t r y ^ d is one of the world's first ' virtual bands '.

a virtual band is a group of musicians who create music together online, using this net for song composition, as well as distribution.

the three founding tryad members, vavrek, rjmarshall, and john holowach had never met each other before making music together through the open music forum of opsound.org.

tryad has since bloomed into a global collaboration of artists.

all tryad tracks are released for free download under a creative commons license which grants legal permission for sharing, sampling, and remixing.

this means that you yourself are invited to become involved, taking tryad into whatever direction you like.

you are forever free to download, upload, sample, copy, remix, perform, publish, alter, or share tryad music.

use tryad for any video soundtrack.

you are permitted to use tryad music for any commerical purpose.

just give credit and do not restrict anyone else's use.

with combined advancements in networking technologies and creative commons licensing, musicians everywhere are now capable of an international direct link with one another and with audiences.

we no longer need to ask permission from publishers to record and distribute extremely high quality music.

we just create and share!

welcome to this now age renaissance.