On April 4th WFMU threw a launch party for its FreeMusicArchive.org, a curated blog site for free and legally downloadable music. WFMU is currently the longest running freeform radio station in the United States. It is listener-supported, broadcasting at 91.1 FM in New York, at 90.1 FM in the Hudson Valley, and on the Internet with a wealth of online offerings. Among them is “Beware of the Blog.” Here’s its February 20 post about the launch party for the Free Music Archive.

The Free Music Archive offers free downloads under Creative Commons and other licenses. Here is the direct link to my tracks on the Free Music Archive: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Eric_Leonardson/

If you would like to hear more of my music and sound work on this archive, let me know. I can be encouraged to release more. Many audio excerpts from my past performances and compositions are also on my “composer & performer” page, with record releases listed on my discography page.

The Free Music Archive is also curated by KEXP, Issue Project Room, and Halas.am.

On Friday, December 5 Jérôme Joy played “Sobralasolas! Episode 1” on Free Radio SAIC. This 80-minute radio-opera was created in collaboration with Dinahbird, Caroline Bouissou, Björn Eriksson, Kaffe Matthews, and Gregory Whitehead. Afterward, I joined Jérôme for a wonderful 30-minute performance on my Springboard. Jérôme played lapotop. This programs ran for two hours. Listen here on the Free Radio SAIC archives: http://freeradiosaic.org/radio/archives/125/

“Sobralasolas! Episode 1” is to be released soon as a CD on Avatar.

White Noise Phantom Room Hour has been added to the Free Radio SAIC archive: freeradiosaic.org/program/archives/

Listen to the earlier shows by my Intro To Sound students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. These can be located in the archive by searching for the word “Locofone” before their titles.

Special thanks go to Ali for the poster design and to Free Radio SAIC Faculty Advisor, Lori Felker for her help in the studio and on the archive.

Check the schedule and listen to the Free Radio live stream at http://freeradiosaic.org (QuickTime required)

You can listen to streaming audio of performances from my 2007 tour.

From The Tank, May 2007

On the free103point9 archive: www.free103point9.org/archives

Jack Wright - Andrew Drury duo,
Anna Friz + Eric Leonardson duo

Co-sponsored by the New York Society for Acoustic Ecology and free103point9. Recorded at The Tank, New York on Thursday, May 31, 2007

Red Room, June 2007

From the Red Room on art@radio: http://art-radio.net

Anna Friz + Eric Leonardson duo
Walter Gross solo. Recorded at the Red Room, Baltimore on Saturday, June 2, 2007

“Dancing Walls…” excerpts

Listen to audio excerpts from “Dancing Walls…” on Anna’s Myspace page: www.myspace.com/littlepeopleintheradio

More audio samples: www.myspace.com/ericleonardson