This just came into my inbox and felt worthy of sharing. Twenty-one local artists have donated an original, previously unheard song for a new platform called Protosong, to help raise money for clean water in developing countries. The Young Evils, Lemolo, Noah Gunderson, The Cellar Door, Motopony, Big Sur and several others have contributed songs for a playlist that you can listen to now, and download on October 18, with a PWYC (pay what you can) model. It’s explained thusly:
Here’s how Protosong works: We asked 21 Seattle artists to donate to us a song that’s never been heard before. We compiled those songs into a playlist that will be available for purchase at protosong.com from Oct. 3 to 17. On Oct. 18, everyone who pays at least one dollar will be able to download the playlist. We’ll then take all the money we raise — our goal for this playlist is $25,000 — and give it to the nonprofit organization One Day’s Wages and to the artists we partner with. Our pay as you wish model has proven successful for us in the past, and we’re sure this time will be no different.
The NW artists taking part are:
- Big Sur
- The Cellar Door
- Mychal Cohen (Campfire OK)
- Cold Water Theater
- Dearborn
- Noah Gunderson
- Carson Henley
- Ivan & Alyosha
- Ethan Jennings
- Mary Lambert
- Lemolo
- Aubrey Logan
- Joshua Montoya
- Motopony
- Kris Orlowski
- Smokey Brights
- Susy Sun
- Teachers
- This Providence
- Edmund Wayne
- The Young Evils
You can learn more and donate to start listening at protosong.com. So far, they’ve raised over $3500 in just two days, with an average of $11.26 donated per playlist.
Chris Burlingame is the editor of Another Rainy Saturday.
A great song collection site