Whether you’re a bass guitar newbie, or a seasoned professional, here at MXTabs.net we’ve got more than enough bass guitar tabs to keep you practicing for a long, long time to come. But with so many tabs to choose from, sometimes it’s difficult to find just that right song suitable to your skill level. That’s why we thought it would be helpful to share with you the Ultimate Bass Guitar Song List, found within the MXTabs.net Bass Guitar Forum. This ever growing list of bass... [Continue Reading]
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Basic Music Copyright Resources
As many of you already know, MXTabs.net is the first site designed to provide musicians with free access to song tabs, while also compensating music publishers and songwriters for their intellectual property. This means that we have individually licensed each and every song that you see displayed on our site, and as a result it means that we perform a LOT of music copyright research to ensure that we are only displaying tabs that we have permission to display. Not surprisingly, we get many questions... [Continue Reading]
Happy Birthday, MXTabs.net!
Greetings, fellow MXers. Today marks the one year anniversary of the launch of MXTabs.net as the world’s first free & legal tab site, making this a perfect opportunity to reflect on some of the changes that have occurred since our inception. First off, our collection of guitar, bass & drum tabs has grown dramatically. Fueled in large part by new licensing agreements (with Universal Music Publishing Group, Domino Publishing, and Notting Hill Music Group just to name a few), MXTabs.net... [Continue Reading]
Favorite MySpace Musician Profiles
The other day, after checking in on the MXTabs.net MySpace Profile, I decided to take a few minutes and peruse the musician profiles of some of our MySpace friends. I was hoping to read late breaking band news, find some tour dates, maybe listen to a few new tracks, watch a couple of videos… you know, the normal stuff that people visit MySpace for. What this exercise reinforced though (and this will come as no surprise to many of you) was that MySpace Musician Profiles are generally unattractive,... [Continue Reading]
YouTube Channels of Popular MXTabs.net Bands and Artists
Had enough practicing for one day? Looking for a little inspiration to revitalize your dreams of becoming a Rock God? If so, why not take a few moments to browse this annotated list of YouTube Channels of Popular MXTabs.net Bands and Artists. Official Metallica YouTube Channel – In addition to official Metallica music videos, this channel also offers a playlist called YouTube Covers Metallica Takeover, which features Metallica’s favorite YouTube fans’ covers, including an 8 year... [Continue Reading]
Off-Stage: Tee Up with a Rock T-Shirt
We now break from helping your band grow into a savvy business and return to the Land of Cool. In this chilly land — where it doesn’t necessarily need to snow to feel a bit frosty — you ooze the kewl because you are a rock star who just so happens to look amazing in a pair of jeans and an awesome t-shirt. (And gosh darn it, people like you and your rockin’ music!) You get 1,000 good vibeage points for the day if you can tell me where I ganked that line o’ parody from.... [Continue Reading]
Legality and Copyright of Tab
Today we were sent an interesting article from the Arizona Law Review regarding tabs online and their legal status, including why they do not fall under fair use. It also goes on to explain why, should tabs ever go to court, they would be determined to be violation of copyright. Of course, our tabs are not a violation of copyright, as we actually have licenses in place for MXTabs. The only other site we are aware of that has licenses in place (at least that are recognized under U.S. law) is Guitar... [Continue Reading]
Tabs Under Legal Dispute
MXTabs received a letter from an attorney today, representing the publisher for artists including AC/DC, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Eddie Money and Tom Waits. We are going to be going through any tabs that may currently be up on the site, and may be removing some tabs from these artists while they are in dispute. Anyway, we thought you should know why certain tabs may no longer be available. Per our policy, any tabs that are under dispute from a publisher are removed from the site. Read More →
Bandmates, Groupies and Idols (Friends)
Today we put live the last bit of additional functionality that will be added during the alpha version of MXTabs. (There’s more functionality coming, but it’s in our closed beta and won’t be publicly unveiled until the launch on July 1st). The new functionality is the MXTabs “friends” system. We call it Bandmates. Basically when you’re viewing someone’s profile (and you’re signed in), you can click the “Add Me” link below their image to... [Continue Reading]
Writing a Press Release
So I’m currently writing a press release that has a LOT of big announcements in it. It’s actually pretty exciting to see in writing everything that’s been going on behind the scenes here lately. There are some pretty big publisher announcements, and an official launch date coming very soon. We’re currently planning on getting the news out late next week, although there’s always the chance for a delay if something else big happens that we decide should also be in the... [Continue Reading]
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