Bringing you some of the coolest open licensed music I've found. New episodes posted every Monday morning. Each episode will highlight a particular category/genre of music, and all music is available under a Creative Commons license.
Monday, December 31, 2012
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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Thursday, December 27, 2012
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
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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Monday, December 17, 2012
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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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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Monday, December 10, 2012
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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Monday, December 3, 2012
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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