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I'm looking for music with lyrics that's been released under one of the Creative Commons licenses that permits people to make commercial use of the licensed work. I am not picky about genre. Many songs by multiple artists, ideally.
The reason is that Leah is a music-mancer. (A better name for the concept of 'uses song lyrics for divination' is on the to-do list.) Because I understand that fair commercial use of lyrics is effectively nonexistent. And fuck if I'm paying through the nose for the opportunity to quote a verse of Florence + the Machine or what have you, and I do not think saying the lyrics from Florence's "Dog Days Are Over", the bit about running has as much punch as quoting the actual lyrics, and there's got to be music out there I can use lyrics from without selling my soul for the pleasure.
ETA in case anyone else has the same query: CCmixter, 'attribution' tag, scroll through looking for things tagged 'female_vocals' or 'male_vocals', or scroll through either of the latter tags looking for things with the Creative Commons logo that says 'BY' instead of 'BY-NC'. I am going to lose so much time to this site, but I've already found a song that's perfect for the Leah Far-Sighted opening scene...
The reason is that Leah is a music-mancer. (A better name for the concept of 'uses song lyrics for divination' is on the to-do list.) Because I understand that fair commercial use of lyrics is effectively nonexistent. And fuck if I'm paying through the nose for the opportunity to quote a verse of Florence + the Machine or what have you, and I do not think saying the lyrics from Florence's "Dog Days Are Over", the bit about running has as much punch as quoting the actual lyrics, and there's got to be music out there I can use lyrics from without selling my soul for the pleasure.
ETA in case anyone else has the same query: CCmixter, 'attribution' tag, scroll through looking for things tagged 'female_vocals' or 'male_vocals', or scroll through either of the latter tags looking for things with the Creative Commons logo that says 'BY' instead of 'BY-NC'. I am going to lose so much time to this site, but I've already found a song that's perfect for the Leah Far-Sighted opening scene...