Art of Peace: Buy It
Posted on 08/08/08 at 09:43:04 PMYou can now buy Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace on iTunes. If you'd prefer to get a CD, you can preorder them at Amazon, and they'll ship on the 12th. More info, and links to both, on the Art of Peace site.
There was a release party on Thursday which, sadly I was unable to attend as I was closing on a condo today (Friday). Underworld, who you may have heard of if you haven't been living under a cultural rock for the past ten years (Born Slippy Nuxx ring a bell?), was kind enough to let the Art of Peace piggyback on their artjam in New York. Word was there were to be some of the other artists there, but I don't know because I wasn't. My boss was, however, so hopefully he was handing out business cards and such and we'll be able to do some more cool work like this in the future.
Anyhow, go buy the CD or some of the songs from iTunes. It's fairly chill music (mostly acoustic), so it's nice stuff to listen to if you're hanging out or whatnot. And it is, of course, a good cause.
Portfolio Moved
Posted on 07/24/08 at 11:43:12 AMTo a different domain. It's now up at offpixel.com, a domain name which I've been sitting on for a long time. Registered it with Gordon from Linuxinit a long while ago when we were more serious about our whole hosting dealio... needless to say nothing ever happened with it.
I'll be changing the navigation on Central Down to point to the new URL (perhaps with a spiffy little mouse over that lets you know you're leaving the site) when I get the chance.
Art of Peace
Posted on 07/09/08 at 02:39:49 PMSo for those of you who like to track Ian's work experience, you're aware that I'm currently working at ripe in Washington DC. We recently put the finishing touches on a site that's launching today: The Art of Peace Foundation.
I'm going to rip a little bit of content directly from the news posts that have been circling the web to give ya'll a rundown on what it's all about.
"The Art of Peace Foundation announced today that over a dozen of the world's top musical artists, including Sting, Dave Mathews, John Mayer, Suzanne Vega, Rush and Duncan Sheik are coming together for an album entitled, "Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace." The project is the artists' expression of peace and support for Tibet and the Dalai Lama.
"The album features acoustic songs recorded by the artists that are proactive celebrations of our shared humanity and common search for happiness. The songs themselves reflect the sublime beauty and vulnerabilities experienced in pursuit of happiness, peace and freedom.
"The album will release August 5th, three days before the opening of the Summer Olympics.
"The album will be distributed by bodywisdom media and available for download through most music download sites, including iTunes and The Art of Peace Foundation's website, www.ArtofPeaceFoundation.org. The CD will be also sell through major retailers, including Amazon. " (Source: Sting.com)
Needless to say we're pretty excited about the project. Credit goes to the ripe team for design, DigiTig for help with coding and of course the Art of Peace Foundation itself.
I'll be sure to let everyone know when the CD is available for purchase.
Portfolio Complete (nearly)
Posted on 04/09/08 at 02:59:11 PMSo my portfolio is finally complete. I've been working on it for awhile and have, of course, gone through about ten different layouts. It's up at centraldown.com/portfolio, or you can just click the "Portfolio" link at the top of this page.
I'm pretty happy with it. I still have a few things to add to it, but it is, for the most part, done. Let me know what you think.
In other news, only three weeks until I'm finished with school for good. I can't even begin to tell you how great that feels. It's about time, too. Any longer in academia and I'd probably turn into a foaming-at-the-mouth-and- raving-about-politics-art- and-like-omg-coffee idiot.
