An MP3 blog dedicated to cover songs, good and bad.
liza.copyright @ gmail.com
See my helpful list of Disclaimers and Reminders after the Blog Roll and Other Links.
1. MP3s on this blog are available for a short time and are here for sampling purposes only. My only goal is to share my love/hate relationship with cover songs and to turn readers on to artists of whom they might not have otherwise been aware. If you are the creator or copyright owner of a song or anything else that might be posted here, please CONTACT ME by sending an e-mail (see above) if you wish to have it removed.
2. PLEASE don't direct link to any individual tracks. If you like an artist you hear here (either the original artist or the one performing the cover), you should definitely do your best to take the knowledge you gain here and go out and BUY THEIR ALBUMS.
3. I very rarely, if ever, repost songs. If you missed something, I apologize, but I get lots of e-mails from people asking me to repost things. If I actually reposted all the tracks people wanted me to, I'd never get a chance to post anything new. That said, if there is A TRACK OR TWO you feel you desperately need, feel free to drop me a line at liza.copyright @ gmail.com (sans spaces) and I'll do my best to get it to you. But please keep in mind that it might not be instantaneous, as I get approximately 600 e-mails a week.
4. If you read my updates via an RSS feed aggregator or via a LiveJournal feed, there will be times when old posts will suddenly appear with non-working links, which happens as a result of my going back to an older entry to remove the links or to update or edit the post in any way. Again, I apologize if you missed these posts initially, but I cannot repost the songs. Lately I've been keeping songs up for two weeks to a month and I feel that should be plenty of time for you to get the songs. If you don't read your feeds often and regularly miss tracks, I suggest you bookmark the site and check it once a week or so.
5. I do not generally take requests nor do I guarantee that songs submitted to me will appear here. You're welcome to send me a track or two, but it might not hit the blog. Also, I get LOTS of e-mail so submissions sent via sites like YouSendIt or Dropload.com often expire by the time I get to them. Please attach your files to the actual e-mail if you want to ensure I get it. Similarly, I'd really appreciate it if those of you sending MP3s to my inbox would check to see whether or not I've already posted the tracks first. There is a search bar in the upper left corner of the site that should assist you in said endeavor. Granted, chances are good that even if I've not posted it, I already have it, but at least there's a chance I don't.
6. If you're looking for a few suggestions on beginning your own cover hunts, here is an old entry that might prove helpful.
7. If you are a member or agent of a band, please keep in mind that I ONLY POST COVER SONGS. Similarly, I do not "review" albums. I will most likely delete and ignore any communication from you that shows you do not understand this.
Thanks for listening,
Liza.
16 comments:
you don't know me but i'm a musician and have been a fan of your blog for years. if you move to someplace like dreamhost that has the one-click wordpress install, that's very easy, robust and customizable, and i'd be happy to give you some pro bono help getting a killer layout put together.
Download/install WordPress to your host. In fact, you may want to check in your host account dashboard and see if there's an area called Fantastico. If there is, check to see if WordPress is already installed. If so, simply activate it and follow the instructions. You should be able to import all of your Blogger posts into WordPress. Since it's free/open source, you'll own your copy and it will reside on your server, so you'll have total control over what you post.
Thanks. Dreamhost is already my provider. I didn't realize they had a Wordpress widget. I'll likely look into that. Thanks again.
Oh, and yeah, help with layout would be cool! I'll be in touch.
If you have a domain+webhost of your own, I can recommend Wordpress, like Myrrh said. There's plugins available for that to feed it back to other places like Livejournal where I currently follow Copy, right? My own band's website (spawnkill.nl , sorry, we don't have any covers) pretty much runs on it.
I assume you already know all the words of caution about music file sharing , so I won't bother you with that, since I always enjoyed the blog greatly. Some of the things you have shared in the past are still in heavy rotation on my mp3-player and I have gotten to know a few bands through it I would otherwise never have discovered. Thanks!
Oh, yeah, WordPress is definitely the way to go. Especially if you're going to self-host. I run all my blogs that way.
There are about eleventy-billion free themes for WordPress, but watch out for the ones with sneaky, hidden, embeded links to icky things. Check out WordPress.org for "officially sanctioned" themes and you can hit for forums for help or to help find designery people. I'm not one, or I'd volunteer to help. If you're inclined that way at all, though, WordPress is pretty easy to modify.
Hope you'll bring your blog back. I always loved it, loved the tunes, and just checked in at random tonight and found this great news that you are returning. So sorry for the bad things in your life, but I hope you are finding some happiness now.
I popped back in here hoping there would be news like this. Glad to hear you're considering opening the blog again. Before you abandon Blogger, hopefully you'll post one last time here: directions to the new spot. :-)
Ah, huh...Hello,
I have been enjoying your site for ,...well,...shucks, I think it was one my first mp3 sites I ever followed with any reg. reading and downloading...and I just wanted to say.......Welcome Back,...you`ve been missed!! I look forward to some great posts!
Log another vote for the Wordpress/Dreamhost combo, thats what we use for DiscoWorkout.com.
Oh, and thanks for being the first ever to blog one of my tracks! Hard to believe it was three and a half years ago already...
xx,
BvL
Hi.
I was wondering how you got on in finding a new domain/hosting service to blog your mp3s?
I've had a look at WordPress but they don't seem to let you have Adsense on the Free account or the ability to custom your templates.
I've had a lot of success with wordpress. Couple of bucks will get you mp3 hosting for the year. Its not as flexible design wise, but its got everything else.
If you want to host it yourself dreahmost has been most excellent to me.
I agree!
Do it all on your own domain and use WordPress to publish it. Works like a dream for Cover Freak.
Monogodo is spot on! And I agree
Yes, Wordpress lets you port all your old Blogger posts over very easily.
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