Episode 33: Jazz and Chill

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring jazz and chill music.

BlueBossa (2:58 @ 0:10)
Las dos buenas hermanas (3:33 @ 3:09)
Mount Analogue (4:47 @ 6:42)
ocean dream (10:32 @ 11:29)
Jazz with G5 (0:59 @ 22:01)

That was BlueBossa by Szai, which is available from SoundCloud.  After that was Las dos buenas hermanas by Caminos del Sonido, which is available from Jamendo.  Then we had Mount Analogue by simonmiles, which is available from SoundCloud.  Next up was ocean dream by Bellanger Jacques jbabebel, which is available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Jazz with G5 by Jahro', which is available from SoundCloud.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Everything's Attribution or compatible again this week, so feel free to reuse it.

Beautiful Love - Dan Pincus - Piano, Jim McElhaney - Horn (8:55 @ 23:36)
[jazz piano solo] Old World - 懐かしき東方の血 (5:10 @ 32:28)
Time Remembered (3:07 @ 37:31)
Winter Walk (Silver Trumpet Mix) (ft. donkeyhorsemule) (5:11 @ 40:36)
Airport Lounge (5:07 @ 45:47)

That was Beautiful Love - Dan Pincus - Piano, Jim McElhaney - Horn by Dan Pincus and [jazz piano solo] Old World - 懐かしき東方の血 by tanigon, and Time Remembered by Mayi, all three of which are available from SoundCloud.  After that was Winter Walk (Silver Trumpet Mix) (ft. donkeyhorsemule) by spinningmerkaba, which is available from ccMixter.  Finishing up was Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  All five of the songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Javascript Snakes, which is an HTML5 version of the classic Snake game.  You play as a constantly-moving snake navigating a rectangular game world in search of fruit.  But if you run into yourself, you lose.  You've probably played some variant of it before.  The general game concept's been around since the 70s.  Anyway, check it out today at https://github.com/jakesgordon/javascript-snakes

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

Around the World in 80 Days
Coffee Black (0:59 @ 53:43)
El amor y el cráneo (2:47 @ 54:43)
Jazz metropolis (3:25 @ 57:30)
Sax, Flute, n Glass (3:49 @ 1:00:56)

That was Coffee Black by GrimFrenzy, which is available from OpenGameArt.  After that was El amor y el cráneo by Caminos del Sonido and Jazz metropolis by Jose Gil, which are both available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Sax, Flute, n Glass by shagrugge, which is available from ccMixter.  All four songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some fantasy adventure music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 32: Electronic

Sorry, folks, for the delay this week.  This episode has been queued up since Monday but I couldn't get the file to upload.  Just got it to work, though.  At any rate, I forgot to mention that the The Internet Archive (which hosts the audio files for this podcast) is doing a fundraising drive.  If you could help them out, I'm sure they'd appreciate it!  Here's the link.

Thanks for listening!

- Ralph

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Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring electronic music.

06 - Qvic (3:21 @ 0:11)
The New Music (ft. Spinningmerkaba) (instrumental version) (3:36 @ 3:27)
Near Death (5:55 @ 7:01)
LIT (3:45 @ 12:57)
Not too quiet (6:30 @ 16:43)

That was 06 - Qvic by snurek_pl, which is available from SoundCloud.  After that was The New Music (ft. Spinningmerkaba) by Alex, which is available from ccMixter.  Then we had Near Death by DJ Fire-Black and LIT by Sum-1, both of which are available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Not too quiet by zikweb, which is available from ccMixter.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

And again this week, all of the music is licensed under Attribution licenses.  So get out there and reuse it!

Not many people seem to know about this, but Stanford University released some course materials a while back, including a bunch of videos, under an open license, and what I've seem of them is really quite good.  It's called Stanford Engineering Everywhere, and all of it that I've seen has been licensed under an Attribution license, with much of it available via BitTorrent.  On a quick side note, I love seeing people using BitTorrent legally, since it really is a cool technology that I'd like to make sure has enough legitimate users for it to survive.  Anyway, they have courses in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, general mathematics, and even iPhone app programming.  Check it out today at see.stanford.edu

Ambient Dance (3:48 @ 24:29)
Chapstick (2:28 @ 28:13)
Memories of the moon (9:28 @ 30:35)

That was Ambient Dance by Zeropage, which is available from Jamendo.  After that was Chapstick by Bradley27, which is available from ccMixter.  Finishing up was Memories of the moon by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr.  All three songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is JavaScript Racer, which unbelievably is a racing game written in JavaScript.  It has a very classic arcade game look to it and is pretty simple but put together well.  Triggers nostalgia well and runs smoothly in modern browsers.  It also comes with a very good explanation of how it's put together, so if you're curious you can not only read the code but basically a math tutorial for not only how it works but how it's supposed to work.  Check it out today at https://github.com/jakesgordon/javascript-racer

