Wikipedia:WikiProject Free music

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Wikiproject Free Music

[edit] Purpose

Obtaining permission for freely licensed, full-length free music
Uploading it and correctly tagging it
Making sure it gets added to related articles (song, composer, performer, etc); making sure those articles exist if notable
Cataloging it (the catalog history is here)
Identifying, developing, and/or assisting in the development of tools to do the above.
Having a central place to discuss issues related to the above.
Getting people interested in doing this as well

[edit] Members

Raul654
Ferrylodge
Ravedave
Antandrus (expertise: classical, Middle Ages to present day)
Graham87

[edit] Tools

Downloading
- Downthemall - Firefox extension
- Wget - Unix command line utility
Editing
- Audacity - Open source music editor. May require LAME.
- Splitting recordings into separate tracks with Audacity
Converting
- Dbpoweramp
Uploading
- Commonist
Searching
- OGG Search (DEAD LINK 14apr09)