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Collection Society

2007-03-06T17:15:01Z

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Collection Society coming soon . . .

Free-to-air Background

2007-02-28T17:58:39Z

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Artists Eileen Simpson & Ben White often work in public spaces: online, in clubs, magazines, shops and cinemas. Most recently they established the Open Music Archive – a collaborative initiative to source, digitise and distribute out-of-copyright sound recordings.

Free-to-air, their new project for ARTRADIO, 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 and be broadcast live on the radio. Performances will be recorded and licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike, generating a new resource – free for use and reuse in the future.

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 free culture.

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.

Free-to-air

2007-02-28T17:56:20Z

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In July 2007 Open Music Archive will be resident at [http://www.cornerhouse.org Cornerhouse], Manchester's international centre for contemporary arts.

For two weeks Eileen Simpson & Ben White will be producing a series of live events and programmes for a temporary FM radio station broadcasting across Manchester and promoted to the UK and internationally.

We’re inviting bands and musicians to respond to the rare out-of-copyright folk, blues, and jazz from the [http://www.openmusicarchive.org 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.

For two weeks the gallery will host live plugged and unplugged performances and one-off broadcasts by Manchester’s finest upcoming and established bands and musicians.

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Bands and musicians are now being selected and projects are in development for July 2007. Email us for details: freetoair@openmusicarchive.org

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Listen to the original tracks on the jukebox to the left or [[Free-to-air_Resources|download a selection of tracks]].

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