Episode 19: Cartoon 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 cartoon music.

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - I. Morning (3:49)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 - IV. In The Hall Of The Mountain King (2:34)
Rondo Alla Turca (3:01)

That was Movement 1 (Morning) and Movement 4 (In The Hall Of The Mountain King) from Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg and performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra for the Musopen project.  Both of them are available from The Internet Archive on the Musopen DVD.  Finishing up was Rondo Alla Turca by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which was performed by Romuald Griess and is available from Wikipedia.  All three of them are licensed as Public Domain.

And again, this week's cartoon music recordings are all public domain, thanks to the original music itself being public domain nowadays and all of the performers of these recordings performing under public domain licensing.  Thanks, everyone!

As a reminder, check out The Internet Archive and Wikipedia for some old classic cartoons sometime.  Not to mention any of them by name, but a bunch of the big ones have at least one or two individual cartoons where the studio did not renew their copyrights and they fell into the public domain.  With a quick search you're likely to find some pretty awesome animated hilarity, some of which is likely set to the music in this podcast episode.

Speaking of which, let's listen to some more of it.

Romeo And Juliet (18:31)
Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor (8:16)

That was Romeo And Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, which was performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra and is available from Musopen.  Finishing up was the third movement of Sonata No. 2 in B Flat Minor, otherwise known as Funeral March, by Frédéric Chopin, which is also available from Musopen.  Both of them are licensed as Public Domain.

Today's app-of-the-day is TigerVNC, a cross-platform VNC client and server that allows you to operate your computer remotely.  For example, you can use your laptop's keyboard, mouse or touchpad, and screen to operate your desktop computer over the internet.  Though if you're going to use it over the internet, I would heartily recommend encryption.  Supposedly TigerVNC now supports encryption by itself without needing an external program, though I have never used that component of it.  I usually end up running it over an SSH tunnel, which also works great.  But, anyway, it's available for Linux, I would assume BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at tigervnc.com

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

Librivox
1812 Overture (16:39)
Turkey in the Straw (1:48)
Oh Susanna (3:53)
Anchors Aweigh (0:37)

That was the 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, which was performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra and is available from Musopen.  After that was Turkey in the Straw by an undetermined artist sometime around 1830, which was performed by the United States Air Force Band and is available from Wikipedia.  Then we had Oh Susanna by Stephen Foster and performed by the United States Navy Band, which is available from Wikipedia.  Finishing up was Anchors Aweigh by Charles Zimmerman and performed by the US Navy Band, which is available from the US Navy Band's website.  All four of them are licensed as Public Domain.

So, that's all for today.  Believe it or not, even though this is now the third cartoon music episode I've done, I still have more cartoon music lined up for another episode.  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 Public Domain license, thanks to all of the music being available as Public Domain from Musopen, The Internet Archive, Wikipedia, and the US Navy Band.  I would much rather distribute these episodes under more permissive licenses and will be doing so when I can.  At any rate, 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 18: Pirated Music

Ahoy, mateys, and welcome aboard the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight tunes from scoundrels and scallawags who let you share their music with yer shipmates.  I be cap'n Ralph Wacksworth, and today we be playin' pirated music.

Talk Like A Pirate Day (edited) (5:34)
Duet Musette (2:22)
South Australia (1:03)
Sailor's Hornpipe Medley (2:09)

That was a slightly edited version of Talk Like A Pirate Day by Tom Smith, the official song of Talk Like A Pirate Day.  It's available from his website at tomsmithonline.com and is graciously licensed by permission under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  I try to keep this podcast absurdly clean so it's safe for work environments and kids, but really you should probably just download that one directly.  It's incredibly mild.  Anyway, next up was Duet Musette by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was South Australia by Dead Parrot, which is available from SoundCloud and is graciously licensed by permission under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Finishing up was a slightly edited version of Sailor's Hornpipe Medley by Leopold Moeslein from 1906, which is available from archive.org and is licensed as Public Domain.

So, by now 'ye must 'av figgered why I be talkin' in this here daft accent, but in case 'ye haven't, allow me to shed some light.  On the 19th day of September of each year is Talk Like A Pirate Day, which happens to be this week.  So don yer tricorner hat and yer eye patches, 'er at least one of 'em, and celebrate your inner buccaneer!

And to the landlubbers out there who want to be pedantic and say "that's not what pirates were like", ye've been sailing under Captain Obvious for far too long.  If ye' think we'd actually be celebrating real bloody piracy, yer flightier than me parrot, and he ain't even real.  So belay that crazy talk and have some fun!

