So ends Bean’s Free Music Month
Last month I ran an experiment, of sorts. I listened to nothing but "Free" music. I dubbed it Bean's Free Music Month and removed from my playlists any music that was married to a restrictive license. For all of October, I listened to artists and tracks that I was able to download and distribute.
Jamendo was a predictable starting point for this adventure through the world of liberally-licensed music. I had already thrown a few of the more popular artists into regular rotation: Tryad, [add info about the band], [list 2 others w/info].
I've already been listening to some of the top artists there but decided to branch in to genres that didn't lean toward the electronic. I am a fan of electronic music (some of my favorite artists being The Crystal Method and BT), but I wanted to hear something that would be similar to the rock I love to listen to most. Artists like Disturbed, Staind, dredg and the many others that produce commercially available music.
So, I began looking around on Jamendo for rock acts or at least bands that didn't describe their music using an electronica genre. One band I found, TenPenny Joke, was a welcome discovery. At times sounding like Silverchair, this aussie band knows how to play rock. Their melodies remind me of 80s post-metal alternative with an updated style.
One thing I can say now that October is over and I've re-added some commercial artists into the mix is this: Much like open-source software, free music suffers from a glut of glorious garbage. However, if you weed through it, there are some real treasures to be found.
