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 by Jonathan Coulton.
Code Monkey (edited) (3:09)
Mandelbrot Set (edited) (4:24)
Curl (edited) 3:18)
The Presidents (4:08)
That was a slightly edited version of Code Monkey, Mandelbrot Set, and Curl. Mandelbrot Set was edited now that Dr. Mandelbrot is no longer with us. And finishing up was The Presidents. All four of them are by Jonathan Coulton.
In fact, all of the songs in this episode are by Jonathan Coulton and are available on his website at jonathancoulton.com and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. Not all of his songs are open-licensed. There are a few songs he can't do that with, like the song Still Alive that he wrote for the game Portal, but almost all of his music is open-licensed. This episode partially came about because of a discussion a while back where a few of the people in a technical group I'm part of didn't know who he was, despite having heard a bunch of his music. So, consider this an introduction to a well-known musician whose name is not as well-known.
Although most of his music is open-licensed, he does sell CDs and digital downloads in FLAC, OGG, and MP3 formats on his website. There's also various merchandise and the tour schedule for his live shows. Again, his site is at jonathancoulton.com
So, anyway, let's get back to listening to more of his music.
Furry Old Lobster (2:00)
Seahorse (3:28)
I'm Your Moon (3:12)
Under the Pines (3:36)
That was Furry Old Lobster, which you can find some awesome videos of online under their latin name "enhydra lutris". After that was Seahorse, followed by I'm Your Moon, which was sung from the perspective of Pluto's moon Charon. Neat piece of info there that the song refers to is how Pluto and Charon are face-locked, so the same side of each is facing the other, and Charon is large enough that they both revolve around a point between them rather than Charon only revolving around Pluto like you see in larger planets. Finishing up was Under the Pines, which is about a large cryptid. All of them are by Jonathan Coulton, are available from his website, and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.
The Humble Bundle is still running for a few more days, and they've added more games. Check it out today at humblebundle.com
Back to music.
The Big Boom (2:37)
Re: Your Brains (4:31)
Bacteria (2:35)
Creepy Doll (4:00)
That was The Big Boom, which was written in response to a thunderclap that was strong enough to set off car alarms around where he was staying at the time. After that was Re: Your Brains, one of his better-known songs, then Bacteria. Finishing up was Creepy Doll. All of them are by Jonathan Coulton, are available from his website, and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.
Today's app-of-the-day is Chromium. Sort of. The Chromium browser project at chromium.org is the base on which Google Chrome is built. It lacks the built-in Flash Player and PDF viewer from Google Chrome, but these can generally be added back in as plugins. More importantly it lacks the usage tracking of Google Chrome. Most Linux distros I've used already have it as an installable option in their repos, and there are places online you can download builds of plain Chromium, but outside of Linux I generally prefer SRWare Iron. It's a nicely packaged version of Chromium, complete with lack of usage tracking, and it's also open source. Essentially it's an easy way to install Chromium, and it's available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Download it today at srware.net
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by a bit more music.
Nonsense Novels
Stroller Town (2:47)
SkyMall (3:55)
A Talk with George (edited) (3:04)
Just as Long as Me (2:13)
Mr. Fancy Pants (1:19)
That was Stroller Town, followed by SkyMall. After that was a slightly edited version of A Talk with George, which was about George Plimpton, a guy who if you read his history is the embodiment of the phrase "try everything once". Finishing up was Mr. Fancy Pants. All of them are by Jonathan Coulton, are available from his website, and are 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 Xubuntu Linux, Gentoo Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 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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Monday, August 27, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Episode 14: 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.
Rotational Authority (4:12)
Space Saloon (3:12)
dancendtrance (2:51)
fly away (3:12)
That was Rotational Authority by Phantasma, which I've listened to probably more times than is healthy since I discovered it about a week ago. That song is the one that cemented this episode as being electronic music when the episode was still in the planning stage. It's available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Space Saloon by Eclectic Electronic, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up were dancendtrance and fly away, both by Sekula Wieslaw, both available from Jamendo, and both licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
This week has more than an hour of music lined up, so I'd like to get back to music soon. But first, I'd like to mention that the Humble Bundle is back. This time it's games again, but they do come with soundtracks, and boy are a couple of the games ever fun. They're available for Linux, Android, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Check it out today at humblebundle.com
So, anyway, back to music.
Hornet (instrumental edit) (4:48)
save the world (2:53)
System 4 (4:02)
Blue Nexus (3:22)
That was an instrumental edit of Hornet by George_Ellinas, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was save the world by Sekula Wieslaw, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Next up was System 4 by Eclectic Electronic, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license. And finishing up was Blue Nexus by Obtuse, which is available from his website at obtusemusic.bandcamp.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
That last one was rather interesting in that I've listened to Obtuse's music for a while and have always very much liked it but none of it that I'd found was open licensed. I talk to him once in a while anyway, and I saw he was in an IRC chat channel I frequent, so I asked him if he had any open licensed music that I just
wasn't finding. He didn't, but shortly after looking into open licensing, he now does. The albums on his BandCamp site are available for purchase under a pay-what-you-want model and two of his albums are also now open licensed. As usual for anyone I promote, I have no affiliation other than already knowing him. He just has some awesome music, and I'm excited to be able to play it now.
So, with that said, let's get back to music.
Phobos Moon (5:54)
Do not come back. (3:51)
Electronic moment (2:58)
Triggernometry (ft. PattsiPeng) (instrumental version) (3:50)
Syndrome (3:15)
Aliens (ft. Mind Map That, My Free Mickey) (5:09)
That was Phobos Moon by Andrey Avkhimovich, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Do not come back. by UzDjLai and Electronic moment by Kevin Pellegrini, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license. Next up was the instrumental version of Triggernometry (ft. PattsiPeng) by 7OOP3D, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. Then we had Syndrome by Phantasma, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. And finishing up was the instrumental version of Aliens (ft. Mind Map That, My Free Mickey) by timberman, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.
Today's app-of-the-day is 7-Zip. It makes and opens archive files like zip and tar files. Pretty basic, but beautiful in its simplicity and the fact that it runs pretty much everywhere. A version of it is available for Linux, BSD, BeOS, AmigaOS, Solaris and OpenIndiana, AIX, Mac OS X, MS-DOS, and Microsoft Windows. Download it today at 7-zip.org
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by a bit more music.
