Musopen: Record and release free music without copyrights.

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1. Creator Aaron Dunn on September 10, 2012
  
  They were all mailed in one batch, seems some people were missed sadly. Please email me if anyone hasn't received them and I will send out the rest personally.
2. Creator patrick watson on September 10, 2012
  
  When are DVD's being mailed?
3. Creator Oyvind Ottestad on September 4, 2012
  
  Agree with the previous posts about releasing a FLAC version of the audio files. Would also suggest adding the music to the artist pages on Wikipedia Commons so that more people will discover it and enjoy it!
4. Creator Damien on August 22, 2012
  
  Congratulations. The final result is absolutely breathtaking.
5. Creator Nico on August 19, 2012
  
  Great work Aaron, thank you!
6. Creator armored_mammal on August 16, 2012
  
  Has anyone been able to convert to 24 or 32 bits/sample FLAC from the m4a instead of 16? I've tried several methods, but they all fail.
7. Creator James Allen on August 15, 2012
  
  Congratulations to Aaron Dunn for successful completion of this project. The world of classical music is deeply enriched by project.
8. Creator Jon Lawrence on August 15, 2012
  
  Just finally downloaded and listened to some of the recordings! WELL WORTH the wait, and way to go Aaron!! Thanks for setting beautiful music free!
9. Creator Harald Korneliussen on August 15, 2012
  
  Timothy Herklots: Probably because that's what was available in the Mac software that was used (judging by the other files and catalog structure). But lossless is lossless, and due to the license we are allowed to post flac torrents no problem!
10. Creator nfico on July 16, 2012
  
  Glad to see it's all finally done! I can't wait to hear the music! Also, I am currently on a college campus and could easily post fliers/contact some professors in the music department to spread the word once all of the music gets posted. Let me know if you would be interested.
11. Creator Timothy Herklots on July 13, 2012
  
  Why m4a for the lossless, not FLAC which is easily supported anywhere?
12. Creator Marcin on July 13, 2012
  
  Btw. If it's publically available why not create torrent for it? Shuld certainly help with bandwith
13. Creator jeremy on May 21, 2012
  
  Can you provide a link to the master recordings at archive.org? I was unable to find them...
14. Creator Marko on April 12, 2012
  
  I don't know if it's too premature, but I would use the release to really advertise this project, and a potential future project. Use the goodwill that will be generated from the release to (hopefully) fund another project!
15. Creator Kyle Conway on April 5, 2012
  
  Aaron,
  Thanks so much for keeping us up to date about everything. Really looking forward to the final releases!
16. Creator Aaron Dunn on April 3, 2012
  
  Will have some news on the book when we release the recordings
17. Creator Eric Chin on April 3, 2012
  
  Hey Aaron
  Funny, I was just thinking of this project on the same day you posted that. I'm excited with the "many hours" part of your post. :)
  
  In another note, how are you doing with that music theory book?
18. Creator Aaron Dunn on April 2, 2012
  
  Hi Kyle,
  Things are going well. I just finished uploading all the master recordings to archive.org (took two weeks!). We're close to finishing the edited versions but have a lot of music to go through ( in addition to the orchestral music) so it will be a few more weeks. If things continue to take too long I'll start releasing the music in chunks so people have access sooner. It's fun work but takes a lot of time to listen to so many hours of recordings.
19. Creator Kyle Conway on March 30, 2012
  
  Just curious as to how the editing is going. Looking forward to the release. Thank you again for your great work on this!
20. Creator Marko on February 27, 2012
  
  I'm really looking forward to the results from this project!
  
  I've been somewhat lost in the various questionnaires, etc. I hope there is some straightforward way to get the CD.
21. Creator Harald Korneliussen on February 8, 2012
  
  CNSO looks like a very respectable orchestra!
  
  But you need to give us an update with the final work list, the conductor's name, etc.
  
  By the way, was CNSO the less-known orchestra in the listening test?
  
  It's taken a while to get here, sure, but I'm still VERY glad I supported this project. When we have a public download, I'm going to market it - hopefully the word spreads enough that next time, orchestras will come to you instead of the other way around, and we can get things done slightly faster :)
22. Creator Aaron Dunn on February 7, 2012
  
  Good question. CNSO (Czech National Symphony Orchestra)
23. Creator Tom Callahan on February 7, 2012
  
  So which orchestra was used in the end? I keep seeing the word Prague, but there are several orchestras around there as far as I can tell?
24. Creator Rodrigo "rrc2soft" Roman - Torment WOOS on February 7, 2012
  
  Aaron has been posting updates the last weeks, and it seems that very soon we will have the music in our ears :-). It has been a looooong way...
25. Creator Miquel Gamell Moya on September 28, 2011
  
  It begins to look like a scam ...
  
  ... I sincerely believe they've found a good way of life of money and dreams of others.
  
  Miquell Gamell
26. Creator Rubberman on September 27, 2011
  
  You might want to check with the Veracruz State Orchestra in Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico. It is a very fine symphony orchestra, considered by many to be the best in Mexico next to the National Symphony. If there is interest in this, contact me and I will provide contact names and such.
27. Creator Aaron Dunn on September 27, 2011
  
  Your concerns are valid and I share them. Just to share my perspective, I began this asking for a much smaller amount of money, this was before people expected such large sums. Spending $70k is very different than my $11k goal, so I feel a lot more pressure to make this perfect. Regarding the other details, those are quite easy and most are already complete, for example the t-shirts and user upgrades to pro accounts. I simply have been focused on completing the main goal. I would also wait to hear the final recordings to pass judgement, I'm still hopeful we will have accomplished something very unique and challenging at the end of it.
28. Creator justhatched on September 27, 2011
  
  This project promised so much it is not surprising that it garnered such backing, but as yet it does not seem to have delivered anything at all.
  
