Episode 40: Harp 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 harp music.  As a heads-up, this episode is not safe for work.  Not for language, inappropriate content, or anything else except one thing: this stuff puts me to sleep.  Like, industrial strength lullabies.  Absolutely perfect for right before bed, but if you need to stay awake, you might want to wait to listen until another time.  So, with that, let's take a listen.  Sweet dreams!

Dante Axe - Harp Harmony (0:24 @ 0:31)
Piece for Flute and Harp (2:13 @ 0:55)
Harp Phrase 1 (0:24 @ 3:07)
Harp Fantasy (5:18 @ 3:26)
星へ (2:25 @ 8:40)
Harp Phrase 2 (0:14 @ 11:04)
The woman crying on the staircase (1:42 @ 11:16)

That was Dante Axe - Harp Harmony by DanteAxeProduction, Piece for Flute and Harp by Steven O'Brien, Harp Phrase 1 by Chino Yoshio, Harp Fantasy by Tom Yeshe, 星へ by ju-nya, Harp Phrase 2 by Chino Yoshio, and finishing up was The woman crying on the staircase by pmiedzinska, all seven of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

This week's another Attribution episode.  There's all kinds of stuff you can do to reuse this music and pass it along for others to enjoy.  All of the music this week is also from only one website - SoundCloud - which happened to have a ton of harp music under an Attribution license.  Jamendo had a few good ones, but the licensing was more restrictive, so they'll have to wait for another episode.  Anyway, with that, let's get back to listening to music.

Harp (3:50 @ 13:44)
Harp loop (0:32 @ 17:32)
SwiftBeats - harp (0:11 @ 18:04)
FiskaHarp (1:03 @ 18:13)
Another princess of mars (2:10 @ 19:13)
medieval boys (1:18 @ 21:22)
Memories (4:03 @ 22:41)
Celestia's Dusk (2:32 @ 26:44)
Guzheng practice (2:22 @ 29:16)
Siren ~ Original Song (1:31 @ 31:41)
Lalo (6:01 @ 33:12)

That was Harp by Chino Yoshio, Harp loop by ruchir-sharma, SwiftBeats - harp by Swift Beats, FiskaHarp by Jonathan Krüger, Another princess of mars by sanefiftyfour, medieval boys by clynos, Memories by Tudor Anghelina, Celestia's Dusk by NightBreeze7, Guzheng practice by Makavox, Siren ~ Original Song by Merryberry, and finishing up was Lalo by Alas Media, all eleven of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Mumble, an amazingly easy-to-use voice-over-IP solution.  It works a little like a conference call - multiple people can join a server and talk to each other.  In practice, it feels more like a walkie talkie or like you're in the same room as someone else rather than the formality of a phone call.  There is an integrated chat system, and all communications are encrypted.  The cool thing is that it pretty much comes with all the defaults to just kind of work, and what there isn't a default for, it walks you through setting up the first time you launch it.  It's available for Linux, BSD, Maemo, Apple iOS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and probably buildable for just about any other platform supported by Qt.  Check it out today at mumble.sourceforge.net

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

Librivox
The garden of earthly delights (3:36 @ 40:55)
Tο παιχνίδι (The Game) (6:04 @ 44:16)
仮歌用 (1:45 @ 50:21)
By the Fire (1:59 @ 52:06)
Morning Glory (2:43 @ 54:02)

That was The garden of earthly delights by pmiedzinska, Tο παιχνίδι (The Game) by CallMeViking, 仮歌用 by ju-nya, By the Fire by Ralf Kleemann - Harpist, and finishing up was Morning Glory by Alphonsin, all five 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 cartoon music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 39: 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 electronic music.

Electron Stack (5:04 @ 0:11)
The silent force (5:30 @ 5:15)
Midnight Mystery (4:07 @ 10:45)
starmann65_A Moment of Silence for Japan (3:35 @ 14:52)
RnB Japan (3:47 @ 18:27)

That was Electron Stack by Obtuse, which is available from his website at obtusemusic.bandcamp.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was The silent force by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Midnight Mystery by diabolist, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was starmann65_A Moment of Silence for Japan by ®starmann65 and finishing up was RnB Japan by ADC LEVEL, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

Parametaphoriquement (ft. Morusque (aka Nurykabe)) (edited) (4:49 @ 22:57)
Maybe (ft. AlexBeroza) (4:10 @ 27:02)
Steam Train To Mallaig [+pipes] (v2) (2:29 @ 31:08)
Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment ) (ft. Airtone) (5:15 @ 33:37)

