Marco Kalnenek / Music

By Michael Gregoire, blocSonic.com:

It all started back in March when Marco Kalnenek first posted about a track he’d been working on called “Life On Ceres”. I fell in love with it instantly and requested to include it on a then upcoming netBloc release. That developed into making it the title track of said netBloc release and also including an alternate version which became the track’s reprise. That release developed into a wonderfully eclectic collection of instrumental netaudio gems.

Cut to November 2009 when Atlanta artist, photographer and film producer Carlton Mackey released the first single and video from his upcoming release “Things My Grandma Taught Me”. The beautiful single, “Never Be Another Day” is an ode to the people we love and the earth around us. Because Marco Kalnenek’s original track “Life On Ceres” was licensed under a Creative Commons share-alike license, it afforded Carlton the right to use it in derivative works. This is exactly what Carlton did for his touching song. He used Marco’s wonderful track as the musical backing for his own lyrics and vocals… creating a completely new work with it’s own depth and meaning. All this would have been impossible to do freely under regular copyright. A testament to the power of Creative Commons licensing indeed!

Be sure to check the video and download the song.

Michael Gregoire’s blocSonic.com is a website dedicated to the best tracks the netlabel scene has to offer. His netBlocs are freely available compilations that include artwork and liner notes.

The recently released netBloc vol. 22 includes two variations of my recent track “Life On Ceres”.

“While I was still on the hunt for interesting instrumentals, another friend, Marco Kalnenek, began to make music again and tweeted about a particular new experiment on Twitter… I downloaded, listened and instantly fell in love with it. It’s name, as you may have already guessed, “Life on Ceres”. I wasted no time in requesting permission to include it in a future netBloc release. Shortly thereafter, Marco also released an alternate version of “Life on Ceres” – to me it sounded like a perfect reprise and I wanted to include it along with the original! From there it followed that “Life on Ceres” was an excellent title for a collection of instrumental music. With Marco’s blessing, this netBloc release was christened “netBloc Vol. 22: Life on Ceres”! This netBloc also became the very first to have a title track!”

You can download the Life on Ceres compilation here.

A rather minimalist piece I created earlier today:

Marco Kalnenek – Life on Ceres