Remember the site I get all my free music from? Yes, Jamendo, a site for artists to share their music with their fans under [[Creative Commons licenses]].
Well, apparently (and, of course, with my vote), they won [[CNET Networks|CNET’s]] Webware 2009 competition, in the “Music” category. They also made it to the “Top 100” web sites (which is quite a feat). You can read about it at the Jamendo blog and CNet site.
Following the “report” series started with my first summary of info about the music collection I listen to, I will update that info in this post.
The data (in parentheses the difference with respect to last report, 8 months ago).
Files
Total files 10039 (+527)
- Commercial 6533 (+372)
- Jamendo 3381 (+155)
- Other CC 71 (+0)
- Other 54 (+0)
Total playtime 634h (+34h)
Disk usage 48GB (+3GB)
MP3 count 0 (+0)
OGG count 100039 (+527)
Last.fm
Playcount 56191 (+14657)
Most played artists JoaquÃn Sabina - 3233 (+522)
Ismael Serrano - 1820 (+1342)
The Beatles - 1632 (+286)
Extremoduro - 1611 (+917)
Silvio RodrÃguez - 930 (+148)
David TMX - 891 (+38)
Siniestro Total - 847 (+197)
Bad Religion - 774 (+142)
Fito & Fitipaldis - 749 (+74)
La Polla Records - 710 (+145)
El Reno Renardo - 660
Joan Manuel Serrat - 635
La Fuga - 570
Platero y Tú - 554
Ska-P - 554 (+114)
Most played songs Km. 0 (I. Serrano) - 82
Cuando aparezca el petróleo (E. Sánchez) - 74 (+8)
Salir (Extremoduro) - 68
Golfa (Extremoduro) - 66
Caperucita (I. Serrano) - 65
La extraña pareja (I. Serrano) - 61
Vértigo (I. Serrano) - 61
La del pirata cojo (J. Sabina) - 60 (+5)
Tirado en la calle (E. Sánchez) - 59 (+6)
Un muerto encierras (I. Serrano) - 58
Conductores suicidas (J. Sabina) - 57 (+6)
Medias Negras (J. Sabina) - 56
Y sin embargo (J. Sabina) - 55 (+6)
Tierna y dulce historia de amor (I. Serrano) - 53
You shook me all night long (AC/DC) - 52
So payaso (Extremoduro) - 52
Laztana (Latzen) - 50
Esperar (E. Sánchez) - 50
Pacto entre caballeros (J. Sabina) - 50 (+3)
Following the “report” series started with my first summary of info about the music collection I listen to, I will update that info in this post.
The data (in parentheses the difference with respect to last report, 5 months ago).
Files
Total files 9512 (+1439)
- Commercial 6161 (+1174)
- Jamendo 3226 (+225)
- Other CC 71 (+40)
- Other 54 (+0)
Total playtime 25d (+4d)
Disk usage 45GB (+7GB)
Artist count 1270 (+236)
Album count 847 (+109)
MP3 count 0 (+0)
OGG count 9512 (+1439)
Last.fm
Playcount 41534 (+5255)
Most played artists JoaquÃn Sabina - 2711 (+195)
The Beatles - 1346 (+118)
David TMX - 853 (+82)
Silvio RodrÃguez - 782 (+37)
Extremoduro - 694 (+251)
Fito & Fitipaldis - 675 (+53)
Siniestro Total - 650 (+39)
Bad Religion - 632 (+59)
La Polla Records - 565 (+28)
Ismael Serrano - 478
Ska-P - 440 (+20)
Most played songs Cuando aparezca el petróleo (E. Sánchez) - 66 (+10)
La del pirata cojo (J. Sabina) - 55 (+3)
Tirado en la calle (E. Sánchez) - 53 (+7)
Conductores suicidas (J. Sabina) - 51 (+3)
Y sin embargo (J. Sabina) - 49 (+4)
Pacto entre caballeros (J. Sabina) - 47 (+2)
Amarok
Playcount 30392 (+4796)
Favorite artists NanowaR - 96.16% (+2.14)
ABBA - 95.85%
Erick Sánchez - 95.19%
Rafael Caballero - 94.73 (+0.43)
Peiremans - 94.68% (+1.20)
Leihotikan - 94.53% (+0.14%)
Su ta Gar - 94.44% (+0.34)
Simon and Garfunkel - 94.26% (+0.42)
La Caja Negra - 94.22% (+0.65)
Antarhes - 94.18%
Ska-P - 94.12% (-0.96)
Eskorbuto - 94.06%
Fito & Fitipaldis - 93.87%
Juan Luis Guerra - 93.75% (+0.10)
Favorite songs Salir - Extremoduro
You shook me all night long - AC/DC
Km 0 - Ismael Serrano
Golfa - Extremoduro
Todos los segundos cuentan - La Caja Negra
Vértigo - Ismael Serrano
1st movement of Winter - Antonio Vivaldi
Total eclipse of the heart - Bonnie Tyler
New America - Bad Religion
Caperucita - Ismael Serrano
Fiesta pagana (Mägo de Oz) - Mägo de Oz
Cuando aparezca el petróleo - Erick Sánchez
La extraña pareja - Ismael Serrano
Highway to hell - AC/DC
Uno - dos - tres - cuatro - Javier Ãlvarez
El roce de tu cuerpo - Platero y Tú
Torn - Natalie Imbruglia
Un muerto encierras - Ismael Serrano
Chop suey - System of a Down
Tirado en la calle - Erick Sánchez
Following the “report” series started with my first summary of info about the music collection I listen to, I will update that info in this post.
