Cognitive Dissidents

A long, long time ago - I noted that I was reviewing Creative Commons Copyright music with the express intention of mixing a Creative Commons Copyright CD mix.

I still am ... its just that the amount and quality of CC MP3 music is overwhelming

My original game plan was this:

(i) listen to the CC MP3 music

(ii) choose tracks I wanted to mix

(iii) convert to CD - because I mix with CD or vinyl

(iv) cut the mix live to a master

(v) remaster the cd and ensure it was good

(vi) print up the worst covers possible in the universe - so they looked like "illegal DJ mixes" - and then cut a dozen copies and give them away free to people who promised to give them away free

But - the big stumbling block is ...

... I am still trying to work out which tracks to mix - becuase there is so much stuff available

I started by going to Legal Torrents - but later spread my search to CCHits a ning type thing that allows linking and voting on tracks in the Digg style ..

All of this is a bad mistake if you have things to do - but great if you want to listen to CC MP3's ..

The upshot of it all is that I am still listening to music and trying to figure out which tracks are worth mixing ..

Some time this century I will cut my fave tracks to CD, make a mix and see if it is possible to give it away for free.

Because first - of course - I need to licence the tracks with the parties involved even if I am giving it away for free

"Some rights reserved" means I have to respect the rights of the CC copyright holders - thats why Creative Copyright exists

There will be more on this topic - just as soon as I finish listening to lots of music ...

Tags: creative copyright, mp3, dj mixes, copyright, riaa, legal torrents, cchits