This morning 
Greg Kulowiec and I are teaching a workshop on creating content in iBooks Author. I'm starting the morning with a discussion about Copyright, Creative Commons, and Fair Use. This collection of resources for locating music and sounds licensed for re-use is one that I am sharing with the group.  

The 
Free Music Archive provides free, high-quality, music in a wide range of genres. The content on 
Free Music Archive is used under various creative commons licenses. The New York State Music Fund provided initial funding for FMA. 
FMA  seeks to maintain a high-quality resource through the use of selected  curators who approve or deny all submissions to the collection. Anyone can download music from 
FMA  for use in podcasts, videos, and other digital presentation formats.  The music collections can be searched by genre or by curator.
 Sound Bible
Sound Bible is a resource for finding and downloading free sound clips, sound effects, and sound bites. All of the sounds on 
Sound Bible  are either public domain or labeled with a Creative Commons license.  You can find sounds for use in podcasts, videos, slideshows, or other  multimedia creations.
  
 Royalty Free Music
Royalty Free Music hosts music tracks that can be reused in numerous ways. 
Royalty Free Music  charges the general public for their downloads, but students and  teachers can download quite a bit of the music for free. To access the  free music tracks students and teachers should visit the 
education page on Royalty Free Music.
    
 Jamendo
Jamendo is a source of free and legal music downloads. The music on 
Jamendo  comes from the artists who upload it themselves. While not all of the  music is licensed for re-use, there is a substantial collection of music  labeled with a Creative Commons license. As always, before re-using any  of the music you download make sure it is labeled for re-use.
From the same people that brought us the great computational search engine Wolfram Alpha comes 
Wolfram Tones. Wolfram Tones uses algorithms, music theory, and sound samples to generate new collections of sounds. Visitors to Wolfram Tones can experiment with sounds and rhythms to make their own sounds. Wolfram Tones allows visitors to choose samples from fifteen different genres of music on which to build their own sounds. Once a genre is selected visitors can then alter the rhythms, instrumentation, and pitch mapping of their sounds. When satisfied with their creations, users can download their sounds or have them sent directly to their cell phones.
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