(Los Angeles, CA) We live in an imperfect world where poverty is a reality. In 2003, 10.6 million children died before they reached the age of 5. Every year, 1.4 million children die due to poverty. Every day, about 30,000 people die from hunger or hunger-related causes. When a child dies in poverty, the future becomes more the unknown. Bright new worlds fade away. What might these children have become if only they were given the same chance we have had?

The organization Youth Against Poverty (www.youthagainstpoverty.org) was looking for voices
“to make a difference.” BlastMyMusic.com has thousands of voices, representing artists in 63 different countries. Sadly, there are children going hungry in every one. BlastMyMusic.com and Youth Against Poverty have joined in partnership to help children in need around the world. Through the sincere belief that by employing mankind’s most effective tool – our voices – there can be an end to child poverty.

Through their ever expanding list of artists and backed by recent site sales up a record 300%, BlastMyMusic.com is working together with Youth Against Poverty to expand awareness of child poverty and raise the money to combat it. With each purchase of an artist’s music through the Youth Against Poverty network, BlastMyMusic will donate a portion of their proceeds to help spread the news of child poverty and hunger across the world. It is the hope of all artists and organizers involved that this awareness will inspire others to lend their own voice to the cause of eradicating poverty. Alongside helping the cause of child poverty, BlastMyMusic is actively searching to partner with other qualified non-profit organizations that support the betterment of humanity.

The BlastMyMusic.com site is absolutely free to all customers and there is no charge for artists to join. To use the extraordinarily simple process, artists need only to log on, create a profile, and upload their music, placing the unique MusicBlaster player on their site. Digital downloads sell for only 99 cents a piece, with two-thirds of each sale generated going straight to the artist, immediately after a 30-day fund verification process. The customized MusicBlaster player offers consumers the opportunity to stream 30 seconds of a song and the option to purchase the individual track in the unprotected MP3 form, which means they can play on any brand digital player. Artists themselves can access their accounts in real time to see how many total tracks they’ve sold, the most popular downloads and the geographic location of those sales, helping to formulate their marketing and promotional plans.

We’ve had this in mind for a while now, and are excited to officially introduce it to the service. Now you can set the price for your songs and/or albums separately, and still get 65% from every sale. We’ve also changed the “Songs Sold Today” on your overview page to read “Orders Today”, so if you’ve noticed the numbers in that box are smaller than they were, it’s probably because your fans are buying your records now instead of individual songs, which means you are probably making more money, which is the reason why we’re here. Enjoy.