Librivox
I make you a Spaceman (2:57)
Dead (4:46)
Dj Devi - There Is Nothing After (5:59)
That was I make you a Spaceman by Kevin Bryce, which is available from Free Music Archive and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was Dead by Alex F and finishing up was Dj Devi - There Is Nothing After by Dj Devi, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution license. I thought the title of that last song was quite fitting.
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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 music by Jonathan Coulton. See 'ya!
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Monday, August 13, 2012
Episode 13: Rock and Vocals
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 rock and other music with vocals, which I generally group together. And as usual for episodes I post that have vocals, as a heads-up, this one does have vocals, and while I consider them fairly clean, if you're in an environment where vocals are offensive you might want to listen to this one later.
American Dream Man (3:19)
Daylight (5:43)
Could I Be a Dream? (4:12)
London Again (clean edit) (3:32)
That was American Dream Man by Leslie Hunt and Daylight by SINGLETON, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was Could I Be A Dream? by Sean T Wright, and finishing up was a clean edit of London Again by The League, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution license.
To expand on why this isn't just a "rock" episode, I'm not entirely sure if all of these songs would fit into that genre. Most of them would, but rock encompasses so many different subgenera that I have a hard time classifying songs into or out of it. And besides, I usually group songs by "vocal" or "instrumental", since I listen to a lot more instrumental music than music with vocals. Depending on what I'm doing while listening to it, I sometimes find it a bit distracting. So that's why this episode is what it is - it's how I group music.
Cool site to check out today: VODO. They have open licensed videos including Pioneer One, Sintel, and a ton of others. One really interesting one on there is called The Yes Men Fix The World - P2P Edition, a different version of which is apparently also distributed by HBO. It's a rather humorous documentary where the two men known as The Yes Men hold hoax press conferences and presentations on behalf of companies and try to get people to believe the statements they're making. While I can't say I agree with their methods, I find it to be an extremely interesting watch due to the realization of how easily large news organizations can be duped. Good lesson in always thoroughly checking your sources. But, anyway, VODO (and with it, The Yes Men Fix The World) can be found at vo.do. No .com or anything - just vo.do
Anyway, now for a little bit sillier music.
Super Exotic 60's Beat (2:37)
Nincompoop (edited - instrumental version here) (1:52)
Glitter Bomb (2:36)
That was Super Exotic 60's Beat by Juanitos. After that was a mix between Nincompoop by Josh Woodward and Nincompoop (Instrumental Version) by Josh Woodward (Instrumental Versions), which I edited together to make a little bit cleaner version as far as the vocals go, considering I have at least one younger relative who might be listening to this. Finishing up was Glitter Bomb by Juanitos. All four of them are available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution license.
Those songs are awesome enough I figured I'd play them today, but that's it for silly stuff today. Let's move on to a bit more music. And just as a heads-up, the next song is in Spanish, and although I speak and understand passable Spanish, just like a lot of modern pop songs in English I have a hard time picking out the words from this song and there are no lyrics posted online, so I have no idea what they're actually saying. At any rate, it's an awesome song. Enjoy!
Camello (2:14)
Spinnin' (3:32)
Mezzamo - Ksa-Pse (3:08)
That was Camello by Los Faltones, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was Spinnin' by Alex, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license. And finishing up was Mezzamo - Ksa-Pse by Mezzamo, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Today's app-of-the-day is the Transmission BitTorrent client. Now, you may ask, why would I promote BitTorrent in a podcast dedicated to legal sharing of music? The answer is simple - for anyone out there uninformed, contrary to what a lot of people would like you to believe, BitTorrent is really a pretty awesome technology. The idea behind it is that rather than having files hosted in one place like a website, they're hosted by the other people who have already downloaded the files you want. It's an excellent way to cut bandwidth costs for hosting providers, which is why VODO distributes most if not all of their videos that way. Where people get into trouble with it is when they start downloading files which they do not have permission to, since by default many BitTorrent clients will automatically re-share the files you download. But if you avoid the seedy parts of the internet (*note* - pun fully intended :) ) and just share the stuff you have the rights to share, there's all kinds of open-licensed stuff you can download and help share. Many Linux distros can be downloaded and shared using BitTorrent as well as a whole bunch of open-licensed music and videos. I've already mentioned VODO, but Jamendo also runs a BitTorrent tracker for their music and there are a bunch of online college course videos that colleges have released under open licenses. So with that said, Transmission's a nice and very easy program to use for BitTorrent. It's available for Linux, BSD, various routers, Maemo, Mac OS X, and via an unofficial port on Microsoft Windows. It's downloadable at transmissionbt.com, unless you're on Microsoft Windows where you'll need to get the unofficial port from trqtw.sourceforge.net
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.
The FuMP
Your Hair Is On Fire (4:03)
I NEED YOUR LOVE (3:59)
Can't We All Just Get Along? (ft. DoKashiteru ,Steve Bryant,snowflake , Robert Siekawitch, Mikel Thomas,BillRayDrums) (4:02)
On Brevity (3:09)
That was a slightly 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 Your Hair Is On Fire by Leslie Hunt, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Then we had I NEED YOUR LOVE by SCOTT MCLEAN, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. Next up was Can't We All Just Get Along? (ft. DoKashiteru ,Steve Bryant,snowflake , Robert Siekawitch, Mikel Thomas,BillRayDrums) by copperhead, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Finishing up was On Brevity by Josh Woodward, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. I love that song. It reminds me a lot of Jonathan Coulton's music, which I didn't play today because I plan on doing a full episode of his music in the future.
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 Xubuntu Linux, 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, August 6, 2012
Episode 12: Western
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.
Longing for Tumbleweeds (ft. snowflake) (1:54)
Bearded_Gypsy_Band_-_Viochord (3:15)
La rupture (3:23)
Bama Country (3:33)
That was Longing for Tumbleweeds (ft. snowflake) by Admiral Bob, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Bearded_Gypsy_Band_-_Viochord by Kiah, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Then we had La rupture by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.
Just a quick reminder: The Humble Music Bundle is still available for the next few days. They've also added some extra bonus content, and just like last week I can heartily recommend the music. You choose how much you want to pay and who you want to pay it to. Cool concept, good music. Check it out today at humblebundle.com
And now, back to music.
