THE BUMRUSH

It shares the bumrush name, but more importantly, it shares the bumrush ideology. Bumrush the Charts is about to make a statement to the record labels about the power of blogging and podcasting. In their own words:

On March 22nd, we are going to take an indie podsafe music artist to number one on the iTunes singles charts as a demonstration of our reach to Main Street and our purchasing power to Wall Street. The track we've chosen is "Mine Again" by the band Black Lab. A band that was dropped from not just one, but two major record labels (Geffen and Sony/Epic) and in the process forced them to fight to get their own music back. We picked them because making them number one, even for just one day, will remind the RIAA record labels of what they turned their backs on - and who they ignore at their peril.

The full PDF version of what Bumrush the Charts is about can be found here.

How can we all make a difference? On March 22nd, 2007, "take 99 cents and 2 minutes of your time to join the revolution and make iTunes "Mine Again". In addition, 50% of Black Lab's earnings are going to be donated to a college scholarship fund. I'll be there.

Labels: shoutouts. music