Sharing Is Caring
My fight to get into the pop charts is drawing to a close. It's been a hectic ride, with ridiculous amounts of promotion, interviews, and trying to work out what the hell's going on. You can still buy the tracks below if you like, but they won't count towards today's new charts.
There are a lot of people I need to thank. Firstly, thanks to everyone who liked, shared, downloaded or bought the single. Without you none of this would have happened. I'd like to thank Tim Dobson for providing constant support and enthusiasm and doing everything this week that I couldn't. Thanks to Ryan Kidd and Adam Le Gallez for the music videos; I love them both. Thanks to Enigmax and Ernesto at TorrentFreak, Cory Doctorow and Rob Beschizza at BoingBoing, Michael Masnick at Techdirt and everybody else who provided press coverage and in-depth write-ups. Thanks to The Pirate Bay for the enormous exposure they've given me and many other unsigned musicians. Thanks to Rick Falkvinge of Pirate Party International. Thanks to Loz Kaye and the whole team at Pirate Party UK. Thanks to the BPI, the RIAA and GEMA for hindering me every step of the way. Thanks to the Creative Commons community for showing another way. Thanks to my new YouTube hero and friend Steven "Boogie" Williams. Thanks to Jim Killock at Open Rights Group. Thanks to Victor Conradsson at Believe Digital for finding me, and being on the other end of the line when things need doing quickly. Thanks to Chris Leese for promoting the single like a madman, and the Innit Records guys for being the Innit Records guys. Thanks to Gerry Alexis for the photography. Thanks to Russ Houghton for his continuing faith in me, and his constant barrage of new suggestions, and thanks to Alan Driscoll for stopping my head from getting too big. Most of all, thanks to my every one of my friends and family who've been behind me longer than anyone else, and without whom I would see no point in embarking on ventures like this. Love to everyone x
And now we play the waiting game.
STILL WANT THE SINGLE? CLICK THE LINKS TO BUY THE SONGS. ALL OF 'EM!
- Facebook version (iTunes) | (Play) | (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Twitter version (iTunes) | (Play) | (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Google+ version (iTunes) | (Play) | (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Original Trilogy Box Set (iTunes) | (Play) | (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Animal Circus Remix (iTunes) | (Play) (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Benny Aves' STB Remix (iTunes) | (Play) | (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Instrumental (iTunes)| (Play) | (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Facebook Acapella (iTunes) | (Play) (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Twitter Acapella (iTunes) | (Play) | (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
- Google+ Acapella (iTunes) | (Play) | (Amazon USA) | (Amazon UK)
[Some countries have trouble with the above links. Amazon links not working? go to the Amazon site for your own country, and search "Dan Bull - Sharing Is Caring" (if you're in France, go here - Germany, go here) ]
OK, WHAT NOW?
Want to keep in touch and help out? It's easy...
- Add me on Facebook: http://fb.com/itsDanBull
- Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/itsDanBull
- Subscribe to my YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/douglby
- Download my album Face for free. I'm selling the only CD copy for £1m, so by downloading, you'll save a million pounds! http://itsdanbull.com/face
- Share the video with any of your friends who'd like it.
Thanks so much 
- Dan x
April 22nd, 2012 - 12:11
Sought n Aired,
Taught n Dared,
Thought n Cared …
Bought n Shared ! ….
<3 Bull Hits ;o)
April 22nd, 2012 - 18:59
Since I can’t pay for the songs (I would if I could) I had to download from your torrent, but unfortunately The Pirate Bay is blocked here in Holland (Thanks Government we hate you…). Could you provide another link? If so thank you, and next time I will try to buy the song too
April 22nd, 2012 - 19:27
@william
try using a proxy to access tpb.
April 22nd, 2012 - 19:54
actually a damn good song
bought 4x
gl reaching the top
April 22nd, 2012 - 21:24
William if you use chrome or mozzila then install the add on mafiaafire or somthing simular, it will cirumvent the DNS block, if it is one, works for eircoms dns block here in Ireland!
April 22nd, 2012 - 21:27
Love this video, will share!
