[cc-community] 10k great Free songs (was Re: Rcrd Lbl to offer CC and Free as in Beer Music)
Mike Linksvayer
ml at creativecommons.org
Mon Nov 19 14:46:55 EST 2007
On Mon, 2007-11-19 at 13:11 -0500, Fred Benenson wrote:
> On Nov 19, 2007 1:09 PM, Gavin Baker <gavin at gavinbaker.com> wrote:
> Elizabeth Stark wrote:
> > I may be missing some of the CC music scene, but whenever I
> go to try to
> > find CC music, I may find something that is halfway decent,
> but my bar
> > should be if I'd actually like it if it weren't CC. And I am
> admittedly
> > picky, so that's a pretty high bar to pass.
>
>
> I have to admit I'm in the same boat! I'm sure there's good
> stuff out
> there, but the search costs are just too high to sift the
> wheat from the
> chaff (at least to my tastes). I've been just as successful
> finding
> music I like on obscure netlabels as through the big CC music
> channels
> like Jamendo, Magnatune, or ccMixter. Unfortunately, I think
> we're still
> lacking when it comes to promotion, tastemakers and
> recommendation
> engines for CC music.
Yes, search costs are incredibly high, but the task is fungible. :)
This is why I praise those who make the effort whenever I can, eg
http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7543
I've found a fair amount of stuff that I love, but it has taken a lot of
work, even moreso because I try to stay away from NC licensed stuff when
listening.
Why bother? (Apart from idealism.)
Because I view listening as not only pleasure but also building a mental
library of great stuff. If that stuff is stuff I can't reuse (including
commercially) down the line, my memory is of less value to me.
> I find it ironic, not all that surprising, that we're now back exactly
> where this thread started: a label is releasing semi-mainstream music
> under Creative Commons.
Hilarious!
Rob Myers wrote:
> I recommend the BY-SA record label Loca Records. "Affectivity" by
> Meme
> is one of my favourite albums of all time, and "E" from that album is
> a
> track I know lots of people like.
>
> http://www.locarecords.com/
They don't make it easy to find/download/playlist stuff, but the track
is at http://www.locarecords.com/music/E.mp3
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