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Celebrate CC music: Netlabel Day accepting applications from independent labels
by Jane Park Open Culture postThe second annual Netlabel Day celebrating free music under Creative Commons licenses will take place on 14 July, 2016. The call for digital record labels is now open and applications will be accepted through 29 February. First organized by the Chilean label M.I.S.T. Records in March 2015, the 2015 edition featured 80 labels from around the world and released more than…
Free Music Archive launches 2015 fundraising drive
by Jane Park Uncategorized postThe Free Music Archive, a long-running Creative Commons music platform, is running its first-ever fundraising drive. It will run from mid-November until mid-December 2015, and is offering donors shirts and stickers at various pledge levels. The Free Music Archive has existed for many years and has provided millions of users with curated, ‘some rights reserved’…
Fifteen Seconds of Fame: Free Music Archive Launches microSong Challenge
by Matt Lee Uncategorized postOn January 26th, 2015, the Free Music Archive put out a call for entries for their ‘microSong Challenge.’ The first of three consecutive contests the Free Music Archive will run through spring of 2015, the microSong Challenge requires participants to pack a whole song into 15 seconds or less – the maximum length for most…
Using CC music in video: Free webinar tomorrow!
by elliot Uncategorized postOn January 21, I’ll be joining Free Music Archive’s Cheyenne Hohman for a free webinar on how to find and use CC-licensed music in your video projects. Join us for a great discussion. From FMA’s announcement: If you make videos, or you make music for videos, or you just like learning new stuff, tune in…
Hey, CC musicians! Enter the Free! Music! Contest!
by elliot Uncategorized postEvery year, our friends at Musikpiraten e.V. host the Free! Music! Contest to find the best Creative Commons–licensed music of the year. CC is proud to serve as a partner in this awesome tradition. This year, anyone who preorders the album of winning selections earns the right to vote for their favorite entries. From the…
CC Workshop for Musicians in Vanuatu
by SooHyun Pae Uncategorized postCristina Panicali / CC BY-NC The first-ever CC Workshop in Melanesia was held on October 23rd in Port Vila, Vanuatu during the Singaot Musik Kamp, a two-week long residency program for musicians from the Pacific, Southern Africa, and Europe. Singaot Musik Kamp is part of the Music Bridges project which aims to reinforce the creation…
Free! Music! Sampler now shipping
by elliot Uncategorized postOur friends at Musikpiraten e.V. just let us know that the Free! Music! Sampler is now shipping. You might remember this year’s Free! Music! Contest. The winners have been chosen, and the heavily exclamatory compilation album looks gorgeous. You can listen to all the tracks and download the album from Musikpiraten’s Bandcamp page. While you’re…
Innerviews' Anil Prasad – Music Without Borders
by meryl Uncategorized postphoto by: Jeremy Harris “Could you please print out your website on company letterhead and mail it to me to process your request?” This is the kind of question Anil Prasad received from music industry professionals and publicists when he began Innerviews in 1994—the internet’s first and longest-running music magazine. The internet has evolved since…
Free! Music! Contest accepting submissions
by elliot Uncategorized postOnce again, our friends at Musikpiraten e.V. are hosting the annual Free! Music! Contest to find the best Creative Commons–licensed music of the year. CC is proud to serve as a partner in this year’s F!M!C. From Musikpiraten e.V.: Patron of this year’s contest is Victor Love, lead singer of the Italian cyperpunk band Dope…
Free Music Archive Launches Public Domain Music Contest
by elliot Uncategorized postBeautiful DreamerStephen Foster / Public Domain Remember the Happy Birthday song contest? Our friends at the Free Music Archive and WFMU are running another challenge to bring more music into the commons. But this time, it’s all about creating new, public domain recordings of public domain compositions. From FMA: Bring the public domain into the…