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CC21: A Creative Commons-Fueled New Music Advertising Experiment
All CC21 compositions are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License,
and all scores are clearly labeled as such.
Discover the value of free music.
Updated: 10/16/2011
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The map above shows the geographic reach of my cc21 project performances. The goal was to get my music performed in 21 states in 21 weeks.
Light green = A performer has agreed to perform my music in this state.
Medium green = A performance date has been scheduled for one or more works.
Dark green = A performance has taken place.
A project summary is forthcoming. In the meantime, read below for details on the project:
- Are you a performer hungry for new repertoire?
- Are you a listener who wants more new music in your area?
- Are you a composer curious about getting your music performed?
Join the experiment, and see how Creative Commons and the idea of free music are helping me increase my work's exposure.
Here is the list of works available for performance:
* Two Coffins for tenor and grand piano
* Sea Mistress for tenor and piano
* Music for Busking for solo violin or viola
* Siblings for solo piano
* My Beloved Is Mine for unaccompanied solo soprano
* Kepler-16b for violin and viola
* Sea Mistress for tenor and piano
* Music for Busking for solo violin or viola
* Siblings for solo piano
* My Beloved Is Mine for unaccompanied solo soprano
* Kepler-16b for violin and viola
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THE MUSIC
(click icon for downloadable PDF score)
The Two Coffins
for tenor and grand piano
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CC21-1 Two Coffins.pdf Size : 201.365 Kb Type : pdf |
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CC21-1a Two Coffins piano only.mp3 Size : 4735.131 Kb Type : mp3 |
Hear the audio:
Completed: 07/02/2011
Performance in: Alabama
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Sea Mistress
for tenor and piano
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CC21-1b Sea Mistress.pdf Size : 281.451 Kb Type : pdf |
Completed: 09/04/2011
Performance in: Alabama
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Music for Busking
for violin or viola
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CC21-2a Music for Busking violin.pdf Size : 256.932 Kb Type : pdf |
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CC21-2b Music for Busking viola.pdf Size : 260.176 Kb Type : pdf |
Completed: 07/16/2011
Performances in: KS, MO, IL, IN, OH, WV, & PA (all 7/29 - 8/4)
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Siblings
for solo piano
(new transcription of a work from 2005)
(new transcription of a work from 2005)
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CC21-3 Siblings.pdf Size : 293.849 Kb Type : pdf |
I. Mark
II. Kristine
III. Dale
Completed: 04/20/2005
(newly transcribed 07/22/2011)
(newly transcribed 07/22/2011)
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My Beloved Is Mine
for solo soprano (unaccompanied)
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CC21-4 My Beloved Is Mine.pdf Size : 143.764 Kb Type : pdf |
Completed: 08/05/2011
Performances in: Maryland, Virginia, and Wisconsin
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Kepler-16b
for violin and viola
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CC21-5 Kepler-16b Suite.pdf Size : 202.968 Kb Type : pdf |
(click to download MP3)
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CC21-5 Kepler-16b Suite.mp3 Size : 9007.346 Kb Type : mp3 |
Completed: 10/15/2011
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THE PROJECT
cc21: A Creative Commons-Fueled New Music Advertising Experiment
The ProblemContemporary classical music has some big problems. Performers with a taste for new works often lack the funding to purchase scores or pay mechanical rights to record copyrighted works, and lack the time and expertise to research a specific work's copyright status.
We composers have problems of our own. Not enough performers know about the amazing music we create! Even worse, we're competing with a pantheon of long-dead composers with name recognition, massive catalogs, and zero-cost performance/recording rights and (often) scores. I may have a remedy for the situation, but it's a little risky.
The Remedy (?)
Creative Commons is a framework giving creators an upfront, standardized way to grant specific copyright permissions to their work. Through these licenses, individual works are made freely available, with optional source-attribution and licensing requirements, and optional restrictions on derivative works and commercial reuse.
Essentially, Creative Commons allows creative types to give away their product in a limited way, in support of (presumably) wider distribution and notoriety, (presumably) greater generation of auxiliary income sources (commissions, etc.), and the wider culture of art as community property. The downsides, of course, are the (potential) lost revenue from score and royalty payments and other income, and the irrevocability of the license.
The Experiment
To test whether Creative Commons is one viable option in the emerging artist-entrepreneur's portfolio, I am conducting an experiment. I'm writing a set of chamber pieces, and releasing the score of each under a Creative Commons license: "Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0)", to be precise:
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This means anyone may download the score at no cost, as long as they cite me as the composer and do not make income from it. I retain any rights not specifically granted under the license. And the license only applies to the works I'm writing specially for this project, not to my entire catalog. So, if this experiment turns out to be the terrible marketing mistake that some have predicted, that damage is contained to a 21-week window in my creative output.
The Goal
Through word-of-mouth promotion and unabashed begging, I hope to get my music played in 21 different states over 21 weeks. If the performers like the music, they can freely pass it along to others, and/or commission additional works from me.
This project began on Monday, May 30th, 2011 (Memorial Day), and ends on October 15th, 2011, one week before the College Music Society's National Conference. Catch my 5-minute CMS Lightning Talk on the topic, and find out the real value (if any) of free music.
The latest progress updates are at the top of this page. For more information or to get involved, please visit the Facebook page or Contact me using the Subject line "cc21".