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sonar Tuning Electro Track (3:56 @ 41:56)
FOG on the Bluff (ft. DJ BLUE) (edited) (3:56 @ 45:52)
Ambient Voyager (3:54 @ 49:09)
Speed of Mind (7:22 @ 53:01)
Soundtrack: burbling synthesizer (0:59 @ 1:00:21)

That was Sonar Tuning Electro Track by SouljahdeShiva, which is available from OpenGameArt.  After that was a slightly edited version of FOG on the Bluff (ft. DJ BLUE) by DJ BLUE, which is available from ccMixter.  Then we had Ambient Voyager by Zeropage and Speed of Mind by Flembaz, which are both available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Soundtrack: burbling synthesizer by Barrettt, which is available from SoundCloud.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some jazz and chill music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 31: Nontraditional Christmas

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring nontraditional Christmas music.  You can expect a bunch of songs with lyrics, some familiar and some not, along with many different styles of music that really just don't fit any other time of the year.  Some of them, particularly later in the episode, are really fun but a bit harsh.  So, without further ado, let's get started.

Chiron Beta Prime (2:50 @ 0:25)
O Tanning Bed (1:59 @ 3:13)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) (ft. Admiral Bob) (2:54 @ 5:11)
Silent night (1:55 @ 8:00)
Wenceslas (2:53 @ 9:48)
Sugar Plum Dark Mix (2:05 @ 12:35)

That was Chiron Beta Prime by Jonathan Coulton, which is available from his website at jonathancoulton.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was O Tanning Bed by Max DeGroot, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) (ft. Admiral Bob) by unreal_dm, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was Silent night by richjens and Wenceslas by Bad Hat, both of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Sugar Plum Dark Mix by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.

The next set is composed of 11 variations of 4 songs.  So, let's take a listen.

The Little Drummer Boy (2:37 @ 15:22)
Little (Punk) Drummer Boy (3:18 @ 17:58)
Wesley Dysart - Little Drummer Bot (2:54 @ 21:14)
Carol of the Bells (1:09 @ 24:08)
Carol of the Bells (1:54 @ 25:16)
Carol of the Bells (1:07 @ 27:11)
Angels We Have Heard on High (ft. Sunshine Paul, Bob Sorem, Rocavaco/SackJo22, Morusque) (4:06 @ 28:18)
Angels on high (3:50 @ 32:23)
Jingle Bells (2:53 @ 36:12)
Jingle Bells (ft. SackJo22) (3:13 @ 39:04)
Hardcore Jingle Bells (1:26 @ 42:16)

That was The Little Drummer Boy by crashcombo, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Little (Punk) Drummer Boy by MomentaryTrouble, Wesley Dysart - Little Drummer Bot by Wesleydysart, Carol of the Bells by Bill Barner, Carol of the Bells by William M Walker, and Carol of the Bells by Alvin Gao, all five of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Angels We Have Heard on High (ft. Sunshine Paul, Bob Sorem, Rocavaco/SackJo22, Morusque) by texasradiofish, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was Angels on high by gbmusic and Jingle Bells by Harold Morton, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Jingle Bells (ft. SackJo22) by unreal_dm, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Finishing up was Hardcore Jingle Bells by Storyboards, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Some of the songs this week are more nontraditional than others, and that one takes the cake.  I really really want to see it worked into some kind of a humorous open source Christmas-themed game.  Anyway...

Today's app-of-the-day is Trigger Rally Online Edition, a browser-based obstacle course racing game with the same crazy physics I'm used to from racing games of the 90's.  Seriously, it's cool.  You'll need a very modern browser, I believe only Firefox and WebKit-based browsers and possibly Opera currently support it, and it uses the keyboard for controls.  If you have that, which I normally surf the web with anyway, the graphics are amazingly good, though if you play Version 1 you might want to play it without sound right now as they seem to be having some problems with that as of late.  Anyway, check it out today at triggerrally.com

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

The FuMP
Podsafe Christmas Song (edited) (2:44 @ 47:23)
02 Go Tell it on the Mountain (3:00 @ 50:05)
11 The Bells (1:31 @ 53:05)
Deck The Halls (Elves and Trumpets Mix) (ft. James Edwards) (3:17 @ 54:34)
The Headbangin' Christmas Medley (4:35 @ 57:50)
Auld Lang Syne (ft. Admiral Bob) (2:31 @ 1:02:18)

