was prob one of the best tab sites i ever found. All my bookmarks that i have for guitar tab were from them. If you dont feel like reading its just the music industry raping us again.

Any of you other guitar players have a good tab site?

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7 years ago, Mxtabs was started as a hobby by an aspiring drummer attempting to learn his favorite songs. Over the years, the tab site blossomed into a valuable resource for thousands of musicians. We've enjoyed hearing the success stories of thousands of guitar, bass, and drum players who have increased their skills and grown through their use of this website.

Unfortunately, it is now time to close the doors of Mxtabs. Most of you are aware of the claims made by the MPA and sheet music organizations that tablature is illegal. We dispute this view, and state firmly that it was never our intention to do anything illegal. On the contrary, we believed that we were helping the music industry and in particular, musicians. As we have mentioned before, Mxtabs accounts for over $3000 per month in sales of licensed sheet music via links from our tabs. However, since it appears that no sheet music companies are planning on offering any sort of tab licensing, and have no interest in negotiations, we have chosen to close our doors rather than continue to aggravate the industry. To this date, we have not received any threatening letters, but are closing on our own volition. Mxtabs was reopened in February with the hope of receiving some sort of response; with the lack of that response, it is sadly time to close.

We hope that you will be able to further your skills in some other way, and if possible, produce change! Tabs are an incredibly valuable tool for beginning musicians, and they should be utilized, rather than being destroyed. Please stand up for your rights to interpret the music you hear! And please promote tab licensing as a possible way of working with the sheet music industry.

Lastly, if you would like to support the idea that was Mxtabs, please visit the new music review and music news site, Sputnik Music, which was formed out of the community forums.

Best wishes, and good luck,

Mxtabs 1999-2006

Author:  Eternus [ Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:11 pm ]
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Yeah music industry went after OLGA (On Line Guitar Archive) a long time ago, but it still functions. RIA can go suck a dick.

Author:  Kaylia [ Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:23 pm ]
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Haha...wtf is that?

How can you not want people to play your music? No matter how much I twist it, I dont see how it can be good.

Can I be sued for singing a song in public now? What if I do it in my head only? I wouldnt be surprised if music industry would do that next.

Author:  Matti [ Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:57 pm ]
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Eternus wrote:
Yeah music industry went after OLGA (On Line Guitar Archive) a long time ago, but it still functions. RIA can go suck a dick.

Author:  Ponuh [ Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:03 pm ]
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Matti wrote:
Eternus wrote:
Yeah music industry went after OLGA (On Line Guitar Archive) a long time ago, but it still functions. RIA can go suck a dick.


You'd get banned at SA for that you know.

Author:  Armani [ Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:20 pm ]
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God, now I'm gonna suck even more.

Author:  Pix [ Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:05 pm ]
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Yeah its gay, I used that site alot back when i first started playing. =/

Author:  Dmitry [ Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:40 pm ]
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I also used http://www.guitartabs.cc and http://www.ultimate-guitar.com when looking for tabs. Sucks to see this website being shutdown, but what can you do against the man?

Author:  Computer [ Fri Jun 30, 2006 1:49 am ]
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Dmitry wrote:
www.ultimate-guitar.com


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