Burning up

Want to discover some new music? Well, here's a way to get a few free CDs...

Summer Burn 06 is a kind of internet version of Noel Edmonds Multi-Coloured Swap Shop. Each year, thousands of altruistic net-musos sign up and promise to burn 2 CDs of groovy summer tunes. Then, on the summer solstice (ooooh), everyone gets sent the name of two other people from the list.

If all goes well, you send your CDs off into the great wide world and, at the same time, some kind strangers are doing the same for you.

Of course, mother always told me not to accept music from strangers. You don't know where it's been and you could end up with an appreciation for jazz fusion (nb: not likely).

Last year, I had to sit through some awful American soft-rock. But equally, I was introduced to the amazing Nina Gordon - whose easy-listening cover version of NWA's Straight Outta Compton is still in my ipod's top ten most played list. You can download it free from www.ninagordon.com

So head over to the funjunkies website and sign up. Who knows what you might find?

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