NEW YORK, NY (Top40 Charts/ PledgeMusic) PledgeMusic (www.pledgemusic.com), a leading international direct-to-fan platform for raising funds for musicians to record and tour, today announced a partnership with the
David Lynch Foundation (DLF), to raise funds with the sale of exclusive unique tracks by some of the world's top artists. All funds will go to support the work of DLF in their global outreach, including teaching stress-reducing meditation to one million at-risk youth and 10,000 veterans with PTSD.
During the Pledge Campaign, supporters pledge for exclusive items from participating artists and are rewarded with Pledgers-Only access to videos, music, photos and blogs. Additional items include signed lyric sheets, signed albums and books from various artists (including David Lynch) and, one of the more unique items to date, the Neon Tree's 2010 Tour Carpet.
At the end of the campaign, everyone who pledges receives the group of exclusive tracks from all the participating artists and other behind the scenes exclusives. The artists involved have been so enthusiastic they generated a ground swell of support amongst their fans which thrust the campaign to over 50% before the official press launch had even begun.
In addition to supporting the DLF Music "Download for Good" campaign on PledgeMusic, last week Lynch unveiled his newly designed personal website, www.davidlynch.com, which spotlights the growing catalog of releases from his very own David Lynch Music Company.
One of the most renowned avant-garde film directors and visual artists of his time, Lynch has always had a deep connection to music. Today, he combines those qualities with his Foundation's partnership with PledgeMusic.
"One of PledgeMusic's core objectives has always been to raise money for charity," said PledgeMusic founder, Benji Rogers. "Working with the David Lynch Foundation and the caliber of artists that have come together to support their mission is more than we could have hoped for. 'Music for a change' was our unofficial slogan throughout the founding of the company and today we have come together with a brilliant partner and a great cause."
For more information, please visit www.pledgemusic.com or www.davidlynchfoundation.org. PledgeMusic media inquiries: Victoria Rierdan Hurley, Helicon Public Relations, [email protected], 310 993 1840.
About The David Lynch Foundation
The David Lynch Foundation was launched six years ago to bring the stress-reducing, health-promoting benefits of Transcendental Meditation to underserved populations, including at-risk inner city youth and veterans returning home from combat with post traumatic stress disorder, as well as American Indians, the homeless and prisoners. To date, DLF has provided scholarships for nearly 150,000 adults and students to learn to meditate, eliminating the traumatic stress that undermines academic achievement and fuels substance abuse and violent behavior. Independent published scientific research shows that meditating students have dramatically better test scores, grades and graduation rates, while dropout rates, suspensions, and expulsions greatly decrease.
About PledgeMusic
PledgeMusic was founded by musician Benji Rogers to give artists a DIY option for pursuing and augmenting their careers. The company was designed to be transparent and open, while benefiting artists and fans. Artists will get the funding and promotional support that they need, the fan will get the music and artist interaction that they want at the price that they want to pay, and charities who have scant fundraising resources will receive a percentage of the money raised.
