I’d like to share with you my thoughts on using my tunes. You see, a lot of you want to make videos or podcasts with Matthew Ebel tunes in the background. People like Chris Penn (Space Ninja) and Mark Blevis (Canadian) have already done so since I released the new album at PodCamp.

Here’s my dilemma, though. I want to support brave new media producers like these, yet at the same time I don’t want to give away the whole album within a week of releasing it. So far the only tune I’ve marked as “Podsafe” is Lost My Way. I’ve given special permission to one or two people to play other tunes from the album, but that’s it, really.

You see, an album release has to be done carefully in order to maximize the amount of attention without stifling people’s creativity and excitement. So I release one or two singles at a time just as though I were sending them to radio stations. Otherwise, people can just go listen to the whole album via videos and podcasts.

So if you’d like to use my tunes in your project or blog, ask me. I’m not hard to find, really, there’s a big Contact button on my website. If the tune you want isn’t in my podsafe list, just ask first. I may have big plans for that song already, but your idea may be better!

UPDATE: Bear in mind, I’m talking about recorded, album-based music here. My live bootleg policy has always been spread that stuff around!!! If you tape me at a live show and you know I’m not trying to make a live release out of it, share it!

I really appreciate it, folks, and thanks again for supporting the music!