CABACA:The “CC Asia Band” Album

Commons Crossroads: Defining the roadmap for CC in Asia & the Pacific2009-02-04&05

Manila, Philippines

A story as told by ,,,… Tyng-Ruey Chuang

Creative Commons Taiwan

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“CC Asia Band” meet-up

• Time: 2 - 4 pm this afternoon• Place: Lounge & Café• People: Artists, producers, techies,

potential sponsors, …

• Purpose: Jamming of collaboration ideasand plans, especially about producing a CC-licensed CD album and joint performance.

By now, history!(Posted 2008-01-19)

In The Beginning …• Rio Janeiro, iCommons Summit 2006:

– The idea to have a “CC Asia Band” …• Dubrovnik, iCommons Summit 2007:

– CC Asia Pacific jurisdiction projects met, anddecided to have a regional meeting in Taipei inearly 2008,

– Each jurisdiction was asked to bring artists to theTaipei meeting for concert and collaboration,

– “Pig Head Skin” was to plan for the concert …• Taipei, 2008-01:

– The ACIA (Asia and Commons in the InformationAge) International Workshop

Who Were in the ACIA Concert?• Lisa Diy (CC Philippines)• Sudev Bangah (CC Malaysia)• Bust This (CC Korea)• Monbaza (Taiwan)• Jesus Rocks + Pig Head Skin (Taiwan)• Jui-Chuan Chang + MoShang (Taiwan)• Kou Chou Ching + MoShang (Taiwan)• André van Rensburg + MoShang (Taiwan)

CABACA• Pig Head Skin and MoShang were to produce a

collaborative CD album with participating artistsfrom Asia and the Pacific!

• The CD must be ready by July 2008, in time foriCommons Summit in Sapporo

• More artists joining the collaboration– Anji Bee (US)– Cho PD (Korea)– Sonja V. (Taiwan)– Snoblind (HK)– Takeru Ishikawa (Japan)

“A Collaborative CD Album”• Each artist contributes her/his works, and

participates in one another’s new creations:– Melodies, lyrics, instrument loops, performance

tracks, recordings with others, remixes, etc.

• Have no money for live studio sessions• MoShang was to mix tracks and to master

the CD in his home studio• Many, many, late-night e-mail exchange

and file sharing …

What Is in CABACA?1. Bosom (Lim Giong)2. Every Dog Has His Day (Pig Head Skin)3. Freedom Zen (MoShang + Chang, Jui-Chuan)4. Naluwan House (Kou Chou Ching + Sonja V.)5. Walking Tall (Monbaza)6. Aspects Of Reality (Sudev Bangah)7. Moved By An Angel (Lisa Diy)8. Crossing The Pond (Snoblind + Anji Bee)9. Favor Tweet (Takeru Ishikawa + Anji Bee)10. Free Music 2 (Cho PD)11. Turntable Sound (DJ Jangga)

and more …

http://cabaca.org

CABACA @ CD BABY

CABACA Collaborators Joint Agreement (1/3)

1. I permit all collaborators in the project touse my contributions to create new works aspart of the CABACA project. …

2. I agree to have my contributions and anyworks created from the project collectedinto … collections, as long as each collectionconsists only of the contributions from thecollaborators.

3. I agree to my contributions as included inthe collections being released to the publicunder the CC “BY-NC-SA 2.5 Taiwan" License.

CABACA Collaborators Joint Agreement (2/3)

4. The collaborators own the collections. Anycollaborator … has the rights and thefreedom to use the collections without theneed to ask other collaborators. …

5. MoShang and Pig Head Skin are entrusted todeal with all business associated with thecollections … on behalf of the othercollaborators.

6. Any profit from the collections shall be usedto further promote the project and theworks of the collaborators, …

CABACA Collaborators Joint Agreement (3/3)

7. All permissions granted above are non-exclusive. Subject to these permissions, allcollaborators retain full ownership of andlegal rights over their contributions, and arefree to deal with them as they see fit.

8. To the best of my knowledge, I assert that Ihold all legal rights, including copyright,necessary to grant the above permissions.

(The agreement was drafted by Tyng-Ruey Chuang and Jessica Coates.)

The Remix Continues, on CC Mixter!