Information on digital music used in the mySF Project blogs and podcasts for secondary
students studying Science Fiction (SF)
In the mySF Project running on a school system intranet in Canberra,
Australia, it was possible to grab sampled sound and music from major
Science Fiction (SF) films and shows, as long as these shows were run and
recorded from free-to-air television. They were. In fact, films and series
episodes were chosen for this very reason, to comply with the special
education provisions under the Australian Copyright Act.
Samples of sounds from the
Futurama series were used, segments from
Star Trek: Enterprise and so on. However, when it came to putting the
podcasts up in a public space like this one, and with the backing of authors
such as Geoghegan and Klass (2005) and Mack and Ratcliffe (2007), it was
important that the mySF Project podcasts used original music, not only for
copyright, but to add the mySF brand identification. For this
purpose, the author and composer/performer of the
SlowAlan system was approached and
he agreed to create music for this purpose. Through the generosity of
SlowAlan, the music and sound
effects are offered under the
Creative Commons Attribution--Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Australia License.
The
SlowAlan system focuses on all sorts
of things related to electronic music, synthesisers and many things that
squeak and gibber through the night. You can visit the site using the icon
to the right.
Resource list:
Geoghegan, M.W. & Klass, D.
(2005). Podcast solutions: the complete guide to
podcasting. Berkeley, California: Friends of Ed.
Mack, S. & Ratcliffe, M. (2007).
Podcasting Bible. Indianapolis: Wiley
Publishing.
ends
Michael Sisley
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