From interview with Mike Shinoda on mtv.com
Download to Donate has come together very, very quickly," Shinoda explained of the project, featuring brand-new music that can now be downloaded in exchange for a donation to Haiti relief efforts. "It was an idea as of Thursday — and as of right now, we have nine songs up."
Shinoda plans to add more tracks in the upcoming days — each from a major act who donated their track in response to the January 12 earthquake. "We ask that you donate, but you don't have to — if all you can afford is to spread the word, embed the widget, share it on Facebook, Twitter, whatever, then that will be good enough," explained the rapper/songwriter/guitarist for Linkin Park, whose new track "Not Alone" is offered alongside contributions from Peter Gabriel, Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews Band and more. "We're hoping to raise a lot of money for a lot of people who need it in Haiti.
"We had a demo [for 'Not Alone'] — the music was laid out, we had done the song a little while ago ... we just never used it because we never thought it was done," Shinoda remembered of the origins of their track. "[After the tragedy in Haiti], we listened to the demo again, essentially scrapped all the words, rewrote the words ... when you've got that idea and emotional charge in you and you put that in the lyrics, for me it does make better lyrics." Those lyrics include, "I break down/ Fear is sinking in/ The cold comes/ Racing through my skin/ Searching for a way to get to you/ Through the storm you go, giving up your home/ Go, leaving all you've known/ You are not alone."
"There's an authenticity and a passion that you can hear in Chester's voice on this track; we literally wrote [the new lyrics] via e-mail, before he had flown out from Arizona to L.A. [to record them]," Shinoda said.
On MikeShinoda.com:
Download To Donate Press and Lyrics
January 20, 2010Lots of good press about the Download To Donate project…don’t forget to EMBED THE WIDGET on your blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc.!
The Lupe/Kenna track also hit Hype Machine this morning. Do me a favor: go here and push the heart button next to the track: http://hypem.com/#/track/1017817/Lupe+Fiasco+Kenna+-+Resurrection
Also, I figured you guys might want the “official” lyrics to “Not Alone.”
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Also, Brad, Chester and Mike speak out on the Music for Relief compilation, "Download to Donate for Haiti." Watch the video HERE.
Don't forget to tune in to CNN to catch Mike's appearance on Larry King Live tonight at 9pm ET/ 6pm PT (he already blogged about it)
Labels: MusicForRelief, news: Linkin Park
