In this section you can find some examples of Lovesticks associated music. Eventually I intend to gather quite a selection here, in various formats, so that you can choose whichever suits you best. Some formats are better than others for conveying a real sense of what the band sounds like, so here is a brief description of the advantages and disadvantages of each (the titles are also the links):-

Lyrics

Yes, I know this doesn't really constitute a musical format, but since none of the other formats allow me to embed the lyrical information anywhere, this is the next best thing. All the lyrics here will be either plain ASCII text files, or HTML files (i.e. web pages).

General MIDI Files

In order to use these files, you will need either a General MIDI sound module, or a sound card that supports GM. On some computers the built in hardware can also be used to perform this task. GM files simply contain data about each note, such as when it starts and stops, and how hard it was struck/plucked, etc. They do not contain any sound data themselves, so are restricted by the device they are played on. In other words, files that sound great on my system may sound terrible on yours!

Despite this fact, this is likely to be the format used for most of the files, since most of the Lovesticks use MIDI systems of one sort or another for composing.

Samples

A sample is a digital recording of an audio event. These offer a good representation of the original sound source, but there is a serious trade off between the sample quality and its size. Due to this I shall only put very short, fairly low quality samples on these pages. They will offer an idea as to how the band sound, but are not perfect.

Tracker Modules

On most systems, these are characterised by a *.MOD extender, though there are several popular formats available. The variety that are posted here are in whatever format Joe gives me! Mod files are a halfway point between MIDI files and samples. Essentially they contain note data, like MIDI files, but the notes are generated from real world samples. They will not be a perfect representation of the band, but will be a little more authentic than a MIDI file.