RockProper.com
Ivan Chew
http://rockproper.com/
"Rock Proper is an online music distributor providing high quality,
album-length downloads with the legal consent of their creators.
Please download this music, burn it, share it and stay tuned for
future releases."
Here's a commentary at
http://gapersblock.com/transmission/2009/10/22/chicago_label_profile_rock_proper/
The RockProper.com About page has more:
"... With the listener in mind, this collection is curated with
enduring attention to creativity and honesty in every step of the
creative process, from writing, to recording and distribution. Rock
Proper seeks to enhance the lives of these artists by embracing the
technologies of today. While not exactly a record label, Rock Proper
is constantly vigilant; researching all possible channels of revenue
that may allow these musicians to continue creating. In the past, the
ways we discovered music felt immediate and personal. Mix-tapes,
fan-zines, underground radio, and uncle John’s LP collection all
celebrated music well beyond the boundaries of commerce. Like these
old models, Rock Proper seeks to deliver music of integrity with
immediacy and care.
All work available on Rock Proper is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
This license lets anyone remix, tweak, and build upon these works
non-commercially, as long as they credit the artist and license their
new creations under the identical terms. Feel free to download this
work, translate it, make remixes, and produce new music based off of
it. However, all new work based on works downloaded from Rock Proper
must carry the same Creative Commons license, so any derivatives must
also be non-commercial in nature.
Please note that the original artists hold the copyright to their
music, not Rock Proper."