Uwe Hermann - 10 + 100 Creative Commons Christmas Songs [Update] - Comments

Thanks

Christopher — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:20:55 +0100

Thanks, this is a brilliant selection of great songs. :)

Thank you a lot for these

Martin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:57:57 +0100

Thank you a lot for these songs. They brought me to an interesting idea. It's a fact, that one of the main ways of celebrating Christmas is of course by singing Christmas songs. The best way to do it is to have a good instrumental back music to support your singing.
I couldn’t find any articles online, which would direct people to where they could find proper karaoke tracks for Christmas songs. So what I did – I listen through almost a hundred songs and picked out the best ones I could find for each song. I assure you, that they are in good quality and you can listen to all of them in one article. This isn't a scam - you don't have to make any accounts or to pay for them, this article is solely for informative purposes.
Again, thank you for directing me to writing this article =)
Link to the article is here: http://fr.ee/article/free-full-christmas-karaoke-songs-not-midi
Have a great singing experience =)

Awesome.

Tom — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:17:00 +0200

Gotta love the Creative Commons. Plenty of different music to choose from thanks and keep up the good work.

Podcast

e cigarettes — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:07:00 +0200

Definitely added some of those songs to my i pod as well. I appreciate the post

How Great Is This...

muffin9129 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:11:31 +0200

What a great idea, and without all the copyright limitations to boot. Way to go, this is going to put smiles on a lot of peoples faces. They are really nice songs to share with your friends and family. Thank-you.

Creative Commons licenses

Uwe Hermann — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:58:15 +0200

Yes, that should be ok. Note that I am NOT the author of the songs, I just collected links to them. But all songs here which are released under a Creative Commons license are freely usable for non-commercial purposes (as long as your "derivative work" is also under the same license, usually), and some are even usable for commercial purposes (which is not relevant in your case, though).

But please check the exact license of each song you want to use, just to be sure. But unless I made some mistake all of the songs on this page should be Creative Commons licensed.

Hi there, just wanted to

sebi — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:17:00 +0200

Hi there, just wanted to clarify with you... I am a pre school teacher of 3 - 5 year olds and I am making a dvd slideshow using all the photos we have taken during the year. I would like to use some of the christmas songs on this site as background music. Have I read correctly that this is legal and ok? I will be making about 100 copies, they will not be sold and the centre is a non profit organisation. They are to be christmas presents to all the families.

Song licenses

Uwe Hermann — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:30:37 +0100

The songs are all under _some_ Creative Commons license, so most should be fine to use for non-commercial usage, some are even OK for commercial use. Please check the license of the respective song you want to use, though.

I would like to use some of

Jenny — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:35:00 +0100

I would like to use some of the Christmas songs on this site as background music. Have I read correctly that this is legal and OK? I am also starting to have pregnancy symptoms and Christmas music really help to calm me I start to think about it. Just had my bridal shower last week as well could have used some of the music then :)

Cool post

Sudipto Sarkar — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:16:31 +0100

Cool post...
Here's my post about Creative Commons licenses:
http://opensourcethefuture.blog.co.in/2009/02/18/creative-commons/

thanks for the torrent

Mandola — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:54:47 +0100

I was looking for christmas music last christmas but missed this site. it's ok, i never finished my video in time ...so now i have something for next year.

I think that this is a great

Crabe — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:51:00 +0100

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Great stuff

jonathan ebbs — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:10:40 +0100

thanks jon

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made me tangled

muhabbet — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:15:06 +0100

It made me tangled and aching and just- wow. I really can't say more but wow

best regarts muhabbet

Link

Uwe Hermann — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:03:05 +0100

Hm, the site doesn't seem to be available anymore. If anyone finds an updated link, please let me know.

10 + 100 Creative Commons Christmas Songs [Update]

Uwe Hermann — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 04:25:52 +0100

So, it's Christmas today (or it will be tomorrow, depending on where you live). Wouldn't it be nice if you had a bunch of freely and legally available Christmas songs you could listen to all day? Burn on CDs and hand over to your relatives? Share with your friends without the fear of being sued to death by big record labels?

