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| Dr. Mindflip |
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We talk with creative commons musician Dr. Mindflip.
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https://drmindflip.bandcamp.com/
https://play.spotify.com/artist/0DLlITGmvLKVZ6JMqMCQLk
https://soundcloud.com/drmindflip/sets
https://twitter.com/drmindflip
https://www.facebook.com/drmindflip
Where did the project name originate?
Both solo and group
Arrogant owl
Judgmental death
Doll head
Dr. Mindflip is theatrical name
Shows are new!
4 EPs from the past
Musical background
Toy keyboard at 4
B-side of dance single
No drugs, just music...for experience
Get into an imaginative space
Self-taught?
Piano lessons...but not really
Piano is great for writing
Guitar as a teenager
“Goldfish attention span”
Albums?
Lead Balloon...Led Zeppelin
What drew you to Creative Commons?
For a time, mostly just listening to CC music
Just giving back
“Jamendo S.A., originally created under the name Peermajor SARL in 2004, was launched in January 2005.” - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamendo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Rainbows -- 2007
blocSonic
Mike
Not rock, not singer-songwriter, not
He had been invisible.
Artwork?
Visual “equivalent” of people releasing music
“No idea” ...deviant art
https://www.flickr.com/groups/deviantart/
What about the videos?
Use a short video? Yes!
Videos were under CC
Someone made a short film
Last three EPs had art
3 EPs in a year! (all but A Brand New You, which is 2013)
Weekly beats: http://weeklybeats.com/
What do you record with?
Bedroom at beginning, but now Rainwater Studios: https://soundcloud.com/rainwater-studio
Full length
Big intimidating mountain
Exhausting process for three EPs
Patreon?
It was an experiment
People can donate on bandcamp
License?
Doug guesses...Mike.
When will it be out?
When it is done. :)
Side project http://www.rifftrax.com/ does The Room
Who are some people you think we should try to get on the show (aka, who are the important people in Creative Commons music today)?
The Fullerenes: https://thefullerenes.bandcamp.com/ CC BY-NC-SA, at least some
Philip Wheel??
Pornophonique
Articology
Bing Satellites: http://www.bingsatellites.com/
Carl Sagan’s ghost: https://carlsagansghost.bandcamp.com/
Is there anything else you would like to say/tell us about?
Characters are about communication, which is a big part of the CC community
Saying “thanks” is important
Closing track: http://drmindflip.bandcamp.com/track/too-little-too-late CC BY-NC-SA (this is a different license than the rest of the EP)
