It has been a while....

Hello everyone....I don't know if anyone still reads this blog or still comes by. I personally haven't logged in something like two years so I feel like that is pretty telling. I recently went through all my mediafire links and deleted everything, I was getting wierded out by the Copyright violation emails and warnings etc. So all my links are dead now...sorry. But going through the downloads and seeing how many people had come by and picked up the music I was a little shocked and also a little bit moved by what I saw. SO MANY of you dropped by and picked up the music! I couldn't believe how many people had visited the site, and was very pleased that I was able to share so much music that is so close to my heart with so many of you, and I hope that some of you found something new and unusual that you might not have otherwise.

At the same time, I started to feel a little tinge of guilt as well. As an emerging artist and professional musician now out of the college world, I am starting to see and experience the difficulties of being an artist in the world. We as musicians and music lovers have a responsibility to music--what has been called "the greatest of all the arts"--to be fully and wholly invested in what we do and what we love. I think the popular culture of  our world does not place enough importance on music and does not realize its full potential and value. I do believe in music's power to change every one of us, and I believe in music's power to change the world. Music brings us together, it teaches us how to listen to each other, to compromise, to lead, to follow. It teaches us to be better human beings. It may be the most important thing on earth. I will live for it, and I will die for it. I also think that maybe, after years of downloading and sharing music for free, maybe, just maybe, we should be paying for it. If we don't pay for it, who will? Artists need grant money, they need donations, they need sponsors...they need money to make shit happen. I guess I don't really know what I am talking about but its just a thought. I think from now on I will use this blog as a personal bullshitting space like every other blog on earth.

For now, I will refer you to some blogs and projects of mine and my colleagues:

http://soundcloud.com/picture-frames  (My band)

http://feelingmindthinkingheart.blogspot.com/

http://bloodsausageradio.blogspot.com/

http://about.me/danielthedj

http://tjborden.wordpress.com/