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Entertainment & Artistry => Music => Topic started by: ahluka on April 04, 2008, 05:23:02 AM
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I'm not sure if I mentioned that I've been playing guitar for about 3 months now, but anyways.
Went to powertabs.net yesterday and got repeated "403 Forbidden" messages. "ok that's weird" thinks I. Just tried it again about 3 minutes ago, and apparently it's been shut down by the MPA. What. The. Fuck.
Yeah I know I could do myself a world of good by trying to transcribe songs myself, so maybe I shouldn't be moaning...
A little research (i.e. a single Google search) reveals that the site was molested sometime in 2006 (http://www.chrisholmesonline.com/2006/04/19/powertabsnet-has-been-shut-down/). I'm guessing this time it's for the same absurd reason.
Thoughts?
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Good tabs are hard to come by. And transcribing is not as easy as some might think (depends on the song). There is a site I visit for some of my acoustic references called Tabpigs that hosts tabs for a couple guitar guys I like. I like their philosophy; they post the PDF version of a tab that isn't available commercially. If one is, they provide the link to where you can go purchase it. There are a great many songs out there that are not available commercially transcribed and I see nothing wrong with the general population providing them.
It's sad really. But, since this is the internet age, just look around a bit and I'm sure you'll find a new site that has all the files. You can shut one down, but you can't shut them all down.
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ultimate-guitar.com + Guitar Pro 5+ = good times
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Thankies.