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Edited on Tue Dec-06-05 12:05 PM by garybeck
Election folks.
The Election Truth CD-ROM is doing great; I know there are thousands of copies out there, and more being burned every day.
For my next project, I am producing an Election Truth music CD. It starts with a contest and voting on the best songs that mention election fraud, and ends with a free CD that we can distribute and listen to, to help get the message out. It's going to work like this.
Phase 1: Nominations
I am collecting songs, written and recorded by singer-songwriters. Every song in the contest has to mention election fraud, stolen election, Diebold, or something that directly relates to the issue. The song doesn't have to be exclusively about election issues, but it has to be directly mentioned. Songs must be in mp3 format, and available for free download/listening on the internet. Composers must agree ahead of time, that if they win the contest they agree to allow their song to be distributed for free on the CD.
People can nominate their own songs, and songs can be nominated by third person. In the latter case, we must be able to contact the writer and get their permission.
Phase 2: Voting
Since we are advocates of fair elections, we will use a secure method of voting. It will be done online. I'm working on it.
A "ballot" will exist online where people can listen to all the nominated songs and vote on their favorite(s).
The ten songs that get the most votes will be put on the CD.
Phase 3: Distribution
We produce the CD and start burning copies, just like we have been doing with the CD-ROM. The CD will be a new way to get our message out. Make copies for all your friends, send them to the press, radio stations, etc. Because they are audio CDs, people can listen to them in their car, or on their home stereo. We'll also figure out a way to accompany the CD with some literature on the issues, so people can get involved if they wish (which is the ultimate motive of the whole project obviously).
Depending on how much momentum and attention the project gets, we may put together a free concert where the musicians perform their songs. If there is another election summit next summer, we could dovetail.
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that's it in a nutshell. details are being ironed out now.
at this point, I'm looking for people to nominate a few songs so that when I launch the website for the project, there isn't an empty page of songs for people to listen to. SOOO if you know of any songs that mention the stolen election, please PM or email me. Please don't tell me about a song unless you have a link to it or have some contact information I can follow.
I know there are some bumper songs on the Brad Show that qualify but don't know who wrote the songs or where I can find them. I'll be talking to Brad about it... Also, there's a great song by Bright Eyes. But I know there are a lot more, so contact me with your nominations and we can get this thing going!
My tentative schedule is to split the amount of time we have between now and the 11/06 elections. The first half will be Phase 1 and 2, and the second half will be phase 3, leaving plenty of time for people to hear and share the music, and get involved.
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