Audio
This is a list of Creative Commons licensed audio media. Please see the Books page and use it as a guide for how to lay out this one. The original page is partially ported here.
Contents
- 1 Types of Audio
- 2 Content Curators
- 2.1 Webradio
- 2.2 SectionZ
- 2.3 Simuze
- 2.4 Soundclick
- 2.5 SoundTransit
- 2.6 Starfrosch - Open Content
- 2.7 Opsound
- 2.8 Magnatune
- 2.9 Mix2r (pronounced "Mixter")
- 2.10 Jamendo
- 2.11 Jamglue
- 2.12 GlobalTune.net
- 2.13 Freesound
- 2.14 Garageband.com
- 2.15 Dmusic
- 2.16 Creative Collective
- 2.17 Dogmazic.net - Musique Libre !
- 2.18 CCHits
- 2.19 BeatPick - FairPlay Music Label
- 2.20 Ekleipsi Netlabel
- 2.21 ArtistServer
- 2.22 dharmasound
- 2.23 ccMixter
- 3 Featured Audio Sites
- 4 HOWTO License and Publish
- 5 External Links
Types of Audio
Content Curators
Webradio
- Main URL: http://www.subflow.net
- CC-only portal: all music streamed is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: n/a
- Formats: mp3 192kbs
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 24/7 streaming, music from netlabel scene (~20Go, grow every week)
- Notes: 1 Ambient-Dub-Downtempo streaming + 1 Tech-Minimal streaming
SectionZ
- Main URL: http://www.sectionz.com
- CC-only portal: http://www.sectionz.com/cc.asp
- CC-only feed: ?
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 530 songs (as of 20060310)
- Notes: supports most CC-licenses browsable via a flickr-like interface
Simuze
- Main URL: http://simuze.com
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed unless noted otherwise
- Newsfeed: http://www.simuze.nl/live/nieuws/wp-rss2.php
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 1277 tracks (as of 2007-06-13)
- Notes: Simuze is not just an online platform but also organizes events where CC musicians perform.
Soundclick
- Main URL: http://soundclick.com
- CC-only portal: http://soundclick.com/genres/cc_license.cfm
- CC-only feed: ?
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 248,664 songs (as of 20060726)
- Notes:
SoundTransit
- Main URL: http://soundtransit.nl
- CC-only portal: everything is CC licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
- CC-only feed: coming soon http://soundtransit.nl/book/rss-feeds.html
- Formats: audio (field recordings only)
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 1216 recordings (as of 20070613)
- Notes:
Starfrosch - Open Content
- Main URL: http://starfrosch.ch
- CC portal: Most of the songs are CC-licensed
- Feeds: http://starfrosch.ch/rss more at http://starfrosch.ch/tags
- Formats: audio: mp3
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 4000 Songs from over 300 Artists categorized by genre
- Artists are welcome to blog their songs
- 30'000 unique visitors monthly on the website, 100'000 unique visitors including spammers, aggregators and other funny animals
- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfrosch (German)
Opsound
- Main URL: http://www.opsound.org/opsound.html
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: ?
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: ?
- Notes:
Magnatune
- Main URL: http://magnatune.com
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed:?
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 373 albums (as of 20050823)
- Notes:
Mix2r (pronounced "Mixter")
- Main URL: http://www.mix2r.com
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed:?
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 7 GB (as of 20061231) and growing
- Notes: Site allows users to contribute tracks of reuse stub tracks for their own mixes, audio projects.
Jamendo
- Main URL: http://www.jamendo.com/
- Notes: Jamendo hosts full music albums, available for both streaming and download on P2P (BitTorrent, eMule) ; Social tools, Web service, amazon-like recommendations ; Services for artists ; organization/recording of CC live performances.
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: RSS/Podcasts/Javascript feeds
- Formats: audio: MP3 192k / Ogg Vorbis Q7
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 2800+ full music albums = 35000+ files (as of 20070613)
Jamglue
- Main URL: http://www.jamglue.com
- Notes: Has a flash-based mixer for remixing right in your browser!
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: RSS/Podcasts feeds
- Formats: audio: MP3
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 1500+ tracks, 2000+ mixes (as of 20061216)
GlobalTune.net
- Main URL: http://globaltune.net
- CC-only portal: Yes
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 2000+
- Notes: User contributed radio with listener driven rotation
Freesound
- Main URL: http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/rss.php
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 13,317 sound clips (as of 20060124)
- Notes:
Garageband.com
- Main URL: http://www.garageband.com
- CC-only portal: ?
- CC-only feed: ?
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: ?
- Notes: only allows by-nc-nd/2.0
Dmusic
- Main URL: http://dmusic.com
- CC-only portal: ?
