[pp.int.general] Results of the Free! Music! Contest 2010

[Christian Hufgard]

Hi there!

the Free! Music! Contest 2010 was a pretty huge success! Now it's time
to spread the word once again and tell the world about it. :)

The artists on the sampler are from the following countries: Argentina,
Colombia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Irland, Luxembourg,
Norway, Austria, Spain, USA, Venezuela. I'm thinking about indicating
the artists origin on the result page either, but this is not done right
now. So if you'd like to feature an artist from country, just write me
an I'll give to the details. :)

You can use the press annoncement blow, if you want to cover the story
(which I would really appreciate :) and this image
http://musik.klarmachen-zum-aendern.de/files/freeloaded-cover.jpg (the
sampler's cover)


To promote music published under a Creative Commons license and the
artists that stand behind the music Musikpiraten (Musicpirates) e.V. in
2010 organized the Free! Music! Contest for the second time. While
mainly German bands and musicians competed last year, it is a truly
international competition this year: 130 artists from more than 30
countries entered their pieces! Since [date] a sampler put together by a
jury is available for download. [1] The finale of the Contest will be a
party on October 2nd at the Kreativfabrik in Wiesbaden with five live
bands. [2]

"This enormous increase in participants was only possible because of the
support of many bloggers, online magazines, free radios and internet
radios who all covered the contest." says Christian Hufgard, president
of Musikpiraten e.V. "Special mention has to be given to Cory Doctorow
who acted as patron of the Contest" he added. [3]

The Musikpiraten's server now yields two CDs packed to the brim with 36
legally shareable Creative Commongs songs. For those who like it
particularly free there is version in OGG-format to download while a
"classic" MP3 version is available, too. Both versions can be loaded via
via BitTorrent, eDonkey2000 or directly through the browser. All
download possibilities can be found on the website with the Contest's
results. [1]

The scope of musical styles of "Freeloaded" - that's the sampler's name
- is as wide as that of it's predecessor. German punk by "Das frivole
Burgfräulein" - "Bonn's best beach punk band of the world" - rock from
Berlin by Shearer, synthpop by the upcoming Zoe. Leela (also from
Berlin) are joined in harmony with the folk of the well known singer
songwriter David Rovics (USA) and the metal from Spain (Cautiva). Also
there is alternative metal by Umbra Summi Nobis (Venezuela), chiptunes
from Norway (Binärpilot), Austrian acoustic rock (Amitiy in Fame),
Argentinian 80s-style pop (The Kyoto Connection) and a lot more.

These two CDs display the wide variety that Crative Commons music has in
the maintstream and also contains genres that hardly ever get any
airplay on the radio.

There is a public voting that is open until September 30. [4] 10
t-shirts sponsored by 3DSupply are given away to the bands present on
the CD. Three more prizes (sponsored by GetDigital) a music pillow, an
equalizer-t-shirt and a working bongo drum t-shirt were given away using
the random number generating function of OpenOffice.org. They go out to
Reboot from Spain, the Sanchez Band (also Spain) and Tetania from Belarus.

October 2nd will be the climax and the end of the Contest: Das frivole
Burgfräulein (Bonn), Shearer (Berlin), lax-o-mat (Chemnitz),
oliversebastian.cc (Butzbach) and the Fuzzy Tunes (Darmstadt) will rock
Kreativfabrik [5] in Wiesbaden with live music. Admission will be 5€ and
the doors open at 8pm. If at least 27 people register with kopfüber [6]
there will even be a bus from Leipzig/Dresden to Wiesbaden.

At this date the sampler will be available as CD. With a pressing of
1,000 copies it will be hand numbered and sold for 2,50€ (plus shipping
and handling). Reservations can be made through the Musikpiraten's
website. [7]

Organizer
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The recognized non-profit organization Musikpiraten e.V. has the purpose
of promoting free culture with a focus on music as means of artistic
expression. Musikpiraten e.V. accomplishes this through the organization
and sponsoring of events and competitions, supporting artists and
running the internet portal http://musik.klarmachen-zum-aendern.de as a
central meeting point for artists and art consumers.


[1]
http://musik.klarmachen-zum-aendern.de/nachrichten/free_music_contest_2010_-_der_sampler-531
[2]
http://musik.klarmachen-zum-aendern.de/nachrichten/free_music_party_2010-520
[3]
http://musik.klarmachen-zum-aendern.de/nachrichten/cory_doctorow_schirmherr_des_free_music_contests-488
[4]
http://musik.klarmachen-zum-aendern.de/content/welcher_act_vom_sampler_039freeloaded039_soll_den_t-shirt-preis_von_3dsupply_bekommen-530
[5] http://www.kreativfabrik-wiesbaden.de/programm/2010/10/43
[6] http://kopfueber.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/denn-wiesbaden-ist-ibiza/
[7] http://musik.klarmachen-zum-aendern.de/content/fmc-sampler-bestellung

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Press contact

Christian Hufgard

1. Chairman Musikpiraten e.V.
E-Mail: christian.hufgard at musikpiraten e.V.
Telefon:   01578-7906458