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Posted in MP3 | music on December 21, 2007

Yacht is giving away his (instrumental) music

Yacht

I download music. I download a lot of music. I don't purchase music often, so I completely and totally understand when kids come up to me at shows and look me straight in the eye and tell me they're not going to buy my record tonight because they've already, or are going to go home and, download it. There just isn't any reason to show animosity towards this new-ish way of communicating; to me, this feels like a natural way of weeding out assholes and the people that aren't smart enough to make interesting work.

I want to give back. Here are three ZIP files of instrumentals. Download them, use them for karaoke, perform as YACHT or The Blow, chop them up and make your own remixes, make your own new songs, put them on indietorrents, upload them on alt.binaries.mp3.cooldudes, do what you will. These are 256 kbps DRM-free MP3s properly tagged with album art. Have at it!

One of the songs Jona is giving away was on the "Worried Noodles" compilation. Jona's last show was the "Worried Noodles" party.

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Tags: The Blow, Worried Noodles, Yacht
posted at 9:53 AM on December 21, 2007 in MP3 | music | Comments (18)

Comments (18)

wow, how generous!

who gives a fuck?

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 10:17 AM

I download music. I download a lot of music. Too much music to ever listen to. So I don't plan to download this. Thanks anyway! Happy Holidays!

Posted by drewo | December 21, 2007 10:28 AM

i love jona.

but the first commenter is a douche.

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 10:33 AM

yea, but, hes got a point, doesnt he? how about giving away something worth stealing...

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 10:49 AM

Yacht opening for LCD at Studio B earlier this year was the worst set of "music" I saw in 2007.

Posted by Lifeboat | December 21, 2007 10:50 AM

i downloaded his album. i listened to it. i deleted it.

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 11:02 AM

This is great. Thanks Jona! Screw you snarky bastards!

Posted by Duncan | December 21, 2007 12:12 PM

You guys are all jerks. I bet you if a band you liked, like say Radiohead or someone, did this, you and the rest of the blogosphere would be going apeshit

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 12:24 PM

i dunno, i steal music regardless if they give it away for free.

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 12:36 PM

" I bet you if a band you liked, like say Radiohead or someone, did this, you and the rest of the blogosphere would be going apeshit"

Yes idiot - when a good band gives music away, I get excited.

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 1:14 PM

Okkervil River gave away that "Golden Opportunities" EP. It has some good covers on it.

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 1:49 PM

More power to him for giving away his own music, but why must he denigrate those who would like to earn something for theirs? I don't mean major labels, I mean musicians who self-release their own records.

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 2:23 PM

That sweater is terrible.

Posted by Anonymous | December 21, 2007 4:13 PM

I like the last track best

Posted by jamie | December 21, 2007 8:24 PM

what a gorgeous vegan.

Posted by Diana | December 21, 2007 8:25 PM

What a buncha jerks you guys are

Posted by Claire | December 22, 2007 7:02 PM

This is smart, there are many ways to make money off of music you don't need to just have music sales.. the people who realize this are the people who suceed. Letting people download your music for free are the people who expand their fanbase.

Posted by instrumentals | May 14, 2011 11:52 PM

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