Steve / Hurricane Bells needs our help!

Okay peeps. I know I've been all about South Africa of late (for good reason, of course!) but I want to make sure that we're not forgetting to help out a great musician. Now then, those of us that know Steve and/or Hurricane Bells know the beautiful quality of the music that is put out. That kind of quality isn't without cost! Sure, the writing of the music and the playing of the music doesn't really cost a thing, but putting it out there so that the rest of us can enjoy it? Making sure it's mixed properly so that the full extent of the music comes out? Yeah, that costs money. I'm not saying y'all should give up on your next trip to Portugal or decide against buying that new minivan you need for the family. ;-) (Though, hey, if you wanna give thousands upon thousands of dollars to the cause that would be AMAZING!!!) I bet you could give up a couple of Starbucks coffees or a couple of value meals from McDonald's though. (And be healthier for it, right?) If all of my friends who either know and love Hurricane Bells AND/OR know and love Blue October AND/OR know and love the Twilight series gave just $10 to this great cause, goal could be met lickety-split! So here's the deal. This money isn't just to go sit in Steve's (or anyone else's) bank account to make them rich and famous. This money is going to two places: 1) The mastering and manufacturing of the album along with the touring and promotion of the new album to get it out there in the public's eye and 2) Some of the donations go to charity - Steve's charity of choice is Education Through Music, a very important charity if you ask me! And hey, if ETM gets enough donations and such, maybe they can go National and bring music back into our schools as so many schools seem to be doing away with their music programs these days - a very sad, sad thing. So have I got you excited about this? Are you ready to pitch in a few bucks? GREAT! If you look over in the sidebar on the right, you'll see a little widget for this project. Click on that and you're all set. If your eyes are just too lazy to look away from these words in search of the widget, and hey, I understand, my eyes are exhausted!, then just click on this little link: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/hurricane-bells Much love to you all and thank you! ~M

Originally posted at Falling Into My Own Sarchasm and cross-posted here.