That was an edited version of Parametaphoriquement (ft. Morusque (aka Nurykabe)) by gmz, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Maybe (ft. AlexBeroza) by DoKashiteru, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Then we had Steam Train To Mallaig [+pipes] (v2) by djredowl, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Drops of H2O ( The Filtered Water Treatment) (ft. Airtone) by J.Lang, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Cube Trains, a neat little puzzle game where you have to route trains to get them from the start to the end without colliding with each other.  The red trains and green trains each have two stations you have to build routes between without letting them collide.  The challenge comes in that you're building in an urban environment and have limited space between the buildings.  So you have to start thinking vertically, adding multiple levels and building bridges to route tracks over the top of each other.  It's a very cool game, and one which you should try.  It's available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at cubetrains.com

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

ccMixter Rap (with Music)
Light Patterns (3:44 @ 42:08)
Ethereal Space (cdk Mix) (ft. snowflake) (3:58 @ 45:48)
(tomorrow's) (2:57 @ 49:43)
Barrilada no (1:57 @ 52:39)
Ambiphonic (5:06 @ 54:31)

That was ccMixter Rap (with Music) by Togora and Light Patterns by morgantj, both of which are available from ccMixter and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Ethereal Space (cdk Mix) (ft. snowflake) by cdk, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had (tomorrow's) by Sheep Studio~* and Barrilada no by BrunoXe, and finishing up was Ambiphonic by Zeropage, all three of which are available from Jamendo 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 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 harp music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 39: Electronic by Ralph Wacksworth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Episode 38: Chiptunes

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 chiptunes.

Press Start (0:52 @ 0:10)
130 Chiptune Lead A (0:07 @ 1:01)
Continue 2 (1:19 @ 1:09)
16 (1:16 @ 2:26)
Close To You (edited) (1:33 @ 3:42)
Boss (1:07 @ 5:11)
Tasty (3:36 @ 6:16)
Snegurochka's Gameboy (0:50 @ 9:51)
One Hour Compo: Mechanized Whalesong [Famitracker Chiptune] (2:08 @ 10:41)

That was Press Start by Andrey Avkhimovich, which is available from Jamendo.  After that was 130 Chiptune Lead A by Rave.Vic Sample Pool, Continue 2 by 8-BITchin'tendo, 16 by bobbobowitz, a slightly edited version of Close To You by Killer Katana, Boss by 8-BITchin'tendo, Tasty by lightsoda, Snegurochka's Gameboy by Brettstuff, and finishing up was One Hour Compo: Mechanized Whalesong [Famitracker Chiptune] by Patashu, all eight of which are available from SoundCloud.  All nine songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

This week's another Attribution music week, partially because I love the permissiveness of the license and partially because due to that I'd love to see someone use some of this music to make some more open source games.  There are a ton of games already that run on Linux, but open licensed songs are a great way to push a game idea forward without it being quite as difficult.

And on that note, I'd like to mention OpenGameArt again.  They have all kinds of open licensed resources for making games, including graphics, sound effects, music, and 3D models.  If you're interested more in programming or level design than drawing sprites, or even if you just want some stand-in graphics to prototype your game with, this site is a great resource.  Check it out at opengameart.org

So, with that, let's get back to listening to music.

Spiff Tune - Jungle Relics (2:52 @ 14:09)
Chiptune Playground (edited) (0:44 @ 16:59)
Retro (0:44 @ 17:12)
Like a Ghost (8Bit Chiptune) (0:51 @ 17:57)
Tokyo Escapade (1:37 @ 18:48)
Sandra Rosa Madalena - NES Chiptune (2:20 @ 20:22)
Nights of Mischief ( 8-Bit Chiptune ) (1:04 @ 22:43)
12 04 29 Arms (1:32 @ 23:47)
Chance (1:35 @ 25:19)
Spiff Tune - The Beach (1:46 @ 26:47)
Wot (0:34 @ 28:30)
The soundtrack to my happiness last summer (2:40 @ 29:05)

That was Spiff Tune - Jungle Relics by Spiff Tune and an edited version of Chiptune Playground by Malyatrax, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Retro by Jensan, which is available from OpenGameArt and is licensed under the CC0 license.  Then we had Like a Ghost (8Bit Chiptune) by Holms, Tokyo Escapade by __twc, Sandra Rosa Madalena - NES Chiptune by Sacola Man, Nights of Mischief ( 8-Bit Chiptune ) by MajesticMastermind, 12 04 29 Arms by LestatV3, Chance by bobbobowitz, Spiff Tune - The Beach by Spiff Tune, Wot by Kandit, and finishing up was The soundtrack to my happiness last summer by kinkinkijkin, all nine of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Numpty Physics, a game where you draw doodles to try to get a ball from its starting point to the star at the end of the level.  Everything in the level is driven by a physics simulator, so when you draw a line, it can anchored to something to keep it more solid or not anchored if you want it to fall.  So, for example, if you need to get the ball from a high point to a lower point, you might draw a ramp.  If you want to launch the ball somewhere, you might draw a seesaw by drawing a triangle for a fulcrum, drawing a lever above it, then drawing a heavy scribble above it to drop on the other end of the lever.  It's a cool game concept that's been done multiple times before, but this one happens to be open source.  It's available for Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris and OpenIndiana, Maemo, MeeGo, Sony PSP, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows and Windows Mobile.  Check it out today at numptyphysics.garage.maemo.org