Shipwreck Shanty (3:49)
A Rovin (2:17)
The Ballad of Lauren and Old Denty (2:35)
Roll, Alabama, Roll (3:50)
Pirate Day (1:44)
The Dark Swans / Pirate Rescue (2:47)
Segeltörn F-dur (3:22)
Dorian Luthier-Old Sailor's Tune by Dorian Luthier (2:08)

That was Shipwreck Shanty by SanJuro, which is available from Jamendo and A Rovin by Roger McGuinn, which is available from The Internet Archive.  Both of them are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  **Correction** After that was The Ballad of Lauren and Old Denty by C. Charles Bley (under the name Funk Noka) from Uzi Café and Roll, Alabama, Roll by dead parrot, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had Pirate Day by visiiri, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Following that was The Dark Swans / Pirate Rescue by Ruben Sanchez, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had Segeltörn F-dur by HEINZ ALMSTEDT, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  And finishing up was Dorian Luthier-Old Sailor's Tune by Dorian Luthier, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

Fifteen Men On A Dead Mans Chest - unmastered (edited) (2:21)
What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor (2:45)
Drunken Sailor (Bonus Track) (edited) (2:28)
Drop of Nelson's Blood (Roll The Old Chariot Along) (edited) (2:52)

That was a slightly edited version of Fifteen Men On A Dead Mans Chest - unmastered by V/A (seems like Buchsenrecords), which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was What Shall We Do With a Drunken Sailor by LVC Chamber Choir, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Then we had a slightly edited version of Drunken Sailor (Bonus Track) by By The By, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  And finishing up was a slightly edited version of Drop of Nelson's Blood (Roll The Old Chariot Along) by www.dragonslanding.com, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

Today's app-of-the-day is vim.  It's a command-line text editor, and it runs pretty well everywhere, including on my phone.  It has a relatively easy-to-learn basic command set with a ton of more powerful commands and the ability to install all kinds of plugins.  It's available for Linux, BSD, AmigaOS, OS/2, Android, iOS, Windows CE, MorphOS, MacOS Classic, DOS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and many more.  Download it today at vim.org

Now listen well to our short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors.  Then we'll get back to playin' ya some more music.

Treasure Island
Pirate Song (3:33)
Major-General's Song (3:16)
The Pirate Song (edited) (3:43)
Pirate Song (2:17)

That was Pirate Song by The Oxford Collective, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Major-General's Song by Gilbert and Sullivan from their opera Pirates of Penzance, which is available from Librivox and is licensed as Public Domain.  Bit of a stretch, but I love that song.  Next up was a slightly edited version of The Pirate Song by Will Inns, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Pirate Song by Jonah Knight, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

And with that, we be at the end of this here voyage.  Remember - the only good piracy's the fictional kind.  Anything else and ye be invitin' canonfire.  So don't be piratin' from unworthy opponents - replace 'yer music within sumpin' better.  Listen to open licensed music, share your booty with the artists, go see 'em, and barter some o' yer booty with artists who ain't shootin' at 'ya.  Help 'yer allies, don't feed the sharks who'd just as soon eat 'ya as look at 'ya.

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 cartoon music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 17: Jazz

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.

Has To Be Jazz (3:22)
Opportunity Walks (2:41)
Jazz Reflexion (3:09)
Spiritual Pathways (6:58)

That was Has To Be Jazz by Jadenise, which is available from SoundCloud.  After that was Opportunity Walks by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  Next up was Jazz Reflexion by Jose Gil, which is available from Jamendo.  And finishing up was Spiritual Pathways by jazz-goa, which is available from SoundCloud.  All four of them are licensed under an Attribution license.

This week I made it a goal again to find only music which was available under an Attribution license.  It's considerably more difficult, since it trims down the variety of music you can pull from quite a bit, but in my mind it's worth it to do that once in a while.  So go out there and use this music to make more cool stuff!

So, let's get back to music.

Faster Does It (3:01)
Frankovo stará (5:36)
Jazz Hooves (1:42)

That was Faster Does It by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  After that was Frankovo stará by Jack Harrer Quintet and finishing up was Jazz Hooves by NoLongerAnon, which are both available from SoundCloud.  All three of them are licensed under an Attribution license.

