Thursday, January 24, 2013

Episode 36: Funny Music


Hi everyone!

Sorry about the lateness this week.  Caught the flu something awful and burned through my buffer.  Finally starting to get caught up.  I'm behind enough now next week's episode might be a bit late as well, but I'm going to give it a try to get it out on time.

My advice: don't catch the flu.  It's not a good idea.

And if you decide to ignore that warning, they say laughter is the best medicine, so enjoy this week's episode!

- 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 funny music.  As a heads-up, all of the songs this week have lyrics, and even the things that aren't songs do.  So, let's get a'listenin'.

Calling All Bars (2:38 @ 0:17)
Renderin' (edited) (2:11 @ 2:56)
Mwahaha (3:55 @ 5:06)
Gorilla My Dreams (1:30 @ 9:00)
The CC BY Song (Telecasterized edition) (ft. Loveshadow) (edited) (2:19 @ 10:30)
Blue Lego (Steve Jobs Hates Flash) (3:19 @ 12:50)

That was Calling All Bars by Mind Cabaret, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was a slightly edited version of Renderin' by Bill Mills, which is available from The Funny Music Project Sideshow and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had Mwahaha by Oookla The Mok and Gorilla My Dreams by Glen Raphael, which are both available from The Funny Music Project and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Next up was a slightly edited version of The CC BY Song (Telecasterized edition) (ft. Loveshadow) by Admiral Bob, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Blue Lego (Steve Jobs Hates Flash) by John Anealio, which is available from his website at johnanealio.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.

Staying Fat (edited) (2:46 @ 17:01)
Apple Feast (3:00 @ 19:46)
The Sandwich Song Singalong (2:26 @ 22:43)
Speed Racer Wannabe (edited) (3:13 @ 25:10)
Redesign Your Logo (4:21 @ 28:16)
Camera Phone LOL (2:26 @ 32:33)
Teach Your Baby Bass Guitar (edited) (4:43 @ 34:56)
Bedtime Blues (ft. Admiral Bob) (4:30 @ 39:29)

That was a slightly edited version of Staying Fat by Cirque du So What, Apple Feast by TV's Kyle, The Sandwich Song Singalong by Steve Goodie, a slightly edited version of Speed Racer Wannabe by Dino-Mike, which amazingly enough it sounds like he got permission to open license the sound bytes for, and Redesign Your Logo by Lemon Demon, all five of which are available from The Funny Music Project and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Camera Phone LOL by johnnyfoure, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  He also has a music video of it up on YouTube and encourages fans to make their own video.  Then we had a slightly edited version of Teach Your Baby Bass Guitar by Flat 29, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Finishing up was Bedtime Blues (ft. Admiral Bob) by Down With Ben, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is lichess, an open source online chess game.  Play against the computer or another human player, or use the included instructions to run a server yourself for your friends to play on.  It's apparently written largely in Scala, which I was a little surprised at since it's probably the largest project that I know of in that language.  Anyway, check it out today at lichess.org or download the source code at https://github.com/ornicar/lila

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

The FuMP
Emo brand razor fake commercial Phillip J Rhoades 2009 (0:10 @ 47:15)
Don't Jump (3:11 @ 47:25)
How to prepare instant noodles (0:55 @ 50:28)
The Pimple Song (3:00 @ 51:23)
Eat More Possum (edited) (2:12 @ 54:23)
My Conjoined Twin (2:32 @ 56:36)

That was an edited version of Podcast Promo by The Funny Music Project, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Emo brand razor fake commercial Phillip J Rhoades by phillip-j-rhoades, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had How to prepare instant noodles by Sonaje, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was The Pimple Song by Willie B Poppin, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was a slightly edited version of Eat More Possum by Bordercollie, which is available from The Funny Music Project Sideshow and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Finishing up was My Conjoined Twin by Todd Chappelle, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike 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 music with a bit of a western feel.  See 'ya!

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Episode 35: Ambient Environments


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 ambient environment sounds.

SpringCreekinForest (0:39 @ 0:11)
LargeStreamOverLoginForestMarch (1:05 @ 0:49)
Stream (2:16 @ 1:53)
quiet_stream (0:32 @ 4:06)
Stream running out into the sea (0:15 @ 4:36)
rollingsurfmix (3:01 @ 4:47)
harbor waves calm 01 (7:28 @ 7:42)
Ocean Waves (1:14 @ 14:58)
Waves in sea (1:32 @ 16:01)
Waves (1:28 @ 17:25)

That was SpringCreekinForest and LargeStreamOverLoginForestMarch by kvgarlic, Stream by bspiller5, quiet_stream by miregrobar, Stream running out into the sea by kiefspoon, rollingsurfmix by klangfabrik, harbor waves calm 01 by klankbeeld, Ocean Waves by ciccarelli, Waves in sea by Zoom H4, and finishing up was Waves by Beedy.  All ten sounds in this set are available from FreeSound and are licensed under the CC0 license.

This week's episode is entirely CC0-licensed.  You should really check it out - it's a very cool extremely permissive license that I'm a huge fan of which, in my opinion, is very much underused.  I've linked to it in the notes for this episode.  The artists this week deserve some major kudos for taking open licensing that far.