That was an edited version of Podcast Promo by The FuMP, which is available from thefump.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was an edited version of Podsafe Christmas Song by Jonathan Coulton, which is available from his website at jonathancoulton.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  The cool thing about that song is that a few years ago it was very accurate.  I remember looking for open licensed Christmas music and could hardly find anything.  Nowadays, as evidenced by this week's and last week's episodes, we have tons of open licensed Christmas music thanks to all of the artists out there who are sharing their music and the websites that support and encourage open licensing.  Anyway, next up was 02 Go Tell it on the Mountain and 11 The Bells, both by the_2nd_tenor, available from SoundCloud, and licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Deck The Halls (Elves and Trumpets Mix) (ft. James Edwards) by spinningmerkaba, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was The Headbangin' Christmas Medley by christopian, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Auld Lang Syne (ft. Admiral Bob) by Benjamin Orth, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some electronic music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 30: Traditional Christmas

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring traditional Christmas music.  As such, there are a number of songs this week with vocals, but they're pretty well-known ones, so let's get started.

Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies (1:48 @ 0:17)
O Holy Night (edited) (6:18 @ 1:59)
Deck the Halls B (4:29 @ 8:04)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (0:52 @ 12:21)
What Child Is This/ Greensleeves (Duet) (0:48 @ 13:09)

That was Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had an edited version of O Holy Night by Karen Savage for Librivox, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.  After that was Deck the Halls B by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was We Wish You a Merry Christmas by the United States Marine Band, which is available from FreeMusicArchive and is licensed as Public Domain.  Finishing up was What Child Is This/ Greensleeves (Duet) by TubaChick23, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Although I very much appreciate all of the artists who have open licensed their music, I've got to send a special thank you this week to Kevin MacLeod for all the Christmas music he's got open licensed.  You'll probably notice his name coming up a lot this week.  He's got a ton of very good Christmas music in many different styles which went a long way toward making this episode very easy to put together.

I'd also like to thank all of the artists this week for licensing their music under very permissive licenses.  All of the music this week is Attribution or compatible, with a lot of it being Public Domain.  That's pretty awesome, and really helps resolve the problem from a few years ago where we had close to zero Christmas music recordings which were open licensed.  Now there's quite a bit, and it's all thanks to the artists who share their music.  So, thank you folks!

And with that, let's get back to listening to some more music.

Silent Night (2:14 @ 15:21)
Oh Christmas Tree (3:56 @ 17:32)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (4:25 @ 21:21)
Carol of the Bells (3:38 @ 25:39)
Oh Holy Night (4:02 @ 29:12)
Silent night (0:52 @ 33:10)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Duet) (0:54 @ 33:59)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (3:30 @ 34:49)
Away in a Manger (2:04 @ 38:03)

That was Silent Night by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Oh Christmas Tree by weihnachtsorama3000, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Carol of the Bells by Roger MacNaughton Music, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Oh Holy Night by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Silent night by Phap Man Aaron Solomon and O Come All Ye Faithful (Duet) by TubaChick23, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was an edited version of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen by Diyan for Librivox, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.  Finishing up was Away in a Manger by Chino Yoshio, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is fluid_table_tennis, a really interesting HTML5 game that's a little bit hard to describe.  Essentially, it's the classic ping-pong game with the added twist that each paddle can shoot a jet of fluid, creating little whirlpools and other flow patterns that dramatically change the trajectory of the ball.  You really kind of have to just try it.  It can be played single player or local two player and runs in a browser.   Check it out today at https://github.com/anirudhjoshi/fluid_table_tennis

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

A Christmas Carol (dramatic reading)
Up on a Housetop (1:10 @ 43:59)
Good King Wenceslaus (1:16 @ 45:04)
Jingle Bells (1:44 @ 46:18)
Here We Come A-Wassailing (1:43 @ 47:58)
Silent Night (2:29 @ 49:29)
WeWishU (0:44 @ 51:56)
The First Noel (2:32 @ 52:40)
Auld Lang Syne (2:16 @ 54:55)

That was Up on a Housetop by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Good King Wenceslaus by the U.S. Army Band, which is available from Wikipedia and is licensed as Public Domain.  After that was Jingle Bells by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was an edited version of Here We Come A-Wassailing by Claire Goget and a few others for Librivox, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.  Then we had Silent Night by the U.S. Army Chorus, which is available from Wikipedia and is licensed as Public Domain.  After that was WeWishU by DanHarderVO, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was an edited version of The First Noel by Claire Goget and a few others for Librivox, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.  Finishing up was Auld Lang Syne by the United States Marine Band, which is available from Free Music Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some nontraditional Christmas music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 29: Steampunk Music

Carica05 (0:04)
music box loop 29 (0:15)

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring steampunk music.  We've got a few songs with vocals this week, but without further ado, let's get started.

