We like music here at Open Source, and we like new music, and we use a lot of it in the show, and — most important — we want to avoid the standard trap of sorting through label music we have lying around. So we want your music. Give it to us.
So if you’re a musician or you’re in a band, send us your music. If we like it, we’ll use it on the show and link to you with a credit and hopefully some of the 40,000 or so different people who come to our site each month will buy your music.
See? How simple is that?
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What we’re looking for (and what we’re not)
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- Instrumental tracks only. NO LYRICS! Lyrics will automatically disqualify your music.
- Music must be released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license or in the public domain. If your music is licensed under ASCAP, SESAC, BMI or any of the other major licensing companies, we will not be able to use it (because we podcast).
To send us music, post a comment on this thread with a link to the actual mp3 files posted online. If you’re worried about bandwidth, check out the Internet Archive, which will host any CC-licensed media for free.
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Please include the following in the post
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- Your name and the name of your band
- The name of the track(s)
- Where you’re from
- Links to your website if you have one
To post a comment you will have to register on the site. When you do so, please leave a valid email address, as this will be our only way of contacting you. If we use your music on the show we will notify you by email and credit you — with a link — on our site.
Most of my work at http://www.soundclick.com/artist/7/keithsnyder_music.htm combines spoken word (stories, found sounds, recitations, etc.) with music, but if you scroll down, all the pieces with the word “Ambience” in the title are, well, ambient. No lyrics.
I actually created them because I couldn’t find the right music to write my last novel to, but they’ve served their purpose, so I opened them up to Creative Commons licenses a while ago.
Sorry, I just read the first set of requirements, not the second. (Father of infant twins. Sleep-deprived.)
Keith Snyder
Ambiences
Queens, New York
http://www.journalscape.com/keithsnyder
http://www.mikeboutte.com/music/Place.mp3
Piece for a short film I was a part of. Recorded in 24 hours with 4 people and 2 bottles of Jameson.
I have an electronic music project/one man band called Gerador Zero. I have a whole lot of CC-licenced music at ccMixter, and all of them are instrumental.
Name: Fabio FZero
Band: Gerador Zero
Tracks: you can see them all at http://ccmixter.org/by/GeradorZero
From: Rio de Janeiro/Brazil
Site: http://www.geradorzero.com/en
Cheers!
kollege 404 – theme
http://ia300140.us.archive.org/0/items/MarcKaschkeThemethememp3/theme.mp3
kollege 404 – latte ohne milch
http://ia300138.us.archive.org/3/items/Kollege404LatteohneMilch/latte_ohne_milch.mp3
my name is marc kaschke from grevenbroich, germany. i released this tracks under cc-licence with the projectname kollege404. feel free to use them. my website can be found at http://www.audionewstalk.com and http://www.samplepoolz.com
kollege 404 – theme
http://ia300140.us.archive.org/0/items/MarcKaschkeThemethememp3/theme.mp3
kollege 404 – latte ohne milch
http://ia300138.us.archive.org/3/items/Kollege404LatteohneMilch/latte_ohne_milch.mp3
Name: Sean Benham
Band: Grasspig
Tracks: Life Before Wheels, Unfathomable Small Lane, Folding Space
To Listen:
http://grasspig.com/music/grasspig_-_life_before_wheels.mp3
http://grasspig.com/music/grasspig_-_Unfathomable_Small_Lane.mp3
http://grasspig.com/music/grasspig_-_Folding_Space.mp3
Chicago, IL USA
Website: http://grasspig.com/
Hi folks.
alrighty. see the post from fzero? do it just like that. he just made it really easy for me to search through and listen to all his music. and it’s quite good! spablab (Sean Benham) has also posted quite legibly. nice work sean. Mike Boutte: tell us more about this Jameson fueled film made in 24 hours??
