Sandis Neilands wrote:
Hello Henrik!
On 2/19/06, Henrik Nilsen Omma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Another problem with that list is that it contains almost exclusively
classical music, and we might want a bit more variety. I would think a
few short pieces, each under a meg, from 3-4 different genres would be
good.
OK, if space on CD wasn't a problem, then 3 - 4 different genres would
be perfectly fine. Unfortunately ubuntu ships with outdated windows
software, so we can't have space for something more interesting or
usable for actual users.
Few thoughts then. If we pick from classics, we shouldn't go with
religious (or American) hymns. Also we shouldn't choose symphonies or
other heavy and long pieces.
Good candidates from the Wikipedia list seem to be Holst's Jupiter or
Uranus. Cutting out one of the more lively segments of either of these
would make for an engaging piece. Venus is too tranquil for our purpose
and I'm worried about including 'Mars' simply because the 'God of war'
is not very compatible with the spirit of Ubuntu.
Thumbs up for Jupiter. Venus is very beautiful, but you are right,
that it's perhaps too sleepy for purpose of the example content.
However I can't stress enough how rude it is to cut (cripple) music.
If Jupiter or any other candidate is too long, then it's better to
drop it from candidate list, than cut it.
Also try:
CantateDomino.ogg
CeMoysDeMay.ogg
Chromatic_Fuge_(Bach_BWV_930).ogg
First two are very low quality. I skipped Bach simply because I think
it doesn't go well with the playful spirit of ubuntu and free software
in general.
Please have a listen to some of that if you have some time and esp. if
you know stuff about music (which I don't)
My favourites from wikipedia. As you see, it's mostly piano works.
So, I'm afraid I wasn't bowled over by the piano work (perhaps if it was
Grieg, but that's my personal bias ...).
I think the classical music should be a bit more universally engaging
for this purpose. Holst is good because it has been used often as film
music so a wider audience will like it.
On to a different genre all together: electronica
Try: http://www.subatomicglue.com/download/music/experimental/airborne.ogg
I like the sequence from about 2.00 to 2.30. I feel that some other
parts can be a bit too heavily layered with synth strings. I worry that
that can sound quite tinny on, say, laptop speakers. It's also more
approachable at first listen if it's a bit simpler. The group presents
it as a work in progress, so it may be possible to ask them to alter it
slightly for our purposes.
We might also look at a place like: http://magnatune.com/
None of that music is under a free enough license ATM, but the
organisers and artists seem to have roughly the right idea. If we find
something we really like, we could approach them and ask them to open
source it properly, for mutual exposure.
Thoughs?
- Henrik
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