tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post4078086856930436532..comments2024-03-22T11:05:14.272+01:00Comments on Oriental Traditional Music from LPs & Cassettes: Mirror and Song - A collection of 28 cassettes of regional and religious music of Iran published in Iran, recorded in 1994 - Cassette 1: Ashiq Music of Eastern Azerbaijan Tawfiqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00332824027946814674noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-76068145547466168732016-12-05T20:16:20.040+01:002016-12-05T20:16:20.040+01:00OMG - wow, I've just been (re-)listening to th...OMG - wow, I've just been (re-)listening to the Fajr music festival tapes again, and now along comes 28 more cassettes of Iranian music! What a generous share, thank you so much Tawfiq!!!Fattoxxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10146570668089772473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-63159111569965690752016-09-29T09:18:57.625+02:002016-09-29T09:18:57.625+02:00I had almost given up on this series, but today, s...I had almost given up on this series, but today, suddenly, dropbox returned to its old speed. Must have been a problem in my area, whatever, now everything's fine.Ambrose Biercenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-74288862808886897762016-09-27T18:28:58.091+02:002016-09-27T18:28:58.091+02:00As for dropbox, I was quite surprised of the slow ...As for dropbox, I was quite surprised of the slow speed myself. I have a dropbox account too, and tried transferring the files to my account (which worked well and fast) and then downloading from there - average speed: 20 kbp/s. With 1fichier, mega or adrive I have speeds like 1mb/s or more.<br /><br />Whatever, the music is worth waiting for sure, but it means I have to keep my computer running over night or all day while I'm at work, just to get one file. Inconvenient, nothing more - and nothing less.Ambrose Biercenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-27121636232629129002016-09-25T08:42:59.371+02:002016-09-25T08:42:59.371+02:00Dropbox has worked great for me.
I have a dropbox...Dropbox has worked great for me.<br /><br />I have a dropbox account (as well as iCloud and Adrive accounts) and DB is the easiest of the services for me to directly save to my account rather than directly downloading (which takes 10 times longer... and then I have to find a place to put the files where I will remember them).<br /><br />Ambrose Bierce -- I have trouble believing Dropbox is 60x slower than adrive (5 hours vs 5 minutes) -- it is not that slow for me, but I have been mistaken many times in the past. Maybe because I have a dropbox account, or maybe there is something about how my ISP handles dropbox accounts. It just seems like too big of a difference... <br /><br />My understanding is the fastest downloads are from Mega, but I am not going to take a chance on a company which has already been shut down once (as megaupload) and which is overly choosy about which browsers works with its service.<br /><br />This current series of cassette tapes is just amazing. So much fantastic music in the world! I spent 30-35 years exhaustively exploring and analyzing essentially the entire corpus of western popular/jazz/rock music to the point where almost none of the new material is interesting anymore. Since getting progressively interested in asian, central asian, indonesian, persian, and indian music since the late 1980s, I have discovered a world of music which (because of its depth and my limited lifespan) is not going to be exhaustively explored in my lifetime. That is such a great feeling!<br /><br />I used to think that no blog would ever be able to complete with Holy Warbles or Nations of Luobaniya, but I believe that "Tawfiq" has in fact equalled and now surpassed those venerable (and retired) blogs in terms of amount and range of music available, multiplied by its rarity and quality.<br /><br />Thanks so much as always. <br /><br />In the face of your sustained generosity and kindness, words cannot hope to convey my appreciation for your efforts.<br /><br />Please keep it up, even if it at times can be a lot of work.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13852927085614143833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-78498030705870284452016-09-24T22:06:23.642+02:002016-09-24T22:06:23.642+02:00But dropbox is extremely slow, as compared to adri...But dropbox is extremely slow, as compared to adrive, 1fichier and many other file hosters. Downloading one album of 400MB takes about 5 hours for me - adrive was about 5 minutes.AmbroseBiercenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-90517084316367155032016-09-24T16:33:48.990+02:002016-09-24T16:33:48.990+02:00Superb endeavour - thanks a lot as usual, Tawfiq!Superb endeavour - thanks a lot as usual, Tawfiq!Ambrose Biercenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-23827438220907081072016-09-14T00:11:47.079+02:002016-09-14T00:11:47.079+02:00The other series are on CD and can be bought from:...The other series are on CD and can be bought from: info@raga-maqam-dastgah.comTawfiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332824027946814674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-7168844976371337402016-09-13T23:15:46.586+02:002016-09-13T23:15:46.586+02:00thank you for sharing these. You mention other ser...thank you for sharing these. You mention other series of Persian music, do you have any of these to share ?MarviniusMartiniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15889618657288946859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-91589593939985949462016-09-13T07:55:01.349+02:002016-09-13T07:55:01.349+02:00To autumnleaf: thank you very much. My pleasure. I...To autumnleaf: thank you very much. My pleasure. If you have a Dropbox account, even the small free one, you always can upload files, also bigger ones, and then share them and send me the link for the file(s). You can send the link to: info@raga-maqam-dastgah.com<br />Thank you very much in advance.Tawfiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332824027946814674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-4798546417079122922016-09-13T07:53:58.469+02:002016-09-13T07:53:58.469+02:00Many thanks for the feedback regarding Dropbox. I ...Many thanks for the feedback regarding Dropbox. I was not sure.<br />Tawfiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00332824027946814674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-32777613164693748042016-09-13T07:27:24.149+02:002016-09-13T07:27:24.149+02:00thanks for these and the music of Baluchestan as w...thanks for these and the music of Baluchestan as well<br />dropbox worked fine<br />robert<br />roberthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14848020193506264099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-42125358845821540642016-09-13T00:45:13.171+02:002016-09-13T00:45:13.171+02:00Worked fine ... thank you so much for this!Worked fine ... thank you so much for this!Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115441682219034891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951570112842053779.post-16163806990479697972016-09-12T16:42:25.892+02:002016-09-12T16:42:25.892+02:00THank you, Tawfiq, for all of your generous postin...THank you, Tawfiq, for all of your generous postings...I like the use of Dropbox as a means of file sharing and it worked great, I appreciate it.I have made a few comments over the years you have been sharing, and would like to reciprocate with some things you might find of interest; I think Dropbox is a good way to do that, but am unclear as to how to share with it as I have only used it a little and with smaller files with a friend...to begin with, I have some 'filler' albums of the Algerian Andalusian festivals for two of the years....in any case, I look forward to your generous postings.<br />autumnleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04326667545156085895noreply@blogger.com