listening away,
robin
name: Andrew Ford
band/artist: Adhesion
tracks:
White Lodge, Nephilim
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=AndrewFordAndalouRazor&collection=opensource_audio
The Weather Report, 8-Bit Heat
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=ItsReallyHotOutside
Masks, Xanthanides
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=Uncertainty1&collection=opensource_audio
Air France Flight 358, Thorian Ninja, Le Conseil…, Awasoruk, Fridge, Saturn, Last Star
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=OpusMagnus&collection=opensource_audio
email: adhesionmusic at gmail
web: http://www.evilresidence.com
Good luck with this, guys. Can’t wait to hear it.
name: Max Avery Lichtenstein
album: original music from the film TARNATION
track: “Tarnation”
link: http://www.tindrum.com/tarnation/downloads/TAR_tarnation.mp3
track: “Desperation”
link: http://www.tindrum.com/tarnation/downloads/TAR_desperation.mp3
website: http://www.tindrum.com/tarnation
or: http://www.tindrum.com
thanks! hope you enjoy…
name: Tobali
tracks: Simple, Legal Addiction (non-lyric tracks)
web: http://download.com/tobali
I loooooove this show! Keep up the quality programming!!
and I’m from Worcester, Mass
Artist: jbible
Album: The Journey of Enoch LP
Catalog#: EXP005
Archive.org: Visit
Description:The Journey of Enoch (Film From a Dream) Score Chapter One Dark analog film score ambience for a film concept in very early stages. jbible’s the Journey of Enoch is the essence of dark ambient. its your dreams in sonic form. its your thoughts objectively manifested. Its your reminder that you are alive, while tricking you into thinking you are dead at the same time. Its a monster crawling from underneath the soil and into the shadows as natural as a breeze and incognito as a microscopic parasite feeding on your dead skin. The Journey of Enoch is inexplainable. It leaves the listener speechless during, and after the intake of the album. The only way to do it justice is to take a week off from all responsibility and let this masterpiece wash over you for days on end. Highly recommended to anyone who wants to gain a higher understanding of what your brain does without you.
01. When The Giants Came
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02. The View From the COrner of Existence
ogg
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03. Panic of the Following
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04. After the Battle at Crisis Furia
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05. The Denial of Uria
ogg
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06. The Journey of Enoch
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07. The Distance Between
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08. The Cavern of Silent Children
ogg
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09. Passage Through the Gate of Mothers Sorrow
ogg
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10. Softly Spoken Beneath a Withering Tree
ogg
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11. He Stands Still in the Shadows of Man
ogg
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12. Left With Only Fragments
ogg
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Zipped Album
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Album Graphics
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Artist: Helen Keller
Album: Electro Ohio LP
Catalog#: EXP013
Archive.org: Visit
Description: Eleven dark & funky experimental electro dance tracks.
01. Shorb Block Blues
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02. Final Notice
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03. Amputee 3000
ogg
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04. Are Friends Electro?
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05. Dead Like Us
ogg
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06. South Street Drama
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07. Dormant Child
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08. Your Touch Brings Me Home
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09. Midization Fire
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10. Animals On Fire
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11. Qtrplxymx (Remix of Asymmetrical Head)
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Zipped Album
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name: fun-loving jack
from: chicago but now in tampa
site: http://fun-lovingjack.subsocial.com
Here’s a few tracks without lyrics.
500dysent6
562melange2
527resurrection4
536backwards
310metric
This last one technically has the phrase hip-hop in it but it is just a scratch fodder type of sample.
589essentials3
If chunks of words from movies don’t count as lyrics let me know as some of my favorite songs include stuff like that. There’s a bunch of songs up at my site. All free to all. Have a good one.
There are about 30 electronic tracks, all without vocals, available on my
website at:
http://www.the10th.ho8.com/Music.html
The styles vary between dark down tempo and experimental ambient.
My favorites are:
http://www.the10th.ho8.com/2_WhereTheTowersWere.mp3
http://www.the10th.ho8.com/ATripToTheRegistryOfMotorVehicles.mp3
http://www.the10th.ho8.com/Half_Fast.mp3
http://www.the10th.ho8.com/ANewLow.mp3
There is one uptempo techno style track, http://www.the10th.ho8.com/Song4b.mp3.
