For now, we are keeping the original time slot at noon US Central, but we might eventually move that slot to an afternoon slot.
All tracks must be on YouTube due to limitations of Jit.si. You can play 5 minutes of your selected video. Artists must release under a #CreativeCommons license. We made this decision after one of our chats (back when we did chats instead of listening parties) got blocked in Denmark.
Why all this talk about #Australia? Well, the CC Community Music Awards is looking for a judge for Oceania for next year. Australia is by far the largest nation in Oceania, a geographic region that includes #Australasia, #Melanesia, #Micronesia and #Polynesia.
I have no idea why the FMA is an IP address now. It's really sad where the Free Music Archive has gone. Tracks are still not able to uploaded.
Nonetheless, there is still a thriving Creative Commons music scene. There are podcasts like The Bugcast and CCHits.net. There are netlabels like blocSonic and Hypnotic Dirge Records. Many more listed at https://netlabelguide.com/
SoundCloud still allows CC music. There is ccMixter.org. My personal favorite place for looking for music these days (other than http://blocsonic.com, of course), is Bandcamp.
We don't have a plan for bringing the FMA back to its former glory, but we are doing our part at the CC Community Music Awards to keep #ccmusic alive and well.
We still need a volunteer judge for #Oceania, which includes Australia, #NewZealand, and the #PacificIslands. Would you be interested in helping out?
It's that time again. We are looking for regional judges for the Creative Commons Community Music Awards. Please let me know if you would be interested in taking a region.
The regions we have available are as follows (two regions are already taken): Mid-West - #ND, #SD, #NE, #KS, #MO, #IA, #MN, #WI, #IL, #IN, #MI, #OH Southwest - #OK, #TX, #NM, #AZ
In the future, we would love to break the regions up more, but having smaller regions this year has proved unmanageable. How much of that is due to covid? Who knows.
I have been told in the past that once-a-day posts are fine but any more than that gets tiresome. I doubt I will post daily, but if I post about this too much, please let me know!
It's that time again. We are looking for regional judges for the Creative Commons Community Music Awards. Please let me know if you would be interested in taking a region.
The regions we have available are as follows (two regions are already taken): Mid-West - #ND, #SD, #NE, #KS, #MO, #IA, #MN, #WI, #IL, #IN, #MI, #OH Southwest - #OK, #TX, #NM, #AZ
In the future, we would love to break the regions up more, but having smaller regions this year has proved unmanageable. How much of that is due to covid? Who knows.
I have been told in the past that once-a-day posts are fine but any more than that gets tiresome. I doubt I will post daily, but if I post about this too much, please let me know!
Douglas A. Whitfield (musicman@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Sep-2020 18:10:23 UTC
Douglas A. WhitfieldI would really appreciate shares to get the message out of this. Also, please feel free to translate. I would love to have native Spanish speakers in particular involved as South America is predominantly Spanish-speaking. I know Brazil is Portuguese and one of the smaller northeast countries is English-speaking, but we just need diversity in general and I think having native speakers of other languages is one way to do that.
It's that time again. We are looking for regional judges for the Creative Commons Community Music Awards. Please let me know if you would be interested in taking a region.
The regions we have available are as follows (two regions are already taken): #Canada Rocky Mountain - ID, MT, WY, NV, UT, CO Mid-West - ND, SD, NE, KS, MO, IA, MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH Southwest - OK, TX, NM, AZ Southeast - AR, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, TN, SC, NC, KY, WV, VA, DC (if someone really wants to do Northeast with DC, sure, take it) #Mexico, Central America, and Carribbean (we haven't decided if PR will be here or in US Southeast) #Asia (minus Russia) #Oceania (including #Australia) #SouthAmerica #Africa
In the future, we would love to break the regions up more, but having smaller regions this year has proved unmanageable. How much of that is due to covid? Who knows.
I have been told in the past that once-a-day posts are fine but any more than that gets tiresome. I doubt I will post daily, but if I post about this too much, please let me know!
The regions we have available are as follows (two regions are already taken): #Canada Rocky Mountain - ID, MT, WY, NV, UT, CO Mid-West - ND, SD, NE, KS, MO, IA, MN, WI, IL, IN, MI, OH Southwest - OK, TX, NM, AZ Southeast - AR, LA, MS, AL, GA, FL, TN, SC, NC, KY, WV, VA, DC (if someone really wants to do Northeast with DC, sure, take it) Northeast - NY, MD, DE, PA, NJ, CT, RI, VT, NH, ME, MA #Mexico, Central America, and Carribbean (we haven't decided if PR will be here or in US Southeast) #Russia - realistically, this is probably taken, but I haven't heard back yet. #Asia (minus Russia) #Oceania (including #Australia) #SouthAmerica #Africa
In the future, we would love to break the regions up more, but having smaller regions this year has proved unmanageable. How much of that is due to covid? Who knows.
Please share with anyone you think might be interested. You do not need to live in the region to be the judge for the region. There are still 10+ months in the year, so whoever takes the region is not that far behind.
This week on The Bugcast: we discuss UK politics (again!), Dave gets chased by cows, we read your feedback, and we play some great Creative Commons music.
This week on #thebugcast with @thelovebug and @Moosical: we discuss the effects of degenerative disorders, Caroline reviews a TV show based on a book, and we play some spiffy Creative Commons music from Neon NiteClub, Josh Woodward, Aleksey Chistilin, Bianca Smith, EveryNowHere, Ionian Smile, Yris, and SICK.