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

CcMixter and Jamendo Rekindle Relationship

Royalty Free Curation Released on Jamendo Features Best Instrumental Tracks for Video.

The appetite for new music is growing with each video producer hungry for source material to use in their creations.  To feed that demand, ccMixter  has released Best Instrumentals for Video, the first in a series of curations culled from the over 44 thousand original remixes in the vaults.  The 20 song collection of royalty free music is available now at Jamendo.com.  Listen to it here.

CcMixter chose to feature these tracks because of their popularity on YouTube.  These tasty remixes are what producers are looking for, and they keep coming back for more. Releasing them as a collection on Jamendo made perfect sense.  Jamendo and ccMixter have worked together in the net audio space since the beginning, expanding the availability of independent music released under Creative Commons license.  

"We're excited to be releasing these curations with Jamendo," says Emily Richards, founder and CEO of ArtisTech Media.  "This next chapter in our relationship benefits us all, especially the musicians who created the remixes we're sharing with the world."  ArtisTech Media operates ccMixter.org and Tunetrack.net.  Both Jamendo and ArtisTech have ushered in platforms for artists to generate revenue from their works.  So when a producer needs a license, they are able to purchase one that will cover the use.  This is especially important for commercial use, and also for attribution.

With Jamendo, creative commons remix is on the menu in six languages to over 3 million members, and more curations are on the way.  Thanks to Jamendo we're meeting the demand for royalty free music, and we'll keep 'em coming back for more. 

Relevant Links:

Best Instrumentals for Video

https://www.jamendo.com/album/170224/best-instrumentals-for-video

Jamendo.com

https://www.jamendo.com/

ArtisTech Media

http://tunetrack.net/artistech/

Snowflake, Loveshadow Release Album 'Open In The Garden'

ccMixter Artists Demonstrate Power of CC Collaboration

ccMixter is pleased to share Open In The Garden by ccMixter artists Snowflake & Loveshadow. The album also includes contributions from Abstract Audio, Alex Beroza, airtone, Jeris, Ivan Chew, and library owl.

To listen, click the album cover. To dive into the songs, click 'Lyrics' by each song title for lyrics, credits and stems. Be sure to view the artbook that features artwork by various artists, under Creative Commons license.

To download Open In The Garden in CD-quality, with the high-res artbook, support Snowflake's music and become a Green Room member.

• Open In The Garden Press Release
• Open In The Garden Note from Producer

We're honored ccMixter helped make this release possible. Peace.