Today I got an email from Martin of The Libations.
Here is some of the information he sent… about their recording
of Caledonia. He writes:
"The recording is a modern reworking with the energy and
passion of our time and it has really had an effect on people with 24,000 views
on YouTube over the past couple of weeks.
"Not only is it an inspirational record for 'Yes', but every single penny of the sales proceeds go to food bank charities.
"Our aim is to get into the Scottish charts by the end of next week - To get to #1 it needs to sell around 6000 downloads between Sunday 24th and next Saturday 30th August, but over 2000 will get it into the top 10 in Scotland.
"Once into the charts it will be on every radio station playlist and this will send a message to the powers that be, raising awareness of the issue and good money for the food banks."
Now I know that when we covered the story some weeks ago many of you went out and bought it then. I know, because Matin emailed me to tell me how much he appreciated your support and the sales... and the money that went to food banks.
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| "It's not for me. Erm, I'm ready for my close up now Tristan" |
Now I'm going to be all kinds of cheeky... but you understand, this isn't for me; it's not for Munguin; it's not even for the Libations. They won't get a halfpenny from it.
Instead it's for two things.
It's for YES. Imagine a song about Scotland in the charts in Scotland with everybody humming it and singing a wee snatch every few minutes, in the run up to the referendum, and maybe more important (although its hard to think of anything as being more important than the referendum), it's about raising awareness of, and money for, our fellow Scots, of whatever nationality, creed and age, who are going hungry in this oil rich country because some disconnected from reality politicians want to wave a nuclear weapon around to make them feel like they matter.
So, I guess what I'm saying is ... it's 79p at Amazon (where is currently #1 in country songs) or iTunes.
We need to sell 2,000 to get it into the top ten and playing on the radio stations. After that the quality of the music, performance and production will sell it... And every time a copy is downloaded thats another person had another meal.
Simples.
So even if you already bought it... if you have any spare cash, why not buy it again... maybe five times, or ten times if you're a rich Tory.
It's not really going to cost you that much, but it's going to make a difference.
Munguin already has his headphones on.
You can buy it here, or here, and there's an excellent Huffington Post Article here about the group.
Another way we can help is by Tweeting the song... or this Munguin article or the Huffpost article or this from STV... or sharing on any Facebook or any other media that you are part of.
Thanks.
