Vote for The Elliot Project

Update on The Elliot Project from the Maestro (from a comment on the New TEP song « Two Tack’s Thoughts post) –

Well if MoTu thinks it’s great, then these good ol’ boys from the Great State of Texas are set for stardom! They’ve just been nominated a finalist in Alternative Press’ “Almost Famous” contest. You can vote for them (like I did) at http://www.altpress.com/specials/almostfamous/. “Tell Me” is also now in rotation on iTumes Radio’s idobi Alternative Rock station.

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A King A Kingdom

Tshaka today has a great post about Christians and political parties.  Here is a taste –

This is the unholy trinity, the man, the party, then God.You see, from my vantage point, being a Republican doesn’t necessarily mean you’re also a Christian. Let me say that another way, the Bible never states that, “if you love Me, you’ll vote Republican,” or, “…now go into all the world and make Democrats of all men.”

So interesting that he posted this today, because earlier I was listening to the new Derek Webb album Mockingbird and the song “A King A Kingdom”.  I really enjoyed the lyrics, which line up perfectly with what Tshaka wrote.  Here are a few of my favorite lines –

my first allegiance is not to a flag, a country, or a man

my first allegiance is not to democracy or blood

it’s to a king & a kingdom

Sankofa » Blog Archive » The Unholy Trinity

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New TEP song

The Elliot Project have a great new song out – “Tell Me“.  Give it a listen…

Listen here:

www.myspace.com/theelliotproject

Download here:

purevolume™ | The Elliot Project

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The MySpace juggernaut continues?

In an interesting move that reminds me of the days of mp3.com, Mashable.com reports that myspace will begin offering DRM-free music downloads from the 3 million bands on myspace. What I would like to know is -

1. What are the opt-in, opt-out options for the musicians? Are they going to force every artist to allow myspace to sell their music in exchange for a myspace music profile? Will myspace try to obtain certain rights to these tracks beyond myspace, such as first rights to the music, etc.? And what is the relationship between myspace and the music publishing companies?

2. Who sets the prices? According to the article, “Snocap charges the artists a small distribution fee, and most of the tracks are DRM-free.” Does this mean each band will get to set their own price, or will they go for a single price model like iTunes.

3 Who does the impact more, Apple or the existing record labels? Considering most of the 3 million bands are amateur acts, does this makes myspace an alternative development method for most bands, making major labels unecessary for many?

This will certainly be an interesting development to watch, especially Apple’s reaction if myspace is indeed successful.

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Free Derek Webb!

Okay, so it doesn’t have the same ring as Free Mumia! or anything like that, but all the same.  Follow the link below, enter the e-mail address of five friends, and you can download, legitimately (I assume?) the entire new Derek Webb album, Mockingbird.

http://www.freederekwebb.com/

I am listening to the album right now, so far so good.  For thos who are not aware, Derek is a former member of Caedmon’s Call.

HT: ben’s blog: Free the mockingbird

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Two Tack’s Goodies (my Amazon aStore)

Amazon.com released a new service today which they call aStore.  Essentially it allows you to create your own custom store and you receive a small percentage if anyone purchases a product via a link from your aStore.  Of course I had to create one, you can view it here.

I think this is a great idea, although the options for customizing the store are very limited for now.  I can see this turning into something very cool once they increase the amount of customization available to store creators.  The idea would be that there will eventually be any number of custom storefronts for Amazon, each focusing on a specific market niche. 

For now I have 3 each of books, music, and movies.  I will update the storefront as I read and review new books, get new music or movies, or I might switch to all books, we’ll see what happens.  Let me know if you have any recommendations.  You can also view my wish list from there.  Anyways, check out the store – and if you plan on purchasing anything from Amazon anytime soon, start at my store, it won’t cost you any extra and I will make a small fortune

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