Apparently I'm an artist. A musical artist, this time around. Awesome sauce.
So other than being terribly busy with a number of different projects simultaneously (one new client is live, TurboMail has had a 3.0 beta release, and existing projects have been churning updates steadily), I've managed to squeeze in some leisure time here and there, and even have a few blog posts queued up for polish and post.
My first album is now available on a number of sites including iTunes, Napster, Amazon MP3, and Lala, and, very shortly, Bittorrent.
Yes, an official release on Bittorrent as well as a number of commercial sites. The reasoning behind releasing it for free is a bit more complicated than the "oh, people will steal it anyway" mentality, though that does apply somewhat.
I'm taking a page from Trent Reznor's (and Cory Doctorow's) books here, in one case literally, in that fans of the music will appreciate getting high quality material for free as a prelude to purchasing a copy, and that those who can't afford to purchase the music can listen to my music without feeling guilty. Cory Doctorow has a great book on the subject available online, appropriately, under a Creative Commons license.
I'll update this post with links to the torrents when they become available. Remember to seed! ;) And I promise I will post more often.
Update: A torrent is now online: The Pirate Bay
— Alice.