10 Online Resources for Free, Legal Music Free stuff. Those two words are enough to make one kick up one's proverbial heels and dance out of pure, plasma-searing joy. And when that free stuff comes in the form of tunes, well, then the dancing becomes quite literal. While we know no one in our illustrious readership would ever steal music (nay! That's why we've gathered 10 resources for scoring tunes online for merely a song. 1). San Francisco-based startup MySpoonful just launched recently, touting itself as “Daily Candy for Indie Music.” It's like having that dude at the record store who always knows about the newest freak folk band in your mailbox — without all the "I can't believe you've never heard of these guys!" RCRD LBL aims to be the modern version of MTV's 120 Minutes, a show that specialized in new, alternative music. The editorial team curates between five to seven MP3s daily, and users can get jams sent to their inboxes via a daily newsletter as well. 3). 4). 5). 6). mFlow 7). 8). 9). 10). Bonus
The Aaron Copland Collection ca. 1900-1990 - (American Memory from the Library of Congress) The first release of the online collection contains approximately 1,000 items that yield a total of about 5,000 images. These items date from 1899 to 1981, with most from the 1920s through the 1950s, and were selected from Copland's music sketches, correspondence, writings, and photographs. Celebrating the centennial of the birth of the American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990), the multi-format Aaron Copland Collection, from which the online collection derives, spans the years 1910 to 1990 and includes approximately 400,000 items documenting the multifaceted life of an extraordinary person who was composer, performer, teacher, writer, conductor, commentator, and administrator. Introduction Aaron Copland devoted his life as a twentieth-century composer to fostering, developing, creating, and establishing distinctive "American" music. As an advocate and supporter of American music and American composers, Copland frequently wrote articles, presented lectures, and delivered speeches.
Free Music Archive beatlab - make music together Do fruit enjoy music? Japanese company plays Mozart to its bananas NOW here's a story with a-peel: A Japanese fruit company has been playing Mozart to its ripening bananas, claiming it produces a sweeter product. And that's not all - the paper says a wide variety of food and beverages in Japan have been enjoying exposure to classical music, including soy sauce, udon noodles, miso and even sake, the Japan Times said. In fact, the sake is downright picky when it comes to composers. "We found Mozart works best for sake," Mr Ohara said, "and that's why we use only his music." But back to those bunches of Mozart-loving bananas. Mozart's String Quartet 17 and Piano Concerto 5 in D major, among other works, play continuously for one week over speakers in their ripening chamber, the paper said. A representative from the fruit company, Isamu Okuda, said the company believes it makes the fruit sweeter. Read more at the Japan Times.
Great Performances . Keeping Score: MTT on Music | Tchaikovsky No. 4 in Performance: The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas In KEEPING SCORE: MTT ON MUSIC, a fascinating behind-the-scenes documentary, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas takes viewers on a guided tour of one of the towering achievements in classical music, Tchaikovsky's "Symphony No. 4." Thomas, who describes Tchaikovsky as "one of the great melody writers of all time," explores each of the symphony's four movements, providing insightful commentary on the powerful and vibrant emotions conveyed in the composer's music. In addition, he introduces individual members of the San Francisco Symphony, who explain the challenges and joys of the music Tchaikovsky penned for their instruments -- including the violin, oboe, bassoon, piccolo, bass, and timpani. In TCHAIKOVSKY NO. 4 IN PERFORMANCE, the companion program to the documentary, conductor Thomas ascends the podium to lead the San Francisco Symphony in a complete performance of Tchaikovsky's Fourth at Davies Symphony Hall.
7 Good Resources for Art Teachers and Students I was recently contacted by a reader who wanted to know what I had in my archives for art lessons and digital art galleries that students can access. While this isn't every visual art resource in my archive, these are seven of my personal favorites. The Art Project powered by Google features interior tours of seventeen world famous art museums. Select a museum from the list on the homepage and you can virtually tour it using the same interface style you experience in Google Maps Streetview. Smarthistory is a free online alternative to expensive art history textbooks. Picturing America is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. The World Digital Library hosts nearly 5,000 primary documents and images from collections around the world. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has a great collection of multimedia, interactive features about art and artists.
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