Hey there, gang.
When I did work on my Documentary, I used a ton of music from something called the Open Sound Pool. Some incredible stuff there. I used hours of it.
name: rjmarshall
tracks:
http://tryad.org/mp3/rjmarshall_-_eastern_witness.mp3
http://www.archive.org/download/rjm2005-01-29t01/rjm2005-01-29t01.mp3
http://www.archive.org/download/rjm2005-01-29t02/rjm2005-01-29t02.mp3
http://www.archive.org/download/rjm2005-01-29t03/rjm2005-01-29t03.mp3
http://www.archive.org/download/rjm2005-01-29t06/rjm2005-01-29t06.mp3
from: UK
site: http://rjmarshall.co.uk
also, my band…
name: tryad
tracks: http://www.tryad.org/albums/public_domain/mp3/320kbps/
from: Seattle/Ohio/UK
site: http://www.tryad.org
Cheers,
rjmarshall
A Big Hello.
I have a ton of stuff that I have not yet posted on the internet archive but I do have some there already. It ranges from odd to cool to plain who knows what the style is.
STAR TRAVELER
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=StarTraveler
IN FLIGHT
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=InFlight
SHADOWS
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Shadows
I am also working at getting the rest of me collection on the archive.
Name: Grigor Iliev
Artist name: Grigor Iliev
Track name: Winter Story
Track link: http://www.archive.org/download/Winter_Story/winterstory.mp3
Location: Bulgaria
Project: Anwakh
Name: Yuri Bondjuckoff
Tracks: http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=ouim&collectionid=OUIM012
Site: http://www.anwakh.com
Hi there,
I produce ambient electronica, my ambient project is called Stray Theories.
I have alot of tracks availiable online..have listed a few tracks..
Name : Micah Wolfe
Band : Stray Theories
Track Names :
– part of me
– i hate this
– motions
http://www.straytheories.com/mp3/straytheories_partofme(life).mp3
http://www.straytheories.com/mp3/straytheories_ihatethis.mp3
http://www.straytheories.com/mp3/straytheories_motions.mp3
Other Mp3 download are at http://www.mp3.com.au/straytheories
Hi,
check out this demo’s, music made for the movie Bodul13. groovy with old folk samples; share music with our FreeRadioSpirit (on http://www.poriluk.com)
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collectionid=bodul13&collection=opensource_audio
sorry, try this
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=bodul13
Hello
I’m an independent electronic composer in Brooklyn NY, working under the name of THROCKE.
My actual name is Christopher Mollineaux Carson
Some tracks I have available are:
Acculturation Strategy
Springtime at Nyongbyon
The Un-Answerable
An Electric Fog
Someday Away
I hope you enoy my music. Feel free to contact me at chris@throcke.com
http://www.throcke.com/music/Acculturation_Strategy.mp3
http://www.throcke.com/music/Springtime_At_Nyongbyon.mp3
http://www.throcke.com/music/The_UnAnswerable.mp3
http://www.throcke.com/music/An_Electric_Fog.mp3
http://www.throcke.com/music/Someday_Away.mp3
i direct two worldmusic ensembles in whose music you might be interested. we do not currently have mp3-sending capability. if you send me a mailing address i will mail you cds. thanks, jack kessler
goldenmedina@comcast.net
http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=NisadhSShresthaJourneyofLife
Nisadh S. Shrestha
JourneyofLife
Nepal
heres some of my music hope ypull enjoy
[url]http://s64.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0OJ2G7MYW68030DUJFTKG1PRQC[/url]
[url]http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1U348BTNQOVI63ESYF5JP45BC9[/url]
[url]http://s64.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0OJ2G7MYW68030DUJFTKG1PRQC[/url]
http://s64.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0OJ2G7MYW68030DUJFTKG1PRQC
http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1U348BTNQOVI63ESYF5JP45BC9
http://s64.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0OJ2G7MYW68030DUJFTKG1PRQC
I write dark instrumental music. My site is http://www.black-aura.com. I have a downloadable demo there (low quality)
My high quality encoded tracks are as follows (from http://www.mixposure.com/black-aura/music):
Track1 (Stone axis): http://www.mixposure.com/downloadsong.php?bandid=13050&songid=20991&mp3=mp3/20991.13050.mp3
Track2 (Nostalgia): http://www.mixposure.com/downloadsong.php?bandid=13050&songid=20919&mp3=mp3/20919.13050.mp3
Track3 (Black aura): http://www.mixposure.com/downloadsong.php?bandid=13050&songid=20680&mp3=mp3/20680.13050.mp3
in an attempt to survive another New England Winter
I’ve written and recorded over 80 surf – inspired guitar instrumentals
and posted them all for FREE
A bunch have been used as theme music, etc.
