Back To Basics

The seventh of seven works from Erik's Pondered Through The Seasons project.

Music - Ené Alantchi Alnorem (Can't Live Without You) by Mulatu Astatke

You're invited to purchase his music in the iTunes store.

Apple won't allow linking directly to the iTunes store across all devices because they'd rather have more money go to them by having you subscribe to their streaming service instead so please click this link then scroll to the bottom where it says "Also available in the iTunes store" in very small type...

https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-story-of-ethio-jazz-1965-1975-new-york-addis-london/335309234

As a fellow artist I have conflicting feelings about copyright when it comes to utilizing other people's work for a higher non-commercial purpose without asking permission.

I left Instagram and can't use a music sticker where he'd get royalties.  YouTube's video player is undesirable.  It's also not a short enough sample to be considered fair use or commentary but licensing isn't in the cards for this in this moment either.

This is the best solution I have for the time being.

Mulatu, if this bums you out please send me a note and I'll kindly remove it right away. 

Om Shanti 🕊️