Sprouting from seeds planted during the International Computer Music Conference, The Free Sound Project provides producers with an abundance of samples available via a Creative Commons Sampling License (that means its practically free). Link , via Corante
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People are organs of a living earth – and the cells of its body. The symphony of the cosmic concert is the music of nature – the natural “free music”. If you pay attention to this art and laws of its development, everybody knows that the noises of the sea, wind, thunderstorm, makes a symphony as well as the music of birds – but right now, people exploit the music of nature according to the old laws – if they were paying more attention, they would be enlightened more – It would turn out that water, air and birds, don’t sing according to our notes, but using all the notes that they find pleasure in – and with that, the laws of the natural music are observed exactly. The creator of free music similarly to a nightingale is not limited to tones and half-tones. He also utilizes quarter-tones, eighth-tones as well as music with a free choice of tones.- Nikolai Kulbin, “Free Music” manifesto published in Der Blaue Reiter Almanach (1910). Translated from the Russian by Ruslana Zitserman and Lonce Wyse
