{"id":847,"date":"2009-09-13T10:51:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T14:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=847"},"modified":"2009-09-13T10:51:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-13T14:51:22","slug":"support-the-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mpomy.com\/?p=847","title":{"rendered":"Support the artist"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a fine one to talk. \u00a0But since the admonishment from Dave Meros of Spock’s Beard<\/a>, I’ve certainly done some thinking. \u00a0Am I going to stop sharing music – No. \u00a0This is something I’ve always done (long before the advent of intertubes) and it is one of the fundamental, moral, goods that we give each other gifts of music.<\/p>\n

That being said, there are artists that are intensely deserving of our (my) financial support. \u00a0To help celebrate an upcoming Marillion release<\/a>, I did give them a few dollars and downloaded some items directly from their web store. \u00a0That just makes me feel good – giving the money directly to the artist.<\/p>\n

Over at Prosaic Paradise<\/a>, I got the report from last weekend’s ProgDay down in Chapel Hill. \u00a0Sipport takes many forms: buying the ticket or merch, pumping the keg or j.st chatting up the artists after the show.\u00a0 *jealous*<\/p>\n

So, with that warm feeling, I’m going to enjoy some great music on this beautiful Sunday, and I hope you will do the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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