Music by someone you’ve heard of

All this licence-free public domain and Creative Commons music is great but sometimes you want to play something a bit more “commercial”. Fear not, here’s a list of better known bands, artists, tracks and albums which have been published with Creative Commons licences.  Again, remember to check the small print! Nine Inch Nails actively encourage…

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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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Frank Nora

Lots of music here which can be used as you like. http://mcs.franknora.com/ is “55 hours of public domain music you can use any way you want, with no strings attached.”  

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Woody Guthrie

Woody Guthrie dedicated his work to the public domain so you are free to use, re-use, edit and re-purpose his music as you wish.   “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good…

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