I've heard from friends that this blog is starting to show up in search
engine results, so I guess I should address the elephant in the room.
In 2016 I spent some time thinking about how to responsibly host an
online mix series and came to the following conclusions:
- Be enthusiastic about the tracks,
- don't accept money for the show,
- provide detailed tracklists and show notes,
- present music in mixed or altered form,
- and always link back to where the music can purchased.
Movement Through Thought started in 2017 with those rules/goals in mind.
I believe I've more-or-less upheld those points. (Notably I've never
accepted money for mixes hosted here, and have no plans to do so in the
future).
Also worth noting: my audio signal chain is pretty bad. It's all
worn-out DJ gear leading to the line input on a PC motherboard. My setup
adds an unfortunate amount of noise to all of these recordings.
Weareie put it better than I ever could in their decksclaimer
(mirrored at archive.org):
The mixes featured on this website are produced and distributed in the
spirit of promoting interest and further exploration of the music in
question, and not for exploitation for profit or personal gain.
It's worth reading Weareie's decksclaimer in full at either of those links
above. I agree with it completely.
To the artists out there: If your music was featured here that means I
like it, I want people to know it exists, and I want people to buy it.
If your work was included in one of these mixes and you're unhappy about
it then please contact me at
cvanderz@gmail.com
so we can talk.
This post was edited on 2020-07-09 to update the e-mail address
and again on 2022-02-15 to change a few words in the last sentence.
