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Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announced that the Free Music Archive is one of 78 not-for-profit organizations across America to receive an NEA Arts in Media grant. The FMA is recommended for a $75,000 grant to support the Re:Mix Media project.

Re:Mix Media is a series of three programs planned by the Free Music Archive to engage audiences in the appreciation, discussion, and creation of music and arts in the digital environment. Three programs will use the FMA's interactive platform to create multimedia art and provide access to those art works: 

1. Re:imagine is a series of themed multimedia contests and workshops to encourage hands-on engagement through the creation of new works inspired by Creative Commons and the public domain.
   
   
2. Tracks to Sync is a monthly mix of music curated with the online video producer in mind. The blog series encourages healthy collaboration between media producers and artists through access to alternatively licensed music and educational resources.
   
   
3. State of The Arts is a monthly program that intersects radio, blogs and live discussion to address applications of creativity involving music in the contemporary digital setting.

The FMA is an interactive music library that by its very nature encourages collaboration. The Re:Mix Media Project will help us take these interactions to the next level through programming that harnesses the potential of the digital era. We are honored to receive the NEA's recommendation in the Arts in Media category, and look forward to working with you to Re:Mix Media!

For a complete listing of projects recommended for Arts in Media grant support, please visit the NEA website at arts.gov. Here's NEA's official announcement as well as our own press release if you'd like to help spread the word. And while we prepare to celebrate our third birthday, here's an "Anniversary Song."

We get a surprising number of emails asking, "What type of Free Music Archive is this if you don't have any Miley Cyrus and Justin Beber [sic]?" Well, we're really gonna splode some heads now that a search for any artist can return similar results from the FMA library. This is just one of many new features to help you find the sounds you seek:

The List of Artists available at freemusicarchive.org/music is a great place to start any visit to the FMA. With nearly 9000 artists and more added daily, it's like a magic eye full of surprises!

Once you land on an artist page, you'll see a list of Similar Artists on the FMA. This is powered by The Echo Nest, who integrated with the Free Music Archive last year. Their machine learning platform analyzes music by listening to it (extracting key, tempo, rhythm, timbre and other attributes) and by reading about it (crawling the web to find out where and when the music was made and what other music it is compared to in blogs and reviews).

Echo Nest also powers our new Similar Artist Search. From our regular search page, enter the name of any artist, and hit the 'music by similar artists' radio button (pictured at left). You can also filter your results by use, but be sure to check the license from the track page (Help | FAQ)  NOTE: There is a rate limit, so please choose your searches wisely. If your search doesn't return any results, try again at a quieter time.  

Filter Search by Genre is now integrated with our regular music search:

Track Pages show Mixtapes that the song appears on. For example, this Patrick Lee jam is featured on a bunch of other great mixes by FMA users—just click the track title or the "i" button to hear 'em (also included after the jump)!

Noise Problems was at the 2008 issue of Boom Festival to record the Sacred Fire stage acts. Acts that ranged from Reggae, Afrobeat, Cuban, Indian to Trance Music made entirely with acoustic instruments (see: Wild Marmelade). Amazing line-up, great concerts and fantastic vibe through out the 7 day outdoor event in Idanha-a-nova, Portugal

Some shows are available at Noise Problems and also here at FMA. For an ecletic world music listen try Terrakota, music inspired by the Saharan, Caribbean, Hindu and the "Western sounds that rise under the Jamaican sun". Check out also Barcelona Afrobeat International Orchestra a colective of fine musicians featuring Danna Leese on vocals.

Check out the Noise Problems Selections cd. For the occasion of 50 releases by Noise Problems a compilation was issued to commemorate. The `Selections` cd will be available in 6 different volumes for download. Stay tuned

Noise Problems is working on compiling some of the past shows and putting it on cd. Check out Vol.1

Noise Problems Selections Vol.1

:: In the aftermath of #musicblogocide2k10, the Electronic Frontier Foundation offers Practical Advice for Music Bloggers Worried About DMCA Takedown Censorship

:: Talking Fair Use :: Future of Music Coalition evaluates Public Knowledge's proposed Fair Use fix [PDF] from a sound recording/music perspective. A look back at the "Girl Talk riddle" and a call for discussion (link)

:: "Joel Tenenbaum, the second P2P defendant to take his case all the way through trial, is on the hook for $675,000 in damages. But according to his lawyer, Tenenbaum only caused the record labels $21 in damages." (ArsTechnica). Tenenbaum could have settled for $3,000-$12,000, but decided to take a stand. With the support of Harvard University professor Charles Nesson, Tenenbaum was back in court this week to push for a new trial in this landmark case.

:: We've known the former Tears for Fears-founder was a CC supporter since his 2008 interview from the Creative Commons blog by Cameron Parkins (link). Yesterday, Mashable interviewed Curt Smith about Twitter and Creative Commons. (link). In a blog post "About Creative Commons" (link), Curt Smith wrote: "One misconception I should like to clear up about Creative Commons is that all music released under a CC license is free....I invested a great deal in the recording and release of [CC-licensed album] Halfway, pleased, and charging for it is a way for me to recoup those expenses and to have the funds to invest in making more music."

:: youtube yanks the original rickroll video. why cant the rec biz figure out how to monetize it? http://bit.ly/ayywNV#copyrightfail (via WFMU Twitter)... it's back now!

:: Macedonia: Grassroots Effort to Preserve Folk Music Online :: a very cool Creative Commons-enabled project, spotlighted by Global Voices. The project inspired Brazilian youtuber onesef76 to record a series of Macedonian folk performances like the following (video after the jump)