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Art for Lands Sake

About Me


'Art for Lands Sake' is a Myspace music shop
designed to raise money to buy permaculture land with
Land Roots and
the Co-operative Land Action Network.

A wildlife corridor for Human Beings!

It works like this...
    Bands and Musicians are invited to offer a song/s that Art for Lands Sake can use to raise money!
    --- Original music only please - unless its copyleft ---
    The songs will be rotated monthly on this page and they will be made available to download for 50p each at All 4 Artists . ALL the money from the sale will go to buy permaculture land - it's beautifully simple!
    It's a great place to showcase your song, plus you'll get the satisfaction of helping bringing the land back to the people and you'll be joining a network of like-minded individuals and artists that could lead to future collaborations and opportunities. We will do our best to raise your profile whenever we can by getting messages, e-mails and leaflets out into the world publicising your contribution!

This is where you come in!

We are looking for musicians and artists the world over who are willing to donate a song to Art for Lands Sake. As well as getting your song heard, joining part of a growing community and getting some handsome plaudits from ourselves, you will be able to come to the Art-for-Lands-Sake musical gathering and enjoy the land that you helped buy! How can you resist that offer?
If you wish to donate a song all you have to do is get in touch. Either send us a message here in the land of Myspace or e-mail [email protected] and we'll guide you through the rest of the process. Have a look at the band members section to see who have pledged their songs so far --

We're offering you sustainable music at your fingertips!
The Green Revolution that YOU can easily be a part of!
Its Permaculture in Action!

This life ain't a rehearsal - its the real thing !
So go for it - send us one of your best songs!

What will the Land be used for?

    The Land will be used along permaculture principles to plant native trees, grow good food for a veg box scheme and increase biodiversity.
    We aim to have a small sustainable community based on the land, they will be the hub for all the activities that take place there.
    We will hold music gatherings, craft workshops, arts events, set up a recording studio and much more.

Land Roots is about realizing the power that we have
believing in our ability to create positive change
and taking action !

Have a look at this map

When Land Roots did our launch event and consultation in Nottingham - we had this map on the wall and offered people red dots saying -

'Where would you like to co-own Land?'


The majority of people put their stickers around the area where they live
we expect this to be a pattern
it makes a lot of sense really
less miles to travel = less carbon footprint
we can grow food there
and have a veg box scheme to feed the Land Roots clan
Therefore:
We aim to buy the first piece of Land Roots land in Middle England
(geographically - not politically)
However - this is a repeatable process - we wanna see locally owned permaculture plots springing up all over the country - so - if you wanna set up a Land Roots clan for buying land in your area - get in touch !

Get Involved!

We have listed some of the ways you can get involved on this website. If you've got any other ideas please get in touch. We need artists, designers, entertainers, pragmatists, activists, theorists, leaders, henchmen, advisors, etc, etc... you get the picture! In summation, if you're interested in this project and you want to get involved then don't hesitate in contacting us, the limits of this community are boundless!

Land bought by the people for the people
and protected through common ownership
and good stewardship
for all to enjoy

Special call to all local bands and Musos...

Watch out for Land Roots local clan events where you can come and strut your stuff !
We - the local creative community - have the power to make a difference in our own backyard and raise money for our own local gathering land !

"You may never know what results come of your action,
but if you do nothing there will be no result"

Mahatma Ghandi
Any ideas how we could improve this myspace? Please drop us a line.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/22/2007
Band Website: http://www.landroots.org.uk
Band Members:

The first Art for Lands Sake Compilation CD


We have put together our first CD, featuring the following songs:
    Freida Mai - Rising Sun Rory McLeod - Defending Our Homes Meets Guitar - Sunlight Fast Fun - I Met A Guru Alex Clegg - Elephant God Benjamin Wetherill - Jason Leon Rosselson - The World Turned Upside Down Landerim - Flatfoot Back to Dryden Papa Chubbs - She's Like A River Navigator - Land's End Idiot Joy - Alright James Hollingsworth - Still Lights Up The Rain krafla - Synthesised People Cheering Stanton Delaplane - Melpomene, Her Tragedy Steve Ison - Destination Sharron Kraus - Anachie Gordon George Thomas - The Curlew
The CDs are for sale for £5 + P&P. Each CD sleeve is handmade with unique artwork and individually numbered. This first CD is limited to 50 copies so get in there quick!!! E-mail us at Art for Lands Sake for details on how to buy or simply purchase using PayPal:

UK = £7
Europe = £8
Rest of World = £10
Many, many thanks to all the artists who contributed!!!

