{"id":2980,"date":"2018-09-19T19:06:58","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T01:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biptunia.com\/?p=2980"},"modified":"2020-02-01T20:39:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-02T03:39:10","slug":"open-call-for-submissions-microtonal-compilation-benefit-album-for-lyn-ulbricht-mother-of-ross-ulbricht-silkroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biptunia.com\/?p=2980","title":{"rendered":"microtonal compilation benefit album for Lyn Ulbricht (mother of Ross Ulbricht of #SilkRoad)"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lyn<\/a>
^ Lyn Ulbricht visiting her son Ross Ulbricht in federal prison<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nov 13m 2018 update: Album lineup is solidified, we have a bunch of the files, waiting on the last two, album will come out early 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(Please share this post, even if you’re not a microtonal musician)<\/em><\/p>\n

Hi!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m Michael W. Dean (a.k.a. Michael Feen) from the musical project BipTunia, and the radio show Freedom Feens.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m putting\u00a0together a benefit album for Lyn Ulbricht. Lyn is the mother Ross Ulbricht<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The record will be a\u00a0compilation album, showcasing a dozen or more musicians who make microtonal<\/a> and\/or xenharmonic<\/a> music.<\/p>\n

Ross is in prison for running a website (The Silk Road), and was given 2 life sentences plus 40 years, with no chance of parole. Lyn has moved across the country so she can visit Ross often in prison.<\/p>\n

Lyn Ulbricht is tirelessly advocating for her son behind the scenes, and speaking about him often to the public, doing frequent interviews, and traveling to speak to at events and for various groups in person.<\/p>\n

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Lyn and her family have been heavily harmed financially and physically by the situation. She even had a heart attack over the stress.<\/p>\n

The War on Drugs always affects the family as well as the person in prison.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a good microtonal musician, you can help by being on the record. And if you\u2019re not a microtonal musician, please share this post to anyone you can.<\/p>\n

The working title of the record is:\u00a0Microtonal Freedom (A <\/em><\/strong>Benefit <\/em><\/strong>Compilation Album for Lyn Ulbricht)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

ARTISTS ON ALBUM:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Jock Tears<\/li>\n
  2. Usssy<\/li>\n
  3. The Mercury Tree with Cryptic Ruse<\/li>\n
  4. Brendan Byrnes<\/li>\n
  5. Beauty’s Confusion (feat. Michael W. Dean)<\/li>\n
  6. Ivor Darreg (played live by Jon Catler)<\/li>\n
  7. Bill Alves (remix by BipTunia)<\/li>\n
  8. Jon Catler & Ra Kalam Bob Moses<\/li>\n
  9. Kraig Grady<\/li>\n
  10. Johnny Reinhard<\/li>\n
  11. Carlo Serafini<\/li>\n
  12. Naegleria Fowleri<\/li>\n
  13. Tall Kite<\/li>\n
  14. BipTunia<\/li>\n
  15. NeemaV<\/li>\n
  16. L\u00f6is<\/li>\n
  17. Oceania Tardigradia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    More updated info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    We\u2019re more concerned about the quality of the record than having \u201cname\u201d people.<\/p>\n

    Lyn Ulbricht and Ross Ulbricht are very jazzed by the project.<\/p>\n

    See Lyn\u2019s reply to my tweet here<\/a> (Lyn’s Twitter name is @Free_Ross<\/a>
    \nScroll up from that tweet for the original announcement of this project.)<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    ABOUT LYN ULBRICHT <\/strong><\/p>\n

    There have been a lot of benefits and fundraisers for the legal defense of Ross Ulbricht. And that\u2019s a good thing.<\/p>\n

    But no one has done a benefit for his mother, Lyn Ulbricht.<\/p>\n

    Two of the undercover fed cops who put Ross in prison were so dirty they\u2019re now in prison themselves, for stealing evidence (millions of dollars in Bitcoin).<\/p>\n

    Lyn Ulbricht travels extensively, speaking at events about Ross and his plight, and about the futility of the War on Drugs in general.<\/p>\n

    A little more pocket money from this album will make it easier for her to speak places that can\u2019t pay travel expenses.<\/p>\n

    But really, there are no limitations on what she does with the proceeds, which will go directly to her.<\/p>\n

    And Ross Ulbricht’s case impacts Internet freedom & privacy. Lyn\u2019s actions make life better for Ross. She functions as a calm megaphone to the outside world for him. And she is not just advocating for Ross, she speaks often on the need for criminal justice reform.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n

    OPEN CALL FOR MICROTONAL \/ XENHARMONIC ARTISTS:<\/del> <\/strong><\/p>\n

    (We have all the artists confirmed. Thank you everyone!)<\/p>\n

    The record is being released by a good label, MVD Entertainment<\/a>, a good label I\u2019ve worked with for over a decade. They do a great job with promotion, and deal with artists in an honest way. (More than I can say for some labels, even a major label I used to be on.)<\/p>\n

    I\u2019ve \u00a0never done an album with MVD, but know people who have. They\u2019ve been happy with the outcome.<\/p>\n

    And I have done five DVDs with them. They get stuff everywhere.<\/p>\n

    The album is going to be all very listenable, very musical microtonal music, in a variety of genres.<\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Lyn’s own words about Ross:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u201cMy son, Ross Ulbricht, is serving a double life sentence plus 40 years,\u00a0without the possibility of parole<\/strong>, for a website he made when he was 26 years old and passionate about free markets and privacy. Ross\u2015an Eagle Scout, scientist and peaceful entrepreneur\u2015had\u00a0all non-violent charges<\/strong>\u00a0and no criminal history\u2026\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

    You can follow Lyn\u2019s tweets here: https:\/\/twitter.com\/Free_Ross<\/a><\/p>\n

    You can follow Ross\u2019 tweets here (posted by a friend of his who talks to him): https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealRossU<\/a><\/p>\n

    Learn more about Ross at https:\/\/freeross.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

    \"\"<\/a>
    Lyn Ulbricht covered by the BipCot NoGov license. This is after we interviewed her on the Freedom Feens in 2015.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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