One show I’m most pleased to be included is WellRoundedRadio.
http://www.wellroundedradio.net/episode019
Would be thrilled to hear a track on your show. I’m writing and posting new tunes all the time
to my MahaloMusicBoston – SoundClick site:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=360590
try a tune called “FadersFade”
it’s one of my favs, but then
there’s plenty to choose from.
sorry for being so long winded
good luck with your show
ChaKo
MahaloMusicBoston
mahalomusicboston@mac.com
Good boat cover Would be thrilled to hear a track on your show. I’m writing and posting new tunes all the time
http://biger4.narod.ru – boat cover
http://shoot.hut2.ru – 1000 boat cover for all
All sorts of bits of experimental, melodic (pop?), electro-centric music. Some of them, morsels perfect for bumper bits.
Name: Chadwick Dahlquist (bugeats)
From: Seattle, WA
Site: http://bugeats.net/
Podcast: http://bugeats.net/rss/
Suggested Tracks: choco_strut, crudFunk, be_gum, ab
The site is an experiment in publishing my tracks incrementally as I work on them. The RSS Feed (and list) is automatically updated every time I change a tune.
this is just a short track i made for E A GAMES
http://www.streamload.com/marmite_steve/EL/KN2UMB2EUD/01_our_comfort.mp3
At first, thanks for the great show!
Please feel free, to use any music of our Open Source Film Netlabel “VEB FILM Leipzig” – here are the songs:
http://www.route66-der-film.de/mambo/content/blogcategory/31/54/lang,en/
You might especially like the tracks:
Banjo FM
Desert Storm – Broken Arrows In Comanche Land
Me And Marks Over Seven Meadows
My Pink Jaguar
Unleaded Banjo
Have Fun, Stefan
Stefan Kluge, VEB FILM Leipzig
Here are some of my songs, I hope you like them
:
http://www.soulmass.com/Soulmass%20-%20The%20Sunrise%20Told%20Me%20(2005)/2.SoulMass%20-%20Inside.mp3
http://www.soulmass.com/Soulmass%20-%20The%20Sunrise%20Told%20Me%20(2005)/3.Soulmass%20-%20Soft%20Salvation.mp3
http://www.soulmass.com/Soulmass%20-%20The%20Sunrise%20Told%20Me%20(2005)/4.Soulmass%20-%20This%20Swirling%20Embrace.mp3
http://www.soulmass.com/Soulmass%20-%20The%20Sunrise%20Told%20Me%20(2005)/7.Soulmass%20-%20You%20Know%20Me.mp3
http://www.soulmass.com/Soulmass%20-%20The%20Sunrise%20Told%20Me%20(2005)/12.Soulmass%20-%20Peace%20Out.mp3
Keith Trimm
Jam http://www.mixposure.com/song.php?songid=22555
Firey Balls of Poo http://www.mixposure.com/song.php?songid=21515
Drums and Bass http://www.mixposure.com/song.php?songid=24342
Dripping chards of glass http://www.mixposure.com/song.php?songid=20407
Fairbury Ne.
