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Stellar Art Wars are a collective of musicians dating back to the early 90's. Currently involved are Walter (vocals, [percussion),
Twiggy (guitar), Ben (mandolin/banjo), Andy (bass), Henry (violin), Terry (percussion) and Patrick (drummer with "Asbo",
the punk version of Stellar)
Stellar Art Wars, the folk band, is currently inactive, but there's plenty of clips of them live on YouTube.
Asbo is now a three piece band consisting of Twiggy (Stephen Branch), vocals/guitar, Andrew Wainwright, vocals, bass and
Patrick Auer, drums.
This website was cobbled together by Andy, and the views expressed within are pretty much the opinions of Andy himself.
Not all the band are nuts :)
The current Stellar Art Wars as we play today are a folk/rock "drinking band" covering anything from old english
folk to parodies of floyd and bowie.
Twiggy and Andy are also writers/producers and there's info about them too on this site.
Two concepts introduced on this site are XMP - extreme media production and the Creative Commons Licence. Extreme Media
Production is about bringing the viewers and listeners closer to the artists and the work- to get a unique insight into the
creative process. By posting work in progress material on the internet, jams , odd gigs "as it happens" stuff- the viewer
and listener gets to see what it's like to BE that band.....
I'm a music fan and I have enjoyed my share of filesharing as has anyone else, but as a musician, see people have to
make a living. I believe the Creative Commons copyright license holds the future in this respect, as essentially it allows
free amateur usage while any attempt to make money using the work would require permission and payment.
This idea is not actually new in all respects, in many ways this is what largely happened before the recording industry
existed.
Filesharing isn't new either. In the 80's we used to tape the top forty every Sunday (mp3 quality!) off Radio 1. And
swap them with their mates.... What's changed....
This is quite distinct from commercial piracy and counterfeiting. The CC agreement allows the copyright holders the same
legal powers against these people. Cashing in on someone elses work without paying them isn't on...
So enjoy our collection of demos - I'd love to hear alternative versions of any of my stuff (ego.......)
Andy's Crazy Pop Download Page
Stellar Art Wars Official Garageband Site
SAW on internetDJ.com
**NEW** The Love Asylum MP3 Download site
**NEW** How The West Was Won, featuring homicidal genius MC Fred West
** NEW ** The gravytrain years!
** NEW ** Dance Track Animal Farm
** NEW ** A Gentle Introduction To The World Of Gutt
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