Sudden Jazz (2:26)
Jazz Goa Blues (4:28)
Bossa Nova Jazz (4:08)
Игорь Бессчастный (Jazz trio)-After you I (3:56)

That was Sudden Jazz by theiosxaris, Jazz Goa Blues by jazz-goa, and Bossa Nova Jazz by 7BLUE, all three of which are available from SoundCloud.  Finishing up was Игорь Бессчастный (Jazz trio)-After you I by B&TheBand, which is available from Jamendo.  All four of them are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Synfig Studio, an incredibly powerful 2D animation program.  When you animate, the normal process is to set up keyframes, which are essentially key poses you want the character to hit and when.  From there, in classical animation, an in-betweener would draw the frames to make the character move from one of these keyframe poses to another.  Computers have made this tweening significantly easier, but I've found it still tends to be rather cumbersome with professional 2D animation software.  Not so with Synfig Studio.  It has many more features, but that's the one that really stood out for me and made this program sing.  It's available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at synfig.org

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

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Bass Walker (2:41)
A Jazz Song (2:55)
Bye Bye 2010 (ft. SmoJos) (2:40)
Игорь Бессчастный (Jazz trio)-Letter which was not sent.. (4:36)

That was Bass Walker by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  After that was A Jazz Song by ajc4, which is available from SoundCloud.  Then we had Bye Bye 2010 (ft. SmoJos) by Pitx, which is available from ccMixter.  Finishing up was Игорь Бессчастный (Jazz trio)-Letter which was not sent.. by B&TheBand, which is available from Jamendo.  All four of them 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 pirated music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 16: Fantasy 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 fantasy adventure music.

Bless and glory (2:24)
Celtic Impulse (2:41)
Passagé du vent (3:16)
Disabled emotions suite: Part 3 (6:05)
Super hero(Original soundtrack) (3:12)
Guardians at the gate (2:38)
Orc March (ft. wolfsebastian, spinningmerkaba) (1:37)

That was Bless and glory by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr, followed by Celtic Impulse by Kevin MacLeod and available from incompetech.com.  After that was Passagé du vent by Adragante, which is available from Jamendo, and Disabled emotions suite: Part 3 by zero-project and available from zero-project.gr.  Then we had Super hero(Original soundtrack) by kohen13 and Guardians at the gate by EpicKayay MusicFlavor, both available from SoundCloud.  Finishing up was Orc March (ft. wolfsebastian, spinningmerkaba) by snowflake, which is available from ccMixter.  All seven of them are licensed under an Attribution license.

Since I generally prefer more permissive licenses anyway, I made it a goal this week to find only music which was available under an Attribution license.  So, I hope you like it, and hopefully you'll be able to use it in even more cool projects.

So, back to music.

We Hymn Thee, We Bless Thee (anonymous) (1:43)
The North (0:22)
Clearing the trails (0:28)
Kayan Trailer (edited) (1:32)
Disabled emotions suite: Part 1 (5:07)
Rites (2:06)
Rise above the ranks (2:42)

That was We Hymn Thee, We Bless Thee (anonymous) by Dr. Emiliyan Stankov, which is available from Jamendo, followed by The North by Kevin MacLeod and available from incompetech.com.  After that was Clearing the trails by Sebastian, which is available from Jamendo, and a slightly edited version of Kayan Trailer by Remix Music, which is available from SoundCloud.  Then we had Disabled emotions suite: Part 1 by zero-project, available from zero-project.gr, and Rites by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  Finishing up was Rise above the ranks by EpicKayay MusicFlavor, which is available from SoundCloud.  All seven of them are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is BZFlag, a 3D cross-platform network multiplayer tank battle game.  The first public release was in 1993, and it's still under active development.  It's easy to set up and start playing online with other players from around the world.  It's available for Linux, BSD, Solaris and OpenIndiana, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at bzflag.org

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

Librivox
Moon waltz (3:58)
Piece for Disaffected Piano Two (5:28)
Goliath Test - FantaCratia Theme (1:26)
Into the Battle (2:45)
Superheroes(Short original soundtrack) (1:55)
The return of the king (2:44)
Riding Away (2:31)

That was Moon waltz by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr, and Piece for Disaffected Piano Two by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  After that was Goliath Test - FantaCratia Theme by Christiaan Bakker, which is available from Jamendo.  Then we had Into the Battle by
FreeFilmMusic and Superheroes(Short original soundtrack) by kohen13, which are both available from SoundCloud, and The return of the king by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr.  Finishing up was Riding Away by FreeFilmMusic, which is available from SoundCloud.  All seven of them 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 jazz and other music that goes well with it.  See 'ya!

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