Public Domain, Copyleft, Royalty Free Media

I saw a posting around here somewhere that talked about public domain midi files, or mp3s, but I can't remember for the life of me where that posting is.

Anyone know of a good site to get royalty free or public domain material that I can use as a back track?

I found one place, but they wanted 30 bugs for "A" single track.

Just how old does a recording have to be before someone can use it as a royalty free backtrack?

[b]Just how old does a recording have to be before someone can use it as a royalty free backtrack?[/b]

It has to have been made [i]before[/i] 1923.

By the way, I love how you designed your name with antennas in your icon. Would you mind if I do that with my own, elsewhere?

I just realized, you have a T at the front, and L at the end of your name too, so, why not? I think it's cool to be able to do that.

Well, I think, I found a nice public domain site called www.pdmusic.org where you can find a ton of cool old tunes from the 1700s through the early 1900s.

I'm toying with the idea of using the theremin as a bass harmonic backup on most of these midi tunes as they allready have melodies in them. The stuff from the 1700s really makes the E Pro sound like a double bass or cello when playing the bass lines.

The Lothars have done the antennas-in-the-name thing as well. Check it out! (http://www.wobblymusic.com/lothars/LotharsMerch.php?merch_id=tot007)

Yup, but theirs is left handed, and the R don't lend it's self as well to the volume antenna, but it's cool, none the less.

No doubt because he's left handed too.

And by "he", you mean me?

It's only "left-handed" if you're looking at it from the point of view of the performer. It's right-handed from the point of view of the people who see it most -- the audience!

...Um,,,yes,,,that's why they don't let me drive.

I should have recognized the art on your icon, but, again, that's why they don't let me drive.

Sorry,,,,and you're right about perspective. The theremin is one of a few instruments that can be played either way around. Kind of like that "up is where your head is" in space flight.

All I know is that neither my screen name nor my real name lend themselves to the antenna treatment very well...