Magnatunes
Dec. 27th, 2006 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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aeliel's car getting covered in hailstones while we ate dinner on Monday afternoon. The roads were white with hail for about an hour, until the sun came out and evaporated all the puddles. It's not every day that you can see clouds of steam billowing off a road that had been covered in ice an hour earlier.
My music collection has grown a little dusty, lately. Towards the end of the year, I've been cutting back on most of my spending as I won't have any sort of steady income for a while... however, the internet happens to be full of (legal) free and cheap music, if you take a moment to look.
I've been listening to Celestial Aeon Project (a.k.a Essence) today - it's one of the projects from Michikawa on RPG.net. Lots of good background music and soundscapes, composed with games in mind. I'm going to have a look at Project Divinity later - same person, different style. Music from both projects is freely available, although Matti lists a few links to charity organisations for those who want to donate some money to a worthwhile cause.
While browsing for more music, I discovered Magnatune. I like a record label with the byline of "We Are Not Evil," backed up with a mission statement explaining why that's the case. Magnatunes have full versions of all their albums streaming off their website, so you can listen to entire albums while working out what to purchase.
The cover price is variable, too... 50% of the sale goes to the artist, who retains full rights to their work. You can choose to pay anywhere from $5USD to $18USD per album, depending on how generous you're feeling. That gives you a choice of file formats (WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG and iTunes AAC), and the cover art as a PDF (300dpi, for printing). If that wasn't enough, the sale price gives you three additional (legal) copies to give away to friends.
I'm listening to the album 'Ethnic' by Shiva in Exile at the moment. Lots of Middle Eastern and Indian rhythms, with the occasional African drum beat or Chinese flute. Good music to write an Exalted game to...
aeliel's car getting covered in hailstones while we ate dinner on Monday afternoon. The roads were white with hail for about an hour, until the sun came out and evaporated all the puddles. It's not every day that you can see clouds of steam billowing off a road that had been covered in ice an hour earlier.My music collection has grown a little dusty, lately. Towards the end of the year, I've been cutting back on most of my spending as I won't have any sort of steady income for a while... however, the internet happens to be full of (legal) free and cheap music, if you take a moment to look.
I've been listening to Celestial Aeon Project (a.k.a Essence) today - it's one of the projects from Michikawa on RPG.net. Lots of good background music and soundscapes, composed with games in mind. I'm going to have a look at Project Divinity later - same person, different style. Music from both projects is freely available, although Matti lists a few links to charity organisations for those who want to donate some money to a worthwhile cause.
While browsing for more music, I discovered Magnatune. I like a record label with the byline of "We Are Not Evil," backed up with a mission statement explaining why that's the case. Magnatunes have full versions of all their albums streaming off their website, so you can listen to entire albums while working out what to purchase.
The cover price is variable, too... 50% of the sale goes to the artist, who retains full rights to their work. You can choose to pay anywhere from $5USD to $18USD per album, depending on how generous you're feeling. That gives you a choice of file formats (WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG and iTunes AAC), and the cover art as a PDF (300dpi, for printing). If that wasn't enough, the sale price gives you three additional (legal) copies to give away to friends.
I'm listening to the album 'Ethnic' by Shiva in Exile at the moment. Lots of Middle Eastern and Indian rhythms, with the occasional African drum beat or Chinese flute. Good music to write an Exalted game to...
