creative commons sampling licenses
Wow, this is.. just awesome. Those Creative Commons folks sure make a lot of sense. This is the new license they made to let artists stamp their work in an official format: Sample this! or Sample this, just not for commercial use. or Sample This, the whole thing if you want, just don’t resell it at all.
I’m actually really pumped about this because I’ve always felt like there’s a whole army of musicians around me, and I’d love to do an audio interview with them and release the audio in CC format. It’s a great way to let the underground musician get some street cred, and it lets the listener get some insights into what underground musicians think about music and creativity… and it’s also great inspiration to keep creating music. With the audio as CC format, it then is able to be used as part of the creative work for people who get it and are on the same wavelength.
I’ve had a couple of conversations with Derek Scott somewhat recently about music and the future of music, and I remember thinking immediately afterwards, “dang, I wish I’d had that whole conversation recorded!”
