Show a little love

First post I've done in quite a while. I'm still trying to find a suitable service to allow me to continue this blog in it's current format (my witty prose accompanied by streaming audio at no cost to you or me), but for now, I'm just trying to help a sister out.


You guys remember that gushy post I made about Sherree Chamberlain, right? If not, shame on you. Get edumacated...


Sherree Chamberlain - You Don't Love Me



Doesn't that just break your little heart? No? Good, because it's just a song. A song so amazing that words often fail me when I tell people about it, but still... 


What SHOULD break your heart is our wonderful songbird was recently the victim of theft when some jackass thought it would be a good idea to "liberate" her guitar from her. I don't know many independent musicians who are able to afford 1) commercial insurance to cover their gear and 2) to replace that gear on the unfortunate occasion that it gets stolen or destroyed. Based on her current predicament, I have to assume Sherree is no exception to that rule.


Luckily, there is recourse for her to raise funds to replace her lost (and very important) tool of her chosen trade. You can go to her page over at Feed the Muse and donate a few bucks to help her out. I checked out the organization and it seems legit as far as I can tell. You can donate anywhere between $5 and $500 to the cause, earning you in return everything from a simple thank you to a private performance for your family and friends (how I wish I had $500 to burn right now). She's raised just over $1,300 so far, but has a goal set of $2,000, which to a non-musician may seem a bit much, but it's not unwarranted. Anybody can go out and buy a $100 guitar and enjoy themselves, but you won't want to put it on a record... and it probably won't maintain intonation very well with itself, much less other instruments... and the tone is probably going sit somewhere between a cigar box guitar and a cardboard box with rubber bands stretched over it... You get where I'm going with this. Professional grade musicians need professional grade equipment.


So go on over and give a gift that will keep giving back to you... or at least to me. The sooner she can reach her goal, the sooner I can go back to being that creepy guy in the corner at her shows. Is that so wrong?