Music (Libre)

Creative works that are mainly sound.

This page only shows free, libre and open music. For a list that includes proprietary works, see Music (Shareable).

Music

  • 100 CC BY HitsA hundred libre songs.
  • AncientBeastAwesome Turn Based Strategy. Master Your Beasts!
  • Aural TraditionAn album created as part of a copyright course.
  • Battle for Wesnoth'The Battle for Wesnoth is a Free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both single-player, and online/hotseat multiplayer combat.'
  • CCHits'Where you make the charts'
  • Copying Is Not TheftA song arguing that copyright violation is not theft.
  • Copyleft NoticeA song about copyleft.
  • Credit Is DueA song by Nina Paley about attribution.
  • Free! Music! Sampler36 songs under Creative Commons licences.
  • Free Software SongA song written by free software guru Richard Stallman.
  • Guess Who's a Mess'Guess Who's a Mess is the third full-length Brad Sucks album. It's about dealing with other people's expectations.'
  • Love Me DoA Beatles classic.
  • Musopen CollectionMusic files from Musopen.
  • Open Goldberg VariationsA performance of Bach's Goldberg Variations.
  • Rathole Radio'Rathole Radio is a fortnightly Internet radio show featuring the best in new music from around the web, with occasional interviews and exclusive live performances to boot.'
  • Right To MusicA free, fair, independent music advocacy group.
  • Season of GratitudeChristmas songs from ccMixter.
  • Sharing is CaringA single - remixed multiple times - released by Dan Bull. #9 in the UK Independent chart.
  • The New Birthday Song Contest'WFMU and the Free Music Archive challenged songwriters everywhere to unseat “Happy Birthday to You” from it’s cultural throne by composing possible replacements. Here are the winners.'
  • The Open Game Art Bundle'We're the people behind some of the most popular web games. The web is meant to be an open landscape; being in this bundle is how we choose to honor this.'
  • Wikipedia ChanukahJoCo's only free/libre/open song.
  • Wikipedia:Sound/list"This is an incomplete list of full length free content musical works available on Wikipedia or Wikimedia Commons, with special emphasis on works that are (or should be) linked in Wikipedia articles." (Mainly classical music)

Sources of Music

  • ArgofoxRoyalty free music.
  • audionautixFree production music.
  • BandcampCreative Commons-licensed albums.
  • Brad Sucks"a one man band with no fans"
  • ccMixterccMixter is a site for Creative Commons remixes. You can listen to the music, but also sample and mash-up it.
  • CCTRAXA collection of CC albums.
  • CommonlyA site to ransom CC0 game assets.
  • Dan BullA musician.
  • Daniel BautistaA musician.
  • Dan-O'Hi, I'm Dan-O and I post my original music as free MP3 downloads here on DanoSongs.com.'
  • @diffuser.netA collection of works under various licences.
  • Free Music Archive'The Free Music Archive is an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads.'
  • Free Software FoundationA foundation to encourage the use of free software licences.
  • FreePD.comA collection of 444 public domain songs
  • FreetemsCollection of CC0 / public domain photos, ebooks, music etc.
  • Give Life Back to MusicFirst public domain record label.
  • Hack the BellsA competition to remix the carillion in UC Berkeley.
  • hananmiseryA musician.
  • Hungry LucyA band that blends pop, haunting vocals and other styles.
  • I'M FRESH! YOU'RE PRETTY!Musicians.
  • IncompetechRoyalty-free music
  • JamendoA website which only hosts Creative Commons songs.
  • JemexA catchy musician from Brooklyn.
  • Jonathan MannWrote a song a day; now over 1700.
  • Jono BaconMan who is involved in Ubuntu community, also in a band.
  • Josh WoodwardJosh Woodward writes and sings acoustic rock.
  • JuanitosRetro boogie music.
  • Kassy Key & The RaindoggsA band.
  • Libre.fm'Share your listening habits and discover new music.'
  • Lorenzo's Music'Their sound is not unlike a band of swaggering Lotharios caught between yesteryear and today.'
  • Mike ShawA mashup musician.
  • Millionaire Blonde'Le Millionaire Blonde sono una band di cui la voce principale è maria Beatrice Alonzi, sono musiciste, fanno musica pop rock electro, sono bellissime e bionde.'
  • MixoticNet mixes.
  • MMO'Canadian rock guitarist/songwriter/producer Mike Olekshy fled his homeland in 2005 to attend music college and play guitar with various artists around Los Angeles, CA. His alter-ego MMO has just released a brand new EP "Drunk Dial Of The Year" - a collection of guitar-driven rock that blurs the lines between pop and metal -- complete with quirky lyrics and catchy melodies.'
  • MuseScoreHosts the sources of the Open Goldberg Variations edition
  • Musopen"There ought to be but one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works and from which he could carry away whatever he needed..." - Beethoven
  • Nina PaleyQuestion Copyright's artist in residence.
  • opsoundA collection of copyleft songs.
  • Orphan SongsFree Swedish rock pop music.
  • Pristine ClassicalA company that remasters public domain music.
  • Radio Nowhere'Radio Nowhere is a rock/pop band from Oakland, California, in the United States. A friend told me that we sound like the missing link between Counting Crows and Duran Duran, and that sums it up pretty well.'
  • Richard StallmanFree software advocate and guru.
  • RynoTheBeardedCC-licensed music, 24/7
  • Severed FifthA band.
  • SlimA band.
  • SoundcloudA music site.
  • Subaqueous'Subaqueous is a solo music project of Isaac Cotec. The music has incorporated beat science to create progressive mid tempo and dance music.'
  • Sunspot'Disco-Metal Rock from the Cheese and Beer Galaxy'
  • TeknoAXERoyalty free music in a variety of genres.
  • Tenpenny JokeAn alternative rock band.
  • The BeatlesA pop band.
  • thesixtyoneRandomly-played music.
  • Ubuntu Free Culture ShowcaseFree culture that has been chosen by the Ubuntu community.
  • VimeoYou can search Vimeo by Creative Commons licence.
  • Zadkiel'Zadkiel are three piece Alternative-Rock/Indie band from Nottingham.'
  • zero-projectA collection of musical compositions, audiobooks and songs.
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