BOXED: Free as in GNU out now!

I am very pleased to announce the release of my CD-ROM "BOXED: Free as in GNU" which covers all the songs of my albums I produced from 1997 until 2008 in the Free Ogg-Vorbis file format, plus most of the songs in XM tracker file format.

For GNU/Linux there is a very well implemented tracker editor, called SoundTracker, which is available from your package manager. Using SoundTracker, you are able to edit my songs an make derivate works the easy way.

All my songs are published under the Creative Commons, Attrition Share alike. So nothing is stopping you from listening, editing and redistributing my work. I believe that knowledge and art should be freely accessible for anyone.

The goal of this CD-ROM is to show my support to the Free Software Foundation and especially the Play Ogg and Defective By Design campaigns.

The ISO9660 image is hosted at Slated.org.

The size of the ISO9660 image is about 700 MiB and thus requires a 700 MiB CDR(W). The direct link to the file is here.

Thanks to [H]omer for hosting BOXED: Free as in GNU, for free and Gratis!

Song of a Princess

As promised, here finally is the song, which I composed in memory of our sister Dolly.

Just like Dolly simple, easy going, funny but a little sad to.

Love, kindness, unselfish and her social skills, these are the power of the Princess.

Song of a Princess.

We miss you dear Dolly, but we will always carry you in our hearts, remember your worm kindness and keep you in our prayers.

Your loving sisters and brothers (in law) and children.

You are our Princess for all eternity.

Angels Amongst Us

I have just released a new song called Angels Amongst Us, which is dedicated to my sister Anneli Koort-van Lin and sister in law Marij van Lin-Erens and in memory of our other sister Dolly. It's a simple 80's dance tune, with of course some new age influences and a fat bass guitar.

The story behind this song is simple: Don't look up to heaven to search for angels, because they are right beside you, everywhere you go there are angels. Ordinary people, the guy or lady next door. If you feel desperate, they'll help you solve your problems and ease your pain, unselfish and right to the point, without questioning why.

Thank you Anneli and Marij, you have proved: Angels are among us, every single day!

Cover photo © 2007 by Michel van Lin.