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Recycling Resources

"Nothing comes from nothing".  Art cannot happen without recycling.  Pick up a copy of this book to liberate your "inner thief".  Lots of fun quotes and helpful advice.  

  • Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being Creative
​        Austin Kleon
        Workman Press, New York
        This small book is both a morale booster and a repository of techniques.  A breezy and worthy read intended to instill courage and         insight.

A vast collection of public domain music is available to be recycled into “new” melodies.

Several good sources for public domain music are:

Search Engine for tunes transcribed in ABC notation
http://abcnotation.com/search

The Session
https://thesession.org/tunes
Results are returned in standard notation, ABC notation, and as midi files

John Chamber’s Tune Finder
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/doc/findtest.html

O’Neil’s Music of Ireland
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/oneils1.html
Results are returned in standard notation, ABC, notation, NoteWorthy, and midi files

Turlough O’Carolan’s Music (all known tunes)
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/OCC.html

Allen’s Irish Fiddler
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/allans.html

Catches, Rounds and Glees
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/catches.html

Madragils
http://www.oldmusicproject.com/madrigals.html
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