Hey folks, next week my musical conspiritors and I will perform our inaugural Abolitionist Hymnal concert at Adrian College and we'd love for you to be there with us.  It will be Thursday night at 8pm at the Caine Student Center at Adrian College.  Link to the iLike info page is below.  Come and help us fight modern-day slavery while hearing some cool new tunes. 

Peace,
Carl

Concert Info on iLike

From the zip codes of the friends who've taken the opportunity to download Oft Broke Echo for free (minus friends in France and Australia).  Fun to know that people all over are listening to this music.  Looking forward to the release of the first wave of the Abolitionist Hymnal project through NoiseTrade.com!

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Carl

In preparation for using NoiseTrade.com to distribute the upcoming Abolitionist Hymnal - and to test out the new features over at NoiseTrade we're offering FREE downloads of the "Oft Broke Echo" album for a limited time!  Tell as many of your friends as you can because this offer won't be up for ever.

And while you're over at NoiseTrade, please check out all the other amazing artists that are intent on getting their music out their in a fair trade way.  The music is free, but you can tip the artists for their work.  So please do.  And, Thanks!

Carl

Met tonight with Trista and Nick Dymond, co-conspiritors in the Abolitionist Hymnal, at their house near Clarkston.  Had a great time talking music, community, parties, and even some geek stuff.  All three of us are eager to begin our weekly sessions piecing together the songs for the project.  We'll be gathering and perfecting the ones already written (see some here) along with writing some new ones.

But we realized also that we're probably going to need your help in gathering up more freedom songs to repurpose to fight human trafficking today.  So, below is a list of what we're looking for, please send along the duly credited texts or link to them on the net.  And thanks for joining the anti-slavery movement!

Looking for:

1) Song texts from the 19th Century abolitionist movement - preferably texts that lend themselves to singing in Christian worship services, 

2) We realize that some songs need some editing to fit with today's realities of human slavery.  If you find some energy and time to edit a text, please do and send your edited version along!  We just ask that you send along the original also so we can see the comparison.

3) It's important that we're working with public domain texts, please check out this web site to learn more about that designation.

In the near future we'll be looking for graphic artists, web developers, and other music biz folks who might like to offer some of their expertise as well.  For now, though, have fun scouring libraries, old churches, the internet, or wherever you might find some good anti-slavery hymns!

Carl

Give this poor looking fool the greatest birthday gift EVER!As my wife continues to remind me, in about 9 days I'll be officially entering my plural 30s.  But I don't see this as something to cry about!  Instead, i'm using it as a call to action for all of you in need of a reason to jump on the Abolitionist Hymnal Backer Wagon!

So, I'm writing here to ask that if anyone is interested in doing something for me for my birthday on February 12th, please consider pledging to the Abolitionist Hymnal (click the picture for the link).

Now, February 12th sounds familiar, you may be saying?  Well, yes!  My whole life I've shared a birthday with Abraham Lincoln - the signer of the Emancipation Proclamation and the original Kickstarter Backer for the Aboltionist Hymnal!

So join me, Honest Abe, Anna, and my friends in welcoming in my 3rd decade by helping make it possible for someone else to celebrate their next birthday as a freed person!  And thanks for all the good wishes.

Carl