Well, here's a list of ~~110~~ 256 songs which are all explicitly released under a Creative Commons license (no, I did not consider songs which are merely "podsafe"!) and thus can be shared, listened to, and sometimes even modified freely. There's a great variety in style, mood, and genre of the songs: some traditional, some contemporary, some happy, some sad, and some just plain funny. So here's the list:

Single MP3s:

Natalie Brown - Jingle Bells
Danny Morris - Santa's Gone Surfing! — no longer available
Bullette - Christmas Blank
Bullette - The Finest Gifts
Jonathan Coulton - Podsafe Christmas Song
Jonathan Coulton - Christmas Is Interesting — no longer available
Pete Green - Everything's Dead Pretty When it Snows
Robert Gayler - Christmas Bells
Sonny Jim - Christmas
Shira Kammen - Christmas Day in the Morning
Derek K. Miller - We Three Kings
High-C & DJ Manticore - How George Stole Christmas
Sarah Whiteley - Still, Still, Still
Sean McGaughey - Homeless Babe
Skoria - Christmas Impro — updated link

Compilations:

Kemper Crabb - A Medieval Christmas (11 songs) — no longer available
Diorisiy - Christmas Carols (19 songs)
The 8bitpeoples - The 8bits of Christmas (8 songs)
Austin Rudy Christmas - Carolina Christmas (5 songs)
Goyette Christmas Carolers - Various Christmas Songs (10 songs)
Kevin MacLeod - Holiday / Christmas Collection (13 songs)
Oilville Christmas Dynasty - Christmas Compilations (39 songs) — updated link
Ottmar Liebert - Winter Rose (13 songs) — no longer free, it seems

Additional songs 2006:

Jonathan Coulton - Chiron Beta Prime (1 song)
Naomi & Shamine King - Christmas with the Swirrels (11 songs)
Naomi & Shamine King - Duets 2004 "Star Zero" (18 Christmas-related songs)
Happy Puppy Records - A Happy Puppy Christmas (4 songs)
Hairy Larry - The Gift (9 songs)
Anup - Jingle Bells (1 song)
The Kyiv Theological Academy And Seminary Choir - Hymns of the All-Night Vigil (20 songs)
Drevo - Christian Themes in Ukrainian Folk Songs (22 songs)
Uncle Seth - To Be An Angel (1 song) — updated link
Die Weihnachtshasser - Gemeines zur Weihnachtszeit (14 songs)
Die drei Lenöre - Der Weihnachtsmann / Rasierschaum (5 songs)
Jeff Taylor keeps another list of free Christmas-related music at freechristmasmusic.googlepages.com (but not all of it is Creative Commons licensed!).
Some more Christmas music will probably appear in my podcast over the next few days, too...

Additional songs 2008:

Allison Crowe - Tidings (traditional songs) (6 songs)
Skoria - Quimsa XMAS (1 song)
the glimmer room - Christmas In Jonestown (1 song)
Derek K. Miller - What Child Is This / Greensleeves (1 song)
John Stebbe - Silent Night (Jazz Trio Version) (1 song)
Ralph Rousseau Meulenbroeks - Christmas Carols (16 songs)
Mystified - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night (1 song)
Seaview Full Gospel Church - Living Christmas Tree 2004 (16 songs)

This list is by no means complete, I'm sure. So if you happen to know some more Creative Commons licensed Christmas music, please leave a comment! I'd love to hear about it.

(Btw., the nice image on the right is taken from the Wikipedia. The author is Malene Thyssen, and the image is dual-licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2 and the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license)

Merry Christmas everyone!

Update 2008-12-21: Added more songs for 2008. Updated/marked broken links.
Update 2006-12-22: Added more songs for 2006 :)
Update 2005-12-26: Added "Homeless Babe". Added "Christmas Impro".
Update 2005-12-25: In the press: Boing Boing, Creative Commons Blog, netzpolitik.org, Technorati, digg.com, del.icio.us and lots more. Added "How George Stole Christmas". Added "Winter Rose". Added "Still, Still, Still".
Update 2005-12-24: Added "We Three Kings".