Music for Going from One Place to Another
Incredible tracks from all over the FMA. A mix of old and new finds. The mix has a loose "leaving someplace" theme that emerged pretty inadvertently, and stuck.
New York's Alright 2013 Preview
If you love punk music, it's an incredible time to live in NYC.
In celebration of the current surfeit, New York's Alright will be kicking off 4/20 weekend with a slection of comtemporary punk and hardcore bands from around the world. In anticipation, you can download this free mix of bands who will be playing the fest including the Altered Boys, Bad Noids, CREEM, Hounds of Hate & Nomad. These are all live performances expertly recorded on WFMU's Distort Jersey City with Deed Runlea.
Some Auld Lang Synes For You
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
and old lang syne?
CHORUS:
For auld lang syne, my dear,
for auld lang syne,
we'll take a cup of kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!
and surely I’ll buy mine!
And we'll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
We two have paddled in the stream,
from morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
since auld lang syne.
CHORUS
And there’s a hand my trusty friend!
And give us a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
for auld lang syne.
CHORUS
Selections from the WFMU Benefit Concert at the Bell House, Brooklyn
The Relatives, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Dot Wiggin Band and Arrington De Dionyso joined together at Brooklyn's Bell House for WFMU's Mini-Record Fair and Hurricane Sandy Relief Benefit.
Free & Legal SXSW 2013 Mix
It's that most hipster time of the year, when bursts of tweets, tunes, and trends aerosol into the Spring air. SXSW has begun, and SXSW Music (March 12-17) fast approaches.
To help you prepare, we compiled a mix of almost 70 artists from the Free Music Archive who will be playing in Austin this year. We recommend listening to this free SXSW 2013 Mix in the van, on the plane, between sets, at the hotel, or while you sit at home and pretend you're there.
If you know of more artists with free & legal mp3s who'll be kickin' around Austin this week, drop a line in the comments!
Your Filthy Valentine
Find the true meaning of Valentine's day with a bouquet of songs for the scummiest of sweethearts. This mix is so filthy you'll blush and throw up in your mouth a little bit. It will make your arrow wounds from Cupid turn all infected and swollen.
The mix includes sexy songs about sex, unsexy songs about sex, Amil Byleckie reading one of his adult personal ads, an incriminating focus on male genitalia, and a gentle lo-fi synth sway through dark love songs. NSFW.
Created with my Valentine Miscellaniac
Photo by Ani-Bee
Horror Soundtrack Music for Producers
After you've wiped all the makeup off your zombie actor friends, it's time for the real scarey part -- picking out music for your Horror flick. Music to Video has assembled a mix that will send shivers down your spine, make all the ghouls dance, and get grandma to climb out of her grave, just to tell you to turn down the volume.
Music for Video: April Showers
This is Snoop Dog's favorite Music for Video collection, because it's perfect for drizzle.
A mix of mellow, reflective and moody songs, perfect for watching Spring rainstorms outside your window. It's like lying upside down off the edge of your bed thinking about someone far away. Like walking home early in the morning, after sleeping somewhere you shouldn't have, while the streets are still wet. It's a mix that makes you want to throw away all your adderall and anti-depressants and feel everything.
Photo by Freek Dech (CC BY-NC-SA)
Bring May Flowers
MUSIC FOR VIDEO
A mix of songs that are inspired, euphoric, and a little flirty. A collection of instrumentals for new loves, new creative challenges, and that feeling when the air outside perfectly matches your body temperature. A mix for noticing flowers on trees. For when all the girls start wearing skirts without tights again, and you leave your jacket at home. Let's go outside and enjoy every minute together.
Music for Video: Stay Inside with the Electronic Devices
Cozy up next to your space heater's comforting humm, rest a warm laptop over your thighs, and use your headphones as earmuffs as you enjoy a collection of instrumentals made by machines. For our latest Music for Video selection, a mix of beeps, buzzes, clicks and whirrs. Few of these sounds come from an instrument you learned in band class. They are perfect for your sexy robot love stories, hackday montages, and lonely urban sunrises.
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Music for Video: Sonic Oddities and Doodads
For this sound collage edition of our Music for Video series, we present a collection of elements to reporpose for your intro bumpers, loops, and transitions.
From simple beeps, mellow beats, and the occasional bark, we hope this helps you fill your digital craft box full of sonic whatevers to cut, paste and cover with glitter.
Tracks That Inspired Prelinger Archive Remixers
For our Past Re-Imagined As The Future video mashup contest, remixers were invited to use tracks from the Free Music Archive as the soundtrack to the Prelinger Archives. But what does that sound like, exactly? The answer is a lot of dub, some tape pops and hisses, and an overall attraction to all that's dark and strange.
We've assembled just a sliver of the songs that inspired our remixers here below, and we hope they'll continue to inspire future creative works of all types. Don't forget to keep voting for your favorite contest entries on our voting portal from now through Sunday, November 25 at 5pm ET.