Case Studies/radio-tom.com

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[www.radio-tom.com Go to URL]
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Sound, Text
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music,chautauqua,e-chautauqua
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www.radio-tom.com, the musical "Tent" of www.e-chautauqua.com, consists of free versions of public domain songs.

My aim is to do the best versions of the most famous songs of all time. — Dr Tom

Overview

Although speakers were regarded as its "backbone", half of a traditional chautauqua was musical performance. For us to fill the e-chautauqua shoes we needed to lay down sufficient musical material to be worth a visit. radio-tom fills that role in the e-chautauqua and now has enough material to be termed an internet radio resource. For some of the songs ours is the only version readily-available.

License Usage

Although the songs were carefully researched and confirmed to be from the international public domain the arrangements and performances had to be specified as Creative Commons.

Motivations

Creative Commons is well-known in education circles. Students are taught from an early age to respect copyright.

Tom and Margaret have been quite active in Sydney karaoke. Some of the e-chautauqua links are to our www.kara-oke.com site. Many karaoke enthusiasts think mistakenly that they can put their performances up on the web, only to get a rude shock letter from a copyright holder or authority. Our use of public domain songs demonstrates an alternate route. Sure, the songs are 100 years old but to a real karaoke enthusiast that's part of the challenge and fun - to breathe new life into an old dead tune.

Media

www.radio-tom.com