It is my pleasure to announce that, from now on, all my music and my art is going to be free!
Why this decision?
This decision didn't come overnight, it is product of years of learning and reflection. I feel I want to tell a bit about it, since it can be interesting for people to read. I'll start from the end this time.
Reflecting about my professional future, I came to the conclusion that living of my art is not a good decision. Because then, I would be a slave of the industry, or a slave of the people, not talking only about fans, but also about the people involved. It might sound harsh to say it like that, but it's the conclusion I reached. And I want total freedom to do what I wish, the amount of times that I wish, and no need to worry about anything except create. Researching about copyrights, how to sell, marketing strategies, etc etc. And all for what? To reach the conclusion that I do not want to sell anything. This issue became even more tedious for my books, content I keep editing overtime, and I always feel that it's never going to be ready for publishing, and once published, I can't edit anymore. But now, thinking that all my art is going to be free, all these problems have simply vanished.
I don't have to think anymore in marketing strategies. I don't need to think anymore in paywalls. I don't need to think anymore what content should be paid and what should be free. I don't need to think anymore about getting burned out. I don't need to think anymore about anything. I just need to think about being creative, and share my passion with the world. Also, after many years, I noticed that it doesn't matter what price I put to the music, because people will pay if they want and what they want. I have had people paying money for free content, and people paying higher prices for albums that had a price. After many years like this, I reached to the conclusion that I'd rather have a different job that allows me to have time to be creative and do my stuff the way I wish, instead of my job being something creative. I even thought that if I want to work in something related to music or games, I can do it, but not as creator, just another function. I am still up to compose more film scores and maybe work in small teams, but my art will always have the same condition: I manage my art, I set my terms. I am sure that I will never work in a big company regarding my art. I will never compose a film score for a big company, that will retain the copyrights of the recordings, for example. I don't feel I am missing the opportunity. I just feel that it doesn't interest me.
Any person can still give me the money they consider to support me through donation, by just buying an album or a game and set the price by yourselves. I never felt comfortable when people buy an album with a price, I always felt much better when people paid money for free stuff, because it doesn't feel as a sale, it feels like a donation, like true support, and that makes me happy. If you want to help me and you don't have money to donate, it's fine, you can always share my content so everyone can enjoy it. The most important for me is that you can enjoy my art.
That my content is free to consume, it doesn't mean that I lose the copyrights. My art belongs to me, it's my creation, and it is completely forbidden to any person to republish and sell my content, and it will be persecuted and punished with law if needed.
Making my content free to consume and enjoy, I grant new opportunities for the world regarding my art. I am going to divide this section in 3 parts.
FOR EVERYTHING REGARDING THIS SECTION, IT IS NEEDED THAT YOU CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL FIRST – FEGEFEUEROFFICIAL@GMAIL.COM. IF YOU USE MY CONTENT, I MUST BE CREDITED. I WILL NOT TOLERATE STEALERS. I RETAIN MY COPYRIGHT, AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT WILL BE PERSECUTED AND PUNISHED.
MUSIC
Music: you can use my music as background music in videos or streams as stated per album in the next list. For bigger projects like films or games, I encourage you to contact me, I would love to compose new music for you! If I work for you in composing new music, I only have 1 condition: I will have total control of the final music as album, I have total copyrights and I have the right to publish that album in my bandcamp. You can use the music in the film/game, but I control the release of the music.
Unir: the music of these albums can only be used in content related with The Lays of Alentë
Ceanes (2016)
Nanë e Unnoë Narmethë (2016)
Alententa (2016)
Aancë (2016)
Instrumental: since this category has different album conceptions, I say one by one
Divina Commedia (2014): free to use at any content, although I think it's not suitable...
For Earth (2016): free to use at any content, but preference related to humanity or earth
My Home (2017): free to use at any content, preference depicted by track style
Animals (2017): free to use at any content, preference related to animals
Fernweh (2019): free to use at any content
Mythos (2020): contact me to show me the content where you want to use this, and I'll decide
Xiangi (2020): contact me to show me the content where you want to use this, and I'll decide
Chang'e (2021): can only be used in content related with this film
Dungeon Conquest (2021): free to use in any content, preference related to medieval
Aika Monogatari (2022): free to use in any content, preference related to erhu
Space: free to use at any content, preference related to space
Dreamlands (2014)
Beyond (2016)
Spacescapes (2017)
Ambient: free to use at any content, preference related to stories
Götterdämmerung (2015)
Elysium (2015)
Ragnarök (2015)
Metal: free to use at any content, although I think it's not suitable...
The Mourning Woodlands (2014)
The Forgotten Realmlands (2014)
Origins: free to use at any content, although I think it's not suitable...
Ich suche dich (2012)
Verloren (2013)
Trostlosigkeit (2013)
Songs für eine ferne Liebe (2013)
Eine Flamme im Herzen (2019)
Liebe für immer (2013)
Im Paradies (2013)
GAMES
Games: my games have always been free, and so they will remain, so no much need to add. You are free to do gameplays or whatever content you wish for them.
Alententa (2016/2019)
The Lays of Alentë Minecraft Worlds (2016/2019)
The Lays of Alentë Unity Worlds (2016/2021)
Spacescapes (2017/2021)
My Home (2017/2021)
Robot Escape (2017/2021)
Robot Dream (2017/2021)
Hamster Home (2017/2021)
Animals (2017/2019/2021)
The Lays of Alentë Rise of Nations Mod (2017/2019)
Save the Shire (2018/2021)
An Artistic Adventure (2018/2021)
Samsara (2019/2021)
Horroria (2019/2021)
Cosmorama (2019/2021)
Magic Mystery (2020/2021)
The Escape (2021)
An Artistic Adventure Europe Edition (2021)
Dungeon Quest (2021)
Dungeon Conquest (2021)
Aika Monogatari (2022)
BOOKS
Books: this refers to The Lays of Alentë legendarium. Removing the worrying about the publishing process, now I feel completely free to share whatever I want and whenever I want. I know that I must be aware about copyright stealers, and discovering what will be the perfect website to share this is a task that I must do. Hopefully, with this change, I will be able to share the first book sooner, so everyone can read and enjoy as soon as possible the first part of this mythology.
Thank you everyone who has read this, and thank you to the people who supported me over the years. It has been a decade of learning, and I feel really happy about this change. Maybe there will be a lot of people who won't understand. But as my uncle, also a musician, said me... “the conclusion that you don't want to be part of the industry is something that many musicians reach when they are old, and it's hard to stop, and then they wonder why they decided to go through that path, when the only thing they wanted was to share their art and enjoy”. To have freedom to control your art, you must earn money, because money gives you economic freedom. But if you earn money based on your art, you as artist will never be free. Because if you participate in the consumism society, you will always work for people, be it a boss, or a client. The only way that an artist can have total freedom is when the creations don't depend on the economic source. This is the path that I'm taking. And I feel truly happy and liberated.
Enjoy!
