In a recent interview, Moby talks about licensing some of his music free for non-commercial use in indie films:
MOBY: Well, when I went to university, I was a philosophy major, but because I'm not very bright I chose to study philosophy at a performing arts school, maybe because the philosophy program there wasn't too rigorous or challenging. And at school I made a lot of friends in the independent film world. They have always complained to me that the most difficult part of making a film is actually licensing the music because they have to deal with record companies and publishing companies who don't want to return their calls. It's also expensive and onerous and time-consuming.
So I started this Web site, mobygratis.com, which very simply gives away free music to indie filmmakers, nonprofit filmmakers and experimental filmmakers. Right now I've got about 70 pieces of music up, and any filmmaker can go there and download the music and use it in their film.
CNN: And is this music that hit the cutting room floor when you were making albums? I take it it's all unreleased stuff.
MOBY: Yeah, about half of it is actually music I've written specifically for mobygratis.com. And then a lot of the other music is more atmospheric, experimental music that I've done that just hasn't found its way onto a record.
Comments
Moby Gratis is a scam
I tried to use Moby Gratis. I requested the use of a Moby song in the epic film "Giant Baby Attack" starring my adorable child and I was flat out rejected. My son won't stop crying over this (either that or he has colic, I can't quite tell). But he is certainly not playing his "Hotel" disk anymore. Why Moby, why? Do you not like babies? See the rejection letter at http://greenscreencinema.com/article.php?story=20080527172147882
I think it is awesome
but it is already being done by a lot of artists, right? if it isn't then this is really cool. Ah, it's cool anyway... MOby is cool.
and what information did you provide?
And what information did you provide, anyway? Because they state you were rejected for you didn't provide enough information?
Whatever the stuffs of
Whatever the stuffs of information is mentioned is very nice and informative.
Talking about something related to music always gives me to feel great in the sense of something new and realistic.
Thanks a lot for sharing these great information with us...
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