Quiet Spring Woodland Ambience (0:59 @ 19:49)
DeepWoodsBirdApril142012 (2:42 @ 20:43)
forest spring birds windy 3bft 1pm (9:40 @ 23:19)
SummerInsectChorus (1:20 @ 32:54)
chimes_part_3 (0:17 @ 34:09)
Muchty Chimes x3 (8:16 @ 34:15)

That was Quiet Spring Woodland Ambience by ecfike, DeepWoodsBirdApril142012 by kvgarlic, forest spring birds windy 3bft 1pm by klankbeeld, SummerInsectChorus by kvgarlic, chimes_part_3 by dADDoiT, and finishing up was Muchty Chimes x3 by 3bagbrew.  All six sounds in this set are available from FreeSound and are licensed under the CC0 license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Stellarium, a really nice star map and planetarium program.  Set your location, time and date you want to view from, and it'll show you what's visible in the sky and where it is.  It can tie in with computerized telescopes to aim them, it can show you where satellites and the International Space Station are, and you can even connect it to projectors if you want to build a full planetarium.  It's just a really cool program.  It's available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Check it out today at stellarium.org

Now for a very short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors, which was interesting to try and round up under a CC0 license, followed by more sounds.

031_sound_must_be_free_militant (0:02 @ 43:43)
freesoundfreesoundfreesound (edited) (0:20 @ 43:45)
Thunderstorm Crescendo (3:11 @ 43:47)
Thunderstorm, rain and thunder in the french countryside during the summer (2:00 @ 46:53)
2009 07 17 Thunderstorm in Berlin (7:20 @ 48:47)

That was 031_sound_must_be_free_militant by freesound, a chunk of freesoundfreesoundfreesound by stomachache, Thunderstorm Crescendo by tehspaz, Thunderstorm, rain and thunder in the french countryside during the summer by felix.blume, and finishing up was 2009 07 17 Thunderstorm in Berlin by faruku.  All five sounds in this set are licensed under the CC0 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 CC0 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 funny music.  See 'ya!

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Monday, January 7, 2013

Episode 34: Fantasy Adventure


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.

The White Cube (Kyrie Eleison) (1:27 @ 0:11)
City of Dwarves (5:56 @ 1:38)
The Death of Magic (3:35 @ 7:30)
From Honour To Horror (1:40 @ 11:04)
Beyond the Ocean of a Thousand Dreams (3:24 @ 12:44)
Disabled emotions suite: Part 6 (2:15 @ 16:05)

That was The White Cube (Kyrie Eleison) by jacinda espinosa, which is available from ccMixter.  After that was City of Dwarves by xterminal86, which is available from SoundCloud.  Then we had The Death of Magic by Mattias Westlund and From Honour To Horror by Christiaan Bakker, which are both available from Jamendo.  Next up was Beyond the Ocean of a Thousand Dreams by Aleksandr Kurilov, which is available from SoundCloud.  Finishing up was Disabled emotions suite: Part 6 by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr.  All six songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

I've mentioned it before, but if you haven't seen the short film Sintel, you might want to go check it out.  It was made using the open source animation program Blender, and revolves around a girl and her pet dragon.  It's licensed under an Attribution license and is available to watch online or download in a variety of formats and sizes all the way up to a 4K format packaged for playing in theaters.  Check it out today at sintel.org

Disabled emotions suite: Part 2 (4:09 @ 19:22)
Introduction (1:15 @ 23:29)
Crusade (3:18 @ 24:45)
Avalon (2:59 @ 27:59)
Marche de ferrel (trad) (2:37 @ 30:57)

That was Disabled emotions suite: Part 2 by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr.  After that was Introduction by Mertruve, which is available from Jamendo.  Then we had Crusade by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  Next up was Avalon and finishing up was Marche de ferrel (trad), both by Adragante, which are both available from Jamendo.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is MuseScore, a music notation and scoring program that makes it very easy to typeset sheet music.  You pretty much just click the staves to add notes to them in whatever lengths you want and it takes care of drawing all the stems and such and generally expressing the music you draw in using normal music notation rules.  It's really cool and, due to the number of automatic organization and cleanup features, makes it quite easy to typeset sheet music.  Even if you don't know much about musical theory, I'm confident you could still compose playable songs with relative ease with it.  It's available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at musescore.org

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

The Lost World
Valley of tears (3:50 @ 37:15)
Dragon Ride (5:32 @ 41:04)
Constancy Part One (1:05 @ 46:36)
Film Score: Upsrise (1:57 @ 47:39)
Summon the Wolves (2:13 @ 49:31)
Lord, Have Mercy (anonymous) (1:25 @ 51:43)

That was Valley of tears by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr.  After that was Dragon Ride by Aleksandr Kurilov, which is available from SoundCloud.  Then we had Constancy Part One by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  Next up was Film Score: Upsrise by M3XHIPY and Summon the Wolves by Clarence Yapp, which are both available from SoundCloud.  Finishing up was Lord, Have Mercy (anonymous) by Dr. Emiliyan Stankov, which is available from Jamendo.  All six 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 ambient environments.  See 'ya!

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