Kevin MacLeod ( m? - KLOWD was born 28 September 1972) is an American composer and musician. MacLeod has compiled more than 2,000 pieces of royalty-free music library and makes it available under the Creative Commons copyright license. His licensing options allow anyone to use his music for free as long as he receives attribution, which has caused his music to be used in thousands of movies; in July 2016, MacLeod has over 2,300 composer credits listed on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). The music has been used in Hugo , some commercial video games, and videos by online creators like CollegeHumor and Good Mythical Morning .
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Music distribution
MacLeod decided to release its music under a Creative Commons license to maximize the number of people who can listen and use their music. According to him, part of the reason for allowing people to use his music for free is his belief that the current copyright system is broken; he felt powerless to change his entire system, but hoped to create "an alternative work body that could compete with them".
MacLeod's most popular license is CC BY; as long as he receives credit, his music is free to use. No-attribution licenses are also available for people who are unwilling or unable to credit MacLeod; this license costs $ 30 for one song, $ 50 for two songs, and $ 20 per song for three or more songs.
MacLeod has also created FreePD.com, which collects new public domain sound recordings by various artists. Instead of waiting for old copyrights to expire, he hopes to provide quality libraries of modern recording work by artists who explicitly release their music into the public domain. Some MacLeod music itself is available on the website as well; he explained that these songs "are not commercially viable in the traditional sense, and only add to the chaos [on the main website] that prevents people from finding the pieces they might want."
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Documentary
MacLeod is the subject of a documentary entitled Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod . It is scheduled to be released in 2018. Ryan Camarda, film director and producer, runs a fundraising campaign in Kickstarter for $ 30,000; at the end of the campaign, 524 supporters had promised a total of $ 30,608. According to the Kickstarter page, the money is needed for transportation to conduct live interviews with the various subjects featured in the film.
Awards
In 2015, MacLeod was honored with the International Honor Web Video Award at the German Web Video 2015 Award by the European Web Video Academy for his lifelong achievements in influencing the German web video community.
References
External links
- Official website
- FreePD.com - MacLeod public-domain music library
- Kevin MacLeod on IMDb
- Kevin MacLeod on Twitter
- Kevin MacLeod on SoundCloud
- "Free Music - Kevin MacLeod Writing for the Internet" from Kickstarter
- Kevin MacLeod's 2013 "Ask Me Anything" Q & amp; A in Reddit (and another AMA in 2014)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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