The Doctor's Wife (5:47)
London, 1856 - A Steampunk Orchestra (3:41)
Remember The Name (Fort Minor) (Sinister Strings Mix) (4:52)
Rom Bart-Insomnia [Soundtrack] (1:36)
Wooden Rocks (1:05)
steam engine at museum (0:59)
wrenches_thrown_or_dropped (0:21)
Ratchet1 (0:20)
construction metal lumber (0:56)
Metal Hammer on Metal on Wood Impact Collision Bang 44.1kHz (0:52)

So, starting out the episode were two sound effects from FreeSound - Carica05 by melarancida and music box loop 29 by klankbeeld, which are both licensed under the CC Zero license.  After the introduction was The Doctor's Wife by The Clockwork Quartet, which is available from their website at clockworkquartet.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had London, 1856 - A Steampunk Orchestra by Walid Feghali, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was Remember The Name (Fort Minor) (Sinister Strings Mix) by tekp, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Rom Bart-Insomnia [Soundtrack] by Rom Bart, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Wooden Rocks by Christiaan Bakker, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was a mix I put together of a few industrial sound effects from FreeSound: steam engine at museum by 3bagbrew, which is licensed under an Attribution license, and wrenches_thrown_or_dropped by vibe_crc, Ratchet1 by orestes910, a chunk of construction metal lumber by cognito perceptu, and Metal Hammer on Metal on Wood Impact Collision Bang 44.1kHz by qubodup, all four of which are licensed under the CC Zero license.

I've been a big fan of steampunk for years.  I love the visual style, I love the dedication to craftsmanship, learning different construction techniques, and in general making things that not only function but look nice doing what they do.  As long as I can remember, I've been a big fan of steam-powered devices and gears anyway, mainly because you can see how things work, and steampunk brings those together into an awesome aesthetic.  Plus there's the element of classic literary influences mixed in, and as I'm sure you can probably tell from the audio books advertised on this podcast in the noncommercial breaks, I'm quite fond of that.  It's just an all-around cool movement, and I'd love to see more people really taking part in it in not just a trend way, but in a paradigm way.  Do what you do with quality to last.  Fix things if you can.  Take a pass on the throwaway society we've developed and learn the cool stuff your ancestors and predecessors knew.

With that said, with the wide variety of people who have gotten into steampunk over the last few years, there's quite a bit of variation in what people do and do not consider steampunk music.  I tend to think of it more as music that sounds very mechanical or which blends elements of old and new musical styles, and there's plenty of open licensed music out there which fits that.  So much that I had to split the episode up so I could keep this at about an hour and do another episode later.  Speaking of which, this episode's going to be long enough as is, so let's get back to things.

traction engine x2 (1:31)
Getaway (otra vez rmx) (voiceless mix) (4:19)
BEAUTY FULL - sidecar tommy (3:06)
Jester's Tear (2:43)

That was another sound effect from FreeSound named traction engine x2 by NLM, which is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  The first song in the set was Getaway (otra vez rmx) (voiceless mix) by gmz, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was BEAUTY FULL - sidecar tommy by sidecartommy, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Jester's Tear by Celestial Aeon Project, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Emberwind, an HTML5 side-scroller game where you play as a gnome and run around helping people and whacking things with a stick.  Pretty much a basic classic side-scroller, but it runs in a browser, and runs quite well.  Try it out today at http://operasoftware.github.com/Emberwind/ with a capital E or take a look at the source code from https://github.com/operasoftware/Emberwind/ with a capital E.

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

20000 Leagues under the Seas
Untitled 4 (ft. The3amAssociation, audiotechnica) (6:22)
Pieza pequeña (1:01)
Conjuring Steam (3:02)
Roll Jordan Roll (2:19)
The Guava Rag (1:04)
Spirit of St. Louis (3:18)
Live recording of In the jail house now (4:08)
End of a story (2:29)

That was Untitled 4 (ft. The3amAssociation, audiotechnica) by teru, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Pieza pequeña by BrunoXe, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Conjuring Steam by MLucas, Roll Jordan Roll by The Joy Drops, and The Guava Rag by Brettstuff, all three of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Following that was Spirit of St. Louis by Lena Selyanina, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Live recording of In the jail house now by Sid Qualls, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was End of a story by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr and is licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some traditional Christmas music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 28: Instrumental Acoustic

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring instrumental acoustic music.

