Andrea Silenzi from the Free Music Archive at WFMU gets tips from Casey Rae about what topics will be on the table at this year's Future of Music Summit in Washington DC Oct 28-29.

More information:
http://futureofmusic.org/events/future-music-summit-2013

Casey Rae Previews Topics for the Future of Music Summit

Yesterday I receive a message from one of WFMU's engineers alerting me to the news that two members of The Yellow Dogs were among three Iranian musicians shot to death in East Williamsburg. I had no idea at this point that my heart was going to break in two. I spent the entire morning trolling every news source hoping the story wasn't true. I was holding my breath and praying that my friends The Yellow Dogs were safe.

I will never forget the first time meeting the band. I met up with Ali Salehezadeh at one of their concerts at Union Pool. Ali introduced me and my friends to the band. We saw them play and was blown away with the energy. The only song I knew of theirs was from the movie No One Knows About Persian Cats, so to finally hear something new to my ears blew me away. They were the perfect mix of old and new. The scene at the show was young and energetic. We stood around the fire pit in the courtyard with everyone, and you could sense the community that was part of this band.

When I had the Yellow Dogs come to do a live session for me June 2012, they were so excited to be coming to WFMU and were so thankful for the opportunity. Little did they know that I was more excited that they were going to do a live session on my show. You could feel the band's energy. They were so happy to be playing music and that other people were equally excited about it. At this point, they had a different drummer.

Ali and I were trying to put together a possible session with Ali Eskandarian and the Free Keys who had just moved over from Iran. I knew of the Free Keys from the movie as well, so I was curious as to what they were doing now. Sadly, we never did get the dates to work for Ali Eskandarian.

The next time in the studio we recorded the Free Keys, who had Arash Farazmand as their drummer, Looloosh's (Soroush Farazmand) brother. I got to sit down with the Yellow Dogs and do an interview during this session and it was wonderful. It was the easiest most relaxed interview I had ever conducted. So easy going. I knew at this point that these guys were going to be in my life always. It was such an easy connection.

Throughout the months after, I had run into Obash, the singer, at his job bartending and saw the band play at an art opening for their friends who are stencil artists named Icy and Sot. I wish I could have bottled up the energy and excitement from that night. So much fun, so much laughter and yet again, I saw the amazing people they surrounded themselves with. Youthful, carefree and happy.

Looloosh and Arash always had smiles on their faces. You could tell they were living the life. They gave off the impression that they were so happy to be where they were doing what they were doing. They had risked so much to get to this point and to finally be able to play their music without fear. This is what I will remember about them and I am glad to have known them. My heart goes out to their family back in Iran. My heart also goes out to Obash, Koory and Ali. I am relieved to know they are safe and have already let them know that I am there for them. Thank you for your amazing memories. I am so glad to have been a part of your world.

Yellow Dogs Interview with Meghan McKee from May 17, 2012

Dan Deacon - Piggled

Mahjongg - Tell The Police The Truth

Pierced Arrows - Guns of Thunder

Vivian Girls - Tell The World

YACHT - Im In Love With A Ripper Instrumental

DJ Rupture  Matt Shadetek - Underwater High Rise

Thee Oh Sees - The Freak Was Clean

Wooden Shjips - I Hear The Vibrations (Live at ATP - NY 08)

Xiu Xiu w Kristin Hersh - Angel of the Battlefield

Gunhead - Bay Dream Gunhead Remix

Prepare To Meet Thy Broom - High like its 1989

Mochipet - Cleaning San Fran Oil Spill With Hair Mats And Mushrooms

The Books - Buzz Note

Deerhoof - Panda Panda Panda (Live on WFMU)

WFMU and the Free Music Archive challenged songwriters everywhere to unseat “Happy Birthday to You” from it’s cultural throne by composing possible replacements. 

This song was our second place winner.

MORE SONGS:
http://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Happy_Birthday_Song_Contest/The_New_Birthday_Song_Contest/

MORE INFO:
http://www.freemusicarchive.org/curator/FMA/blog/Announcing_the_Happy_Birthday_Replacement_Songs

An Alternative Birthday Song by Bob Barta [2nd Place]

WFMU and the Free Music Archive challenged songwriters everywhere to unseat “Happy Birthday to You” from it’s cultural throne by composing possible replacements. Here are the winners.

MORE SONGS:
http://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Happy_Birthday_Song_Contest/The_New_Birthday_Song_Contest/

MORE INFO:
http://www.freemusicarchive.org/curator/FMA/blog/Announcing_the_Happy_Birthday_Replacement_Songs


It's Your Birthday! by Monk Turner and Fascinoma [in B]

WFMU and the Free Music Archive challenged songwriters everywhere to unseat “Happy Birthday to You” from it’s cultural throne by composing possible replacements. 

This song was our first place winner.

MORE SONGS:
http://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Happy_Birthday_Song_Contest/The_New_Birthday_Song_Contest/

MORE INFO:
http://www.freemusicarchive.org/curator/FMA/blog/Announcing_the_Happy_Birthday_Replacement_Songs

It's Your Birthday! by Monk Turner [1st Place]

Bring the public domain into the future!  WFMU and the Free Music Archive challenged artists everywhere to create new recordings and contemporary arrangements of historic compositions available in the public domain. Here are some of our favorite entries.

MORE INFO: http://bit.ly/fmarevite
 
To enter the contest, participants have released their recordings into the public domain via the CC0 Public Domain Waiver.

Crown the Invisible - The Spaniard That Blighted My Life [CONTEST WINNER]

Chips and Salsa - Jedva Cekam da Nedelja Dodje

The Procedure Club - Let Us Leave The Town Henry Purcell

Rita Braga - Vem Kan Segla

Rita Braga - Ua Like No A Like

Salakapakka Sound System - God be with you until we meet again

Guillaume Tucker - Madame le Soleil-Levant

Randy The Wrench Bench - Taps

SSTdeSST - piano la song

Beauxregard - The Spaniard

Lee Rosevere - God be with you till we meet again

The Free Music Archive (FMA) is an online repository of royalty-free music. Established in 2009 it aims to provide music under Creative Commons licenses that can be freely downloaded and used in other works. In 2019 FMA was acquired by global music community Tribe of Noise.

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