Thing For Itself (ft. Pitx) (2:23)
Armadillo (3:14)
The Oregon Trail (instrumental remix) (2:58)
Ghost From the Past (6:51)
That was Thing For Itself (ft. Pitx) by unreal_dm, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. After that was Armadillo by Yubatake, which is available from OpenGameArt.org and is licensed under an Attribution license. Then we had an instrumental remix of The Oregon Trail by Kara Square, which is made of components from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. And finishing up was Ghost From the Past by Butterfly Tea, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Let's continue right on with some more music.
Quand je serai grand (3:11)
dead (2:49)
Hiccup Western (2:06)
Eastern Blues (2:57)
That was Quand je serai grand by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was dead by maxemaze and Hiccup Western by Carlier, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was Eastern Blues by Sombrero(s), which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Today's app-of-the-day is PuTTY, a cross-platform terminal, telnet, and SSH client. It gives you the ability to open terminal windows to many different types of command-line terminal servers, encrypted and not, network and serial. If you've been in IT for very much time, you've probably used this program at one point in time or another, and if you haven't yet, you probably will. What surprised me is that it's also available for platforms other than Microsoft Windows now. I'm used to using command-line ssh from Linux, but apparently now PuTTY is now available for Linux, BSD, Symbian, Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Windows Mobile. It's available for download at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.
Librivox
Petite chanson grivoise (0:54)
Cattails (2:39)
Santa Leone (3:04)
Dans un petit verre d'eau (3:25)
That was Petite chanson grivoise by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Cattails by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. Then we had Santa Leone by Pajaro, which is available from Free Music Archive and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was Dans un petit verre d'eau by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 rock and other music with vocals, which I tend to group together when I listen to them. See 'ya!
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Longing for Tumbleweeds (ft. snowflake) (1:54)
Bearded_Gypsy_Band_-_Viochord (3:15)
La rupture (3:23)
Bama Country (3:33)
That was Longing for Tumbleweeds (ft. snowflake) by Admiral Bob, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Bearded_Gypsy_Band_-_Viochord by Kiah, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Then we had La rupture by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was Bama Country by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.
Just a quick reminder: The Humble Music Bundle is still available for the next few days. They've also added some extra bonus content, and just like last week I can heartily recommend the music. You choose how much you want to pay and who you want to pay it to. Cool concept, good music. Check it out today at humblebundle.com
And now, back to music.
Thing For Itself (ft. Pitx) (2:23)
Armadillo (3:14)
The Oregon Trail (instrumental remix) (2:58)
Ghost From the Past (6:51)
That was Thing For Itself (ft. Pitx) by unreal_dm, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. After that was Armadillo by Yubatake, which is available from OpenGameArt.org and is licensed under an Attribution license. Then we had an instrumental remix of The Oregon Trail by Kara Square, which is made of components from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. And finishing up was Ghost From the Past by Butterfly Tea, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Let's continue right on with some more music.
Quand je serai grand (3:11)
dead (2:49)
Hiccup Western (2:06)
Eastern Blues (2:57)
That was Quand je serai grand by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was dead by maxemaze and Hiccup Western by Carlier, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was Eastern Blues by Sombrero(s), which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Today's app-of-the-day is PuTTY, a cross-platform terminal, telnet, and SSH client. It gives you the ability to open terminal windows to many different types of command-line terminal servers, encrypted and not, network and serial. If you've been in IT for very much time, you've probably used this program at one point in time or another, and if you haven't yet, you probably will. What surprised me is that it's also available for platforms other than Microsoft Windows now. I'm used to using command-line ssh from Linux, but apparently now PuTTY is now available for Linux, BSD, Symbian, Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Windows Mobile. It's available for download at www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.
Librivox
Petite chanson grivoise (0:54)
Cattails (2:39)
Santa Leone (3:04)
Dans un petit verre d'eau (3:25)
That was Petite chanson grivoise by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Cattails by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. Then we had Santa Leone by Pajaro, which is available from Free Music Archive and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was Dans un petit verre d'eau by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 rock and other music with vocals, which I tend to group together when I listen to them. See 'ya!
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Episode 11: Music from The FuMP
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 from The Funny Music Project.
Eatin' Paste (2:28)
Les's Morgue (squeaky clean edit) (2:28)
Operation: Desert Storm (squeaky clean edit) (3:59)
Dragon With ADHD (0:12)
That was Eatin' Paste by TV's Kyle, slightly edited versions of Les's Morgue by Steve Goodie and Operation: Desert Storm by Tom Smith, and finishing up was Dragon With ADHD by Rhubarb. All four of them are available from The Funny Music Project at thefump.com and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
This episode is about music from The Funny Music Project. Why? Because I've subscribed to their podcast of songs for years now and it occurred to me the other day that, oh yeah, it's all open-licensed! And on top of it, it's awesome music. They have a combination of parodies and original music, the latter of which we'll be listening to today, though the former is usually just as hilarious. Their website is at thefump.com, and they have a few different ways you can get their music. You can subscribe to their song podcast (and the Sideshow podcast, which is also very good), buy individual songs, donate, sign up for a subscription where you can listen to and download any song in their archive, sign up for a better subscription where you also get CDs sent to you...they give you lots of ways to get their music. The neat thing is their licensing policy at the bottom of their site, which is why I'm able to build this podcast - it's all open-licensed.
And just so you know, I have no affiliation with them. I just think they're awesome.
So, anyway, let's listen to some more of their music.
I Have a Tuba (squeaky clean edit) (4:04)
Multi-Tasking (2:24)
There's a Llama Inside My Fridge (2:53)
Not Dead (edited) (3:02)
That was I Have a Tuba by Kobi LaCroix, Multi-Tasking by Drew Jacobs, There's a Llama Inside My Fridge by TV's Kyle, and finishing up was a slightly edited version of Not Dead by Tony Goldmark. All four of them are available from The Funny Music Project at thefump.com and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
A quick reminder: how long has it been since you've backed up your computer? I run backups of my stuff to other computers and to drives which I make sure are disconnected from power in case of power surges. Having an off-site backup in case of a major disaster like a fire, flood, or tornado is a good idea as well. Fortunately I haven't had any major problems recently where I've needed my backups, but I read an article recently about the lengths someone had to go to to get their data back, and although it was interesting, it's a little saddenning to think that their backup strategy (or rather lack of one) failed so badly. So remember: back up your files.