La pêche au thon - INSTRUMENTAL VERSION (2:58)
A la Roberto, tema I (1:37)
Ragtime Guitar (0:36)
Slightly On The Mash (version 2) (1:18)
Austerity Rag (3:20)
Cama Plana (2:04)

That was La pêche au thon - INSTRUMENTAL VERSION by Löhstana David and A la Roberto, tema I by Clbustos, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Ragtime Guitar by Sean Davoust, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Slightly On The Mash (version 2) by lucas_gonze, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under the CC-Zero license.  Following that was Austerity Rag by The Naughty Step and finishing up was Cama Plana by mpintar, both of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

This week's music is all Attribution or compatible again.  You may also notice that a lot of the music this week is from SoundCloud.  That's because, although there's a lot of good acoustic music on other sites, I ran into a lot of it that was either Attribution Noncommercial or Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike, and since I wanted to do an Attribution-only episode, I ended up cutting a bunch of it.  It'll probably make it into a future episode, though - some of it's really good.

And for all of you folks that just happen to have a 4K display already, apparently the short film Sintel is available for download in 4K resolution, or 4096x1744 pixels.  I find this rather fascinating, since we now have open media at the forefront of technological advancements in commercial display resolution.  By making this available, they're giving early adopters and anyone playing around with the technology free media to test it with, which benefits not only the general public and the open content community but the commercial media distribution companies as well.  The 4K version of Sintel is available from the Xiph Test Media site at media.xiph.org and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Anyway, let's continue with some more music.

Entertainer part 1 (1:19)
Sad (3:07)
Imposto (3:36)
A Night Of Stars (4:50)
Grünes Land VIIb (4:44)
Camila - Instrumental (2:37)
Primavera (4:19)
Amy Waltz (0:53)
Acoustic theme (2:10)
Juba Breakdown (1:10)

That was Entertainer part 1 by mikefilonov, Sad by eshmatov, Imposto by mpintar, and A Night Of Stars by Acoustic Size, all four of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Grünes Land VIIb by Still Playing Guitar, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Camila - Instrumental by mpintar, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Primavera by Distimia (España), which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Amy Waltz (Nov 12 2012) by lucas_gonze and Acoustic theme by Korgluva, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Juba Breakdown by lucas_gonze, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under the CC-Zero license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Agent 008 Ball, a neat little HTML5 open source billiards game.  The object of the game is to get all of the pool balls scored as fast as possible.  It's quick loading and easy to try, has nice graphics and sound, runs very smoothly, and is licensed under an MIT license.  Try it out today at agent8ball.com

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music, and although this book is filled with really terrible and outdated stereotypes, it has some really clever puns and wordplay, and as such, I very much enjoy it.

The Foolish Dictionary
Cerises - INSTRUMENTAL VERSION (3:40)
Ratty's return (3:02)
1001 Rag (3:46)
Telling a Repetitive Anecdote (Instrumental) (3:39)

That was Cerises - INSTRUMENTAL VERSION by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Ratty's return by The Naughty Step, 1001 Rag by HeatherEnidWells, and finishing up was Telling a Repetitive Anecdote (Instrumental) by Geoff Bennett, all three of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some steampunk music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 27: Trance

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring trance music.  As a heads-up, many of the songs this week have vocals.  So with that, let's get started.

Trance Guitar (5:08)
Ghosts and Monsters (4:04)
Lift me up (3:28)
Randos - Mystery (6:40)

That was Trance Guitar by Centralsoft, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Ghosts and Monsters (ft. eshar46) by George_Ellinas and Lift me up by tkdsky, which are both available from ccMixter and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Finishing up was Randos - Mystery by Ranzor, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.

At this point, you've still got a few more days for the Humble Bundle.  They added another five games which you get if you pay more than the average.  I haven't tried them all yet, but I can tell you that I very much like Splice, Eufloria, and Cogs.  They're nice peaceful settings that lend themselves well to picking them up and playing for a few minutes, provided you can pry yourself away from them.  I believe all of the games in this bundle are available for Linux, Android, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows, though I think one or two do not work on smaller Android devices like phones due to the small screen sizes.  Check it out today at humblebundle.com

Trance (7:39)
Face to face (3:35)
return to the future (3:10)

That was Trance by Kaerus, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Face to face by GenDy, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was return to the future by Sekula Wieslaw, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Audacious, the music player I use to organize my playlists.  I didn't realize this until recently, but it's available for platforms other than Linux.  Audacious is just an incredibly simple and basic music player.  Not many bells and whistles, and that's why I like it.  When you're working with different playlists as much as I do for this podcast, the stability of that functionality becomes a hugely important feature, and unlike other music players Audacious delivers on that point.  They have downloads on their website for Linux and Microsoft Windows, and it looks quite easy to compile for Mac OS X.  Check out the podcast website for a link to a howto for compiling it for Mac OS X, or to download the official version for Linux or Microsoft Windows, check out audacious-media-player.org

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors, which this week is also a song, followed by some more music.

