Episode 40: Harp Music

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring harp music.  As a heads-up, this episode is not safe for work.  Not for language, inappropriate content, or anything else except one thing: this stuff puts me to sleep.  Like, industrial strength lullabies.  Absolutely perfect for right before bed, but if you need to stay awake, you might want to wait to listen until another time.  So, with that, let's take a listen.  Sweet dreams!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

That was The garden of earthly delights by pmiedzinska, Tο παιχνίδι (The Game) by CallMeViking, 仮歌用 by ju-nya, By the Fire by Ralf Kleemann - Harpist, and finishing up was Morning Glory by Alphonsin, all five of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some cartoon music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 39: Electronic

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring electronic music.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some harp music.  See 'ya!

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

Episode 38: Chiptunes

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring chiptunes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some electronic music.  See 'ya!

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

Episode 37: Western

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

- Ralph

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Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring music with a bit of a western feel.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some chiptunes.  See 'ya!

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

Episode 36: Funny Music

Hi everyone!

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

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

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

- Ralph

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Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring funny music.  As a heads-up, all of the songs this week have lyrics, and even the things that aren't songs do.  So, let's get a'listenin'.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some music with a bit of a western feel.  See 'ya!

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Episode 36: Funny Music by Ralph Wacksworth is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

Episode 35: Ambient Environments

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring ambient environment sounds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons CC0 license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some funny music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 34: Fantasy Adventure

Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring fantasy adventure music.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some ambient environments.  See 'ya!

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Episode 33: Jazz and Chill

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 jazz and chill music.

BlueBossa (2:58 @ 0:10)
Las dos buenas hermanas (3:33 @ 3:09)
Mount Analogue (4:47 @ 6:42)
ocean dream (10:32 @ 11:29)
Jazz with G5 (0:59 @ 22:01)

That was BlueBossa by Szai, which is available from SoundCloud.  After that was Las dos buenas hermanas by Caminos del Sonido, which is available from Jamendo.  Then we had Mount Analogue by simonmiles, which is available from SoundCloud.  Next up was ocean dream by Bellanger Jacques jbabebel, which is available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Jazz with G5 by Jahro', which is available from SoundCloud.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Everything's Attribution or compatible again this week, so feel free to reuse it.

Beautiful Love - Dan Pincus - Piano, Jim McElhaney - Horn (8:55 @ 23:36)
[jazz piano solo] Old World - 懐かしき東方の血 (5:10 @ 32:28)
Time Remembered (3:07 @ 37:31)
Winter Walk (Silver Trumpet Mix) (ft. donkeyhorsemule) (5:11 @ 40:36)
Airport Lounge (5:07 @ 45:47)

That was Beautiful Love - Dan Pincus - Piano, Jim McElhaney - Horn by Dan Pincus and [jazz piano solo] Old World - 懐かしき東方の血 by tanigon, and Time Remembered by Mayi, all three of which are available from SoundCloud.  After that was Winter Walk (Silver Trumpet Mix) (ft. donkeyhorsemule) by spinningmerkaba, which is available from ccMixter.  Finishing up was Airport Lounge by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com.  All five of the songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is Javascript Snakes, which is an HTML5 version of the classic Snake game.  You play as a constantly-moving snake navigating a rectangular game world in search of fruit.  But if you run into yourself, you lose.  You've probably played some variant of it before.  The general game concept's been around since the 70s.  Anyway, check it out today at https://github.com/jakesgordon/javascript-snakes

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

Around the World in 80 Days
Coffee Black (0:59 @ 53:43)
El amor y el cráneo (2:47 @ 54:43)
Jazz metropolis (3:25 @ 57:30)
Sax, Flute, n Glass (3:49 @ 1:00:56)

That was Coffee Black by GrimFrenzy, which is available from OpenGameArt.  After that was El amor y el cráneo by Caminos del Sonido and Jazz metropolis by Jose Gil, which are both available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Sax, Flute, n Glass by shagrugge, which is available from ccMixter.  All four songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some fantasy adventure music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 32: Electronic

Sorry, folks, for the delay this week.  This episode has been queued up since Monday but I couldn't get the file to upload.  Just got it to work, though.  At any rate, I forgot to mention that the The Internet Archive (which hosts the audio files for this podcast) is doing a fundraising drive.  If you could help them out, I'm sure they'd appreciate it!  Here's the link.

