Engaging without paying...

For the last year or so I've been trying to figure out how to engage with the charts. I don't generally feel that listening to Radio 1's chart show is an abundantly good use of my time, particularly because it is so strung out. I also miss a lot of the lyrics and so it can often be a totally fruitless exercise! Whilst I enjoy radio I do find it frustrating that you don't get to choose what to listen to and when... I've also tried reading the lyrics of songs that do well in the charts and thinking through them that way, but then music is made to be music and to be listened to and not read... So, my conundrum was how can I listen to some of the music that our world is listening to at a time that is convenient for me, where I can listen over and over again by my own determining, that won't cost me money to download tracks and CDs and that is still legal?!

And along came Spotify.

If you don't use Spotify already then go over there now, download the program (it works on both PC and Mac - what more could you want!) and start listening. It's free, with a 30 second advert every 20 minutes, and you can listen to more or less anything whenever you like. It is legal, most of the major record labels have signed up to the service and around ten-thousand new tracks are being added every day.

Christians need to be seeking to read, listen to and engage with today's poets, musicians, and singer-songwriters and this is a fantastic resource to take advantage of...

God bless.

Dear Freedom