So here’s a big thing that I am working on right now, in between job searching and playing with dogs: I’m paring down my song list to a CD-sized chunk that will take the place of the multitudinous amount of songs I have available for download right now. What does that mean? It means one album, free for download. All others will have to be purchased. I don’t know how that’s going to work out yet, cause purchase means iTunes, which means having money. So they probably won’t be available for a while.

Why am I doing this? Because I have too much stuff available for free. Not all of it is great, some of it is good, and I want to separate the good stuff from the mediocre and establish myself as a musician who is not afraid to sell his own music. I feel like right now people just grab my stuff for free and then that’s it. There’s no incentive for you to really listen, nor is there incentive for me to work harder to make my music better.

So here’s the breakdown:

• There will be one “best of” (ugh, i hate that term) album that will be available for FREE on my website. It will be a Josh Belville CD. All other albums will be available for an EXTREMELY CHEAP purchase price (I’m talking, like, two bucks per album).
• Right now, Songs for Summer and the Aaron Kiefer EP will be available for download THIS MONTH ONLY. After September 30th they will be removed and you will have to purchase them.
• UPDATE: MORE SPECIFICALLY, the AK EP will only be up until FRIDAY NIGHT. So get it soon!
• There will be no more sun city EPs, and the old sun city stuff will be removed. It was a good run but most of those songs became Josh Belville songs anyway.
• Here Lies Laika will become a separate band, with its own website and info. For now the website is http://herelieslaika.blogspot.com. This band will be formed here in Portland, just as soon as I get the money and resources for it.
• All other projects (Attaquin Beach, King of Trees, even Nogood Boyos) will be removed from the site. Again, they were incorporated into my stuff so they’re unnecessary.
• The discography information for these albums will remain on my site, archived.

And that’s it.

I could really use some suggestions for songs on the Internet Album. I have a few songs that must go on there (Europa, City of Trees, the original Boise), but otherwise it’s all up in the air.

I know this all sounds kind of harsh, but it’s nearly impossible to get a bearing on how many people are listening to this stuff and actually like it enough to, say, keep it on their iPods. Plus I’d rather dole out quality over quantity.

So if you have any suggestions for songs, please either comment or send them to me at thelegionnaire (at) gmail (dot) com. Thank you!