Enough of serious. Let's get back to silly:
The Happy Song (4:32)
307 Ale (squeaky clean edit) (3:35)
Grumbledy (2:30)
A Song For Worm Quartet To Sing With TV's Kyle (2:17)
That was The Happy Song by Fox Amoore and Rhubarb, a slightly edited version of 307 Ale by Tom Smith, Grumbledy by TV's Kyle which he decided to do because we was sick at the time, and finishing up was A Song For Worm Quartet To Sing With TV's Kyle by Worm Quartet and featuring TV's Kyle. All four of them are available from The Funny Music Project at thefump.com and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
There are a number of songs from The Funny Music Project like that last one that kind of poke fun at themselves. Kyle, Are You Ian? and was a very good one, and then Devo Spice and Worm Quartet parodied it as Devo, Are You Shoebox? which was hilarious. How To Speak ShoEboX was another of my favorites, but I like to try to keep this podcast clean enough for work environments and it has a few swear words in it where it would lose part of its comedic value if I edited them out. So I'm not playing it here. But it is on The Funny Music Project's website if you want to check it out, and it is very worth listening to if you get a chance.
Another thing to check out this week: The Humble Music Bundle from the same people as the Humble Indie Bundle for games. They have five albums for purchase for a price of your choosing. If you pay more than the average price, you get a sixth album. And you can choose how much of your payment goes to different places, with two of the choices being charities. The downloads are available as either MP3 or FLAC, and there's some awesome music in there. It's only up for a few more days at this point, so check it out today at humblebundle.com. And, as usual, I have no affiliation with them - it's just a cool concept with good music.
Today's app-of-the-day is FreeCAD. FreeCAD is a very cool parametric CAD program that allows you to construct parts and assemblies in 3D. Basically, you draw your blueprints for various things in 2D using the geometry and constraint tools it has, then you take those and extrude or lathe them into a 3D part. After you turn it into a 3D part, you can then go back and change your drawing and the model will recalculate. It's pretty cool, and with the latest few versions they've really come a long way toward making it usable and stable. It's available for Linux, I think BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Download it today at
free-cad.sourceforge.net
Now for a short noncommercial break for a couple of our nonsponsors followed by more music.
ccMixter Rap (with Music) (1:54)
Renaissance Fair (1:35)
Turtle Riding a Dog (3:26)
The Twelve Signs Of Swine Flu (2:03)
Pirate Song (2:17)
We Are the Vikings (3:27)
That was ccMixter Rap (with Music) by Togora, available from ccMixter and licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. After that was Renaissance Fair by Morning Sidekick, Turtle Riding a Dog by TV's Kyle, The Twelve Signs Of Swine Flu by Steve Goodie, Pirate Song by Jonah Knight, and finishing up was We Are the Vikings by Kobi LaCroix. The five of them are available from The Funny Music Project at thefump.com and are 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 various styles of music with a bit of a western feel. See 'ya!
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Eatin' Paste (2:28)
Les's Morgue (squeaky clean edit) (2:28)
Operation: Desert Storm (squeaky clean edit) (3:59)
Dragon With ADHD (0:12)
That was Eatin' Paste by TV's Kyle, slightly edited versions of Les's Morgue by Steve Goodie and Operation: Desert Storm by Tom Smith, and finishing up was Dragon With ADHD by Rhubarb. All four of them are available from The Funny Music Project at thefump.com and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
This episode is about music from The Funny Music Project. Why? Because I've subscribed to their podcast of songs for years now and it occurred to me the other day that, oh yeah, it's all open-licensed! And on top of it, it's awesome music. They have a combination of parodies and original music, the latter of which we'll be listening to today, though the former is usually just as hilarious. Their website is at thefump.com, and they have a few different ways you can get their music. You can subscribe to their song podcast (and the Sideshow podcast, which is also very good), buy individual songs, donate, sign up for a subscription where you can listen to and download any song in their archive, sign up for a better subscription where you also get CDs sent to you...they give you lots of ways to get their music. The neat thing is their licensing policy at the bottom of their site, which is why I'm able to build this podcast - it's all open-licensed.
And just so you know, I have no affiliation with them. I just think they're awesome.
So, anyway, let's listen to some more of their music.
I Have a Tuba (squeaky clean edit) (4:04)
Multi-Tasking (2:24)
There's a Llama Inside My Fridge (2:53)
Not Dead (edited) (3:02)
That was I Have a Tuba by Kobi LaCroix, Multi-Tasking by Drew Jacobs, There's a Llama Inside My Fridge by TV's Kyle, and finishing up was a slightly edited version of Not Dead by Tony Goldmark. All four of them are available from The Funny Music Project at thefump.com and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
A quick reminder: how long has it been since you've backed up your computer? I run backups of my stuff to other computers and to drives which I make sure are disconnected from power in case of power surges. Having an off-site backup in case of a major disaster like a fire, flood, or tornado is a good idea as well. Fortunately I haven't had any major problems recently where I've needed my backups, but I read an article recently about the lengths someone had to go to to get their data back, and although it was interesting, it's a little saddenning to think that their backup strategy (or rather lack of one) failed so badly. So remember: back up your files.
Enough of serious. Let's get back to silly:
The Happy Song (4:32)
307 Ale (squeaky clean edit) (3:35)
Grumbledy (2:30)
A Song For Worm Quartet To Sing With TV's Kyle (2:17)
That was The Happy Song by Fox Amoore and Rhubarb, a slightly edited version of 307 Ale by Tom Smith, Grumbledy by TV's Kyle which he decided to do because we was sick at the time, and finishing up was A Song For Worm Quartet To Sing With TV's Kyle by Worm Quartet and featuring TV's Kyle. All four of them are available from The Funny Music Project at thefump.com and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
There are a number of songs from The Funny Music Project like that last one that kind of poke fun at themselves. Kyle, Are You Ian? and was a very good one, and then Devo Spice and Worm Quartet parodied it as Devo, Are You Shoebox? which was hilarious. How To Speak ShoEboX was another of my favorites, but I like to try to keep this podcast clean enough for work environments and it has a few swear words in it where it would lose part of its comedic value if I edited them out. So I'm not playing it here. But it is on The Funny Music Project's website if you want to check it out, and it is very worth listening to if you get a chance.
