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jason on 06/30/2010 at 09:00AM
Creative Commons workout mix
This Creative Commons NonCommercial workout mix is inspired by a little piece of current events:
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Last month, Australia's Copyright Tribunal increased music licensing fees for fitness classes by 1500% per class. Now, Australia's gyms are faced with the question of whether to pass this new cost -- averaging over $20,000/year -- on to their customers, or to search for alternative solutions. One solution is to play recordings that are not covered by the agreement to begin with. The blanket license for recordings (but not compositions) is overseen by the Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA). Their catalog includes the discographies of hundreds of Australian labels & artists who've opted to join the collecting society, but its primary licensors are the four multinational major labels. |
For those who want something a little real-er than mock pop tunes the next time they're at the gym, I made this mix of Creative Commons-licensed workout-ready tunes. All of these tracks (except the liberally-licensed Juanitos) are licensed under NonCommercial terms (click the "i" for the complete terms). So other than the Juanitos, these tracks wouldn't fly in a for-profit gym, but they could be used in school gyms and non-profit YMCA types of fitness centers. As long as the song isn't being used to enhance somebody's business, these artists would bee happy to see you getting in shape to their music. So feel free to download and bring this with you on your next trip to the gym. And if you find yourself having to use this to block out another knockoff "Oops I Did It Again" again, now you'll know why.
More about each artist after the jump or by clicking the "i" button next to their track. As always if you like what you hear, you can tip the artist by hitting the $ symbol on their artist page.
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jason on 05/17/2010 at 12:00PM
Mexico's lalala4e netlabel brings the retro-future-funk
While researching northern mexico gangster folk music, PK (of Peppermill Records) discovered this amazing netlabel, lalala4e, and I'm so glad he passed the URL along. Their website is mindblowing -- used to be totally different with tumbling cartoon characters and lightning, but still with plenty of fireworks, check it out.
The label isn't so much "gangster folk", more along the lines of retro-futurist party music with a bit of folk, chip, electro, funk and field recordings finding their way into the mix. You can get a sense from their first compilation, This Is the New Yeah!, a future-themed collection released on New Year's Eve 2009, after the jump.
Among my favorites are Desolate's experimental "imge economy to the future" groove, Error.Error's pummeling lo-bit "Kill Kill Kill", and Quiero Ser Bonita's bilingual abstract rock. And the absolute jam comes from Prepare to Meet Thy Broom!, two teenage brothers from Juarez Mexico...take a listen to "High like it's 1989" (off the comp) and one more track off their 1989 EP (also released on lalala4e).
Lalala4e has fresh new releases on the way later this year(/yeah!), so keep an ear out on their blog | myspace | homepage!
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