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VIRTUALISATION We're all the Pirate Bay, proclaims new anthem
VIRTUALISATION We're all the Pirate Bay, proclaims new anthem | We're all the Pirate Bay, proclaims new anthem |
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| by David M Williams | |
| Tuesday, 19 May 2009 | |
  
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Fans of the site can now rally together under a new anthem donated by Montt Mardié who seeks to rekindle memories in artists of their original youthful passions for their craft. Mardié says, “An artist has got to make a living just like everybody else, there’s no doubt about it. And these are tough times, believe me I know. The thing is though, if I were to go back in time, 10 years or so, and tell the 15-year-old version of myself that over a night, 60 000 people had heard one of my songs, the first question I’d throw back at myself wouldn’t be ‘how much money did I make?’.” Mardié continues, “Don’t get me wrong, I love money and I want to make a lot of it. Bathe in it just like Uncle Scrooge. But money isn’t the main reason why I write songs.” The real reason, Mardié says, is “I want people to hear them.” This theme is echoed in his song titled “We’re all the Pirate Bay” which repeats the lines, “I don’t write songs to make money, I write them for people to sing along.” The song also proclaims, “You will never have to pay to hear this song, you will never have to pay to sing along.” An MP3 track is available as well as the vocal and music tracks split apart so other budding musicians can remix Mardié’s work. Mardié’s web site lists nine albums and singles published over the last four years but chances are if you’re not European he may be unfamiliar to you. There can be no doubt that, for him at least, having music available on the Pirate Bay has skyrocketed his music and name into the global spotlight. That’s surely recognition that would have otherwise taken years of hard work and luck. Who knows what’s next for the Pirate Bay – perhaps a musical, but one thing’s for sure: if the Pirate Bay ever do attempt to buy their own sovereign state again they now have a national anthem. |
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