The data (in parentheses the difference with respect to last report, 5 months ago).
Files
Total files 8073 (+1037)
- Commercial 4987 (+522)
- Jamendo 3001 (+468)
- Other CC 31 (+0)
- Other 54 (+47)
Total playtime 21d (+3d)
Disk usage 38GB (+6GB)
Artist count 1034 (+217)
Album count 738 (+120)
MP3 count 0 (+0)
OGG count 8073 (+1037)
Last.fm
Playcount 36279 (+10033)
Most played artists JoaquÃn Sabina - 2516 (+264)
The Beatles - 1228 (+245)
David TMX - 771 (+172)
Silvio RodrÃguez - 745 (+119)
Fito & Fitipaldis - 622
Siniestro Total - 611 (+75)
Bad Religion - 573
La Polla Records - 537
Extremoduro - 443
Ska-P - 420
Most played songs Cuando aparezca el petróleo (E. Sánchez) - 56 (+14)
La del pirata cojo (J. Sabina) - 52 (+5)
Conductores suicidas (J. Sabina) - 48 (+2)
Tirado en la calle (E. Sánchez) - 46
Y sin embargo (J. Sabina) - 45 (+5)
Pacto entre caballeros (J. Sabina) - 45 (+3)
Amarok
Playcount 25596 (+7410)
Favorite artists Ska-P - 95.08%
Leihotikan - 94.39%
Rafael Caballero - 94.30%
Su ta Gar - 94.10% (+2.24)
NanowaR - 94.02%
Simon and Garfunkel - 93.84%
Juan Luis Guerra - 93.65% (+0.8)
La Caja Negra - 93.57% (+1.93)
Peiremans - 93.48% (+1.52)
Favorite songs You shook me all night long (AC/DC) - 99%
Km 0 (I. Serrano) - 98%
Salir (Extremoduro) - 98%
1st movement of Winter (A. Vivaldi) - 98%
Torn (N. Imbruglia) - 98%
Total eclipse of the heart (B. Tyler) - 98%
Todos los segundos cuentan (La Caja Negra) - 98%
Fiesta pagana (Mägo de Oz) - 98%
New America (Bad Religion) - 98%
Las cuatro y diez (L.E. Aute and S. RodrÃguez) - 98%
Soldadito marinero (Fito & Fitipaldis) - 98%
Cuando aparezca el petróleo (E. Sánchez) - 98%
Jet pilot (System of a Down) - 98%
Tirado en la calle (E. Sánchez) - 98%
I read in BoingBoing that at least one of the 5 finalists to the 2005 Hugo best science-fiction novel award has published his work (Accelerando) under the Creative Commons.
Yes, free to download legally. Yes, a novel that is among the finalists for an international prize, won by people like Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, Orson Scott Card or J.K. Rowling in 2001 for Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
They are not my favourite, they are not the best of the best… But, what the hell!, their personal info (quoted below) caught my eye. You can find the music of this group from Madrid at Jamendo. They release their music (at least this album) under the Creative Commons.
Feel free to try, download, burn and share their songs, below. You can find more Creative Commons music I like at my site.
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Desde la salvaje y peligrosa selva madrileña, cual canario entre leones, como un elefante entre roedores, como una abeja entre las flores,surgen TONTO… el grupo que todavia no sabias que estabas esperando. Tras 5 años mirandonos el ombligo hace pocos meses que TONTO empezó su andadura grabando sus temas en los prestigiosos estudios ZZ bajo la tutela sonora del afamado productor de la provincia el Dr Gustafsson que tambien se hace cargo de las labores bajÃsticas. A las 6 cuerdas el inefable y peligroso Jimi “Yimi” rodriguez , en la bateria Missis Marta acariciando bombos, platos y cajas y a la voz cantante el atractivo y afeminado hooligan Kaiser José!
Just as in the USA they have the RIAA, here we have the SGAE, which “takes care” of the artists , composers, writers and so on. In the suspicion that what they defend are the interests of discography lobbys, and fed up with the whole “music business”, I turned my eyes to the music released under a Creative Commons (CC) license.
So far I haven’t had time to dive too deep in this world, but I have come across a very interesting resource for such music, namely a French site called Jamendo. All the music there is free to download, hear, burn, share, and probably broadcast (there are different CC licenses, some more restricting than others). Go ahead and give it a try, folks!