April 22nd, 2012 - 23:36
Not a bad song at all, bought it twice. Good luck, Dan.
April 23rd, 2012 - 00:10
“We could not process your order. The sale of MP3 Downloads is currently available only to US customers located in the United States.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.” — Amazon.com (I live in Holland).
April 23rd, 2012 - 00:15
Amazon.co.uk wants me to install some program to download the MP3 *groan*. I give up! Good luck, I really like the song and your campaign.
http://i.imgur.com/bBZDU.jpg
April 23rd, 2012 - 00:31
The pirate party is here to help this censorship, there’s links to several piratebay proxy sites at http://tpb.piratenpartij.nl/
April 23rd, 2012 - 01:57
I wanted to join the move and buying it but Im not from the UK nor US.
So, anyway gUUDD luck!
April 23rd, 2012 - 02:00
I will buy one.
April 23rd, 2012 - 03:48
You could try using this quick proxy I made using google app engine http://rews-sekret-place.appspot.com
I’m 95% sure it routes through the US.
Down with circumvention!
April 23rd, 2012 - 03:48
^ totally meant down with internet oppresion ^
April 23rd, 2012 - 04:36
Hi Guys, have you tried buying from Amazon.co.uk?
April 23rd, 2012 - 05:16
(1) I use Stealthy in Chrome and Firefox to laugh at GEMA here in Germany – works like a charm.
(2) Iam not using Amazon, and definitely will not even consider iTunes. Most of my music I buy from eMusic – would that be an avenue, Dan?
April 23rd, 2012 - 09:52
Here is the magnet link for those who thepiratebay is blocked for (it seems a significant percentage of Europeans now). Paste it into your browser address bar and download it if you can’t or don’t want to buy it. Dan, I hope you don’t mind me posting this here. You could add the link to your main post.
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:cf87cc0d6b0db21d2221694effae3758479ad4d1&dn=Dan+Bull+-+Sharing+Is+Caring+%2B+bonus+tracks&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.publicbt.com%3A80&tr=udp%3A%2F%2Ftracker.ccc.de%3A80
April 23rd, 2012 - 09:57
Never mind, the magnet link I posted had certain characters filtered and as a result won’t work. But Dan, if you want to add it to your main post you can do so by going to thepiratebay link you gave, right clicking the download link and selecting “copy link location” and then editing your post with the pasted link in.
Sorry for the double post, it seems I can’t edit or delete my first post.
April 23rd, 2012 - 09:59
Do views on Spotify help you towards your goal?
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:06
Sorry to post again, but I just realized the magnet link I originally posted DOES work, sorry about my second post LOL. I’m going to stop posting now. Please could a moderator delete this post and my second post?
April 23rd, 2012 - 10:20
Shortened version of the magnet link to share with others, etc. just in case anyone needs a shorter version.
http://mgnet.me/.sharingiscaring
April 23rd, 2012 - 13:22
Since the Napster controversy I have stood by file sharing as being “The new radio”. If people like the music they download for free – they will go out and buy it. Piracy doesn’t hurt musicians, it hurts the corporations who use an outdated business model to market music. They are trying to strangle and suffocate the real musicians in the 21st century. Support this cause if you have ever discovered new music by downloading it for free which has then led you to purchasing that artists music and/or promoting them through social networks. I’ve just made 10 purchases through iTunes!
April 23rd, 2012 - 13:42
Uploading the torrent onto my server with a 10mb/s upload
April 24th, 2012 - 00:51
2 Bought
Facebook + Google Plus.
8 left… Maybe 2morrow!
April 24th, 2012 - 01:27
Wow, this is awesome. Not everyone has money all the time; and It’s awesome to see artists that understand that. Must buy when I can get a few bucks.
April 24th, 2012 - 02:42
Congrats man, first album I have bought in ten years,,,yep, bought all ten tracks.
April 24th, 2012 - 09:21
Probably the shittest song in existence, will not be buying
April 24th, 2012 - 10:52
@Tom, your post said everything I had in my heart. Thank you.
April 24th, 2012 - 16:51
Congratz to DB for g3tting his Facebook track and name out there on the Dave Ryan Morning Show on KDWB in the Twin Cities MN!!! It was l33t hearing him out of nowhere on my gf mainstream station, I was boggled and proud!