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

Librivox
Morningsteak (2:44 @ 33:49)
Chipswing (1:31 @ 36:34)
The End (1:09 @ 38:05)
Baby's First Chiptune (1:35 @ 39:11)
Song 4 (5:06 @ 40:46)
Saw Adventure (3:41 @ 45:47)
Never Stop Running (8-Bit) (edited) (4:00 @ 49:27)
BETA31 (0:17 @ 51:44)
You Win (0:52 @ 52:01)
Sega Street (0:39 @ 52:54)
Boarding in Green Valley (1:59 @ 53:33)

That was Morningsteak by tozo, Chipswing by bobbobowitz, The End by 8-BITchin'tendo, Baby's First Chiptune by AndrewFM, and Song 4 by Aeko_, all five of which are available from SoundCloud.  After that was Saw Adventure by Andrey Avkhimovich, which is available from Jamendo.  Then we had an edited version of Never Stop Running (8-Bit) by FoxSynergy, which is available from OpenGameArt.  Next up was BETA31 by Cosmos Computer Music, You Win by 8-BITchin'tendo, Sega Street by Brettstuff, and finishing up was Boarding in Green Valley by Killer Katana, all four of which are available from SoundCloud.  All eleven 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 electronic music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 38: Chiptunes by Ralph Wacksworth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Episode 37: Western

Still catching up.  Next week's episode will be late as well, but hopefully not quite as late.  Enjoy this week's episode!

- 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 music with a bit of a western feel.

Western-Time (1:14 @ 0:11)
Western last song (1:53 @ 1:23)
Saddle Up And Ride, Cowboy (1:48 @ 3:14)
Acoustiblues - INSTRUMENTAL VERSION (0:45 @ 5:02)
Lookin' at Clouds (1:30 @ 5:47)
Blue Grass Stomp (3:06 @ 7:17)

That was Western-Time by aledjones_musics and Western last song by Javier Arnanz, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Saddle Up And Ride, Cowboy by Joe Reichel, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Acoustiblues - INSTRUMENTAL VERSION by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Lookin' at Clouds by Doug Jamieson, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  And finishing up was Blue Grass Stomp by lucas_gonze, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Slide Cowboy (2:17 @ 11:05)
19 - Ragtime Annie (4:32 @ 13:16)
Brooklet Schottische (3:34 @ 17:49)
Untitled Blues (1:18 @ 21:22)

That was Slide Cowboy by Oursvince, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was 19 - Ragtime Annie by pbradv, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Brooklet Schottische by The Joy Drops, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  They also have sheet music for it on there if you want to learn to play it yourself.  Finishing up this set was Untitled Blues from the album Ben Reynolds at The Nave by ARTSomerville, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Wireshark, which along with libpcap, acts as a packet sniffing and network protocol analysis program.  Essentially it captures raw network traffic and allows you to analyze exactly what was communicated, in which direction, and with whom.  You need to be careful how you use it so you're not using it to capture data that's not yours, but it's incredibly handy for tracking down network problems.  It's available for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Check it out today at wireshark.org

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

Around the World in 80 Days
The Forsaken (4:31 @ 25:34)
Western (1:12 @ 30:04)
Mission to Moscow (4:49 @ 31:16)
Morte Et Dabo (Gift of Death) FINAL VERSION (4:15 @ 35:59)
35 - Turkey In The Straw (4:42 @ 40:13)
theBigGlitch (ft. panu moon, subdes2) (4:10 @ 44:55)
Jumping (5:02 @ 49:04)

That was The Forsaken by William J. Le Petomane, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Western by rangelife_, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Mission to Moscow by Western Swingtones, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was Morte Et Dabo (Gift of Death) FINAL VERSION by DavidNilsson, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was 35 - Turkey In The Straw by pbradv, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had theBigGlitch (ft. panu moon, subdes2) by airtone, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  And finishing up was Jumping by Oursvince, which is available from Jamendo 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 chiptunes.  See 'ya!

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Episode 37: Western by Ralph Wacksworth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.