some of you might know about kickstarter, which is a website where
creative entities can solicit -- and receive! -- funding from the public.
it's very cool.

there's a project there now -- one which has already attained its goal,
but to which you can still contribute if you'd like -- where music which
is in the public-domain will be newly recorded and released at no cost.

>   http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/Musopen/record-and-release-free-music-without-copyrights

if you're a fan of classical music, this is definitely worth checking out...

-bowerbird