he “Introduction to Ardour” FLOSS Manual is a free (gratis/libre) tutorial-style book, which introduces the program without expecting a vast knowledge of computers or sound editing from the reader. This FLOSS Manual was largely written by workshop participants learning the software themselves, over a one week period during a session led by Derek Holzer at [...]
Indaba Music launches audio clips library with over 8,000 CC-licensed samples and loops: http://www.indabamusic.com/clips
The clips database is searchable by musical key, tempo, tonality, time signature, license type and source.
SWR 2 (Südwest-Rundfunk, Germany) has a feature about the paradigm change and the notion of “free” at the beginning of the digital age.
From the liner notes:
(…) Denn die Vision einer freien digitalen Kultur rüttelt am Wertesystem, das sich auf den Buchdruck gründet und aus geistigen Werken besteht, die oft nur Einzelne besitzen. Sie verweist auf [...]
Al Jazeera has just published it’s Gaza coverage under a Creative Commons Attribution-Unported license. The news network states that “the ongoing war and crisis in Gaza, together with the scarcity of news footage available, make this repository a key resource for anyone producing content on the current situation.”
The license allows anybody to reuse the [...]
I use a few pages to find music for my podcasts:
Jamendo – of course. You can simply chose a license and search with that.
The Internet Archive
Musopen – Classical music, all public domain though.
ccMixter – Samples and music, search mainly on title
opsound – Gift economy
Royalty Free Music – All CC-By licenses
SoundClick – Genre-dropdown ….
Simuze – Dutch [...]