Another thing to check out this week: The Humble Music Bundle from the same people as the Humble Indie Bundle for games. They have five albums for purchase for a price of your choosing. If you pay more than the average price, you get a sixth album. And you can choose how much of your payment goes to different places, with two of the choices being charities. The downloads are available as either MP3 or FLAC, and there's some awesome music in there. It's only up for a few more days at this point, so check it out today at humblebundle.com. And, as usual, I have no affiliation with them - it's just a cool concept with good music.
Today's app-of-the-day is FreeCAD. FreeCAD is a very cool parametric CAD program that allows you to construct parts and assemblies in 3D. Basically, you draw your blueprints for various things in 2D using the geometry and constraint tools it has, then you take those and extrude or lathe them into a 3D part. After you turn it into a 3D part, you can then go back and change your drawing and the model will recalculate. It's pretty cool, and with the latest few versions they've really come a long way toward making it usable and stable. It's available for Linux, I think BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Download it today at
free-cad.sourceforge.net
Now for a short noncommercial break for a couple of our nonsponsors followed by more music.
ccMixter Rap (with Music) (1:54)
Renaissance Fair (1:35)
Turtle Riding a Dog (3:26)
The Twelve Signs Of Swine Flu (2:03)
Pirate Song (2:17)
We Are the Vikings (3:27)
That was ccMixter Rap (with Music) by Togora, available from ccMixter and licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. After that was Renaissance Fair by Morning Sidekick, Turtle Riding a Dog by TV's Kyle, The Twelve Signs Of Swine Flu by Steve Goodie, Pirate Song by Jonah Knight, and finishing up was We Are the Vikings by Kobi LaCroix. The five of them are available from The Funny Music Project at thefump.com and are 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 various styles of music with a bit of a western feel. See 'ya!
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Monday, July 23, 2012
Episode 10: Japanese
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 in Japanese. And to preface this for any of you who speak Japanese, this episode does have vocals, and my Japanese is not good enough to know what all of them say. So consider yourself warned if you're listening in an environment where vocals are offensive.
MICROCOSMOS (6:00)
Sunday Morning (3:29)
REDSHiFT ft. Megurine Luka - Lucid Dream (4:03)
#006 Nanairo Kimiiro Atashiiro TechnoDanceVersion featVOCALOID / vocal: VOCALOID (4:11)
That was MICROCOSMOS by NoMode and Sunday Morning by Naivepop or petitfool, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was REDSHiFT ft. Megurine Luka - Lucid Dream by REDHiFT Vocaloid Works, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was #006 Nanairo Kimiiro Atashiiro TechnoDanceVersion featVOCALOID / vocal: VOCALOID by Songs to Save You. That's got to be about the longest named song I've played on here. Anyway, it's available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
I love the sound of the Japanese language. The grammatical structure has got to be about the coolest I've seen in any human language I've studied. I've only really studied it enough that I can catch a few words here and there but not well enough to fully grasp the meanings of what they're singing. I also very much like the synthetic quality of music sung by a voice synthesizer, which works out well, since the latter often appears in the category of the former. I've run across a bit of voice synth music in other languages, but by and large it's mostly in Japanese.
But, my love for the language extends just as much to humans' use of it, so without further ado, let's continue with more music.
kibako (4:23)
I ♥ JAPAN！ウクレレで弾き語ってみた…【遠い世界に】 (1:09)
Perfect Daydream (Japanese Version) (1:53)
That was kibako by higashi-tonden-street FACTORY, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was I ♥ JAPAN！ウクレレで弾き語ってみた…【遠い世界に】 by hiikotori, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was Perfect Daydream (Japanese Version) by Oblivious, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
A side note if you're looking for open licensed music in Japanese - it's hard. As often happens, I had to drop a bunch of my normal Japanese music for license incompatibilities to the point where I had about a half hour of music, so as usual I went looking for more music to fill out the playlist. There seemed to be very little music out there that was in Japanese. Many of the ones with Japanese titles were either in English or instrumental, which I'm not opposed to but would be filed into another episode. I was also very unpleasantly surprised by how many of the songs I found were labelled as covers, and since they're most likely based on some commercial music I don't know, I can't very well include them in this podcast. But yet they were still labelled as open licensed. Made things quite difficult and time-consuming, since I had to go research whether or not songs *were* in fact based on something else and filter them out.
So, with that, let's continue with more music:
Vacation (5:12)
SLKP by Grünemusik (3:25)
Round & Round, Merry-Go-Round of Hate (reprise, a lullaby) by To-Den (4:14)
That was Vacation by NoMode, SLKP by Grünemusik by Grünemusik, and Round & Round, Merry-Go-Round of Hate (reprise, a lullaby) by To-Den by Grünemusik. All three of them are available from Jamendo and 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.
The FuMP
ハッピィケンキュウジョ (5:16)
[Vocaloid3 Megpoid]Hikari (1:02)
That was a slightly 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 ハッピィケンキュウジョ by MenT@i, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Finishing up was [Vocaloid3 Megpoid]Hikari by Chino Yoshio, which is available from SoundCloud 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 music from The Funny Music Project! See 'ya!
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MICROCOSMOS (6:00)
Sunday Morning (3:29)
REDSHiFT ft. Megurine Luka - Lucid Dream (4:03)
#006 Nanairo Kimiiro Atashiiro TechnoDanceVersion featVOCALOID / vocal: VOCALOID (4:11)
That was MICROCOSMOS by NoMode and Sunday Morning by Naivepop or petitfool, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was REDSHiFT ft. Megurine Luka - Lucid Dream by REDHiFT Vocaloid Works, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was #006 Nanairo Kimiiro Atashiiro TechnoDanceVersion featVOCALOID / vocal: VOCALOID by Songs to Save You. That's got to be about the longest named song I've played on here. Anyway, it's available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
I love the sound of the Japanese language. The grammatical structure has got to be about the coolest I've seen in any human language I've studied. I've only really studied it enough that I can catch a few words here and there but not well enough to fully grasp the meanings of what they're singing. I also very much like the synthetic quality of music sung by a voice synthesizer, which works out well, since the latter often appears in the category of the former. I've run across a bit of voice synth music in other languages, but by and large it's mostly in Japanese.
