Monday, June 23, 2014

Episode 50: Steampunk

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, some of which has lyrics.

(They Don't Make) Airships (Like They Used To Anymore) (4:15)
Pay McGroin and the Teleporting Sheep (2:46)
Alchemists Tower (0:57)
Graveyard Shenanigans (3:40)
the beginning (1:47)
The legend of terror (1:34)
High Noon Soundtrack (0:47)
Rush to the End! (1:08)

That was (They Don't Make) Airships (Like They Used To Anymore) by Confabulation of Gentry featuring Capt. John Sprocket from The Cog Is Dead, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Pat McGroin and the Teleporting Sheep by mrgeeza, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Alchemists Tower by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Graveyard Shenanigans by Steampianist, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was the beginning by IstaMusic, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had The legend of terror by Aledjones_music, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Next up was High Noon Soundtrack by Gemma Horbury and finishing up was Rush to the End! (Music by: Steven O'Brien), which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

Mechanical Hearts (2:52)
The Woven Dream - Epic Orchestral (1:26)
Zadok the Priest (1:46)
Smile - Sung by Chad Doeden (0:20)
The Laboratory (3:15)

That was Mechanical Hearts by Aldaron Del'Aenrysch, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was The Woven Dream - Epic Orchestral by Walid Feghali, which is available from SoundCloud and was licensed under an Attribution license as of February 24, 2013.  Then we had Zadok the Priest by Blindingham, Smile - Sung by Chad Doeden by Aaron's Records(Aaron A.), and finishing up was The Laboratory by Steampianist, all three of which are available from SoundCloud and 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 Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Ethereal(nop mix) (3:44)
Ludus Mobilis V: Toccata & Fugue (10:38)
CsO237(taeb) - music058 (1:45)
Time for Hope (ft. SackJo22, Ehma) (1:36)
Dill Pickle Rag (1:43)
Breaking the siege (2:01)
Sound Off (2:52)
Mad (5:23)

That was Ethereal(nop mix) by @nop, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was the very long song Ludus Mobilis V: Toccata & Fugue by the Society for the Development of New Music, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Next up was CsO237(taeb) - music058 by cso237, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Following that was Time for Hope (ft. SackJo22, Ehma) by Syenta, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Dill Pickle Rag by The Joy Drops, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Breaking the siege by Celestial Aeon Project, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Next up was Sound Off by John Phillip Sousa and performed by the United States Marine Band, which is available from Musopen and is licensed as Public Domain. Which is totally awesome.  Finishing up was an edited version of Mad by Mikey Mason, 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, 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, February 24, 2014

Episode 49: Funny 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 funny music, all of which has lyrics.

Quantum Entanglement (2:36) - The FuMP - BandCamp
AA Battery Controlled Telescopic Knife (3:33)
Love and Romance Game (3:03) - Jamendo - Internet Archive
You Might Be (4:29)
It's F***ing Cold Outside (edited) (1:29)

That was Quantum Entanglement by Glen Raphael, which is available from The Funny Music Project or his BandCamp website.  While you're at it check out some of his other songs on his BandCamp site - he's got some really hilarious stuff on there.  After that was AA Battery Controlled Telescopic Knife by Look Left, which is available from The Funny Music Project.  Then we had Love and Romance Game by Mind Cabaret, which used to be available from Jamendo but is now available at The Internet Archive.  Next up was You Might Be by Insane Ian, which is available from The Funny Music Project.  Finishing up was a maybe just a wee bit censored version of It's F***ing Cold Outside by Fortress of Attitude, which is available from The Funny Music Project.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

As of right now, when I'm putting this episode together, that song's currently hilariously relatable, however from the weather it's looking like by the time this airs it'll be a bit warmer.  Regardless, I don't normally like to play songs that I have to heavily censor, but that song was such a humdinger I figured it was worth censoring anyway.  I try to keep this podcast pretty much squeaky clean.  Hope you enjoyed it.

