Friday, March 11, 2011

Pass it on.

Those of us who are writers and creators of music always speak about hoping our music gets passed on to others. We don't much care about the monetary part of it, we just want others blessed by what God has given us to share. We want to Pass It On. The world tells us that we should not do anything without being sure we get our "pennies" for each play. I think for decades so much good music has set in basements because artists were duped into thinking they would be wealthy if they would just hang on to their records for the right price. Thank you internet. CD Baby, youtube, facebook, google and the rest of the social medias who are giving free server space for artists songs to get into the ether where anyone can find it. One mans treasure is anothers trash. We all have and love different styles. In this all, it does mean that prob. 50% of the music uploaded is really bad.. i mean really bad, but that goes with the territory.
I love seeing each day the video posts on Facebook from friends of old classic recordings of outside artists. So enriching outside of the mainstream "pop" culture.

Well, I received a nice post from England today on our arrangement of Gaithers "Come Holy Spirit" off of youtube. While reading of course i noticed that Terry M. had an arrangement of it. Well to my surprise, it was a different song. yes, Simple, dated, 80's, bla bla bla --- but --- so very sweet!

I don't post others songs to often, but I think with the way new music is flowing in social media, it might be the best way to propagate songs - new and old - to those who may not have heard them and what a great way to introduce what you like to others AND viral market artists you believe in.
So I hope to post many more songs in the future by others that "get' me across all musical lines.
Cant wait to chart this song today and introduce it to a new group of worshipers who've prob. never heard it because it never played on our local radio....

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