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jason on 10/14/2011 at 04:00PM
YACHT shares Shangri-La instrumentals: Make a Vimeo & Envision the Future!
hey, what are you up to this weekend?
YACHT wants you to do something creative. Like make a video using instrumentals from YACHT's new album Shangri-La. When we sent out the word about Vimeo hooking up with the Free Music Archive, the first response we got was from Jona Bechtolt of YACHT, excited about the prospect of making his music available to Vimeo's vibrant noncommercial video-making community. YACHT maintains an active Vimeo profile, and previously shared instrumentals from 2009's See Mystery Lights via the FMA. Now, Shangri-La instrumentals are also available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.
Shangri-La was recorded by the YACHT duo of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, along with frequent collaborator Bobby Birdman. It's an ambitious concept album and one of our favorite releases of the year, so we're honored that Team YACHT chose FMA as the outlet from which to serve up these inspirational instro's. You can pick up the full version in 2xLP/CD/digital, released this summer on DFA.
To celebrate, Vimeo has issued a Special Weekend Project. The YACHT Music Challenge invites vimeans to create a 3 minute narrative that has two different endings: one positive (inspired by the YACHT song "Utopia") and one negative (drawing on the sound of YACHT's "Dystopia").
At the album's unveiling, YACHT declared that "With "Shangri-La,” we assert that the future is a blank slate upon which anything can be imposed" -- now it is up to you to envision that future!
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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