Thanks for listening!

- Ralph

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Hi, and welcome to the Open Licensed Music Podcast, the show where we highlight music from artists who let you share their music.  I'm Ralph Wacksworth, and today's episode is featuring electronic music.

06 - Qvic (3:21 @ 0:11)
The New Music (ft. Spinningmerkaba) (instrumental version) (3:36 @ 3:27)
Near Death (5:55 @ 7:01)
LIT (3:45 @ 12:57)
Not too quiet (6:30 @ 16:43)

That was 06 - Qvic by snurek_pl, which is available from SoundCloud.  After that was The New Music (ft. Spinningmerkaba) by Alex, which is available from ccMixter.  Then we had Near Death by DJ Fire-Black and LIT by Sum-1, both of which are available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Not too quiet by zikweb, which is available from ccMixter.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

And again this week, all of the music is licensed under Attribution licenses.  So get out there and reuse it!

Not many people seem to know about this, but Stanford University released some course materials a while back, including a bunch of videos, under an open license, and what I've seem of them is really quite good.  It's called Stanford Engineering Everywhere, and all of it that I've seen has been licensed under an Attribution license, with much of it available via BitTorrent.  On a quick side note, I love seeing people using BitTorrent legally, since it really is a cool technology that I'd like to make sure has enough legitimate users for it to survive.  Anyway, they have courses in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, general mathematics, and even iPhone app programming.  Check it out today at see.stanford.edu

Ambient Dance (3:48 @ 24:29)
Chapstick (2:28 @ 28:13)
Memories of the moon (9:28 @ 30:35)

That was Ambient Dance by Zeropage, which is available from Jamendo.  After that was Chapstick by Bradley27, which is available from ccMixter.  Finishing up was Memories of the moon by zero-project, which is available from zero-project.gr.  All three songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is JavaScript Racer, which unbelievably is a racing game written in JavaScript.  It has a very classic arcade game look to it and is pretty simple but put together well.  Triggers nostalgia well and runs smoothly in modern browsers.  It also comes with a very good explanation of how it's put together, so if you're curious you can not only read the code but basically a math tutorial for not only how it works but how it's supposed to work.  Check it out today at https://github.com/jakesgordon/javascript-racer

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

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sonar Tuning Electro Track (3:56 @ 41:56)
FOG on the Bluff (ft. DJ BLUE) (edited) (3:56 @ 45:52)
Ambient Voyager (3:54 @ 49:09)
Speed of Mind (7:22 @ 53:01)
Soundtrack: burbling synthesizer (0:59 @ 1:00:21)

That was Sonar Tuning Electro Track by SouljahdeShiva, which is available from OpenGameArt.  After that was a slightly edited version of FOG on the Bluff (ft. DJ BLUE) by DJ BLUE, which is available from ccMixter.  Then we had Ambient Voyager by Zeropage and Speed of Mind by Flembaz, which are both available from Jamendo.  Finishing up was Soundtrack: burbling synthesizer by Barrettt, which is available from SoundCloud.  All five songs in this set are licensed under an Attribution license.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some jazz and chill music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 31: Nontraditional Christmas

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 nontraditional Christmas music.  You can expect a bunch of songs with lyrics, some familiar and some not, along with many different styles of music that really just don't fit any other time of the year.  Some of them, particularly later in the episode, are really fun but a bit harsh.  So, without further ado, let's get started.

Chiron Beta Prime (2:50 @ 0:25)
O Tanning Bed (1:59 @ 3:13)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) (ft. Admiral Bob) (2:54 @ 5:11)
Silent night (1:55 @ 8:00)
Wenceslas (2:53 @ 9:48)
Sugar Plum Dark Mix (2:05 @ 12:35)

That was Chiron Beta Prime by Jonathan Coulton, which is available from his website at jonathancoulton.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was O Tanning Bed by Max DeGroot, which is available from The Funny Music Project and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  Then we had O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) (ft. Admiral Bob) by unreal_dm, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was Silent night by richjens and Wenceslas by Bad Hat, both of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Sugar Plum Dark Mix by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.

