cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/1785739
Hello Everyone! I make chiptunes on trackers which are quite famous for “keygen music” associated with software piracy. My philosophy with the music I make is that all my tracks can be downloaded for free, are copyright free, and most importantly: its source files can be accessed.
The last bit is something I dont see too much of in the music communities (correct me if I am wrong). I would definitely like to see this more popularised perhaps making something akin to “FOSS Music”. Under all of my tracks I put a mediafire link to .xm file. I think this would be incredibly useful to creators as there many times where I hear a song and just love a specific instrument or sample they used and would like to use it in my own music.
Thoughts?
Fantastic. We need more content and art that is free for creative (re)use. I think this is called Free culture or Libre culture.
I think not only computer code is better when it’s FLOSS, but every form of art greatly benefits from remixing, people taking something and pushing it forward. Using art as a from of debate.
And this works especially well without additional shackles like restrictive copyright or being proprietary.