Hugh's Worthless Blog

Well, the Christian music industry sure has been nice to me! Last year I won a bunch of CD's from ChristianityToday.com when I submitted my picks for their Reader's Choice awards, and this year just a week after talking about HearItFirst.com and their contest to give CD's and a T-shirt to someone who blogs about them... I won again! So if you ever wondered what type of person wins contests like these, you can say it is someone like me. I don't know what I did to deserve to win, but now, yet again, I will have to try to find space in my CD rack for some more CD's!! I guess I am older and more "market worthy" than your average popular music purchaser (i.e. young adult or teenager) since I am a 40 something with a full-time professional job who still buys a lot of music. I know when you pay $20 to fill your tank with gas, paying less money to get a legal music CD and helping to support hard working, talented musicians doesn't seem like that big of a d...

Hey, I just got an email from HearItFirst.com , saying if they find someone blogging about them they will give them a shirt and 3 free CD's! So, I'll give it a shot here. I actually bought my copy of Chris Tomlin's "See The Morning" from them, since they have a special $10 deal (plus $2 shipping) which was (and still is!) hard to pass up! They also have all sorts of exclusive videos with all sorts of different Christian artists. For example there is an interesting "prank war" going on between the Afters and Sanctus Real, and they have videos from both sides recounting the various pranks.