Kittens for Sale (2:45)
Firm Thighs (2:08)
Sprinkles On My Donut (4:30)
Autocomplete (Featuring Worm Quartet) (edited) (4:43)
I Love Doritos (2:05)

That was Kittens for Sale by TV's Kyle, which is available from The Funny Music Project.  After that was Firm Thighs by Fuzzy Logic, which is available from Jamendo. Then we had Sprinkles On My Donut by Art Paul Schlosser, which is available from The Funny Music Project Sideshow.  And, yeah, pretty much all of his songs are like that.  Next up was a somewhat edited version of Autocomplete (Featuring Worm Quartet) by Devo Spice, which is available from The Funny Music Project.  And finishing up was I Love Doritos by Todd Chappelle, which is available from The Funny Music Project Sideshow.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Mozilla Thunderbird, an e-mail client program.  It has functionality for checking, organizing, and sending e-mail from multiple providers and has a ton of plugins available which allow you to add even more functionality to it.  One plugin in particular I like is called Lightning, which adds calendar functionality.  It's very easy to use, easy to install, and is free and open source.  It's available for Linux, OS/2, OpenSolaris and OpenIndiana, BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.  Download it today from mozilla.org/thunderbird

Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors, followed by more music.  And as a heads-up, the first song in the next set is a really hard to locate joke that, if you get it, is hilarious, but if you miss or otherwise can't understand the first couple words it won't make any sense.  The joke is explained afterward, but keep your ears peeled.

The FuMP
Lorem Ipsum (4:33)
Free Water (edited) (4:21)
Best Game Ever (edited) (4:31)
T.F.O.S. (2:35)
The New Me (edited) (3:30)

That was an edited version of Podcast Promo by The FuMP, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Lorem Ipsum by kerrymarsh, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Those of you with design experience may have recognized that they were singing filler text called Lorem Ipsum.  Anyway, then we had a slightly edited version of Free Water by Redbox and the Chilipeppers, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Now, you'd think this'd be common sense, but based on conversations with some people, please don't do that.  Someone has to pay for your utility usage, be it water, gas, electricity, or otherwise and if it's not you it's just going to be made up for in your costs somewhere else eventually. Rant aside, next up was a slightly edited version of Best Game Ever by Mikey Mason, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was T.F.O.S. by Eoghnved Mmrkuudnen, which is available from The Funny Music Project Sideshow and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  And finishing up was an edited version of The New Me by Dino-Mike, 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 steampunk music.  See 'ya!

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Episode 48: Instrumental Acoustic

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 instrumental acoustic music.

Buckarooster (2:58)
A la Roberto, tema II (Quien fuera) (1:27)
Lessons Instrumental (2:41)
Joe's Acoustic (3:31)
Thursday (2:28)
5:4 (1:15)

That was Buckarooster by Doug Jamieson, and A la Roberto, tema II (Quien fuera) by clbustos, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Lessons Instrumental by Mission8, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Joe's Acoustic, which was available from SoundCloud but has since been removed, and was licensed under an Attribution license as of November 25, 2012.  Next up was Thursday by Andrew Aycoth and finishing up was 5:4 by shkadarns, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

I love alternative time signatures like 5:4.  I once tried putting together an episode of all songs in alternative time signatures, but they're a little hard to find since most people don't choose titles for songs based on their time signature.  I've had the same problem with finding songs which use a particular instrument.  So, on that note, if you know of any good open licensed 5:4 or 7:8 songs or anything like that, please let me know.

I40 - INTERSTATE (4:52)
Learn to Fly (Instrumental Version) (3:24)
East Side Bar (Instrumental) (3:15)
Five Seconds (instrumental) (2:39)
Spanish-ish (3:01)
Major12 (2:45)
Not A Thing To Be Grasped (1:17)

That was I40 - INTERSTATE by Bane Djakovic, which is available from Jamendo.  After that was Learn to Fly (Instrumental Version) followed by East Side Bar (Instrumental), both by Josh Woodward (Instrumental Versions) and available from Jamendo.  Next up was Five Seconds (instrumental) by The Background Clown, Spanish-ish and Major12 by (c) Jun Sugiyama 2012, and finishing up was Not A Thing To Be Grasped by JohnStuart, which are available from SoundCloud.  All seven songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution 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 for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors, followed by more music.

Around the World in 80 Days
Sereno(Acústico) (3:24)
Death On The Wind (4:17)
4am (3:24)
Serenite (5:10)
To gather around (3:19)
Let Me Be Your Cure (3:49)

That was Sereno(Acústico) by clbustos, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was Death On The Wind by Pattanga, and 4am by Bowl Of Ice Cream, which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Serenite by Oursvince, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Next up was To gather around by michele cigna, and finishing up was Let Me By Your Cure by Pattanga, which are both 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 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 funny music.  See 'ya!

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