Tag: creative commons

Give Us Grace

Byartsyhonker September 23, 2010 0 Comments
Earlier this year, Rev Kathryn Fleming asked me to write something for the patronal festival of St Matthew's, Cainscross, which was this Tuesday. It needed to be something fairly simple, a round perhaps, something the congregation would be able to pick up quickly and sing at the service; it needed to be relevant to the occasion but useful for other situations as well.   I was happy to make an...

London Alternative Copyright Choir

Byartsyhonker March 14, 2009 0 Comments
Traditional copyright exists in order to protect the rights of creators. The idea is that if they know their work will be protected and they can profit from it, there will be an incentive for them to create new works. This in turn means that consumers or audiences have a wide range of works to choose from. We all benefit from the cultural richness of a diverse range of artists creating a large...

London Alternative Copyright Choir

Byartsyhonker January 23, 2009 0 Comments
I'm running a very exciting project as part of my BMus degree. I am putting together a choir, which will do eight weeks of rehearsal and then a concert. The exciting part? All the music used will be acquired, copied, and performed using non-traditional alternatives to copyright, and the part of the proceeds will go to the Open Rights Group. You don't need to read music and there are no auditions....
Byartsyhonker March 18, 2008 0 Comments
Practising was unpleasant this morning. I've had three days in a row of not playing, and things never sound or feel quite right after that. It went reasonably well, though, so I think I'll be on track again by tomorrow.The reason for my non-practising yesterday is that I was attending a seminar presented by Open Rights Group, Creative Business in the Digital Era. The curriculum and various other...