http://www.keithtrimm.com
* Your name and the name of your band
The Serendipitous Cacophonies
* The name of the track(s)
There are 100+ of them, all instrumental (link). You may wish to start by:
Bumblebees and Tumbleweeds
Huge Continuum
Tôt Printemps
The New Boss
Bicycle Ride
Bugged Life
A purpose for mankind
A glimpse of wonderland
God, Gogh and Google
A random walk
Paraboloidal March
* Where you’re from
Coimbra, Portugal
* Links to your website if you have one
blog: http://the-serendipitous-cacophonies.blogspot.com/
mp3: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=79134
http://code-interactive.com/whacktus/goldenstar.mp3
http://code-interactive.com/whacktus/radium2.mp3
http://code-interactive.com/whacktus/mackinAndJoanin.mp3
Cheers! Keep up the solidness!
here’s the parent page: http://code-interactive.com/whacktus/html.html
Have you guys looked into Magnatune?
https://magnatune.com/
Magnatune is basically a public interest record label. Their entire catalogue is available on a noncommercial-attribute-sharealike Creative Commons license, all downloadable. I’m planning to use a lot of their stuff for my podcasts and video blogs, particularly when I’m working overseas, because of their great collection of world music. I was actually supposed to go to Turkey this week but it got cancelled; I may have to find another reason to go just so I can use their killer Turkish music.
Hello to all. Here are some of my recordings that I think some of you might enjoy. 4 songs are on each link. Let me know what you think.
http://www.myspace.com/fredseghetti
http://www.myspace.com/dragonlanternhybridsoul
http://www.myspace.com/adamicdeath
Name: Andrew Greenwood (Silver Blade)
From: Bracknell, England
Website: http://www.silverblade.co.uk
Bad Animal
http://www.silverblade.co.uk/music/tracks/bad_animal.mp3
Digital Destruction
http://www.silverblade.co.uk/music/tracks/digital_destruction.mp3
I am “The Tiler, I have more music uploaded and highly rated for free that any fingerstyle guitarist. I play classical, new age, all kinds of open tuning. I currently have 230 pieces of music available at :
http://www.macjams.com/artist/thetiler
Thanks
Bill
From the SAn Francisco area, lived in the Tennessee area for a year and decided t live back were I was born that is in the San Francisco area. I simply love the weather there. Love the redwood trees. I enjoy playing outside in the summers, but it is too not to do that mostly near Nashville Tn
I love to work with Logic 8. I enjoy composing that that great app,. I enjoy and feel tht I am a master had recording acoustic guitar. I’ve done it probably more that most recording engineers in the world.
Thanks for reading
Hello,
We create original music for rest & reflection. We hope you enjoy!
http://www.airplaydirect.com/music/Meadows
http://www.shoutlife.com/thefirstdecibel
Location: Fernandina Beach, FL
Please share these songs as you feel appropriate,
Timothy & Melissa Meadows
My music is decent instrumental tracks that usually combine guitar, percussions, and ethereal effects. Use them as much as you need. They are all listed on the right bottom side.
If they don’t download into MP3 format, email me and I will send to you pronto!
http://www.ourstage.com/fanclub/redmask
Thanks for listening Christopher.
Turn… is an instrumental track featuring classical guitar, bass guitar, cello, synth and drums.
http://soundcloud.com/antiqcool/turn-demo-instrumental-mix
Hi there,
I run a British netlabel called Toucan Music at http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk which releases free Creative Commons trance, house, chillout and electronica music, much of it instrumental. We’d be delighted for you to feature any of our tracks on Radio Open Source.
You can view and download our current releases at:
http://www.toucanmusic.co.uk/releases/current.php
Some of our downtempo tracks may be most useful?
e.g. “Coral Reef” http://soundcloud.com/toucanmusic/coral-reef
or “Plasma” http://soundcloud.com/toucanmusic/plasma-redmanns-chillout-mix
Best wishes,
John