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Dec. 8th, 2005 09:41 pmToday marks the anniversary of John Lennon.
It's also one year since stupidity took this musician away from us.
He...he was the shit. He just rocked. If you ever saw him live or moshed to his melodies, you'd understand. Here's a taste.
I'm probably one of the few who cares about his loss around these parts, but that's ok.
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On another note.
Several musicians on the Podsafe Music Network got together and did a "We are the world" sort of song, by podsafe musicians, and it's proliferating over various podcasts.
You can go, donate $0.99 via paypal, and download an un-DRM'd mp3. All proceeds go to UNICEF. Why? Well, they're trying to prove that people don't need DRM-based media delivery in order to not only protect the artist's rights, but promote their music, get sales, and proliferate their fanbase. Go to the website learn about it. What it boils down to is a.) the music gets heard by a wide audience who in turn b.) are turned on by high-quality music they hear, and will c.) pay, either by some future micropayment based-system off the web directory of music (that's coming, from what I understand) or buy the album direct from the artist. It boils down to that people will pay for good stuff, or worthwhile items.
So go ahead, click the link, make a donation, and get the song?
Oh, you haven't heard it? Here, listen.
It's also one year since stupidity took this musician away from us.
He...he was the shit. He just rocked. If you ever saw him live or moshed to his melodies, you'd understand. Here's a taste.
I'm probably one of the few who cares about his loss around these parts, but that's ok.
--------------
On another note.
Several musicians on the Podsafe Music Network got together and did a "We are the world" sort of song, by podsafe musicians, and it's proliferating over various podcasts.
You can go, donate $0.99 via paypal, and download an un-DRM'd mp3. All proceeds go to UNICEF. Why? Well, they're trying to prove that people don't need DRM-based media delivery in order to not only protect the artist's rights, but promote their music, get sales, and proliferate their fanbase. Go to the website learn about it. What it boils down to is a.) the music gets heard by a wide audience who in turn b.) are turned on by high-quality music they hear, and will c.) pay, either by some future micropayment based-system off the web directory of music (that's coming, from what I understand) or buy the album direct from the artist. It boils down to that people will pay for good stuff, or worthwhile items.
So go ahead, click the link, make a donation, and get the song?
Oh, you haven't heard it? Here, listen.
