Useful links – creative commons and license free music

The Internet Archive has a huge section for community music http://archive.org/details/audio most of which is public domain or share alike by attribution. Check each file for details. They also have http://archive.org/details/netlabels which is a collection designed for streaming on internet radio or editing to make backing tracks. The public domain review has lots of useful information about finding…

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Public Domain Music

There is a very good site called public domain review which explains everything you need to know about finding music which is in the public domain. “Works in the public domain are those whose intellectual property rights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable. Examples include the works of Shakespeare and Beethoven, The King James Bible, most of the early silent films, the formulae of Newtonian physics,…

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Radio Jargon

Ad Lib The presence of mind by a presenter to improvise when; 1) another presenter fails to start on cue 2) the normal progress of the programme is disturbed 3) lines are forgotten   anchorman /presenter / host Often used to refer to the presenter or host of a programme.  Sometimes the person who does…

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Being Professional

These guidelines are from a handbook about Community Radio a. Prepare for The Program A radio program must present new ideas, information and points of view. Hence, an announcer should always read, research and secure information from reliable sources. He/she must organize the program well before going on air. b. Do Research The community broadcaster should look for…

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Workshop and Training Objectives

These are the session objectives that we used for the Trainer workshop. However, it is unlikely that the length and format of the training you do with young people will follow the same pattern.  The following suggestions are ‘building blocks’ that can stand alone or be combined in different ways. What is internet radio? At…

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Example training programme

Programme Rationale The programme is roughly divided into 4 parts. The first day will develop the skills needed to stream a live broadcast on the second morning of the programme. Following the live programme there will be an opportunity to debrief and evaluate the content of the programme and also the production process underpinning it….

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