"I have chosen this independent path to share my music with you and the rest of the world because I'd rather not have corporations standing in between you and me and controlling our access to each other. It's a simple equation: take my music directly to you and people like you, by every and any means possible. That isn't always the easiest thing to do when the afore-mentioned corporations own the airwaves, the print media, and the shelves in the record stores!

And if you're reading this, you are willing to help, and I can't express how much that means to me. You are vital to keeping this grass-roots thing going, so I want to make it easy for you to help. Your enthusiasm is contagious, and the best marketing I could ask for!

Here are some ideas - click available links for details:

• Tell a friend, or ten. Spread the Word by Mouth, Email, the web, etc.
  
• At your favorite festival - suggest Andrew McKnight & Beyond Borders for future fests
  
• Put Up Flyers for upcoming local concerts
  
• Share My Songs. Whether you attach an MP3 to a Facebook posting (there are about 25 songs available thanks to iLike.com), or share your iPod playlist at iTunes or Last.fm, it's how we spread my music to new listeners.
• Write a customer review at Amazon.com, iTunes Store or CDBaby.com, or on your blog/website. Your comments and ratings might inspire others to listen! You can use this handy linkmaker page at CDBaby to make a graphic link for your blog or website so your visitors can buy the CD with one click.
• Speaking of your blog or website, you can actually create a variety of widgets to post online including embeddable music players with your favorite Andrew McKnight songs, free and easy at www.reverbnation.com/andrewmcknight. A very easy way to spread the word in a rich and immediate fashion, you can even create your own look to the player or any of the other widgets. We've set up several playlists you can choose from, or you can create your own.
• Host a Concert - it's easy to do
  
• Request my music on Radio
• CDs as Gifts
• Donations to keep the wheels turning and the music coming
  

These are challenging times, and more than ever I take nothing for granted - most of all, the support of fans and friends. Without people to play the stereo or come to shows none of this would be possible.

It doesn't matter where you are; if there are 50 or 200 people in your local neighborhood or within an hour's drive, that would join you in coming out to a show, that's enough to make it worth our while to bring the tour bus to you.

Thank you for daring to care; to look for music that means something to you instead of something mindless filling space between commercials; for having the faith in me and my art to be supportive. I am blessed and lucky, and I could not do it without you. I promise to do my best to continue to make music that excites you, inspires you, heals you, or just plain rocks your body!"