well i hope it works, it did for me! and they have almost every song tab by them! : :i have tabs that are not in us1 site here! and i want to add them but i : :don't know how! : : : .oooooo. ooooo .oooooo. .o. : d8P' `Y8b `888' d8P' `Y8b .888. : 888 888 888 888 .8"888. : 888 888 888 888 .8' `888. : 888 888 888 888 ooooo .88ooo8888. : `88b d88' 888 o `88. .88' .8' `888. : `Y8bood8P' o888ooooood8 `Y8bood8P' o88o o8888o : : : : HOW TO SUBMIT FILES TO OLGA (THE ON-LINE GUITAR ARCHIVE) : :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: : : OLGA, the On-Line Guitar Archive, is a natural development of : the guitar.tab newsgroups. The Archive provides a library of files that : is more permanent than usenet and is easily accessible, and attempts to : prevent repetition of work already done by the community. : : If you can educate others in how to play a song, type up : the chords and/or tab and/or playing tip and send it to both the : newsgroups *AND* the archive, and contribute to the community. : : OLGA is particularly looking to develop the weaker areas, such as bass tab, : acoustic and classical pieces, country, blues and jazz. : : OLGA, the On-Line Guitar Archive, is a natural development of : the guitar.tab newsgroups. The Archive provides a library of files that : is more permanent than usenet and is easily accessible, and attempts to : prevent repetition of work already done by the community. : : If you can educate others in how to play a song, type up : the chords and/or tab and/or playing tip and send it to both the : newsgroups *AND* the archive, and contribute to the community. : : OLGA is particularly looking to develop the weaker areas, such as bass tab, : acoustic and classical pieces, country, blues and jazz. : : Step 1. Preparing your file : Step 2. Sending us your file. : Step 3. Acceptance criteria. : Step 4. Your file at OLGA : : : : Step 1: Before you submit, make sure of the following: : Final a) That you have included the song name, artist's name : Preparations and your own name (and if different, the transciber's name) : : b) If you can, include other information such as the name : of the album from which the track comes, the name of the : author(s) of the words and music, details of the publisher : and catalogue number, and notes on what effects are used : and on how to play the music. It is also extremely useful : to mention if your file is a special version of the song, : such as from a live show or an acoustic recording. : : c) Make sure that the file is 'all your own work'. If you : take your crd/tab from a book or magazine that is copyrighted : it won't (knowingly) be archived. : : * d) Check the archive to ensure that you are not : duplicating material already there. If there is : already a version of a song, YOUR SUBMISSION WILL : BE SENT BACK TO YOU, and will not be accepted until the : file contains some note recognizing the presence of the : existing file and saying how the two versions compare, : and possibly instructions to the archivist. If a chord or : tab file already exists for the song, take it down : and incorporate your material with it. : Try to contact the original author to come to an agreement. : Always credit the original author and mention what each of : you has done. : : * e) Files must be written in (or saved as) plain-text. It's not : hard to save your work as plain text, so we will return any : Word 'doc' files or Wordperfect 'wps' (etc) files that you : send us. : : When writing in a word processor (word, macwrite, notepad, : etc) you should: : use courier font (or some other monospaced font) : limit the width of the page to 75 characters : save the file as text before sending : (When writing in any *text* editor (e.g. emacs, vi, ed, : pico) you will naturally have to do all these things.) : : : Step 2: Use Email : Submitting Use a subject line of the same form as you post : to news, i.e. TAB: 'songname' by 'artistname' (See Step 3) : : Files must be sent individually (that is, don't : send two files in one post, though tar files are acceptable. : Z and gzip compression are acceptable.) : : : Step 3: : Acceptance of your file has three steps: : 1. Successful receipt at olga.net : 2. Check for valid file type, format, brevity, etc. : 3. Check for duplication. : : 3.1. The subject line of your submission MUST start with : one of the prefixes listed below (three/four letters and a colon). : We appreciate it if you then can give the song name and artist name. : : Examples of good subject lines (in order of preference): : : List of Prefixes: : CRD: - When you are sending a chord file : TAB: - When you are sending a tablature file : BTAB: - When you are sending a bass tab file : PRO: - When you are sending a Chordpro file : LYR: - When you are sending a lyrics file : : Step 3.2, 3.3: : Here are (some of) the criteria for acceptance, and what you should do : if you file fails these criteria. If your file fails any of these, it : will be sent back to you, within a week, with a request that it be fixed. : : The file includes the song name, artist's name, the transcriber's : name, and, if different, the submittor's name. : : The file is 'all your own work'. If you use material from a book or : magazine, it won't (knowingly) be archived. : : The file is substantially complete. Examples of insufficient detail : are: single line of tab; files without lyrics; verse but no chorus. : You should always make the form of the song clear, particularly if : there's a solo or bridge (for example) that you can't work out - lable : the various parts (intro, verse, chorus, bridge, etc) and give their : order. : : The file is not readable, due to unknown encoding when sending, or : because the file itself is not plain text. : Again: When writing a file, we advise using courier font in 10 pt : size. Restrict the page to a width of 75 characters and be sure the : lines don't run over. Save as text before sending. Do NOT send : us .doc (microsoft), .wps (word perfect) files, etc. that have not
: been saved as text. : When sending, try to 'insert' the file into your message, rather than : 'attaching' it. We can read some attachment encodings, but not all. : : If a file for the song already exists: : you should get the existing version from the archive, : and integrate the two, in as far as this is possible. : (If the recordings on which the crd/tab are based are : different, this may not be possible. They may, for example, : be in different keys, or have different choruses, or be : special live or acoustic versions.) : If your file is for the same recording as the file already : existing, try to contact the original author to come to an : agreement. Always credit the original author and mention what : each of you has done. If you can't contact the author, try to : send a single file (your file and theirs integrated), giving your : alternative notation where necessary. If you are completely sure of : your work, you would not include the old file; if you are not : certain, give both alternatives in the single file. : : When you resubmit your file: : add a note at the head, addressed to the archivist, giving : instructions. Example: "Archivist - This file includes the : already existing one for this song, but adds the solo - please : replace the old one with this. I have kept the original author's : name along with mine." or "Note to Archivist - The solo : in the existing file is quite wrong, so i inserted the correct tab. : A note at the top says I wrote the solo. Please replace the : old file with this one." : : If your file meets the criteria for acceptance, it will be archived : within a week, and you should see it at the sites shortly after that. : : Step 4: : Your file at OLGA: : Any file archived becomes the property of the archive in so : far as material extraneous to the musical content (basically : the header and .sig) may be removed or edited. : : Posting to usenet or submission to the archive implicitly : gives permission for fair-use distribution. : The author's name and e-mail address will always be retained : if accompanying the file, along with any other information : the archivists deem relevant. : : The archivists retain the right to modify or remove files as : they see fit. : : In cases of duplication of a song, the archivists may remove : a transcription judged to be of inferior quality. As mentioned : above, submittors are expected to offer opinion as to the : quality of existing versions of files. : : Requests to have files removed or modified should be made to : : : -------------- : Last Update Oct 97 : : : :
