There is a movement afoot to promote the awareness of worldwide censorship and musical freedom. I found a great web site that is devoted to the subject. You should visit it.
This website and the free music movements are wonderful endeavors, and it rekindles my excitement about international music, and the power that it has to change the world… always for the better… There is no bad music; some music is better than others… but the creative forces within the human spirit are always good forces… sometimes shocking in their attempts to shock… sometimes shockingly annoying to my ears… but it is all good… and the idea that people are censored or jailed or barred from their homes for channeling their lives into song… well, there’s two things I have to say about that… 1) the repression from others is a wonderful, driving, creative force, because the music is that much sweeter as forbidden fruit, and has that much more emotion and power behind it. It really has something important to say, and it matters that it be said. 2) When people are exiled from their homes, and find other communities to share, it does provide for a wonderful opportunity for new blends of music to be made. I have long been an advocate for multi-cultural music. When cultures collide, wonderful pieces of art are often created. There are too many to mention, but suffice it to say that I’ve almost always enjoyed music that crosses national boundaries. Free music is the best kind of music there is.
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