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Cage Against The Machine supported charities announced
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 2 November 2010
The charities which will be supported by the previously reported Cage Against The Machine campaign, which aims to get John Cage’s silent composition ‘4’33”’ to Christmas number one have been announced.
The five charitable organisations are Youth Music, the British Tinnitus Association, CALM, Nordoff Robbins and Sound & Music. Fans can now vote for which becomes the ‘lead’ charity, receiving a larger proportion of sales income from a specially recorded version of the track and ad revenue from the campaign’s website.
Cage Against The Machine organiser Dave Hilliard told CMU: “We felt that the inclusion of charities was the only meaningful way to progress the campaign. We want people to feel involved in the charity process, to get excited about what we are trying to do. It’s only a small amount for the individual to buy the track, but collectively it could make a big difference to the chosen charities”.
As previously reported, the British Tinnitus Association was put forward by Xfm presenter and CMU Columnist Eddy Temple-Morris, who is an ambassador for the charity and a supporter of the CATM campaign.
Temple-Morris wrote last week: “It occurred to me that whenever Cage’s piece drops, and you’re supposed to appreciate the sounds around you, that one in ten people in the UK – including me, Adam F, Rocky from X-Press 2, and countless others – would only be able to hear their own tinnitus. Because, as I keep saying, sufferers of this awful condition will never hear silence again”.
For more information, go to: www.catm.co.uk
