While there have been shortages of episodes of The Web Strategies Podcast there certainly have been an abundance of changes lately. This is a time for introspection for me personally as I begin a new life.  Statistically a majority of us have gone through a separation or divorce, and I know I need say no more in explaining why this venue has stood in silence for several months now.  The focus of my world recently has been to transition to living solo which is going well.  I am now living in Chesapeake, close to my office.  Thankfully my professional life continues to flourish along with the remarkable success of  Web Teks.   

I guess the biggest news is the Open Source Music Project. With more time as of late to devote to my music, it brings me great comfort – and surprisingly others seem to enjoy it as well.  This project has a corresponding podcast which I will link to as soon as iTunes gets back to me with an ID.

The Open Source Music Project was actually germinated during my association with a group knows at A2 in 2007. Although I am obligated to leave out most of the details, A2 is an effort to launch a new kind of digital entertainment. As far as I know that is still an effort in progress. 

So what the heck is open source music?

I made it up. But the concept is to allow the free use of any individual tracks as the ingredients for a new song. When you record and produce your own music it is usually a series of separate audio tracks blended together. My inspiration came from getting such different results when mixing certain tracks together and leaving some out of the mix. Some of them are not so great – but a few really shine.  On the Open Source Music Project site I encourage anyone interested to download these tracks and use them any way they like (under the Creative Commons Attribution License). If you take a listen let me know how abysmal that stuff really is.  You may comment on any track on that site and if you really are a glutton for punishment subscribe to the RSS feed.