In my last post I described research I did for an art student who was looking for a web site to host her online portfolio. (She has since chosen wix.com).The student was also concerned about finding the right electronica music for her edgy site. Therefore, I enjoyed putting 33 tracks of Creative Commons music on a flash drive, knowing that I could offer them to her without copyright infringement.
Each of my tracks came from my own go-to source, Magnatune. By subscribing to their "Free Song of the day" email list I had gradually acquired the electronica music. All of these songs are licensed as free-use with attribution for non-commercial video blogs, podcasts, and anything a student makes for academic purposes while attending school. For the past several months I have used their music for instructional slide presentations, videos, and podcasts. (You many be listening to it on this site right now as you read). Magnatune selects its artists with care, and the quality of the recordings and doonloads is excellent.
I hadn't visited the Magnatue site for a while. But my research spurred me to revisit. I discovered that Magnatune has adopted a subscription service. After an exchange of emails, I learned to my delight, that with one $15/month subscription, the students at our school may access the site for student classroom projects. Their are only obligated by the CC license to include attribution.
As you must know or suspect, many students (and sometimes their teachers!) are inclined to use music without permissions. It's much easier to discourage this illegal practice when one can offer a quality, legal substitute. My art teacher friend snapped one up a subscription at once and our associate principal was glad to pay for it.
I recommend that you check them Magnatune. They have a very fair business model for their artists, not to mention interesting listening options. Given their generous disposition toward our students, I hope they thrive.
P.S. Starting next week, the Drive-thru will publish on Mondays and Thursdays until September.
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Screen shot of Magnatune home page.
I recommend that you check them Magnatune. They have a very fair business model for their artists, not to mention interesting listening options. Given their generous disposition toward our students, I hope they thrive.
P.S. Starting next week, the Drive-thru will publish on Mondays and Thursdays until September.
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Screen shot of Magnatune home page.
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