moby and npr project song debut an original track, entitled “gone to sleep” on npr’s all things considered may 4th, 2010. for a limited time, the track is available as a free mp3 on amazon.com:
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgid=2
about npr project song
npr music celebrates great music in every genre and is an industry leader in music discovery. the free, multimedia website at www.npr.org/music offers 300 new features monthly and an extensive archive, in collaboration with npr’s newsmagazines, 12 public radio member stations and the passionate npr community. npr music creates and distributes inventive music coverage across multiple platforms – from web, to radio, to podcast, to mobile, to social media, to live events – with first listens to new albums, live performances, concerts at the tiny desk, interviews, reviews and blogs.
project song is npr documentary challenging songwriters to write and record an original song in two days at the npr studios. the series looks at the creative process of writing a song. it works like this. we invite a musician into our studios for a few days. we give them some inspiration, photographs and words, and then we document their process of creating a song.