Halloween Music 2017

“During the day, I don’t believe in ghosts. At night, I’m a little more open-minded.” ~Unknown

Deep in the vaults of ccMixter lurk hundreds of Halloween songs that will add a certain, shall we say, rotting addition to your scary playlists.  Like grave diggers on a full moon night, you will find what you are looking for, all you have to do is dig.  Dig until you hit the sound that is hollow and cold.  Dig until your bones are creaking.  There is Ghostly music down there.  And all of this haunting music is free to share and download.

Some of the ghouls working for the dark lord have brought us back a few tasty tracks already.   These servants have sacrificed themselves so that you may stream them for free online at TuneTrack.net.  But be careful, the dark lord of ccMixter is cunning, and soon you'll find yourself enslaved to the tunes created here.

There are also mad scientists, musical genius gone awry, making new nightmare songs, Ghost Notes that will rattle the cages of your mind.  This new music pleases our master, though no mercy will ever be shown.

Like Frankenstein was created from pieces and parts, all this haunting music is created from source material uploaded under Creative Commons licenses, scary music is brought to life, stomping around the internet like the monster Mary Shelly created.  Join us and we will rule the world.  Happy Halloween!

Relevant links:
To Dig in the Vaults:
dig.ccmixter.org
(use search words like "halloween", "scary" or "nightmare")
To stream the Tunetrack playlist from the ccMixter vaults:
http://tunetrack.net/jason-brock/blog/posts/758/halloween-curation/
To hear/create new Halloween music go to Ghost Notes remix event:
http://ccmixter.org/thread/4013

Darkwinter Holidays

I like the Creative Commons dark ambient netlabel
Darkwinter Records, and its companion field-recording netlabel, Wandering Ear Records, a great source of CC samples

This winter they're putting together a fun Creative Commons holiday album, ideal for those with a dark silent night of the soul. Now if only I can find someone who wants to sing the "The Holly and the Ivy" in a Morticia-Addams-meets-the-Cocteau-Twins voice. Here's the information in case anyone else wants to try to spend December all a-carol:

A Candle's Golden Glow" Compilation - Tracks Wanted!

For December we have decided to release a compilation of dark ambient holiday tracks. The idea is inspired by Archive's 2006 release, Silent Night (Shepherds Quake). We are looking for artists to contribute to this release. If you are interested, please note our simple criteria and due dates below:

Criteria:

All tracks must be based on or able to be traced to specific holiday songs. Multiple songs can be used to create your track and any holiday tunes are acceptable.
Tracks must be no longer than 12 minutes long.
Email info@darkwinter.com to let us know where we can download your track by the deadline below to participate.
Deadline:

All material (including Audio, Artist Name, Tack Title, URL) is due by December 15, 2007
Release Date:

December 20, 2007