Omnipotent Space Band: LIVE 1998-2008

This is the home page of the Omnipotent Space Band Recording Project. We are a group of American musicians who grew up in or near Northboro, Massachusetts.

Two years ago I built a ruggedized audio workstation and began recording much more material. We are now developing a CD-length compilation of this music.

My first task was to review and index our library of existing recordings. Most of the material existed on hard disks and old CDR's. We also did some basement box hunting to find analog cassettes. These were transferred to digital using a Marantz PMD101 cassette recorder.

The process is still not finished. Our studio has many hours of live stereo recordings that we have not yet listened to, and we continue to find old CDRs with music we had thought to be lost.

The next phase will involve transformation of these recordings through analysis and resynthesis. I have been writing custom software for the project (some notes here and here.)

After that, there will be another round of studio sessions (most likely beginning in 2008) and subsequent mastering. Release on archive.org will follow. A compact disc package, with cover art and photography by the band, will be sold directly to the public via an online store. Proceeds will fund further musical work.

Our music is copyrighted material. But unlike most albums, you are permitted to download the music free of charge, and then share it with your friends.

This works out well for several reasons. In the first place, we would like more people to hear the music. Second, we couldn't stop you even if we wanted to. Third, I don't have sufficient bandwidth to be the only source of the file anyway. So go ahead and mirror it.

You may read more about the License below.

• AUDIO DOWNLOADS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE — Sorry folks, I've had to take down the files due to lack of bandwidth. I will put them back up somewhere soon with lots of new music.
• Download player software for Ogg Vorbis files. If you are on Mac or Windows you probably need this.

THE RECORDING IS PROVIDED TO YOU UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-NODERIVS 3.0 LICENSE.

• PROPER ATTRIBUTION IS REQUIRED.
• THE MUSIC MAY BE USED AND PERFORMED FOR STRICTLY NONCOMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
• NO DERIVATIVE WORKS ARE ALLOWED.

Contact us if you wish to discuss other licensing options.