DISQUS

Dave · 3 years ago

Wasn't there some big name band a couple of years back that effectively released their recording tracks in Garageband format or something? If I remember right, folks went to town and got to mess around and tweak the raw audio files, which was pretty cool at the time. Name of the song and band escapes me though.
webomatica · 3 years ago

Maybe you're thinking of Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor, who did the Garage Band thing for one of his singles.
tunequest · 3 years ago

The earliest occurrence of this phenomenon, that I can recall, was by Beck in 1999. He made available in AIFF format all the loops for his song "Mixed Bizness" for a remix contest. The winning song was to be released as a b-side to a future single, but I never heard if that actually happened.

Similarly, when D.C.-based band The Dismemberment Plan announced its retirement, it made loops to a large number of songs available for downloading. The band's final album consisted of 12 fan-submitted remixes and reconstructions.
webomatica · 3 years ago

tunquest, gee, I never heard of the Beck single. I should try to find that since I'm an on/off Beck fan.