A New David Rovics release (also free online)

Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 01:03:14 GMT
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Hi folks,
My new CD, Return, has been mixed and mastered and is now available in its entirety for free download at www.mp3.com/davidrovics.
Why, you may ask, does Ever Reviled Records and myself want to make this new CD available for free download after we just spent
several thousand dollars in the studio recording it? Don't we want to sell CDs, recoup expenses, and eat? Yes. But we believe
that the most important thing is to get the music out there. If it is to have an impact, it must be heard. If it is to be heard,
the Clear Channel blockade must be broken. This will probably only happen if people like you take the time and energy to spread the
word.
The CD will be out in physical form by early September. Pre-ordering the CD is much appreciated. To be the first in your
neighborhood to get a copy of the CD, send a check for $17 (plus $10 for each additional copy) to me at PO Box 995, Jamaica Plain,
MA 02130. For wholesale orders and other such information, go to www.davidrovics.com and click on "buy stuff."
The theme of much of the CD is the Palestinian struggle and the right of return of Palestinian refugees. Many of the 14 tracks on
the CD directly relate to this, others less directly. It was recorded Wooly Mammoth Studios in Boston, Massachusetts at the end of
June, under the expertise of producer and recording artist, Sean Staples, with a bunch of great musicians. The whole project was
made possible by Ever Reviled Records -- www.everreviledrecords.com. If you have ideas for how to promote this release, or you know
radio programmers who would like to have a copy, or to order copies, please be encouraged to email them at
email-address-deleted.
I'll be doing two big tours to promote this release. In the fall I'll be doing a tour of the eastern US and Canada, and in the
winter I'll be doing a tour of the western US and Canada (I'll also be touring a bit in Europe later in the fall). To see where
I'll be playing in your area go to www.davidrovics.com and click on "gigs." If you might want to organize an event yourself, feel
free to go to my website and click on "booking" for more thoughts on that, and to contact me by any of the methods provided below.
On my website you'll also find lyrics to everything, liner notes to the CDs, more audio and video you can download, links to other
artists, and lots of other stuff. Also, thanks to Rupert and DC Indymedia, the digital version of my songbook is now up on my
website, so you can download and print out the lyrics, chords and sheet music to everything in it (for free). Go to my website and
click on "lyrics and sheet music" to find it.
Hope to see you on the road and in the streets!
--David
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David Rovics
www.davidrovics.com
email-address-deleted
(617) 747-4460 (voicemail)
(617) 872-5124 (cell phone)
PO Box 995
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (USA)
"Lying and war are always associated. Pay attention to war-makers when they try to defend their current war...if they move their
lips they're lying."
Phil Berrigan