But, my love for the language extends just as much to humans' use of it, so without further ado, let's continue with more music.
kibako (4:23)
I ♥ JAPAN！ウクレレで弾き語ってみた…【遠い世界に】 (1:09)
Perfect Daydream (Japanese Version) (1:53)
That was kibako by higashi-tonden-street FACTORY, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was I ♥ JAPAN！ウクレレで弾き語ってみた…【遠い世界に】 by hiikotori, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was Perfect Daydream (Japanese Version) by Oblivious, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
A side note if you're looking for open licensed music in Japanese - it's hard. As often happens, I had to drop a bunch of my normal Japanese music for license incompatibilities to the point where I had about a half hour of music, so as usual I went looking for more music to fill out the playlist. There seemed to be very little music out there that was in Japanese. Many of the ones with Japanese titles were either in English or instrumental, which I'm not opposed to but would be filed into another episode. I was also very unpleasantly surprised by how many of the songs I found were labelled as covers, and since they're most likely based on some commercial music I don't know, I can't very well include them in this podcast. But yet they were still labelled as open licensed. Made things quite difficult and time-consuming, since I had to go research whether or not songs *were* in fact based on something else and filter them out.
So, with that, let's continue with more music:
Vacation (5:12)
SLKP by Grünemusik (3:25)
Round & Round, Merry-Go-Round of Hate (reprise, a lullaby) by To-Den (4:14)
That was Vacation by NoMode, SLKP by Grünemusik by Grünemusik, and Round & Round, Merry-Go-Round of Hate (reprise, a lullaby) by To-Den by Grünemusik. All three of them are available from Jamendo and 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.
The FuMP
ハッピィケンキュウジョ (5:16)
[Vocaloid3 Megpoid]Hikari (1:02)
That was a slightly 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 ハッピィケンキュウジョ by MenT@i, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Finishing up was [Vocaloid3 Megpoid]Hikari by Chino Yoshio, which is available from SoundCloud 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 music from The Funny Music Project! See 'ya!
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Episode 9: 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.
Washington Post (2:39)
Flight Of The Bumblebee (1:19)
Hungarian Dance No. 5 (0:45)
Overture to The Marriage of Figaro (4:42)
That was Washington Post by John Phillip Sousa and performed by the the United States Marine Band. It's available from Wikipedia or from the US Marine Band's website at marineband.usmc.mil. After that was Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms, both performed by the US Army Band and available from musopen.org. Finishing up was Overture to The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and performed by the NTNU Chamber Philharmonic. It's available from Wikipedia by permission from the orchestra. All four of them are licensed as Public Domain.
Just like the last Cartoon Music episode, each of the artists in this episode have graciously dropped just about any kind of restriction from this music and released their recordings to the public domain. I still want to make sure they're credited - I feel they deserve it even more for not forcing people to do so. For many years now the public domain has not grown like it used to due to the ways the copyright laws changed near the end of the 20th century, so it's nice to see some new stuff entering it. It's a pretty awesome thing for them to do. I really think that a lot of the reason so much of this is so recognizable is that, since the original
music for these is now public domain, they're used more, and I'm very much looking forward to the future where some of the currently-copyrighted music's copyrights will expire so it'll be reusable the same way.
This is a pretty good long episode, so let's listen to some more music.
Overture to William Tell (11:01)
Night on Bald Mountain (12:13)
That was Overture to William Tell by Gioacchino Rossini and performed by the United States Marine Band. Finishing up was Night on Bald Mountain by Modest Mussorgsky and performed by the Skidmore College Orchestra. Both of them are available from musopen.org and are licensed as Public Domain.
Today's app-of-the-day is Synergy. Synergy is a neat little system to let you use one keyboard and mouse to run multiple computers. So, for example, in my normal computer setup I have my desktop running Xubuntu Linux with its two monitors set up with the keyboard and mouse, and I have Synergy set up on my Gentoo Linux laptop so the cursor and keyboard smoothly move right over to it without having to plug in or unplug anything. Basically when my mouse hits the edge of the desktop's screen, it pops over onto the laptop's. And the great thing is that the computers involved don't have to run the same operating system. They have downloads for Linux, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, and iOS for iPad and iPhone devices, though I have little doubt there's a port available for BSD, OpenIndiana, etc. It's available from synergy-foss.org and is very simple to set up.
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our non-sponsors.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Grand Fantasie from Die Walkure (14:59)
Overture to the Light Cavalry (6:59)
That was Grand Fantasy from Die Walkure by Richard Wagner and performed by the United States Marine Band. It's available from musopen.org. Finishing up was Overture to the Light Cavalry by Franz von Suppé and also performed by the United States Marine Band. It's available from Wikipedia. Both are licensed as Public Domain.
So, that's all for today. I still have more cartoon music lined up for another episode. 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.
This episode was made using Xubuntu Linux, Gentoo Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Public Domain license, thanks to all of the music being available as Public Domain from musopen.org and Wikipedia. I would much rather distribute these episodes under more permissive licenses and will be doing so when I can. At any rate, 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 in Japanese! See 'ya!
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Monday, July 9, 2012
Episode 8: 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.
dreamer (3:51)
Cosmic Cafe (3:24)
Arp-Ego 1 (8:16)
That was dreamer by Sekula Wieslaw, Cosmic Cafe by Fortadelis, and Arp-Ego 1 by Loomeer, which are available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Again, this week's episode is very long, so in the interest of brevity, let's get right back to music.
Vocoda Evening (8:17)
Galaxie (4:10)
New Trance (inc stems) (ft. mind map that) (5:56) (edited)
That was Vocoda Evening by Loomeer, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was Galaxie by SIRIUS, which is also available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was an instrumental-edited version of New Trance (inc stems) (ft. mind map that) by stellarartwars, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.
There are a couple other songs I've got that feature mind map that (also known as Kara Square), one of which in particular probably is one of my most played songs in the last few months, but vocals just don't quite fit this episode. That song will certainly feature in a future episode, though, once I find a coherent category it
fits into. Right now it's kind of in my Misc. Cool Stuff, Head Sticker, and ccMixter lists. May even just do an episode with some of those in the future since a lot of the stuff that's on them is unique enough to kind of fall into a category of its own.
So, with that, back to electronic music.