- CC-only feed: http://dmusic.com/feeds/cc_licensed.rss
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: ?
- Notes: Dmusic is the oldest independent music website, featuring non-drm music, an active community, and lots of free upload space.
Creative Collective
- Main URL: http://www.tutaj.com.pl/geeklog/public_html/
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: ?
- Formats: audio:
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 174 files (as of 20050823)
Dogmazic.net - Musique Libre !
- Main URL: http://www.dogmazic.net/
- CC-mainly portal: 80% CC / 20% other Libre licenses
- CC-mainly feeds: m3u, rss, podcasts
- Formats: audio: mp3, ogg
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: around 7000 tracks, 400 full EPs - out of total +8200 tracks, 536 EPs; 900 artists, 100 labels (as of 20061106)
- Notes: music & information portal on copyleft/Libre music; all copyleft/Libre licenses welcome; frenchbased, lang= fr. & eng.
CCHits
- Main URL: http://cchits.org
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: http://cchits.ning.com/recent/rss/?xn_auth=no more at http://cchits.ning.com/faq/#podcast_client
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 357 tracks (as of 20070613)
- Notes: Built on the Ning playground, the whole system is open source and clonable.
BeatPick - FairPlay Music Label
- Main URL: http://beatpick.com
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: ?
- Formats: audio: mp3 / OGG / WAV
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 100+ artists/bands. 100++ albums/EP. 800++ tracks. Catalogue is growing day by day.
- Notes: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5. Selected for quality artists only. Online Music licensing: all music is pre-cleared and can be licensed for commercial purposes.
Ekleipsi Netlabel
- Main URL: http://www.ekleipsi.com
- CC-only portal: yes
- CC-only feed: RSS-Releases
- CC-only podcast: Ekleipsi Podcast Episodes Releases Preview
- Formats: mp3 @ 192kbps / 128Kbps / 64Kbps / VBR
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: Catalogue providing free musical releases. Growing every month.
- Notes: Ekleipsi is a netlabel focused on obscure music in all its forms and expressions.
ArtistServer
- Main URL: http://artistserver.com
- CC-only portal: http://www.artistserver.com/music.cfm (select Search by License)
- CC-only feed: planned
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 7009 songs (as of 20070613)
- Notes:
dharmasound
- Main URL: http://www.dharmasound.com
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: http://www.dharmasound.com/dharmaRssRelease.asp
- Formats: audio::mp3 @ 192kbps
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: Catalogue growing every 15/20 days.
- Notes: Italian netlabel. We offer a range of different music genres.
ccMixter
- Main URL: http://ccmixter.org
- CC-only portal: everything is CC-licensed
- CC-only feed: http://ccmixter.org/rss/remix
- Formats: audio
- Size and scope of CC-licensed collection: 1,608 tracks (as of 20051214)
- Notes: Runs on CcHost, supports Sample Pool API
Featured Audio Sites
Podcasting Legal Guide
Inspired by the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Legal Guide for Bloggers, the Podcasting Legal Guide is designed to outline both legal and practical issues that are specifically relevant for podcasters, such as using music and video in a podcast.
Diesel-U-Music
The 2006 edition of this international music contest was open to unsigned artists playing rock, urban/hip-hop, and electronic music. This year's entries are licensed to the public under the CC Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 license.
Jamendo
Provides an archive of CC-licensed music that's available for download via P2P. Jamendo features tags, user reviews and personalized recommendations, so you can easily find new tunes that suit your tastes.
ccMixter
A music remix site that tracks samples across different artists, all available under sampling licenses so that you too can join in the mix.
Magnatune
A new music label focused on try-before-you-buy music. Features licensed, downloadable tracks from a wide variety of artists that can also be purchased direct from the site
SectionZ
An electronic music community that offers Creative Commons-licensed tracks from genres like IDM, drum 'n' bass, and ambient.
" Dmusic
The oldest online digital music community, DMusic offers Creative Commons licenses for artists hosting their music.
Opsound
Features a pool of Creative Commons licensed audio. You may submit your MP3s.
OYEZ
Years of Supreme Court proceedings available as licensed MP3, with more to come
SoundClick
Thousands of licensed music files are available here, on this community music hosting service.
HOWTO License and Publish
External Links
- Freesound
- A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds.
- This week in amateur radio
- The Metaphysician
- Audioscrobbler
- Books on MP3: Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
- zug's protest song
- Electrobel music community
- Loca Records
- Fray Audio archive
- The Speech Accent Archive
- Opsound in Action
- The Phoenix Trap
- Erik Ostrom
- Please add to the list
