Balance

by Fading Ways

pop rap compilation sensible melodic creativecommons varie

16 tracks

62:14

1	TV Smith - Not in my name (UK)	4:11
2	Le Monaster - Objecteur de conscience (FR)	4:05
3	Neil Leyton - I just can't take another smile (PT)	2:46
4	Pourquoi me réveiller - Data (NL)	3:07
5	Boris & Maxime - Païdium (Slav-FR)	3:33
6	De Nieuwe Vrolijkheid - We are John Wayne (NL)	3:24
7	Inna Crisis - The Time is now (CH)	4:31
8	Red Orkestra - Days of Gold (CA)	5:04
9	Turun Romantiikka - Vapaus Valita (FI)	3:10
10	Saelynh - Live in 1789 (FR)	4:45
11	LaMundial.net - La Mitad (ES)	3:21
12	Nicad - In colour (Inter)	3:32
13	Suzy & Los Quattro - Make my Day (ES)	2:59
14	Ronan Browne - Solas (IR)	3:33
15	The Wedding Soundtrack - Berceuse (FR)	2:54
16	Thalija - 6 (AT)	7:19

Description

"Artists for Balance in digital rights laws and Fairness to consumers".

16-track compilation featuring artists of different nationalities and musical styles, all of which are opposed to the current music industry trend to "strengthen" copyright. In fact, these are artists who feel that the music industry is going too far - to such an extreme that new legislations increasingly deprive their fans and consumers of the traditional civil liberties they used to enjoy after purchasing music. These are artists that are not in favour of suing file-sharers, and would rather see the industry embrace new, progressive business models like Creative Commons. The Balance compilation supports the European Consumers Group (BEUC) campaign for consumers digital rights, which can be found online at: www.consumersdigitalrights.org.

Fading Ways wishes to thank all participating artists in the Balance comp, as well as Dying Giraffe Recordings (Netherlands) and Jamendo.com, as well as BEUC for launching their excellent Consumers Digital Rights campaign.

The compilation CD can be ordered online at www.fwmusicstore.co.uk!

Note: With the album being licensed under CC, please contact Fading Ways at nleyton@gmail.com if you are looking to get in touch with any of the artists regarding any commercial use of the works. We'll put you in contact with them asap - everyone wins with Creative Commons!

Reviews

wikinator

Great intro

22/08/06

I'm not one who tends to listen to "popish" music a lot, so my appreciation of this album is a pretty good compliment. I particularly like the voice raised against unjust things done in our name in the first song. I think that as Creative Commons builds solidarity with other struggles, we will see an increasing number of politically critical media in the community.

Folk, hip-hop, rock, punk, reggae, trancey electronic, celtic ambience: this comp covers a lot of ground. I'd hesitate to say I could hand it to anyone and have them like at least one song; it's close, but it leans towards rock/folk/pop fans more than anything. All-in-all a great sampler of Creative Commons music.

CC-ca

Jamendo blogging magic

19/09/06

Jamendo.com, as mentioned earlier, is a great place to download Creative Commons music. One of the neat features of the site is that it allows users to comment on any album and have it show up on a blog. Justin (that's me) has decided to create an account on Jamendo for Creative Commons Canada so that we can blog about new Canadian albums that arise on Jamendo.

The first featured album, Balance, is a compilation created by Fading Ways Records to promote a balance between users and rights holders in copyright law. You can click on the album cover to visit the Jamendo homepage for the album and see what other people have said about it.

Any Canadian Jamendo artist interested in being featured on our blog, or any user interested in blogging Jamendo albums can contact justin )at( creativecommons.ca.

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