Free-to-air
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Music wants to be free
From 15th to 25th July 2007 Eileen Simpson & Ben White are resident at Cornerhouse, Manchester's international centre for contemporary arts, as part of ARTRADIO. Free-to-air centres around an invitation for bands and musicians to perform covers, versions and interpretations of the 1920s and 30s out-of-copyright folk, blues, and jazz from the Open Music Archive. A series of live plugged and unplugged performances will take place in the Cornerhouse gallery at 5pm daily and be broadcast live on the radio and streamed online (106.5FM / artradio.fm). Performances will be recorded and licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike, generating a new resource – free for use and reuse in the future. Live sessions include performances by LA77, The Travelling Band, Magic Arm, Liz Green, Lady Caroline Mary, Homelife Duo, The Sisters of Transistors, Sirconical, MC Strategy, Dr Butler's Handstand Medicine Band, Peek Adore, Sundowner. The artists also present a series of radio broadcasts featuring copyleft licensed audio material including: new music, film soundtracks, archive material from the Open Music Archive and discussions about libre culture. (Free-to-air Matinee 2-4pm daily & Free-to-air copyleft mix 8-10pm daily. Tune in: 106.5FM / artradio.fm) For two weeks Free-to-air opens up a temporary channel for music, exchange and discussion that operates beyond individual proprietary and commercial interests – a series of truly free broadcasts. The invitation is still open for bands and musicians to respond to the rare out-of-copyright folk, blues, and jazz from the Open Music Archive. It’s a unique opportunity to get to know and work with forgotten lyrics, chords, melodies and beats - to make covers and new versions of old tracks. See the sources below or email us for more details: freetoair[at]openmusicarchive[dot]org <swf>http://www.openmusicarchive.org/jukebox/jukebox.swf</swf> |
Live Schedule
Fri Jul 13
Long Night
As an introduction to the Free-to-air project, Eileen Simpson & Ben White invite guest DJs Jon K (Eyes Down/Fat City) and Upstate Rockers to explore sampling, reworking and exchange via the cover version - from Reggae Elvis and a Dubstep Prince, to a kid's cover of Slade via Detroit HipHop. Both DJs present special sets made entirely from cover versions, bootlegs and mash ups.
10pm - 11:15pm Jon K
11:15pm - 12:15 Upstate Rockers
Sun Jul 15
Free-to-air live LA77
5pm Gallery 2 / Live on 106.5 FM or artradio.fm
Listen Again 11.7MB MP3 12:48 (Right/Ctrl click to download)
Tue Jul 17
Free-to-air live The Travelling Band
5pm Gallery 2 / Live on 106.5 FM or artradio.fm
Wed Jul 18
Free-to-air live Magic Arm
5pm Gallery 2 / Live on 106.5 FM or artradio.fm
Thu Jul 19
In Conversation: Open Music Archive and Anna Colin
Artists Eileen Simpson & Ben White will be in conversation with curator and critic Anna Colin. The artists will discuss their new project for ARTRADIO free-to-air, Open Music Archive, and the implications of Free/Libre and Open Source models of creative production and distribution.
Fri Jul 20
Free-to-air live Liz Green / Lady Caroline Mary
5pm Gallery 2 / Live on 106.5 FM or artradio.fm
Sat Jul 21
Free-to-air live Homelife Duo / Graham Massey (The Sisters of Transistors)
5pm Gallery 2 / Live on 106.5 FM or artradio.fm
Sun Jul 22
Free-to-air live Sirconical / MC Strategy (Broke 'N' English)
5pm Gallery 2 / Live on 106.5 FM or artradio.fm
Tue Jul 24
Free-to-air live Sundowner
5pm Gallery 2 / Live on 106.5 FM or artradio.fm
Wed Jul 25
Free-to-air live Peek Adore
5pm Gallery 2 / Live on 106.5 FM or artradio.fm
Sources
One Dime Blues
written by Blind Lemon Jefferson
performance by Blind Lemon Jefferson
I'm Sober Now
written by Clarence "Pinetop" Smith (1904-1929)
1928 performance by Pinetop Smith
Goodbye Booze
written by Charlie Poole
performance by Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
Waiting For A Train
written by Jimmy Rogers
1928 performance by Jimmy Rogers
Six Cold Feet In The Ground
written by Leroy Carr
Deep Blue Sea Blues
written by Clara Smith (1894 - 1935)
Evil Minded Blues
written by Virginia Liston (1890-1932)
1926 performance by Virginia Liston
Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me A Bow Wow
Written by Joseph Tabrar (1857 - 1931)