Episode 43: Celtic 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 celtic music, probably about half of which has lyrics, but much of which is very traditional songs.  It's also a bit of a mix of old and new and not limited to Irish music.  So let's get started!

Whisky in the jar (2:43)
Reels: Tom Ward's Downfall / Sligo Maid / Mountain Road (4:17)
Up Kilkenny (Instrumental Version) (2:52)
Drink It Up (2:07)
Whisky You're the Devil (2:48)
The king of the fairies/the mermaid (2:33)
Achaidh Cheide (2:16)

That was Whisky in the jar by Brigan, which is available from Jamendo.  After that was Reels: Tom Ward's Downfall / Sligo Maid / Mountain Road by Lon Dubh, which is available from SoundCloud.  You actually see that style of playing celtic music quite frequently - traditional celtic songs tend to be a bit on the short side, so by stringing a mix of them back-to-back, you can put together kind of a nice mix.  They end up being a bit like building blocks.  All of those songs are considered a type of song called a "reel", so they all match and go together well.  Anyway, then we had Up Kilkenny (Instrumental Version) by Josh Woodward (Instrumental Versions), which is available from Jamendo.  Next up were Drink It Up and Whisky You're the Devil by 3 Sheets To The Wind, which are both available from SoundCloud.  After that was The king of the fairies/the mermaid by Brigan, which is available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Achaidh Cheide by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  All seven songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Long Road Ahead (2:29)
Jigger (Traditional goes Rock) (2:09)
Star of the County Down (5:11)
Irish (1:20)
04 Carousel 2 (4:03)
Folk Round (3:06)

That was Long Road Ahead by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Jigger (Traditional goes Rock) by vvsmusic and Star of the County Down by Marijanh, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had Irish by Alas Media and 04 Carousel 2 by Neilhammond, which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Marble, a cross-platform globe viewing program which up until recently I'd never heard of.  It's similar to another very popular earth viewing program.  It has some nifty features like selectable map graphics for showing satellite vs. road map vs. a map from 1689.  It also includes driving directions functionality, though it doesn't seem to be as far along in development.  Anyway, it's available for Linux, Maemo, MeeGo, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Check it out today at marble.kde.org

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

Librivox
Irish Mexicana (2:24)
Whisky in the Jar (2:58)
sous la pluie (3:48)
Skibbereen feat Heydline (4:34)
The Voice of Moss (2:17)
The Pullet and the Cock (2:11)

That was Irish Mexicana by Droxiav, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Whisky in the Jar by 3 Sheets To The Wind, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had sous la pluie by Adragante, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Skibbereen feat Heydline by Marijanh, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was The Voice of Moss by Walid Feghali, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Finishing up was The Pullet and the Cock by duck, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial 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 pop and rock.  See 'ya!

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Episode 42: Steampunk

Durango-Silverton RR Dec 01 | 24 bit (1:33)

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.  A bunch of the songs this week have vocals, but there are also a bunch of instrumentals, too.  So let's get started!

The Watchmaker's Apprentice (5:41)
Fig Leaf Rag - distressed (3:29)
Battle In The Sky - A Steampunk Orchestra (3:01)
Eighteenth Century (1:51)
"Epic" Orchestral Piece (3:00)
The Clockwork City (12/14) (1:55)
Frost Waltz (2:18)

That was a chunk of Durango-Silverton RR Dec 01 | 24 bit by BoilingSand, which is available from FreeSound and is licensed under an Attribution license.  If you ever get a chance to ride the Durango and Silverton, it is an excellent ride and well worth it to go see.  After that was The Watchmaker's Apprentice 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 Fig Leaf Rag - distressed by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Battle In The Sky - A Steampunk Orchestra by Walid Feghali and Eighteenth Century by Niklas Stagvall, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was "Epic" Orchestral Piece by Steven O'Brien and The Clockwork City (12/14) by David Cordero Chang, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  And finishing up was Frost Waltz by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Although I'm a big fan of open licensing, I also very much enjoy music from artists who are either independent or are on labels which kind of buck the trend of seemingly the majority of the mainstream music industry and actually like the fact that they have people listening to their music.  And with steampunk music, although I can't play it on here, there is a lot of really good stuff either direct published or on small labels.  A few songs I can heartily recommend listening to include:

- Airship Pirate by Abney Park
- Steph(v)enson by The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing (who actually released a version of that album on wax cylinder)
- All Hail the Chap by Mr. B The Gentleman Rhymer
- I Want Only You by The Cog Is Dead
- Just Glue Some Gears On It (And Call It Steampunk) by Sir Reginald Pikedevant, Esquire
- Roustabout by Beats Antique
- and Lament for a Toy Factory by Dr. Steel

Most of this week's music was chosen more for a mechanical sound than for anachronistic style combinations.  Stuff that just sounded to me like it went well with a slow speed reciprocating engine.  Not everyone considers the same things "steampunk music", since it's not a particularly well-defined genre, but this kind of thing falls pretty squarely into that category for me.

