Here at MXTabs.net our aim is to offer the largest and most accurate selection of free guitar, bass, and drum tabs available on the internet. In addition to the hundreds of music publishers that we signed before launching MXTabs.net in July of 2008, we’ve been busy working “behind the scenes” to get even more publishers on board the free and legal tab train. In the past 5 months alone, for example, we’ve announced licensing agreements with Notting Hill Music Group, Downtown... [Continue Reading]
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How to Read a Drum Tab that Uses ASCII Text
As a follow-up to our post on How to Read a Guitar Tab that Uses ASCII Text, today we’re featuring a guest post by one of our very own MXTabs.net members – he goes by the username pie21 – to explain how to decipher a drum tab. Pie21 is a moderator over at the MXTabs.net Forum and is one of the leading contributers of drum tab to the MXTabs.net tab database. Take it away, pie21! Reading ASCII Drum Tabs The original motivation for tablature was to transcribe guitar and bass guitar... [Continue Reading]
MXTabs.net Street Team: Refer Visits and Win Free Prizes!
The MXTabs.net Street Team is a traffic referrer system that rewards our MXTabs members for referring other visitors by placing an MXTabs.net badge on their website, blog or social media account. To join our MXTabs.net Street team, all you have to do is login to MXTabs.net and go to your My Account page. Once you’re there, you have the option of opening the “Street Team” tab, and then select whatever code you’d like to use to post a badge on your blog, personal website, MySpace... [Continue Reading]
How to Read a Guitar Tab that Uses ASCII Text
If you’re wondering, “Where is today’s Off-Stage column?” then don’t worry… it’ll be up tomorrow. We just thought that with the many new people beginning to visit MXTabs.net, we’d better cover one of most basic aspects of our website: How to Read a Guitar Tab. So, here we go!!! How to Read a Guitar Tab Tablature, or tab for short, is a method of notating music that is played on guitar or bass guitar. Unlike standard guitar sheet music or different... [Continue Reading]
Open Web Awards: Vote MXTabs.net!
Last Wednesday, Mashable.com began excepting nominations for their 2nd Annual Open Web Awards, an international online voting competition that covers major innovations in web technology. Websites can be nominated for and voted on in one of 26 categories, including music. And because MXTabs.net is the first legitimately licensed site designed to provide musicians with access to free song tabs, while also compensating music publishers and songwriters for their intellectual property, we thought we’d... [Continue Reading]
MXTabs.net and Notting Hill Music Group Sign Agreement
Just over two weeks ago we hinted at the possibility of signing several new publishers within the coming weeks. Well, as promised, today MXTabs.net is proud to announce a new partnership with the Notting Hill Music Group allowing us to display guitar, bass guitar, and drum tabs by their exciting roster of artists. As the Notting Hill website boasts: The Notting Hill Music catalogue includes almost 300 U.K. Top 40 hit singles, including 18 number ones. Our songs are featured on hundreds of hit albums... [Continue Reading]
Downtown Music Publishing Agrees to Sign with MXTabs.net
Fresh on the heels of our deal with Songs Music Publishing, MXTabs.net is excited to announce yet another publisher signing, this one with Downtown Music Publishing, a recipient of a 2008 ASCAP Pop Award. They represent a diverse range of titles recorded by artists ranging from Aretha Franklin to The Eagles of Death Metal to 50 Cent. Stay tuned for more updates. We expect to sign several more publishers in the near future. Read More →
We’re Back! Hello MXTabs Fans!
Hello MXTabs fans, we’re back and better than ever with a brand new look that’s a throwback to what we had just a few months ago. Posts that were made in between the old format and this one didn’t make it, but our free tabs are still here. We’ve made some other changes to the site to make things easier on you. We’ve moved the Galleries and the Blog Links to a sub-directory on the forums. They weren’t getting a lot of use and we decided to focus more on content... [Continue Reading]
Boston Tabs Removed From MXTabs
You may have noticed that tabs for several songs from rock band Boston, including their hit “More than a Feeling,” are no longer available on the MXTabs site. It’s important for us to be clear and honest with our users, and therefore we thought we should let you know the reason for their absence. Recently MXTabs received a fax from Hal Leonard Corporation requesting the removal of songs written by the band, as they claim to have an exclusive print agreement with the band, including digital... [Continue Reading]
Songs Music Publishing Joins MXTabs
Now that we’ve officially launched, and our site redesign is complete, it may seem like not much is happening at MXTabs.net these days, right? WRONG. Instead, our focus has shifted to securing additional licensing agreements and adding as many great TABs to our database as possible. To that end, we are excited to announce that Songs Music Publishing has signed a contract with MXTabs allowing us to display songs by their impressive roster of artists. To view their complete lineup, click here. TABs... [Continue Reading]
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