Copyleft music : copyright free MP3 music and unsigned artists

For starters: tell us something about yourself:
Hi, thanks for having me. I am Bubbamusic. I’m a singing keyboard player or a keyboard playing singer, depending on your perspective. I gigged nearly every night for twenty-five years - I retired and moved to Florida two years ago. I was always a side man/back-up singer in four or five piece bands. I always played what someone else wanted me to play. Now, finally, thanks to desktop digital recording, I have total musical freedom. I can compose, play and record anything that I want. Musically, my heart is still in love with the great groove songs of the ’70’s & ’80’s. Bubbamusic’s mission is to play grooves like those only using contemporary sounds and recording tecniques. To me, the foundation of a good dance song is the groove - the groove is king. There is so much that I want to do musically. I’m still feeling my way, but during the journey, I seem to have developed a style or a “sound”. I’m working on improving my lyric writing, my singing and my computer skills. I have a lot of analog recording experience, but this digital thing is all new to me. It seems that the possibilities are limitless.

Who are your favourite artists ?
There was a jazz/fusion supergroup in the late ’70’s & early ’80’s called “Return to Forever”. They released only a couple of albums, but I believe that it is the best music ever recorded - for all time. The group featured Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White and Al Dimeola - all alpha players. As far as commercial music goes, I think that Earth, Wind & Fire were heads and shoulders above everyone else. Great songs, great production, great vocals. A producer that has always fascinated me is Quiincy Jones. Probably, his biggest (and everybody’s biggest) production was MIchael Jackson’s “Thriller” album. Think about it - in the mid 1980’s in the same song (”Beat It”) he combined one of the greatest grooves of all time, a Roland drum machine, instead of a live drummer, and Eddie VanHalen - at the time, I think that Quincy Jones was already in his 60’s. I believe that he was once a trumpet player for Duke Ellington. This guy is musically well rounded. He’s still working.

What equipment are you using to produce your music?
I have several hardware synthesizers, my favorite being a Roland JP8000, a few soft-synths and a soft-sampler. I use Cubase VST 5.0, Wavelab, SeaSound Solo sound card & pre-amp. I’m still learning the software - I guess that we all are. I play all of my own drum and percussion tracks. I don’t use any loops - not because I don’t want to - I haven’t found any that I can make fit.

Why are you a copyleft artist?
It gives me the exposure I would otherwise not have and I believe it could be the future of recorded music.

How do you think music industry will evolve?
i believe recorded music will be free. Musicians will be paid for live performances. I think this is the best way.

Which is your best track and could you let us know how you created this beauty?
Talk About It” was voted “Dance Song of the Year” on the Cubase.net forum (over 25000 members). I always play my own drum tracks, then add bass for the groove, then go from there……

Best track ever made (can be from anybody)?
Tough call …

Tnx for the interview

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