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In this episode, Cheyenne Hohman, RFC host and current Director of the FMA, spoke with Ross Oldenburg, the Software Developer for FMA. We talk about some of the stuff we love about FMA (and some stuff we'd love to change!), Ross's radio show, "Free Music Freeform," the upcoming 2015 State of the Commons report, and a few of the many reasons the Free Music Archive matters for artists, free-culture freedom fighters, media producers, and more!

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So, I made this mix of food and Thanksgiving related songs, but friends, I couldn't find any songs about green beans! Why has nobody honored them with song? An ode, perhaps? Or a simple ditty? I plumbed the depths of the FMA and couldn't find a suitable track... I am disappointed, but I suppose green beans just aren't everyone's 'thing.' Anyway, while dreams of turkey legs dance in your heads, listen to some oddball songs about food to fill up the hours you'll spend roasting squash or mashing potatoes!

GIVIN' THANKS 2015

Do you want to contribute a song to the FMA, for a good cause? Well, now's your chance!

If you want, write a song about FMA -- whatever that means to you -- and submit it to our open call.

Submissions need to be less than 2 minutes long and will go into the public domain under a CC0 license  -- so please use your own original work, or something grabbed from the public domain!

Our faves will go into a special episode of  next month and a featured playlist. 

Can you think of any more reasons? We're probably missing a few. Comment below!