The musician who changed the paradigm and broke records on commercial placement of his music, that vegan about Manhattan Moby, is out to bust some new barriers. Variety reports the electronic musician is “offering tracks to indie, nonprofit and student filmmakers for their works via his website mobygratis.com” – yes, that is gratis as in free. If you fit one of those categories run, don’t walk, to the website and give a listen to the unreleased and recycled tracks he’s got up for you.
Moby tells Variety he was inspired to free his intellectual property by the struggles of his friends, who as independent filmmakers couldn’t get songs cleared and approved by business affairs departments at record labels and music publishers, who we assume are currently busy clearing songs for iPod commericals. If you’ve ever been intimately involved in a label or publishing discussion about music synch rights, you know what Moby’s on about. If not just poke yourself in the eye a dozen times and it’ll have the same effect.
Moby makes clear in the interview below with the Sundance channel that these services are only for indie and noncommercial films, but even if you get funding and apply for a commercial license to use his tracks the cost will not be a budget breaker.
As The Playlist has previously reported, Moby has also recently scored Richard Kelly’s “Southland Tales” and, as not reported here, his new album is expected in the spring of 2008 from Mute Records.
Watch: Moby interview from Sundance Spotlights: mobygratis.com
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