It's been a little while since the last edition, so without further ado here's another roundup of the recent, and not so recent, Weed related developments.

In the news

Artists Take Advantage of P2P Music Sharing:


Morpheus claims landmark P2P legal victory:


Music Industry Sues 744 More for File Sharing:


New sites

The webring of Weed download sites welcomes 7 new recruits:

• DaDa or not: New? music which cannot be adequately labelled, categorized or stuffed into any of the established genres fabricated by the Music Industry
• Dead Poets Society: the official site of the gothic/electronic cabal
• Doctor Vivid: big beat downloads
• DogbiteMusic: free acoustic, alternative rock and indie music
• idiotboy Industries: singer/songwriter CJ Sorg "Intellectual Nerd Music"
• Independent Pens: the official site for all things Michael Marks a.k.a. Machiabelly Smith
• Sonic Friction: lively music with no loyalty to genre

The following websites have also been added to the links page:

• Billy Dechand
• Mazar.com.au
• Mondo Gordo BBS
• m/n/m/l
• New Renaissance Distribution
• R-Three
• The Vun Duns

New music

Bottom Rung Records is thrilled to announce the arrival of Cromwell St., Stone Free, and Lucky Savage to Weed.

DownloadWeed proudly presents The Douglas Fir, a band with "a flair for the cinematic," melding UK-style dreaminess and the panoramic sounds of indie music, while maintaining moody pop sensibilities.

The new Onion Jack album will be called "Imaginary Comeback Special" and will be released via Weed in October. The band has released the taster "The Peace Between" and it's available from the WeedStash. New music from DJ Tobi-Wan is also featured on the site.

ArsDivina/Weed guru and all around nice guy Steve Turnidge has finally posted Weed files for his former band The Ultra Violet Catastrophe up at Ars Divina Weed File Garden.

ChristianWeed.com has added one track from Carl DeCuir, and an alternate version of "Crimson Drops of Mercy" performed by church youth band Overtly Christian.

3 new Falik tracks and 1 new Yucca Pie track have been published on wedgey.com.

The latest release from DJ Tae, "Cant Get Enough," is available on akatunes.com.

Cooler Weed has Weed files from Tinnitus, a 3-piece band creating a huge sound with crunchy guitar riffs and passionate lyrics.

TexasWeedMusic.com features new Weed artist Victor Andrada.

Music from Schmange has been added to Weedtunes's catalog.

Weed Harvest announces the acclaimed EP from Pale Beneath The Blue.

Albums from ALEAtronic and Gospel/Praise artist Gary Matthews are now available from CD-ME.

Weed artist news

Monty Harper's song "I Go Bananas" is a finalist in this year's Children's Music Web Awards in the "Best Song For Young Children" category. You can follow Monty's activities on his very own Children's Music Blog.

Alan Horvath has signed a record deal with Statue Records:

104 new files have been uploaded to the server, including a bunch of new cuts from amazing multi-instrumentalist Billy Atwell, rapper Mateo Mblem, singer/songwriter Alicia Dara, and prog rockers Singularity.

5 new artists have also been added to the database:

• Chadwick is enjoyed most after dark by people who've forgotten to take their prozac, but if you want to listen anyway,  Three Kids is recommended.
• Dragonica is Victor Garcia, an artist with a multicultural background who explores the world of dance and electronica. Here's some  Indian Chant for you.
• Spawned from a dirty rehearsal hole in Brooklyn NY, In Fervor have been commanding attention with their intense shows all over NYC and beyond. Their album « Anatomy Of A Memory » has been received rave reviews, and I suggest  Wheels To Turn as a good starting point in your discovery of this passionate bunch of rock'n'rollers. And for the privileged among you who reside in the NYC area, here's your chance of experiencing them live: the band will be performing with Next Tribe at Hank's Saloon on 8.26.04. It'll be fun, it'll be loud, but best of all it'll be free.
• Can you imagine Erik Satie, Ravi Shankar, Joe Zawinul and Buck Owens getting together with Bugs Bunny, some of John Coltrane's band from Ascension, Bela Bartok sitting in on string quartet and 200 chanting chipmunks? Well, the primeTime sublime Community Orchestra certainly can! Wanna taste a little  Pomp & Vindaloo?
• OHM offers a glorious collision of electronica and guitar pop. The brilliant, self-directed (and uncensored) video to  Forget who we are, a spectacular collage of wit and skepticism, captures the zeitgeist perfectly and has been added to TV stations across the world. It was featured on Apple.com, was voted Independent Video of the year in the UK and was recently video of the week in the prestigious London Times.