CCmixter.org (6:36)
Behind Fantasy (4:15)
Infinity (7:05)
[www.electrobel.it]felixjd800 - you_bite_and_scratches (7:03)

That was CCmixter.org by Nitropox@CCmixter, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Behind Fantasy by CORIN-Music, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Infinity by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was [www.electrobel.it]felixjd800 - you_bite_and_scratches by Felixjd, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some instrumental acoustic music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 26: Mystery and Spy Music

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring mystery and spy music.

La Prima Noche Versus Carmão 1 Pulmão EP 2009 (2:36)
Noir - 01 (2:19)
I Knew a Guy (2:46)
Vicenzo Bosa - Jazz (1:24)
Noir guitar soundtrack samples (1:25)
café connection (Instrumental) (3:12)

That was La Prima Noche Versus Carmão 1 Pulmão EP 2009 by Avante Royale and Noir - 01 by grimorio, which are both available from SoundCloud.  Then we had I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  After that was Vicenzo Bosa - Jazz by vicenzobosa and Noir guitar soundtrack samples by Stevies Amp Shack, which are both available from SoundCloud.  Finishing up was the instrumental version of café connection by morgantj, which is available from ccMixter.  All six of them in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

This week's another "at least as permissive as Attribution" week.  As usual, I'm a big fan of the more permissive licenses sine there's so much more you can do with them.  While I understand the position of people wanting to restrict their works to noncommercial or something like that, I tend to be more of the opinion with my own works that if you're going to give people the freedom to reuse your works, you might as well give them the freedom to build whatever kind of cool stuff they want with them.  No sense in making them redo what you've already done just because they want to use it in a way you didn't anticipate.  That's why I like doing these episodes.  If I use anything more restrictive, I have to place restrictions on the whole episode.  This way, you've got a nice collection of stuff to easily reuse for just about anything.  I'd love to see one of you listeners use this music for an open movie or a new game.  That would be truly awesome.  And if you do, please let me know.  I'd love to see what you did and try it out!

Speaking of games, the Humble Bundle folks are back again with another bundle of games for Android, Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  There a number of really fun-looking games that I'm looking forward to trying when I get some time.  Pay what you want, and depending on your pricing level there's a bonus game.  Plus, they come with soundtracks.  Check it out today at humblebundle.com

Now, back to music.

Thoughtful Spy (2:27)
Escape From Tridion (2:02)
Fast Talkin (1:01)
Desert Spy (2:09)
Rain & Mystery (2:50)
Soundtrack: solo electric blues guitar (1:14)
Long Note Three (edited) (3:15)
Interloper (4:25)
Soundtrack (edited) (5:37)

That was Thoughtful Spy by Reality Catcher, which is available from SoundCloud.  After that was Escape From Tridion by Pirato Ketchup, which is available from Jamendo.  Then we had Fast Talkin by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  Next up was Desert Spy by KrugerKnight, Rain & Mystery by Royaltyfree, and Soundtrack: solo electric blues guitar by Barrettt, which are available from SoundCloud.  After that was a slightly edited version of Long Note Three followed by Interloper, both by Kevin MacLeod and available from incompetech.com.  Finishing up was an edited version of Soundtrack by nathanschlawin, which is available from SoundCloud.  All nine of the songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Ri-Li, a game where you have to route toy trains around a track without letting your train collide with itself.  It's a lot like the classic snake game where as you collect items from the track, your train gets longer.  The catch is that, unlike a snake game, you're limited to running on the existing tracks instead of having a whole field of open space to use.  Makes for some interesting strategy.  It's available for Linux, AmigaOS, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at ri-li.sourceforge.net

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Covert Affair (3:14)
Night Surfing (2:56)
Agent Orange (edited) (1:36)
Speed Surfer (edited) (1:43)
Los impresionistas (2:38)

That was Covert Affair by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  After that was Night Surfing by Bogstomp, which is available from SoundCloud, an edited version of Agent Orange (ft. Colin Mutchler) by Sawtooth, which is available from ccMixter, and a slightly edited version of Speed Surfer by Pirato Ketchup, which is available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Los impresionistas by LOS SEDIENTOS SURFISTAS, which is available from SoundCloud.  All five of the songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are
available on the website.  Listen in next time for some trance music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 25: Abrasive Electronic

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring abrasive electronic music.  As a heads-up, this is some really cool electronic music that's a little too abrasive to fit into my normal electronic music episodes.  It's good music, but may be a little hard to listen to while trying to focus on something else.  So without further ado, let's get started.