Aksjomat przemijania (Axiom of going by) (9:05)
Another Moment Beside Reality (7:59)
The lovers (6:13) (appears to have since been removed from Jamendo - also available from archive.org)
That was Aksjomat przemijania (Axiom of going by) by Dieter Werner, followed by Another Moment Beside Reality by EXperience... and The lovers by Wojciech Wszelaki. All three of them are available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Today's app-of-the-day is Pidgin, a multiprotocol chat client. By my count, it supports at least 17 different protocols and/or providers, including AIM, Google Talk, IRC, and XMPP. It's a well-built program, there are all kinds of plugins available for it, and it runs on Linux, BSD, AmigaOS, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Download it today at pidgin.im
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors.
Librivox
Looking Forward (Radio edit) (6:44)
synthetic (3:55)
Smoke & Lights (8:30)
That was Looking Forward (Radio edit) by ED3-STUDIO and synthetic by _voice, both of which are available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Finishing up was Smoke & Lights by boomaga, 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 more cartoon music! See 'ya!
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Episode 7: Mystery and Spy 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 mystery and spy music.
Sneaky Snitch (2:16)
Gloomy (1:45)
The Snow Queen (3:40)
That was Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Gloomy by J.C.Vogt, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Finishing up was The Snow Queen by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.
This is a long episode, so I'm going to just continue on with some more music.
Déjà tout bu (1:51)
Inspector Thenard (1:49)
Intro (0:29)
Constancy Part Two (1:04)
Conspirando (0:25)
Matar al Detective (0:27)
That was Déjà tout bu by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Inspector Thenard by Butterfly Tea, and Intro by Balkan Balagan, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Following that was Constancy Part Two by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up were Conspirando and Matar al Detective, both by Pedro Amoros, which are available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
I know a good portion of my current listeners are from my local Linux Users' Group. I don't have a whole lot of listeners right now. But in case you've stumbled across this podcast from outside of me telling you about it, have you looked into joining any specialized local groups? We have quite a number of them in my town, to the point that one of our Linux group members put together a website to aggregate a bunch of the similar groups' schedules together into one nice handy little calendar. There are almost certainly some groups in your area for things you're interested in. We even discovered the other day that there's a regularly meeting FoxPro group in town. So get out there and socialize - there's lots of cool stuff to learn.
And now for you spies and just generally cool detectives, here's some more music.
03-Hassan's Dream (5:41)
Peninsule (11:24)
That was 03-Hassan's Dream by Luc Bartoli and Peninsule by AdHoc, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Now, how about some actual real-life spy stuff?
Numbers Station--6949 kHz
That was a chunk of a track called Numbers Station--6949 kHz by SWLing.com, which is available from archive.org and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. It's a recording of something called a "numbers station", which are a type of shortwave radio station that started popping up around the world sometime in the early to mid 1900's. At least a few of them have definitely been used by actual spies, so what you're hearing is probably an encoded message being transmitted to an undercover spy somewhere in the world. Pretty cool if you ask me.
So, let's continue with some more music.
Umbrella Pants (1:10)
Detective entra a la casa (1:49)
Sneaky Adventure (1:13)
A Dwarf's Tale (4:31)
Our Story Begins (1:24)
That was Umbrella Pants by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. Then we had Detective entra a la casa by Pedro Amoros, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was Sneaky Adventure by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. Then we had A Dwarf's Tale by Marc Teichert, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. And finishing up was Our Story Begins by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.
Today's app-of-the-day is Dia, a very nice little diagram drawing and editing program. Basically, you draw in shapes and connect them with lines or arrows. It works great for flowcharts and wiring diagrams. And if you want to change something, you can just drag the shape and the lines connecting it to the other shapes move right along with it. It's available for Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Download it today at http://live.gnome.org/Dia (with a capital D).
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music. And although I mention Librivox books on here quite a bit because of the fact that they have audio versions of books, many of the books they record come from a website called Project Gutenberg. If you have an ebook reader, you really need to go check out their site right away. They have thousands of books and periodicals, almost all of which are in the public domain. And to go a bit further, a lot of the material on Project Gutenberg comes from a site called Distributed Proofreaders. They take scanned books and convert them from image formats to text, and it's set up so you can very easily hop on there and help them out by proofreading and correcting their progress. The whole system is pretty cool, but these audio books are the result of many hours of volunteer time, and if you get a chance, I'm sure any of the projects in the chain would be happy to have another volunteer to help out.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Inspector Thenard Returns (0:54)
Investigations (1:33)
Infiltration-Spy Edit (5:17)
A Moment Of Twilight (1:05)
A por las Armas (0:37)
Remanence Halo (4:50)
Vals de los Sonámbulos (1:45)
That was Inspector Thenard Returns by Butterfly Tea, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Then we had Investigations by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Infiltration-Spy Edit by DJ Psyonik, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. Next up was A Moment of Twilight by Marc Teichert, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. The fifth song in the set was A por las Armas by Pedro Amoros, which is available from Jamendo under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Next up was Remamnence Halo by Julien Boulier, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. And finishing up was Vals de los Sonámbulos by Andrés P. Estrada, 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 more electronic music! See 'ya!
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Episode 6: Gypsy Jazz
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 gypsy jazz and a few other songs I think go really well with it.
Gypsy Queen (4:23)
Avalon (2:10)
Demain je change dchangee vie (4:06)
That was a shortened version of Gypsy Queen by Avi Rosenfeld, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was a slightly edited version of Avalon by pantoum, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license. Finishing up was Demain je change de vie by Löhstana David, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license.
You may have noticed as you've listened to this podcast that I usually refer to music in "categories" rather than "genres". That's because I don't always listen to them by any recognized genre per se. I like to listen to them by what I think fits together well. Take, for example, this next track. It's probably not exactly classifiable as gypsy jazz, but to me it has about the same feel, so it's in the same playlist as the gypsy jazz stuff. I don't like to dilute the term "genre" with my non-deterministic categorization, therefor I call them "categories" unless it's a truly strict enough categorization for them all to fit in one normal "genre". So, with that quirk aside, let's listen to some gypsy jazz and similar.
Mad Squirrel March (4:25)
La Minor Improv (3:21)
Bearded_Gypsy_Band__Bearded_Gypsy_Band (4:25)
Madame Haricots Takes Afternoon Tea (1:10)
That was Mad Squirrel March by ARTSomerville. ARTSomerville seems to record a bunch of bands, and the two this week are from Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band at The Nave. From what I hear, Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band is quite a hoot to listen to live and with all of them together are very loud in a "Boy, that's kind of cool. I can still hear them through multiple walls." kind of way. Anyway, after that was La Minor Improv by Balkan Balagan and Bearded_Gypsy_Band__Bearded_Gypsy_Band by Kiah. All three of them are available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Finishing up was Madame Haricots Takes Afternoon Tea by P4-810 and Dixie McBass, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.
