I received this email yesterday. I wrote Matt and asked him if I could post it on the organ forum for others to read. He agreed that would be great. Many of you write music and thought you might be interested.</p>
George (G3) </p>
==============</p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; "><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">My name is Matt Wessel and I'm a liturgical musician from Milwaukee. I'm writing to you today to let you know of a project I'm working on with a friend called Holy Measures. It's a web site that gives independent composers of liturgical music (like myself) an opportunity to sell their sheet music online. And it would give music directors, worship leaders, youth ministers, etc., (like yourself) a chance to find and purchase some never-before-heard songs from up-and-coming artists. The rights of the composers are protected (buyers can only print out one copy per purchase), and the composers also receive a portion of each sale!<o:p></o:p></p></div><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Our site won't formally launch until January of 2009. But in the meantime, we've set it up so that composers can register and begin uploading their music. This way we'll have a nice healthy library when we launch in a couple of months.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">If you have a few minutes, please visit us at <span style="color: purple; ">www.holymeasures.com</span>. If you are a composer, I encourage you to read through our User Agreement and consider signing up. Or, if you're not a composer, you can still join our mailing list to receive an e-mail letting you know when we go live.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Either way, please help us spread the word. Our goal is to transform the world of liturgical music by making thousands of songs that were unknown available to anyone who wants them.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">If you have any questions, you can e-mail me at [email protected] or call me at (414) 759-3127.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Thanks again.<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; ">Take care!<o:p></o:p></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "> <o:p></o:p></p></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; ">Matt Wessel</span> </p>