And speaking of videos, here's  Bella Faccina, straight from the creative genius of Sananda Maitreya, who in a past life was known as Terence Trent D'Arby.

Enjoy, and remember to share!

Suggested tracks:

 Pillars of Versailles,  Selena,  Butterflyed Eyes, and  Blood Red My Shovel (Darklight mix), which DJDM remixed for The Fading Collection.

See DJ Drunken Master's artist page for more.

In depth interview:

Lance has been chosen the Reason User for the month of August and an in depth interview conducted by Marsha Vdovin, « The truth behind DJ Drunken Master, » is available on the Propellerhead Software website. Here are some excerpts:



Latest news:

• Lance is currently working on the theme music for the stellar folks at Seattle Neutrino Project.
• Nordstrom retailers recently used a couple of his pieces for a national employee training video.
• 8 of his tracks have been featured in a National Geographic Special entitled « Miracle Venom. »
• 6 of his tracks will be included in The Matrix DVD box set due out this coming fall.
• And he is working on an EP project of his own music for a fall-spring release.

Enjoy the music and don't forget to share!

Suggested tracks:

 Army of One,   The Scarlet Letter,  and   Needle Point, which is currently the top download at www.sharenewyork.com.

See Billy's artist page for more.

In the press:

An interview by The Dominion Post's Michelle Wolford: Morgantown grad plans live Webcast of his N.Y. trio.

Latest news:

Billy will be debuting Blanche Mayhem, a new 100% improv group, this Wednesday August 11th at 8PM Eastern Standard Time. The event will be simulcast over the Internet from www.strangebrew.com. The format will be a trio composed of Howard Harrison on guitar, Matt Volpe on bass, and Billy on drum kit, percussion, lapsteel guitar, and didjeridoo. As he puts it himself:


Enjoy the music and don't forget to share!

 SubjeKctiv and accompanying artwork were composed for "The 2004 ProjeKction Music ProjeKct" at ProjeKction, the King Crimson Net. In a revealing interview, both the tune and the image were surprisingly not shy about their filiation to the world of progressive rock.

More music from Poligraf is available here.

Enjoy, and remember to share!

The Weed Files is proud to introduce Gary Nielsen to the Weed community!

Singing since the age of five, it was always a passion for him. Nielsen has taken lessons at six and even had the chance to perform in elementary school, but due to budget cuts, the school had to discontinue the program - and his singing teacher, who believed and encouraged him, as well.

« It became an empty part of my life for a long time, » he says. Unfortunately, this has become a common occurrence in schools throughout America.

Nielsen wasn't deterred for very long, however, earning a degree in writing and continuing to write both words and music. He began playing the guitar eight years ago. He says that it was a difficult path, learning the way he did. However, he's comfortable enough with it these days and writes all the melodies to his songs, personally playing the rhythm guitar tracks on his recordings. He likens his creative process to the way authors wrote books during the Nineteenth Century, specifically Charles Dickens, who often published his novels several chapters at a time.

While Nielsen is the driving force behind the music, he often invites others into the studio for the recording sessions, and he has had musicians as diverse as John Fiore, Geoff Baker, and Pete Shiffman assisting in guitar and bass work but credits most of the shaping of the sound to Mike Bedford.

When asked about his musical vision, Nielsen had this to say:


Make sure you give a listen to our favorites:

 Death Is...
 We Must Rise Above It

Enjoy, and remember to share!