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Music Credits

Nate — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:34:37 +0000

Oddness abounds and I get to add another thing that I never thought I’d be dealing with. Comes from not thinking things through, I suppose.

Long and short is that the music I’ve used in the four novels has been licensed in various ways. For the present use, that is, as a free podcast novel, the licensing which includes Non-Commercial is fine since the Podiobooks are released under attribution, non-commercial, no derivatives licenses. The Podiobooks authors working to support the OLPC project by having our work included as source content for educational purposes. The problem, of course, is that we have to change the license to Attribution-ShareALike and my music isn’t licensed for that.

So, I’m posting the music credits here in text in hopes that the people responsible have vanity-searches and will contact me.

Quarter Share: Lucky Black Cat – James Curran
Half Share: Banks of Newfoundland – Peter James Conlan
Full Share: Foxhunters – James Curran
South Coast: Wish – Raphael Garcia Perdigon

All from the Open Audio archives at http://www.archive.org.

And any musicians out there who’d like to have me consider music for future novels, drop me an email via the Contact link on the side bar! I’m planning on six books this year and I may wind up remixing if I can’t get these licenses untangled.

Last Batch!

Nate — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:09:09 +0000

This week I’m uploading the last batch of Half Share files. Only fourteen episodes, but it’s actually a longer book! Go figger. A large part of it is that the episodes are more evenly timed and a contributing factor is that I didn’t do the “Previously on Half Share” minute at the beginning like I did with Quarter Share. As I was doing the production on Quarter Share, it seemed like a good idea, but the further along I got, the less I liked it, but I was committed to doing it for consistency’s sake.

My sense is that most people are grabbing the blocks of audio and really *not* listening week to week so the recaps are really a waste. I’m still fighting with the audio production of Full Share so, before I get TOO far down the road, what do you folks think? Should I bring back “Previously…” or continue without the recaps.

Comments?

Half Share

Nate — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 20:03:51 +0000

NOW AVAILBLE

A Trader’s Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper

After Ishmael Wang is promoted to the environmental section, he’s caught in a swirl of mystery, doubt, belief, lust and a really nice fitting pair of jeans. He has to come to grips with what it means to be a spacer while he’s still trying to figure out what it means to be a man. Join Ishmael, Bril, Pip, and the rest of the crew of the Lois McKendrick as they help the newest member of the crew adjust to life in the Deep Dark.

Half Share is the sequel to Quarter Share, also available at Podiobooks.com.

Note: Some scenes in Half Share involve adult themes, nudity, sex and references to religions not based on Judeo-Christian traditions. Read at your own risk.

Cover Art Photo Credit: M100 courtesty of HubbleSite