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In this episode:
We talk to Vavrek from the band Tryad.
Here are Doug's notes from the interview.
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/104/tryad
http://tryad.org/ (lots of links to social media at the bottom of this page)
Give us an overview of Tryad
“Born of Creative Commons and opsound.org, the members of Tryad :: vavrek, arna, rjmarshall,John Holowach, and emma meet and create music entirely over the internet.” - http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a1003/public-domain
Early adopter of the net!
First album: http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a1003/public-domain
Second album had 20 different musicians: http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a3661/listen
Kayak manufacturer is
First two albums were produced quickly (both in 2006), but a “hiatus” after that (2011). Why the gap?
Just decided to do it that way. A little burnt out after the first two.
3rd able on SoundCloud in https://soundcloud.com/vavrek/sets/tryad-the-tree
4th album: Sphere of Light
Why albums?
Release early and release often: “agile development”
“anti-celebrity, celebrity”
new renaissance is similar to the old renaissance
What are your musical ambitions with Tryad or otherwise?
hard to say why one musics
Social change: the power of music
What drew you to Creative Commons?
Didn’t want a company to lock it up.
Don’t want to make the fans criminals!
It was beautiful when CC was started.
Controversy for instrumental pieces?
http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a98639/instrumentals
It was controversial. Andrew used
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/188/saelynh
https://www.facebook.com/saelynhmusic
Why do you use the the license you use?
uses BY-SA -- closest to GPL
broadcast on CNN: lovely
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/26741/lovely
Increasing in profit!
What is the Creative Commons culture like in Southern California?
DJ Deca Dance, in LA
First song he ever composed
opsound.org is kinda defunct
“Light Shines” is a new track
Where did the project name originate?
three in the beginning. Coined by the producer, John.
Tryad meshes Depeche Mode, classical and Madonna
What are your other projects, if any?
small scale weblife.org
http://vavrek.com/
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/103/vavrek
Web designer
“solo albums”
1-1-1-1
The angry album: http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a51126/v3
John left the band over CC.
“The Tree” needs to be finished.
Cohesion is returning!
Have you thought about touring?
Played some shows: flown to Paris for a Jamendo event.
Maybe a live Tryad in LA
What are some of your favorite bands/artists/genres, CC or otherwise?
Depeche Mode: Martin Gore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gore
Orco -- strange, electro music
making a comeback...but don’t call it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Schnauss
apparently a nice guy!
Beethoven: Doug is not to be encouraged.
Who are some people you think we should try to get on the show (aka, who are the important people in Creative Commons music today)?
Lawrence Lessig
Pixie Guts: http://pixieguts.com/
It was controversial. Andrew used
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/188/saelynh
https://www.facebook.com/saelynhmusic
Why do you use the the license you use?
uses BY-SA -- closest to GPL
broadcast on CNN: lovely
http://www.jamendo.com/en/track/26741/lovely
Increasing in profit!
What is the Creative Commons culture like in Southern California?
DJ Deca Dance, in LA
First song he ever composed
opsound.org is kinda defunct
“Light Shines” is a new track
Where did the project name originate?
three in the beginning. Coined by the producer, John.
Tryad meshes Depeche Mode, classical and Madonna
What are your other projects, if any?
small scale weblife.org
http://vavrek.com/
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/103/vavrek
Web designer
“solo albums”
1-1-1-1
The angry album: http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a51126/v3
John left the band over CC.
“The Tree” needs to be finished.
Cohesion is returning!
Have you thought about touring?
Played some shows: flown to Paris for a Jamendo event.
Maybe a live Tryad in LA
What are some of your favorite bands/artists/genres, CC or otherwise?
Depeche Mode: Martin Gore - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Gore
Orco -- strange, electro music
making a comeback...but don’t call it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich_Schnauss
apparently a nice guy!
Beethoven: Doug is not to be encouraged.
Who are some people you think we should try to get on the show (aka, who are the important people in Creative Commons music today)?
Lawrence Lessig
Pixie Guts: http://pixieguts.com/
