Category: Music

Moby makes music available to Indie Filmmakers

This is HUGE! At least to me…

Moby has revamped his website (looks very cool by the way) and is starting a new feature called, “film music.”

and here’s the biggie(well, at least i think so)…there’s a new part of moby.com called ‘film music’. it’s essentially a function that allows independent and non-profit filmmakers to download and use my music for free. we’re starting with about 60 pieces of eclectic, unreleased, film music, but over-time i’ll continue to update it and add more music.
these 60 pieces of music can be downloaded and used for free by student filmmakers and indie filmmakers and, basically, anyone making a non-commercial* film, be it 2 minutes long or 400 minutes long.
if you’re a filmmaker(or are in need of free music for a non-commercial film or video)you can sign up and download and use this music for free.
i have a lot of friends in the independent film world, and their biggest complaint is that it’s either expensive or onerous to license music for their films.
so that’s why i’m making a lot of my music available for free use for non-profit, independent films.
i hope you find it useful.
i hope you enjoy the new moby.com.
please look below for the *.
-moby
*-yup, the asterisk. the music in the film-music part of moby.com is available for free use for student films and independent films and non-profit films and shorts and etc. the music is available so long as these films are not used for commercial(i.e-making money)purposes.
if you use the music in your film and your film goes on to make money: great, and congratulations.
before your film makes money, though, you’ll have to apply for a commercial license for the music. i PROMISE that the commercial licenses won’t be expensive or difficult to obtain.
and any money that this music generates from commercial licenses will be given to a charity.
this year that charity will be the humane society.
ok, i hope that’s clear. thanks.

Looks like encounter will be hearing a lot more Moby for the films/videos I make for Sunday morning. 🙂

Bono to appear on idol

I might actually be interested to watch a show…

American Idol Africa Special: ‘Idol Gives Back’
Bono is due to meet with the six remaining finalists to talk with them about the work of ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History and how they and the show’s audience can help in the fight against extreme poverty.
The ‘Idol Gives Back’ special will run over two nights in the US this week, Tuesday and Wednesday. Bono’s chat with the finalists will feature briefly on the Wednesday evening show.
The special will raise money for Charity Projects Entertainment Fund (CPEF) and other organisations that help children and young people in extreme poverty.
Further information at one.org

New fees could shut down OrangeNoiseRadio!

Keep Internet Radio On

Recently, the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) issued the significantly higher new royalty rates for Internet radio for the 2006-2010 period. The ruling ignored webcasting community proposals and set out the SoundExchange proposed “per performance” rates and a $500 minimum fee per channel per year. With around 10,000 stations playing over 250,000 artists each month, that would mean an additional $5 million per year for Live365 and our broadcasters.

Although there is no clear definition of what a “channel” is, the $500 minimum fee per channel threatens Live365’s ability to help make the small webcasters’ voice heard on the Internet (like OrangeNoiseRadio), by effectively forcing Live365 to raise the minimum broadcasting fees to a level that would cause most small webcasters (like OrangeNoiseRadio) to discontinue their service thus silencing their stations. The CRB’s determination imperils small and large webcasters alike and threatens listening experiences of millions of Internet radio listeners.

What You Can Do:
Speak up!

There are several options you can take to help OrangeNoiseRadio stay on the air. #1 is becoming a sponsor. Zip us an e-mail and let us know you’d like to keep OrangeNoiseRadio on the air. With increased fees, our only option will be to find more sponsors to help pay the added fees, or shut down. You can also become a VIP listener through Live365. Your monthly subscription helps keep us and other stations on the air.
Also, please join us in our petition for overturning the CRB determination and in our fight to save Internet radio. Visit Live365.com/choice for more on how you can participate in our campaign early next week.
Meanwhile, make your voice heard by the lawmakers on Capitol Hill! Call, write, e-mail, and/or visit your Representatives and Senators today and request that:

1. Congress void the retroactive $500 per channel minimum that threatens to drive Live365’s small webcasters out of business.
2. Congress reinstate the Small Webcaster Settlement Act. The CRB declared that the 2002 SWSA would not be extended despite the Small Webcaster contracts SoundExchange offered on its website and signed with Small Webcasters for 2006 and 2007.
3. Stop the retroactive, ex post facto royalty payments for 2006 mandated by the CRB, until all appeals have been heard.
4. Create a level playing field by bringing the Internet radio per performance rates into parity with traditional and satellite radio. Unlike internet radio, traditional radio does NOT pay royalties to record labels or artists for songs performed over the air.

How to Contact Your Representatives and Senators:

1. Send a stamped letter, mailed by U.S. Mail or FedEx to your congressperson (find their mailing address). This type of hand-written message with your own personal story is treated with a LOT of value when received by your congressperson. Include your personal story… your name and location, the type of music you listen to, and how this new royalty will affect you. Be as specific as you possibly can.

2. Though it’s not nearly as effective as a postmarked letter, you can also send an e-mail message to your Senators and Representatives. With your zipcode or address, you can use this quick, easy e-mail form to get directly to the congressperson for your location: http://www.congress.org (use the form letter found there or write your own story)

Thaxton gives OrangeNoiseRadio props

crrthaxton.jpgOrangeNoiseRadio got some props this week in The Christian Rock Report from ONR artist and encounter guitarist Thaxton.
Check out the article in the mag and be sure to check out Thaxton’s new CD on myspace.com/thaxtonmusic, iTunes, rhapsody.com, emusic.com and others.

Revolution Void

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Check this album out. Good stuff.
The latest Revolution Void album Thread Soul has been released under a Creative Commons license granting free distribution. The album Thread Soul features guest performances by Lucas Pickford (Brian Blade, Tiger Okoshi) and Cochemea Gastelum (Fred Wesley, Robert Walter’s 20th Congress).
Thread Soul was released to the public on 7-25-2006. Since its release, the album has rapidly spread through P2P networks such as BitTorrent. It is released under a Creative Commons Attrib-NonCommercial license which allows users to freely modify and distribute the album, as long as they do not use it in a commercial endeavor.