Music for Relief's Blog – April 2011 Archive (12)

As April (Earth month) comes to a close we wanted to share some facts about the environment and climate change we recently learned from our friends at UNFCCC as a reminder that the issue of climate change needs to be addressed every day, not just Earth Day.  We found this info interesting and thought you might as well.

1. 5 Million people, mostly children, are expected to die from climate change impacts…

MFR is excited to announce the addition of a song by Tegan and Sara called Relief Next To Me (Live) to Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief.  you can listen to the song, make a donation, and get the full album here.

All proceeds benefit Japan earthquake & tsunami relief.  If you have already donated and have not received an email with the latest addition, please let us know at…

Calling all designers, artists, and Glitch Mob fans!  The Glitch Mob, one of the primary contributors to the D2D: Haiti campaign, is inviting you to design their Summer 2011 Tour T-shirt.  The winning design will be sold on the tour and part of the T-shirt proceeds will benefit Music for Relief!

Submissions must be emailed to competitions@theglitchmob.com by Noon (PST) on Tuesday, May 10.

Find more information about the contest …

MFR has added 2 new tracks to the D2D Playlist.  For those of you who have donated, thank you!  & To those who have not yet donated, you can do so now at japan.downloadtodonate.org.  A donation of $10 or more or gives you access to the full playlist of 23 songs, and provides aid to children and families affected by the earthquake & tsunami in Japan. 

The new…

Click here to bid in the System of a Down auction.…

Linkin Park's Chester Bennington teamed up with local California snowboard factory Signal Snowboards to produce a one-of-a-kind snowboard made out of Linkin Park vinyl records.  Click here to bid on the board. 

Auction ends May 3rd & all funds raised will aid the victims of recent disasters in Japan.

Click here to see…

 Band Uses the Power of Music to Bring Hope to Haiti; Urges Fans to Help Protect Women and Girls from Violence

Today, Dave “Phoenix” Farrell, a member of the two-time Grammy winning, multiplatinum band Linkin Park, returned from a trip to Haiti with the United Nations Foundation to see firsthand how the United Nations is helping Haiti rebuild, fifteen months after a major earthquake killed hundreds of thousands and destroyed much of the nation’s…

Slightly Stoopid will host their annual “420” celebration in their home-state this year at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Wednesday, April 20^th, 2011.  The band recently announced they…

New, previously unreleased songs by Black Cards, Patrick Stump, Placebo, Surfer Blood and Talib Kweli have been added to Download to Donate: Tsunami Relief.  These five new tracks have been added to the existing collection of songs from Angels & Airwaves, Sara Bareilles, B'z, Counting Crows, Flyleaf, Hoobastank, Enrique Iglesias, Linkin Park, Pendulum, Plain White T's, R.E.M., Shinedown, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Staind, Slash and Elliott Yamin. To get the music go to…

Music For Relief is hosting a tree planting event at Stetson Ranch Park in Sylmar,CA on Saturday April 9th from 9am- noon. MFR will be joined by Tree People and 98.7fm.

Food and beverages will be provided for volunteers at the event. In addition, 98.7 will have a table where they will be having cool giveaways.

All volunteers must register with…

Music for Relief wants to reward your for contributing to relief efforts in Japan by making a donation to MFR or spreading the word about the campaign.  

Southern California residents, this is a giveaway made for you.  If you've donated or spread the word about DOWNLOAD TO DONATE FOR JAPAN, you qualify!  We're giving away 4 tickets to the Anaheim Ducks hockey game on…