SoundCloud, by the way, is awesome. More really good music to be found there, and they make it incredibly easy to filter by license so I don't run into so many license incompatibility problems when I put together an episode. A bunch of this week's music is from there. And there's enough of it, I'm going to continue, because otherwise this episode's going to get quite long.
Bella Ciao (5:19)
Troublant Bolero (4:26)
Drunkard's Blues (3:25)
The More it Changes (2:23)
That was Bella Ciao by ARTSomerville again, followed by Troublant Bolero by ALÓ DJANGO, both of which are available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was Drunkard's Blues by tje[amacjeprcjestra. My goodness that's an odd one to read off. It's available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was The More it Changes by P4-810 and Dixie McBass, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.
Today's app-of-the-day is LibreOffice. It's not so much a single app as a full office suite. It has a word processor, spreadsheet app, slideshow app, a database app, and a couple others. Often times I've found it's an easier upgrade path for users than to try to migrate to newer versions of commercial competitors since the interface, with its menus and toolbars, is closer to what people are used to than all the fancy new-style rearranging that everybody seems to like to do nowadays. At any rate, it's free, it opens and saves to a ton of different formats, and it runs on at least Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Download it today at libreoffice.org
Now for a short noncommercial from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music. As with many if not most old books, it has a few morally grating spots, but the story is one of the better books I've read and was the basis for a bunch of stories and even recent movies and TV shows. Although it rarely gets credited, if you read it you'll recognize the story very very quickly. In fact, the book even shares its name with a few of its derivatives. But I won't give away which one it is just yet. Anyway, after the noncommercial will be more music.
The Lost World
Les Deux Guitares (2:32)
Take Me Back To Tesla (3:45) (Edit 2015-03-08: previous address)
Baila con rita (3:50)
That was Les Deux Guitares by Hedgehog Swing, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Take Me Back To Tesla by Nick Gerow, which is also available from SoundCloud but is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. Finishing up was Baila con rita by Pepe Frías, 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 Xubuntu Linux, 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 mystery and spy music! See 'ya!
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Edits:
2015-03-08: Updated link.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Episode 5: Action/Adventure 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 action/adventure music.
RISING LEGENDS (1:51)
ACTION - Human vs Machines (3:12)
Prelude and Action (1:38)
That was RISING LEGENDS by Epic Soul Factory, followed by ACTION - Human vs Machines by Gregoire Lourme, which are both available from Jamendo and are licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was Prelude and Action by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.
So, action/adventure music this time. Sadly, as much as I've been successful in switching over to open licensed music, I have not been able to do the same for movies and TV shows. There doesn't seem to be nearly as big of a push for open licensed movies and shows as there is for music. But, that doesn't mean there aren't any out there. I have very little time for watching movies and TV shows anyway, and spend even less checking out new ones, but I've run across a few open licensed videos that are actually quite good. Big Buck Bunny's a good one that really could use a few sequels. Classic cartoon sort of humor. I used to work as an animator, so I very much like good animated films. Sintel, another animated one from the same people, is also quite good. In the TV show department, check out Pioneer One. The quality's about on-par if not better than most recent primetime TV shows I've seen. All three of these are open licensed. I'm sure I'll discover more as time goes on, and I plan on doing a few more soundtrack episodes in various genres, so I'll try and let you know if I find something good. If you have any other recommendations, let me know in the comments for this episode.
So, let's get back to music.
TITAN (2:31)
Epic Unease (0:39)
AMAZONA (1:43)
Five Armies (2:35)
EPIC - Crusaders (2:24)
That was TITAN by Epic Soul Factory, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. After that was Epic Unease by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. Next up was AMAZONA, again by Epic Soul Factory, available from Jamendo, and licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. The fourth song in the set was Five Armies by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finishing up was EPIC - Crusaders by Gregoire Lourme, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Another thing I should mention that you could and should go watch is some of the old stuff that's fallen into the public domain and has been added to archive.org. Classic cartoons, classic silent films, old TV shows, you name it. I would not be at all surprised if a lot of the budget DVDs by checkout counters at grocery
stores are getting their original footage from the archive.org website now instead of copying old films or video tapes. Wikimedia Commons also has some very good old video as well as open-licensed newer stuff. They have a lot of other open licensed media as well, such as pictures and sounds, so it's generally just kind of a neat thing to check out.
Anyway, to get back to the audio category, here's some more music.
Asian Dream (3:36)
Asian Wonders (5:15)
La búsqueda de Ianna (2:39)
The Night of The Faeries (4:50)
That was Asian Dream and Asian Wonders, both by Butteryfly Tea, followed by La búsqueda de Ianna by Epic Soul Factory, and finally The Night of The Faeries by Butteryfly Tea. All four of them are available from Jamendo and licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.
Today's app-of-the-day is Blender. Blender is a 3D modelling, animation, rendering, compositing, and editing suite that does actually get used for big-budget movies. Believe it or not, it very much rivals commercial programs and in many cases surpasses them. Organic modelling functionality is top-of-the-line, and it has long been one of the better fluid simulators on the market. The main downside is that the learning curve on it is incredibly steep, and you'd better be good with the keyboard if you want to work in it efficiently. Version 2.5 really helped the ease of use quite a bit, but despite gracefully handling all kinds of cool advanced functionality, I still struggle to do some simple tasks in it. Once you figure it out, working in it can be incredibly fast and easy, but it's not at all intuitive. The great thing is that it's free, and it runs on Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows. Download it today at blender.org
Now for a short noncommercial break from one of our nonsponsors followed by more music.
Librivox
Movement Proposition (2:21)
Before the Battle (1:22)
The Chase (1:38)
That was Movement Proposition by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license. After that was Before the Battle by Mattias Westlund, which is available from Jamendo and is licensed under an Attribution license. Finally, we had The Chase by Marc Teichert, which is available from Jamendo 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 Xubuntu Linux, Gentoo Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license. The other episodes' playlists were also put together in Audacious, and although it wasn't directly involved in the construction of the episode, I figure it's a cool enough program to mention. Anyway, feel free to give this episode 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 gypsy jazz! See 'ya!
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