[cc-community] 10k great Free songs (was Re: Rcrd Lbl to offer CC and Free as in Beer Music)

drew Roberts zotz at 100jamz.com
Mon Nov 19 15:00:20 EST 2007


On Monday 19 November 2007 14:46:55 Mike Linksvayer wrote:
> 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.

Bingo. It really is a practical choice.

>
> > 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

Has anyone found out if they have plans to move from the 1.0 licenses?

all the best,

drew


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