The next set is composed of 11 variations of 4 songs.  So, let's take a listen.

The Little Drummer Boy (2:37 @ 15:22)
Little (Punk) Drummer Boy (3:18 @ 17:58)
Wesley Dysart - Little Drummer Bot (2:54 @ 21:14)
Carol of the Bells (1:09 @ 24:08)
Carol of the Bells (1:54 @ 25:16)
Carol of the Bells (1:07 @ 27:11)
Angels We Have Heard on High (ft. Sunshine Paul, Bob Sorem, Rocavaco/SackJo22, Morusque) (4:06 @ 28:18)
Angels on high (3:50 @ 32:23)
Jingle Bells (2:53 @ 36:12)
Jingle Bells (ft. SackJo22) (3:13 @ 39:04)
Hardcore Jingle Bells (1:26 @ 42:16)

That was The Little Drummer Boy by crashcombo, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial Share-Alike license.  After that was Little (Punk) Drummer Boy by MomentaryTrouble, Wesley Dysart - Little Drummer Bot by Wesleydysart, Carol of the Bells by Bill Barner, Carol of the Bells by William M Walker, and Carol of the Bells by Alvin Gao, all five of which are available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Angels We Have Heard on High (ft. Sunshine Paul, Bob Sorem, Rocavaco/SackJo22, Morusque) by texasradiofish, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Next up was Angels on high by gbmusic and Jingle Bells by Harold Morton, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Jingle Bells (ft. SackJo22) by unreal_dm, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  Finishing up was Hardcore Jingle Bells by Storyboards, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Some of the songs this week are more nontraditional than others, and that one takes the cake.  I really really want to see it worked into some kind of a humorous open source Christmas-themed game.  Anyway...

Today's app-of-the-day is Trigger Rally Online Edition, a browser-based obstacle course racing game with the same crazy physics I'm used to from racing games of the 90's.  Seriously, it's cool.  You'll need a very modern browser, I believe only Firefox and WebKit-based browsers and possibly Opera currently support it, and it uses the keyboard for controls.  If you have that, which I normally surf the web with anyway, the graphics are amazingly good, though if you play Version 1 you might want to play it without sound right now as they seem to be having some problems with that as of late.  Anyway, check it out today at triggerrally.com

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

The FuMP
Podsafe Christmas Song (edited) (2:44 @ 47:23)
02 Go Tell it on the Mountain (3:00 @ 50:05)
11 The Bells (1:31 @ 53:05)
Deck The Halls (Elves and Trumpets Mix) (ft. James Edwards) (3:17 @ 54:34)
The Headbangin' Christmas Medley (4:35 @ 57:50)
Auld Lang Syne (ft. Admiral Bob) (2:31 @ 1:02:18)

That was an 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 an edited version of Podsafe Christmas Song by Jonathan Coulton, which is available from his website at jonathancoulton.com and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  The cool thing about that song is that a few years ago it was very accurate.  I remember looking for open licensed Christmas music and could hardly find anything.  Nowadays, as evidenced by this week's and last week's episodes, we have tons of open licensed Christmas music thanks to all of the artists out there who are sharing their music and the websites that support and encourage open licensing.  Anyway, next up was 02 Go Tell it on the Mountain and 11 The Bells, both by the_2nd_tenor, available from SoundCloud, and licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Deck The Halls (Elves and Trumpets Mix) (ft. James Edwards) by spinningmerkaba, which is available from ccMixter and is licensed under an Attribution Noncommercial license.  After that was The Headbangin' Christmas Medley by christopian, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Finishing up was Auld Lang Syne (ft. Admiral Bob) by Benjamin Orth, which is available from ccMixter 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 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 electronic music.  See 'ya!

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Episode 30: Traditional Christmas

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 traditional Christmas music.  As such, there are a number of songs this week with vocals, but they're pretty well-known ones, so let's get started.

Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies (1:48 @ 0:17)
O Holy Night (edited) (6:18 @ 1:59)
Deck the Halls B (4:29 @ 8:04)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (0:52 @ 12:21)
What Child Is This/ Greensleeves (Duet) (0:48 @ 13:09)

That was Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairies by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had an edited version of O Holy Night by Karen Savage for Librivox, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.  After that was Deck the Halls B by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was We Wish You a Merry Christmas by the United States Marine Band, which is available from FreeMusicArchive and is licensed as Public Domain.  Finishing up was What Child Is This/ Greensleeves (Duet) by TubaChick23, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Although I very much appreciate all of the artists who have open licensed their music, I've got to send a special thank you this week to Kevin MacLeod for all the Christmas music he's got open licensed.  You'll probably notice his name coming up a lot this week.  He's got a ton of very good Christmas music in many different styles which went a long way toward making this episode very easy to put together.

I'd also like to thank all of the artists this week for licensing their music under very permissive licenses.  All of the music this week is Attribution or compatible, with a lot of it being Public Domain.  That's pretty awesome, and really helps resolve the problem from a few years ago where we had close to zero Christmas music recordings which were open licensed.  Now there's quite a bit, and it's all thanks to the artists who share their music.  So, thank you folks!

And with that, let's get back to listening to some more music.

Silent Night (2:14 @ 15:21)
Oh Christmas Tree (3:56 @ 17:32)
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear (4:25 @ 21:21)
Carol of the Bells (3:38 @ 25:39)
Oh Holy Night (4:02 @ 29:12)
Silent night (0:52 @ 33:10)
O Come All Ye Faithful (Duet) (0:54 @ 33:59)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (3:30 @ 34:49)
Away in a Manger (2:04 @ 38:03)

That was Silent Night by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Oh Christmas Tree by weihnachtsorama3000, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was It Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was Carol of the Bells by Roger MacNaughton Music, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Oh Holy Night by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  After that was Silent night by Phap Man Aaron Solomon and O Come All Ye Faithful (Duet) by TubaChick23, which are both available from SoundCloud and are licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was an edited version of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen by Diyan for Librivox, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.  Finishing up was Away in a Manger by Chino Yoshio, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.

Today's app-of-the-day is fluid_table_tennis, a really interesting HTML5 game that's a little bit hard to describe.  Essentially, it's the classic ping-pong game with the added twist that each paddle can shoot a jet of fluid, creating little whirlpools and other flow patterns that dramatically change the trajectory of the ball.  You really kind of have to just try it.  It can be played single player or local two player and runs in a browser.   Check it out today at https://github.com/anirudhjoshi/fluid_table_tennis

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

A Christmas Carol (dramatic reading)
Up on a Housetop (1:10 @ 43:59)
Good King Wenceslaus (1:16 @ 45:04)
Jingle Bells (1:44 @ 46:18)
Here We Come A-Wassailing (1:43 @ 47:58)
Silent Night (2:29 @ 49:29)
WeWishU (0:44 @ 51:56)
The First Noel (2:32 @ 52:40)
Auld Lang Syne (2:16 @ 54:55)

That was Up on a Housetop by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Then we had Good King Wenceslaus by the U.S. Army Band, which is available from Wikipedia and is licensed as Public Domain.  After that was Jingle Bells by Kevin MacLeod, which is available from incompetech.com and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was an edited version of Here We Come A-Wassailing by Claire Goget and a few others for Librivox, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.  Then we had Silent Night by the U.S. Army Chorus, which is available from Wikipedia and is licensed as Public Domain.  After that was WeWishU by DanHarderVO, which is available from SoundCloud and is licensed under an Attribution license.  Next up was an edited version of The First Noel by Claire Goget and a few others for Librivox, which is available from The Internet Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.  Finishing up was Auld Lang Syne by the United States Marine Band, which is available from Free Music Archive and is licensed as Public Domain.

So, that's all for today.  Remember - piracy of commercial music only proves your dependence on that model and justifies further censorship and restriction.  So don't pirate it - replace it with something better.  Listen to open licensed music, donate to the artists behind it, go to concerts, and buy music from artists whose record labels don't see you as their enemies.  Support artists where your support actually counts.

This episode was made using Gentoo Linux, Xubuntu Linux, Audacity, Audacious for organizing playlists, and Leafpad for notes, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license.  Feel free to give it to your friends, or if you didn't like it, your enemies.  Links to the songs in this podcast are available on the website.  Listen in next time for some nontraditional Christmas music.  See 'ya!

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