Free Earth Day Song Downloads

[jgmaute]

I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post this. In celebration of Earth Day 2010 I've posted free downloads of songs that are about the earth and our environment on my webpage. Please share this link with teachers or others you know who could use or enjoy these songs. thanks, joan
(acoustic guitar tracks played on my Martin 00-21NY or Guild D-55) If you want to play any of the songs just use the email link and ask me for the chords. However, since I wrote all the songs they're pretty easy to figure out and play.

http://www.joanmaute.com/freeearthsongs.html

 

[Ross]

Thanks for this, Joan. I downloaded "Solar Power Rag". Nice work. Did you do all of the playing and singing?

 

[Bikerdoc]

WOW!!! I liked 'em all.
Thanks
Peace

 

[jgmaute]

Thanks for this, Joan. I downloaded "Solar Power Rag". Nice work. Did you do all of the playing and singing?

Way in the background you might be able to hear the basic acoustic track I laid down. The bass and electric guitar tracks were done by Peter Kirk, my friend who had the studio. This song was actually written and recorded in 1981 for my master's thesis, I wrote four songs to teach about alternative energy. I recorded them then non-singing teachers used the cassettes, lyrics, and teacher's guide to teach about solar, wind, hydroelectric, and conservation power. I know I overdubbed extra vocal tracks but Peter may have added one too...not real big on details since that was almost 30 years ago. I just sang these and other songs at two different schools last week for Earth Day. At each school I did 2 presentations with 3 classes in each presentation. Glad you enjoyed the songs. Feel free to share them. I'll probably leave the link up for another week. Joan

 

[Ross]

This song was actually written and recorded in 1981 for my master's thesis, I wrote four songs to teach about alternative energy.

You experienced a very enlightened graduate program! And ahead of its time For my master's (also in '81) I hammered out a boring thesis on a manual typewriter

Do I recall correctly that you once posted a link to a website that featured songs about conservation, science & math? If so, could you post it again? I've lost a bunch of my bookmarked URLs.

thanks
ross

 

[jgmaute]

This song was actually written and recorded in 1981 for my master's thesis, I wrote four songs to teach about alternative energy. [/quote
You experienced a very enlightened graduate program! And ahead of its time For my master's (also in '81) I hammered out a boring thesis on a manual typewriter
Do I recall correctly that you once posted a link to a website that featured songs about conservation, science & math? If so, could you post it again? I've lost a bunch of my bookmarked URLs.
thanks
ross

So Ross, was it a Smith Corona or a Royal? Yes, I posted a link of a list that is kept of by one of the members of the Science Songwriters' Association. You can always get to it from the resources link on my web page http://www.joanmaute.com, here's the actual link to the db http://www.science-groove.org/MASSIVE/ have fun! Joan another good source is songsforteaching.com and search for your topic.

 

[Ross]

Ah yes - the MASSIVE database. I remember now. Thanks, Joan.

It was an Olivetti. I've still got it.