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Bob, le magnifique
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In your profile, you say:…”Singer, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist, mandolinist. I play piano and sing in church, but what I really want is to be the guy at the back of the room with his guitar.”
But for us, you who are a member of CC Mixter 2007, you are Admiral Bob, le magnifique.
Happy 21st birthday to the entire CC Mixter community!
WORDS Text von Admiral Bob in Why:
Even before I heard of CCMixter, I released songs under a CC license.
Now why would I do this? Why would I give songs away for free? It costs me a lot to make them. You know how much money all this music equipment costs! So why? Because music reaches people. It is the most important thing a songwriter can do. Life is not easy, and sometimes getting to the other side of the day seems to be impossible. If I can sing a little hope into someone - anyone’s - day - then I have done exactly the thing that this musical gift is itself meant for.
It is enough for me, in fact all the payment in the world, if I can ever do that. Mr. Williams, the heart payment of a song is not what the listener can do for me with their admiration or their money. It is what I can do for them. If my song was a balming moment for the woman remembering the father she lost, or the young man who doesn’t know if he can feel anymore, then my heart payment is to give them my song. Not to rent it to them, not to sell it to them, but to actually give it to them.
I am doing this, not, to use your words, “because I am forced to do so.” I do it out of love. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
But for us, you who are a member of CC Mixter 2007, you are Admiral Bob, le magnifique.
Happy 21st birthday to the entire CC Mixter community!
WORDS Text von Admiral Bob in Why:
Even before I heard of CCMixter, I released songs under a CC license.
Now why would I do this? Why would I give songs away for free? It costs me a lot to make them. You know how much money all this music equipment costs! So why? Because music reaches people. It is the most important thing a songwriter can do. Life is not easy, and sometimes getting to the other side of the day seems to be impossible. If I can sing a little hope into someone - anyone’s - day - then I have done exactly the thing that this musical gift is itself meant for.
It is enough for me, in fact all the payment in the world, if I can ever do that. Mr. Williams, the heart payment of a song is not what the listener can do for me with their admiration or their money. It is what I can do for them. If my song was a balming moment for the woman remembering the father she lost, or the young man who doesn’t know if he can feel anymore, then my heart payment is to give them my song. Not to rent it to them, not to sell it to them, but to actually give it to them.
I am doing this, not, to use your words, “because I am forced to do so.” I do it out of love. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.