...and now, a word of sponsorship.

Man, it's been a while since I've posted something besides free music. Anyways, the order of business today is greeting cards. Now, you may have already purchased cards to send to your families, friends, coworkers and the like. I understand that I'm posting this a bit too late for this holiday season, but I'd still like to get this out there. I'm writing this to support Guatemala Greetings, a maker of handmade greeting cards based in the town of Magdalena, Guatemala. Magdalena has a very special place in my heart. I've gone on two mission trips there already and am currently fundraising for a third. I work in the field of micro-finance there, and Guatemala Greetings is a program which we work with. By purchasing greeting cards from Guatemala Greetings, you are supporting families in one of my favorite towns on earth, providing employment to women from low income households as well as funding a pediatric clinic. The cards are somewhat expensive, but in my opinion the benefits far outweigh the price.

This is what charity looks like.

Please visit their website at here. The link will open in a new window.

Guitarman out.


PS: If you're curious about the work the Students International micro-finance team does in the town of Magdalena, head over to the site leader's blog for more information. Again, the link opens in a new window. There's even pictures of me on there.

I'm baaaaaaaaack. With free stuff. Again.

Well, it's been a while since I've posted anything. Life has kept me pretty busy lately, what with school projects, teaching myself Japanese for no legitimate reason, working on my eagle project, and fundraising for my third mission trip to Guatemala. Needless to say, I'm glad that school is canceled today as a result of heavy snow. I now actually have time to post more stuff. Huzzah. Anyways, on with the free stuff:



This is without a doubt one of the greatest free album I have ever encountered. That's saying something, because I sift through quite a lot of the stuff. Hailing from Sweden, Machinae Supremacy incorporates a SidStation into heavy metal music. A SidStation is a type of musical synthesizer sound module which uses SID chips from the ancient Commodore 64 computer's sound system. Basically, it's a device for making chiptune music. This seems like an oddball choice for a metal band, but it fits in seamlessly with the band's sound. Machinae Supremacy's latest work, Rise of a Digital Nation, was featured by the band on The Pirate Bay. For those of you who don't know, The Pirate Bay is a controversial Swedish website which is a notorious den of internet piracy. That's a rather bold move, to officially release your latest album on one of the most well-known centers of illegal activity on the internet. Whatever floats their boat, I suppose. Anyways, head over to The Pirate Bay to pick up this album. And while you're there, PLEASE don't pirate anything. I don't want to condone that sort of behavior, and don't want to be dragged into a court of law over something like that. Don't get me in trouble people! XD

Anyways, here's the album webpage: http://www.riseofadigitalnation.com/
Here's the band's webpage: http://machinaesupremacy.com/
Here's the webpage for SidStations: http://www.elektron.se/products/sidstation

I'll post again soon this time. I promise.

Guitarman, out.


PS: I have no idea how to embed a Soundcloud player that starts automatically, so I've left up the previous Radio of the Guitarman album. Sorry about that, but it shouldn't be too much of an inconvenience.