Screw You Fat Cat

Back in December I was drinking at Mr. Beery's enjoying some live Friday night music and talking to a fellow by the name of Brett. We got into talking about how the music industry is constantly changing and how slowly main stream record labels are not signing as many people and are slowly crashing.

I thought about it for a while. People are not really going out and buying CDs or records anymore. Thousands of stores have closed down across the country. Thanks to the Internet we can now stream or download pretty much anything we want. This has led to the explosion of indie record labels and the smaller trend of bands starting their own record labels. Bands like Earth Eatz Dog have thrown away the idea of slaving for a big corporation. Micky James even opened his own studio right here on LI called Freedom Of Speech Records.

Now you have a band breaking away from the record label to do their own thing, and are very successful at doing so. MAE (multi-sensory aesthetic experience) has begun their own journey at the start of this year. Founded in 2001, MAE has released 3 studio albums, been on multiple tours, and is now working on their fourth album, one step at a time.

Every month of 2009 they are releasing a new song. In order to get this song, you need to go to their website and pay 1$ to download. Now, this dollar does not go to the members of MAE. Instead they are using proceeds towards Habitat for Humanity.

Here's a list of songs they've come out with so far 2009:












January 2009: The House that Fire Built
February 2009: Boomerang
March 2009: A Melody, The Memory
April 2009: Night/Day

So not only is MAE not under the constrictions of a label anymore, but they are giving the money they make to charity to help make these hard times a little better for other people.

So screw you fat cat! Indie is for the people!