Harry van Haaren is busy developing a modern suite of music software applications for musicians who use Linux and who want to use Free and Open Source software for their creations. So far Harry has developed Lupp, a music creation tool intended for live use; Fabla, an open-source LV2 drum sampler plugin instrument; Sorcer, a…
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Or why copyright law so often sucks. If you caught Nick Park’s “The Wrong Trousers”, a claymotion adventure with Wallace and Gromit and one evil penguin, when it was first shown on TV you may have noticed that when Gromit opens his card at the breakfast table, it plays “Happy Birthday to You”, which is…
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The very talented Nina Paley talks about copyright, Creative Commons and the free flow of ideas in her thought-provoking and entertaining talk at a PechaKucha 20×20 Night held in December 2013. Nina Paley is a cartoonist, filmmaker and general all-round artist. Her film “Sita Sings the Blues”, a retelling of the Hindu epic “Ramayana” from…
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Admittedly, to write a novel all you need is a pen and paper, and to paint a picture all you need is a canvas, brushes and oil-paints. But works of art that belong to the realm of “new media” are much more complex, requiring all sorts off pre-built assets. For a film, for example, you…
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Because it is the future of everything: Watch Amanda’s talk at TED to see how she transited from the “demand payment” model imposed by record labels, to request money from willing fans to continue creating her art. And read the article about funding her music.
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How people fulfills its desire to listen to music has changed many times over since humans first banged two bones and discover rhythms. In the last 20 years however the industry has seen massive changes, at a pace never seen before, these changes driven by a booming technology sector and its effects on consumers’ behavior…
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Playing music is easy, just choose a media player of some sort and fire up a few songs. With the right plugins or codecs installed, you will hear sound pouring from the speakers. Easy. However, finding the right software to suit your needs, taste and mood, and help you organize music – is not. Today,…
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