Pulse (George Ellinas remix) (3:17)
Mc Sing (4:38)
Adibudi - Dynamite (3:33)
A Walk Over Silicon Valley (2:48)

That was Pulse (George Ellinas remix) by George_Ellinas, which is available from ccMixter.  After that was Mc Sing by Sirius, Adibudi - Dynamite by Adibudi, and finishing up was A Walk Over Silicon Valley by Andrey Avkhimovich, all three of which are available from Jamendo.  All four of them in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

And again, all of the songs this week are licensed under an Attribution license.  If you decide to publish some content under an open license, I heartily recommend considering this license or another similarly-permissive license.  If you're building software, take a look at the zlib license.  They both allow for a ton of flexibility in what your content can be reused for.

Anyway, back to music.

Dj Fire-Black - Speed Limit (Original Mix) (3:25)
IN THE HOUSE (3:49)
Come Home (6:52)
The Iron Woodcutter (5:29)
Dj Fire-Black - Intro (White Spirit) (7:10)

That was Dj Fire-Black - Speed Limit (Original Mix) by Dj Fire-Black, IN THE HOUSE by IVEZA, Come Home by Rataxes, The Iron Woodcutter by GreG, and finishing up was Dj Fire-Black - Intro (White Spirit) by Dj Fire-Black.  All five of them in this set are available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Orbium, an open source HTML5 game.  The goal of it is to sort an incoming stream of colored balls into rotating geneva gears.  When one of the geneva gears is filled with matching colors, that gear is complete and the balls disappear, leaving you space to sort more of them.  It gets a bit more complicated than that, especially as you get to some of the higher levels, but it's a well-built game that doesn't take long to get started.  You also don't have to install it, and it runs on pretty much every platform with a modern web browser.  Try it out today at http://jsway.se/m

I'm going to try over the next few episodes to cover a few more of the open source HTML5 programs I've found.  There are some pretty nifty ones out there, but I've found that quite often they're a little difficult to find.  Once you find them, though, they're incredibly easy to try out since they run on just about any platform and don't need to be installed.  So, you can look forward to seeing more of them over the next few episodes as I start going through some of my bookmarks.

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Remember The Name (Run Beat Remix) (Instrumental Version) (3:56)
FANTASY (3:56)
pROgraM vs. Us3R (2:55)
Russell8 - Soundtrack №1 (1:00)
Sandwich (1:42)

That was Remember The Name (Run Beat Remix) (Instrumental Version) by Jay Sinkie, which is available from ccMixter.  Then we had FANTASY by Sirius, which is available from Jamendo.  Following that was pROgraM vs. Us3R by morgantj, which is available from ccMixter, Russell8 - Soundtrack №1 by Russell8, which is available from SoundCloud, and finishing up was Sandwich by Dr.Arthur, which is available from Jamendo.  All five of them in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some mystery and spy music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 24: Halloween

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring Halloween music.

big_lightning_with_dc_spike_reverse
Spooky Door Creak B

Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (9:02)
Toccata & Fugue (3:03)
Haunting Sequence in G# or Ab (0:42)
Moonlight Hall (3:18)
Loop - House In a Forest (0:25)
Darkest Child (3:58)

11 o'clock
Clock Chime - Strike 12
creeeeek-GAIN_01
ChainsRattling
catHowls1

That was big_lightning_with_dc_spike_reverse by Ionizing and Spooky Door Creak B by Imbubec, which are both available from FreeSound and are licensed under the CC0 license.  The first song was Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach and performed by Paul Pitman, which is available from Musopen and is licensed as Public Domain. Next up was another version of it, Toccata & Fugue by Lezath, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had Haunting Sequence in G# or Ab by afleetingspeck, which is available from FreeSound and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Moonlight Hall by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Loop - House In a Forest by HorrorPen, which is available from OpenGameArt and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up, and finishing up for the songs, was Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  The sound effects after that were made from a few different samples from FreeSound, all five of which are licensed under the CC0 license: 11 o'clock by UncleSigmund, Clock Chime - Strike 12 by sl130594, creeeeek-GAIN_01 by XxBirdoxX, ChainsRattling by klakmart, and catHowls1 by Zabuhailo.

FreeSound is awesome.  I've mentioned it before, and if you haven't checked it out yet, you really should.  There are all kinds of awesome sound effects on there that you can use to set the mood for a Halloween party or pretty much anything else.  Check it out today at freesound.org

As a heads-up, this first song and the first song of the next set have lyrics, but they're rather awesome, fitting, and humorous.  So with that, let's get back to music.