  The site was upgraded but it was neither promised nor delivered any of the agreed functionality such as full library downloads that backers agreed to in lieu of the promised DVDs.
  
  I am amazed at how patient and forgiving backers have been to the way the project has continued to deliver nothing, maybe as I had they had given it up as a loss.
  
  If the simple stuff that was promised a year ago cannot be delivered, the probability that anything as ambitious as a recording will get delivered in our lifetime seems at best remote.
  
  Kickstarter seems to have the best model here, making good money from backers regardless of the project outcome, however it was not my intention to donate to Kickstarter, nor will it be in the future.
29. Creator David on September 17, 2011
  
  Hi Aaron, you promised an announcement "in about a week or two". That was 6 weeks ago. One year since the fundraising. Could you please post the announcement AND state a release date for the recorded music?
30. Creator Aaron Dunn on August 3, 2011
  
  Very much is, I'll have an announcement in about a week or two.
31. Creator spirithiker on August 3, 2011
  
  Is this project still in progress?
32. Creator Thijs Houtenbos on May 30, 2011
  
  First of all: Nice new website!
  Will you also add a torrent of the entire library (I understood the DVD would become a digital download but I haven't found it yet)?
  And is there any chance of still getting a T-shirt? It would be a nice way to spread the word...
33. Creator Andrew Kasurak on May 28, 2011
  
  I see there is a new website. Very snazzy. What browsers is it supposed to work for (I've always had problems with it stopping streaming, but this new version I can't use the slider to select a start position in the song, and the time at the right is NaN:NaN)?
  
  Any word on the upgraded memberships? I hate to be the one who keeps asking.
34. Creator Aaron Dunn on April 26, 2011
  
  Update coming soon, still negotiating with our final list of orchestras.
35. Creator Eric Behrens on April 23, 2011
  
  What's going on with the project? It's been a while since we've had an official update.
36. Creator Andrew Bent on March 22, 2011
  
  Would suggest using Amazon S3 to host any media downloads. It can also be used to host static sites. Although you pay for bandwidth you use, you never run out.
37. Creator Aaron Dunn on March 10, 2011
  
  Yes, we transitioned to a "new" godaddy server this past weekend and I've had several days of downtime every since. I've contacted them for help, but in the meantime I'm looking for replacements. Suggestions? We need a LOT of bandwidth.
  
  Aaron
38. Creator Andrew Kasurak on March 10, 2011
  
  Getting a godaddy landing page on musopen.com
  
  ...?
  
  Anyone else/know whats going on?
39. Creator Yannick Hagman on February 18, 2011
  
  Maybe you should focus on popular classic music pieces first, who have some importance for filmprojects instead of recording everything of one composer (quality over quantity I think). Classiccat.net allows to sort after popularity. Wikipedia also has a short list (in German): http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popul%C3%A4re_Klassik . We could put together such a list here.
40. Creator Aaron Dunn on January 27, 2011
  
  @Joe
  Just sent an update to the group:
  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/record-and-release-free-music-without-copyrights/posts
41. Creator Joe Waz on January 26, 2011
  
  Hi, Aaron, it's been over four months -- any news?
42. Creator Aaron Dunn on December 23, 2010
  
  @Charles
  Just posted a message to all the backers a bit ago. I'm spending my time now figuring out how the exact pieces we are going to record and with which ensembles. It's taking some time because we have a number of logistics to figure out including: availability of the different orchestras, availability of our conductor, how much music we can afford to get, and when the soloists are available (for a concerto). I will send another update when we have a final schedule ready.
43. Creator Charles Andrews on December 18, 2010
  
  What's the latest on the recording project? It seems a bit quiet here, and there's no mention of it on the musopen website.
44. Creator SwordAngel on October 21, 2010
  
  Why is musopen.com inaccessible from Mainland China?
45. Creator Aaron Dunn on October 7, 2010
  
  Also we will re-record pieces that we feel could be much improved, which is true for a lot of what we have.
46. Creator Aaron Dunn on October 7, 2010
  
  Right now I'm in the process of overhauling the website with a new design and infrastructure. It might make more sense to wait until that is complete because it will make using the site much easier (finding lossless audio for ex). It could take up to two months though, so I will look into processing users sooner.
  Aaron
47. Creator Andrew Kasurak on October 7, 2010
  
  Also, when will the pro membership upgrade happen for those who donated enough? Will it need to be phased in over time so as not to overload your servers?
48. Creator Andrew Kasurak on October 7, 2010
  
  I have to agree with Kirk, new things! Although, re-recording is likely to be cheaper. Check with CBC as well as BBC though?
  
  Also, Aaron, the repository already has some parts of what is voted up. Will you be re-recording anything, or only getting new music?
49. Creator Christopher on September 28, 2010
  
  Such a fantastic project! Best of luck!
50. Creator Richard Kirk on September 28, 2010
  
  I have had a look at the voting. It all looks a bit "Classic FM" or "Last Night of the Proms". I want to download stuff I don't know. I was tempted to stick in requests for Poulenc, Martinu, Ives. However, I guess we do the stuff most people want first.
  
  Do we have to do the recording from scratch? Can we liberate existing recordings? The BBC records concerts and sometimes puts them out on CD, so they must have some copyright policy. My clear favourite recording of Rachmaninov's "Isle of the Dead" is one of these. Of course, these performances will have an audience, but maybe dedicated fans can edit out the coughers and screaming babies...