Download Music from the UW-W Music Department
May 4th, 2011 by altermas
The Music Department at UW-Whitewater has created a website allowing users to not only hear a variety of music, but to support the Music Department scholarship fund.
Benjamin Whitcomb, Music Department faculty, and Eric Sheffield, Director of the Arts Media Center and Technology Coordinator for the College of Arts and Communication, have created the website, http://uwwmusic.bandcamp.com/, a location where music will be made available for downloading. Downloading the music is technically free – however donations are encouraged. These donations will provide music scholarships for the students at UW-Whitewater.
This endeavor started when Whitcomb approached Sheffield wondering how to release department recordings online. Bandcamp, an online music store used for promoting artists, worked perfectly for this project because it gives the highest percentage of proceeds from the donations back to the seller. The purposes of this site are promotional and fundraising because it allows students and faculty the ability to market their music, and all the donations from Bandcamp will be put towards music scholarship funds for current and prospective students.
Currently featured at http://uwwmusic.bandcamp.com/ is the UW-Whitewater “Eclectic Strings” album. It contains 11 tracks, representing a wide variety of styles, by professional bands that include UW-W alumni. This collection showcases the skills and accomplishments of our alumni.
New music will continue to be made available to download at http://uwwmusic.bandcamp.com/ – remember donations support student scholarships – so please donate if you enjoy UW-Whitewater’s music offerings.