Steam Train Interior (2:16)
Railroad (1:42)
Atom Hub Toolshed_contextual_demo (0:36)
Tim Reed - Four Miniatures for Violin and Cello Duo (excerpt 1) (1:01)
Clockwork Symphony (2:30)
04 A Garden in Italy - The Archive Box - Stereochemistry (4:10)

That was a chunk of Steam Train Interior by allh, which is available from FreeSound and is licensed under the CC0 license.  After that was Railroad by Jake Tickner and Atom Hub Toolshed_contextual_demo by Walid Feghali, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Tim Reed - Four Miniatures for Violin and Cello Duo (excerpt 1) by Tim Reed, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was Clockwork Symphony by Psarius and finishing up was 04 A Garden in Italy - The Archive Box - Stereochemistry by stereochemistrymusic, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is OpenTTD, a transportation network simulator where your job is to build a system of road, rail, air, and ship routes to connect together towns and industries to move people and goods around the map in the most efficient way possible.  It's a little like if you took just the transportation components of a city simulator and extended it into its own game.  For example, not only do you build train stations and tracks, but the terrain of the tracks will slow down your trains if they hit a hill.  You also have to do regular maintenance on your vehicles and even build their routes and schedules.  I'll admit I'm pretty terrible at playing it, partially due to my propensity to overuse trains instead of other forms of transportation, but I still have a lot of fun playing it.  It's available for Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris and OpenIndiana, AmigaOS and MorphOS, BeOS and Haiku, OS/2, RISC OS, Android, PalmOS, Symbian, Nintendo DS, Wii, PSP, Apple iOS, Mac OS X, MS-DOS, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today at openttd.org

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

20000 Leagues under the Seas
Tower Bridge old machine room (1:00)
CONCERNS (3:36)
Monomental (3:20)
Prelude No. 7 in A major, Op. 2g on a crappy old, out of tune, upright piano (1:44)
Shine On, Harvest Moon (1:55)
Ain't Nobody's Business (5:44)
Steampunk Girl (3:56)

That was Tower Bridge old machine room by The London Sound Survey, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was CONCERNS by AKAJULES and Monomental by aledjones_musics, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had Prelude No. 7 in A major, Op. 2g on a crappy old, out of tune, upright piano by Steven O'Brien, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Shine On, Harvest Moon by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth and performed by Bill Kramme singing with himself, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Ain't Nobody's Business by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins and performed by Cryindtbuffkin, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Steampunk Girl by John Anealio, which is available from his website at johnanealio.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial 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 celtic music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 41: 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.

The Honors March (0:45 @ 0:10)
Habanera (4:07 @ 0:51)
Divertissement - Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia) (1:38 @ 5:01)
Hebrides Overture/Fingal's Cave (11:22 @ 6:36)

That was The Honors March by John Phillip Sousa and performed by the US Navy Band, which is available from Musopen and is licensed as Public Domain.  After that was Habanera from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet and performed by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Divertissement - Pizzicato (from the ballet Sylvia) by Léo Delibes and performed by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was The Hebrides overture or Fingal's Cave by Felix Mendelssohn and performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra for the Musopen project, which is available from Musopen and is licensed as Public Domain.

As you've just heard, this week's episode is not all Public Domain like I usually aim for for cartoon music episodes.  But it is still Attribution, so there's still plenty you can do with this music.

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

Prelude to act 3 and bridal chorus (from Lohengrin) (6:33 @ 18:54)
Home Sweet Home (1:17 @ 25:26)
The Messiah, Hallelujah (3:51 @ 26:43)
La Cumparsita (3:47 @ 30:36)
Canon in D Major (5:55 @ 34:25)

That was Prelude to act 3 and bridal chorus from Lohengrin by Richard Wagner and performed by the United States Marine band, which is available from Musopen and is licensed as Public Domain.  After that was Home Sweet Home by Sir Henry Bishop and performed by Lucas Gonze, which is available from soupgreens.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  That recording could probably be considered a form of historical preservation - he used not only sheet music but instruments from 1900 and earlier to play it and has the sheet music available on his website if you want to try playing it yourself.  Then we had The Messiah, Hallelujah by George Frideric Handel and performed by Orchestra Gli Armonici, which is available from Musopen and is licensed as Public Domain.  Next up was La cumparsita by Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, which is available from Wikipedia and is licensed as Public Domain.  Finishing up was Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel and performed by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is DOSBox, an x86 emulator specifically intended for running old games.  For those of you unfamiliar with emulators, when you run DOSBox, it basically boots up a simulation of an old computer inside of your new one, allowing you to run old programs that no longer run properly on modern computers.  DOSBox runs pretty much everywhere - there's even a port of it for my cell phone.  It's available for Linux, BSD, OS/2, OpenSolaris and OpenIndiana, BeOS and Haiku, Kolibrios, RISC OS, XBox, PSP, Wii, Palm OS, webOS, Symbian, Maemo, BlackBerry Tablet OS, Android, Apple iOS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and probably many more.  Check it out today at dosbox.com

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

Nonsense Novels
Also Sprach Zarathustra (1:26 @ 44:03)
Rock-A-Bye Baby (5:22 @ 45:25)
Pop Goes The Weasel Music Box (0:16 @ 50:46)
Sobre las Olas (7:27 @ 51:02)
Manhattan Beach (2:17 @ 58:30)

That was the Sunrise fanfare from Also Sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss and performed by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Rock-A-Bye Baby by an unknown composer and performed by Nexus 6, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Pop Goes The Weasel Music Box, again originally by an unknown composer, performed by cgrote, which is available from FreeSound and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Sobre las Olas by Juventino Rosas and synthesized by, and I'm going to give this my best shot, Alberto Eliseo Méndez Blackaller y orquesta XYZ Antares, which is available from IMSLP and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Manhattan Beach by John Phillip Sousa and performed by the United States Marine Band, which is available from Musopen 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 steampunk music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 41: Cartoon Music by Ralph Wacksworth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.