PLAYING ON THIS SITE NOW:

  • Rory McLeod
  • Stanton Delaplane
  • Papa Chubbs
  • krafla


  • The music on Art for Lands Sake has been kindly donated by artists from all over the world. All songs are available to download at:



    To buy any of these songs or view the Art for Lands Sake catalogue just click through to our All 4 Artists page

    Everyone who has pledged a song so far:

      Leon Rosselson Rory McLeod - voted Best Live Act at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2002 Jo Freya Samba Sene Paddy Rasta Freida Mai Andy Shades Autons Idiot Joy Assi Rose Fast Fun Moonbuggy Lee Greenway Joel Thomas Woo - aka Fast Fun The Rub Not in this Town Corneiluis Tony Levy Electrical Mystical Soul Vibration Elephant Micah Little Wings Sharron Kraus Mirage Mark Jasper Geoff Leigh Boothill Toe Tappers Bela Emerson Satnams Tash Ndaja Valet Meets Guitar Alex Clegg Kitchen Cynics The Wow! Scenario Stanton Delaplane Andi Neate Jezz Wilson Wilfrido Terrazas James Barry Sarah Bear The Don Bradmans George Thomas and the Owls Steve Ison David Goo Papa Chubbs Tony Lowe Angela Hunter Jake Annetts Organismic Rafael Toral Jess Bryant Allister Thompson Plastic Crimewave Sound Phoenix Cube Jet Johnson Baker Boys Parachutes Benjamin Wetherill Cuomo! Fox Seth Rees Tracey Curtis krafla David Rovics Evan Greer Braden J. McKenna Landerim Seth Rees Robb Johnson Kevin Green & Mark Ives Apalusa

    "Community owned land is
    the most powerful way of
    protecting our natural world
    and educating people
    about our environment
    and the
    challenges it faces"
    Quote from 'Woods for All'



    Influences:
      Levellers This Land Is Ours woods for all Steward Community Woodland Tinkers Bubble Brithdir mawr eco-village The Lammas group Ford Hall Farm Hill Holt Wood Plants for a future Fairyland Trust Treesponsibility Wood Land Trust Findhorn Community Farm Land Trust Eco Village Network Global Eco-village Network land for people The Village


    Manifesting our best dreams of life
    for ourselves,
    the land
    and the community


    Sounds Like: the wind in the trees... babbling brooks... the waves on the shore... the song of the thrush...

    We are part of a growing movement of people
    and grassroots organisations
    that are holding out
    the seeds of hope
    for a healthy future.

    Land Roots invite you
    to help plant these seeds
    in the rich earth
    that is our home!

    Land Roots - Aims and Objectives:

    Aims:
    To work towards common ownership of land.
    To raise funds for the Land by selling membership, and in any other ethically sound way
    To establish a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable lifestyle on the land.
    To bring together a culturally diverse community of people who will work towards the aims and objectives, in a creative and cooperative way.
    To work towards good land stewardship, whilst maintaining a healthy balance of nature and people.
    To facilitate workshops on traditional crafts and current technologies and create unique and inspiring low impact architecture and to facilitate workshops in all kinds of arts forms.
    To network the growing environmental, holistic, and creative community.
    To offer a range of events, including workshops, retreats, gatherings and seasonal celebrations

    Objectives:
    To offer many people a home from home, a space to relax, enjoy, ground themselves, and share in the pleasures and responsibilities of community owned permaculture land.
    To develop the Land as a showcase of ecological design, good land stewardship and sustainable community living.
    To give ourselves space to nurture our true creativity, explore our real potential and live our lives authentically, in mutual respect and peace.

    Record Label: "Land - they don't make it anymore!" - Mark Twain

    My Blog

    Art for Lands Sake Volume 1 is Released!

    Art for Lands Sake: Volume 1All profits from the sale of this CD will be redirected into Land Roots and will help achieve our goal of buying land for future generations to enjoy! This is our first com...
    Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 04:36:00 GMT

    Article written for permaculture mag july 07

    Wanna co-own land with other greenies? Sharon Pollitt founder of Land Roots talks about this pioneering land share co-operative which is now open for members.I went down to the big green gathering a c...
    Posted by on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:49:00 GMT

    welcome to Art-for-Lands-Sake

    Hi - if you've got this far - your either thinking of offering a song - or downloading one - whats it all about? - want to know more? - have a look at the website www.landroots.co.uk - it needs updati...
    Posted by on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:13:00 GMT