Dj Death (robomix) (3:46)
Skraptopolis (4:32)
GHOSTRACK (5:53)
I swear I saw it - background track (3:27)

door hinge squeak creak o,c
Bong
Haunting violin FX
reverse_clang2

That was Dj Death (robomix) by robomusic with lyrics by Kara Square, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Skraptopolis by FoxSynergy, which is available from OpenGameArt and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had GHOSTRACK by BORDERLIVE, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up for music was I swear I saw it - background track by yd, which is available from OpenGameArt and is licensed under the CC0 license.  For sound effects, we had a bunch of them from FreeSound: door hinge squeak creak o,c by kyles and Bong by SuperDaveOsbourne, which are both licensed under the CC0 license, and Haunting violin FX by bosone and reverse_clang2 by BristolStories, which are both licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.

To give you an idea of what some of those were, door hinge squeak creak o,c was a door hinge, Bong was a Gregoian gong, Haunting violin FX is a recording of someone who had never played a violin before, and reverse_clang2 is a backward recording of someone hitting a metal plate.  All fairly ordinary things, but processed in a way that they sound really cool.

Today's app-of-the-day is Maelstrom, a space shooter game that's been around for years and years and years.  I used to play it in the early 90's on a Mac running System 7 and recently rediscovered it.  Apparently it's now open source, which is thoroughly awesome.  Really simple game - you're in a spaceship and you go around shooting asteroids.  It's been ported to SDL, which means it'll pretty well run on just about any platform you can think of if you want to compile it, but you can download versions from the website for Linux, BeOS, Mac OS classic, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at libsdl.org/projects/Maelstrom

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

The FuMP
I hEaRt yOuR bRaiN (ft. Kara Square) (3:49)
WhiteOut for Halloween! (ft. SackJo22) (2:43)
First Fugue (4:09)
Unheimlich (2:21)
Pipe Organ Intro (0:39)
Final Count (3:23)

That was a slightly edited version of Podcast Promo by The FuMP, which is available from thefump.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was I hEaRt yOuR bRaiN (ft. Kara Square) by Zep Hurme, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was WhiteOut for Halloween! (ft. SackJo22) by FFGreen, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Following that was First Fugue by Hacker Blinks, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Unheimlich by bm_128, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Pipe Organ Intro by Djsedj, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Finishing up was Final Count by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Xubuntu Linux, Gentoo Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some abrasive electronic music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 23: Action/Adventure Music

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring action/adventure music.

Film Score: Shame/Dark (1:57)
Soundtrack Of Life (18 4 12) (5:14)
Decisions (1:28)
Half (1:27)
The wind of oblivion (6:24)
'Film piece' (2:16)
WHAT IF - Soundtrack Theme (0:47)

That was Film Score: Shame/Dark by Omar Sicinac and Soundtrack Of Life (18 4 12) by DoctorYerva, which are both available from SoundCloud.  After that was Decisions by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  Then we had Half by Skyscape Paradise, which is available from SoundCloud.  Next up was The wind of oblivion by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr.  After that we had 'Film piece' by Stephen Parker, which is available from SoundCloud.  And finishing up was WHAT IF - Soundtrack Theme by Jace Hall, which is available from Jamendo.  All seven of them in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

In fact, all of the songs in this week's episode are licensed under an Attribution license, so there's all kinds of stuff you can do with them.  Go out there and make some cool stuff!

On that note, one other resource I'd like to mention that I don't think I have before is FreeSound.  They have a whole library of community-provided sound effects under various open licenses.  The range of sounds on there is diverse enough that, basically, if you can think of a sound you want it's probably on there.  Check it out today at freesound.org

The Coaster (13:27)
Knights of the darkness (2:02)
Our Obdurate Past (3:32)

That was The Coaster by Remix Music, which is available from SoundCloud.  After that was Knights of darkness by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr.  And finishing up was Our Obdurate Past by Christiaan Bakker, which is available from Jamendo.  All three of them in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Neverball, a game where you tilt a 3D obstacle course to roll a ball to the finish.  It's a little like the old wooden tilting-table ball game where you roll a ball down a path and try to avoid having it fall through holes in the course.  Neverball also has another variation called Neverputt, which is a miniature golf game using the same engine.  Anyway, Neverball's available for Linux, BSD, AmigaOS, Android, Maemo, Sega Dreamcast, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at neverball.org

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.

The Lost World
Venganza (3:13)
Futur orchetral (4:36)
Goliath Test #1 (1:41)
Tribal Afterglitch (1:05)
Scattershot (2:02)
Firebrand (5:58)

That was Venganza by MIGUEL ANGEL FABRE and Futur orchetral by Peyoooo, which are both available from Jamendo.  After that was Goliath Test #1 and Tribal Afterglitch by Christiaan Bakker, which are both available from Jamendo.  Finishing up were Scattershot and Firebrand by Kevin MacLeod, which are both available from incompetech.com.  All six of them in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Xubuntu Linux, Gentoo Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some Halloween music.  See 'ya!

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