"99 Ways to Make a Difference (in 99 Seconds)" by Paul Nordquist

Before Zong of the Week was a free-music blog, there was a Zong of the Week project that actually recorded a new song every week. I started that project at a time (early 2004) when there was no mp3.com -- they had been driven out of business by the bad record company people -- and music.download.com had not yet launched. Believe it or not, it was hard to find free music on the web. The top results for "free music" or "MP3 download" at Google were useless sites filled with ads, or worse, nasty sites pushing malicious spyware. Now, in 2007, there is plenty of free, legal music to be found, and the only reason to actually spend money on music is that you have plenty of money to throw around but no time to spend building your music collection. The Zong of the Week project called it quits at the end of 2004 -- we found that even writing and recording songs can get to be a chore if you do it all the time. But I have continued to write and record songs since then. So indulge me as I point you to my own latest song, "99 Ways to Make a Difference (in 99 Seconds)." It's a little ditty about what we can do about global warming. In 99 seconds I run through 99 suggestions, and I'm sure you can come up with a few ideas of your own after you hear it. (Here's a thought: free music downloads have roughly 99% less global-warming impact than record-store CDs!) So, without further ado, please check out "99 Ways to Make a Difference."