April 24th, 2012 - 16:56
How does the song have anything to do with the campaign. The “campaign” is just a cover-up and excuse for the artist to get people to throw money at him. Getting the song in the charts will do nothing but satisfy the artist’s greed.
April 24th, 2012 - 17:09
Bought and Shares
Good luck
April 24th, 2012 - 18:34
Already downloaded several games in the TPB … Very good congratulations
April 24th, 2012 - 19:07
And what’s wrong with Chris being in a relationship with Dan?
April 24th, 2012 - 20:10
Just thought I’d let dutch people know: TPB is still accessible at bit.ly/pirateproxy. You’re welcome.
April 24th, 2012 - 20:54
LOL david, that link worked like a charm, you’re my hero!
(Belgium here with similar ridiculous government internet scam!)
April 24th, 2012 - 21:57
is that jeremy from peep show?
nice 1 m8
)
April 24th, 2012 - 22:16
Havent even listened to the song yet… but… This. is. the. way. forward. Revolution is nigh
April 24th, 2012 - 22:25
Hey man! I love your stuff and will be buying all your tracks in a week or so, so don’t make the video yet! Haha.
April 24th, 2012 - 23:30
I’m buying all 10 (altho’ they’re $0.89 per track @ Amazon US). Thanks mucho for the bonus tracks!
April 25th, 2012 - 00:05
There are some really funny lyrics but the song is pretty bad. I am not trying to be a dick, what you are trying to do with the song is awesome. I think you should put a bit more effort into making a good song.
April 25th, 2012 - 01:32
Just purchased 3 of them. Figured I could help a little bit.
April 25th, 2012 - 04:12
Nice working
April 25th, 2012 - 07:18
I tried to purchase it from Amazon but it wouldn’t let me. It says:We’re sorry. We could not process your order because of geographical restrictions on the product which you were attempting to purchase. Please refer to the terms of use for this product to determine the geographical restrictions. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Sorry
April 25th, 2012 - 10:14
If you live in holland then use the darknet (bing search). Then you will be able to use TPB. Pirates for life not just a day
.
April 25th, 2012 - 10:17
Can’t buy from outside … Amazon.ca don’t know ya
Good luck!
Will seed the torrent!
April 25th, 2012 - 12:31
Hur mycket pröjsade du för förstasidan på TPB?
April 25th, 2012 - 13:38
i don’t find supporting any protests against things like sopa or acta, but i don’t see how any of this makes sense for that cause. not to mention the song isn’t really something i could happily listen to on the bus or other times i enjoy listening to music because it doesn’t quite fit any mood at all.
i hate facebook, the last thing i want is to listen to a song based on it (regardless of whether it is positive or negative towards it).
and until my opinion has changed about why this song should even be bothered with to be put into my collection for the sake of temporarily letting the artist get more famous than he already is, i am going to have to agree with “Dan April 24th, 2012 – 16:56″ even though it seems like a bit of a stretch.
April 25th, 2012 - 14:52
sorry cant buy it (no visa or an cards ) but i download it
greet music greet work
April 25th, 2012 - 15:21
Epic and amazing song.
April 25th, 2012 - 16:51
Just Purchased the trilogy set. Awesome tracks I should say
April 25th, 2012 - 16:52
Cant buy this (the same as most people: no cards) but love the songs. Good luck!
April 25th, 2012 - 20:17
Should have done this campaign with bye bye bpi, would have bought them all twice… At least that song has meaning and skills
April 25th, 2012 - 20:26
Bought the songs, sent an email, got a reply saying I’ll be in the vid
I really don’t get why people are calling Dan greedy. He give’s away all his songs for free, which takes a lot of work to make and he gives you the option to pay for it and if you do he’ll personally thank you, through rhyme! No other artist in the world (that I know of) does that.
Haters gonna hate.
April 25th, 2012 - 21:25
How much of the money from sales do you get because if I buy then I want all the money to go to you instead of you getting about 10p of the 69p per song
April 25th, 2012 - 21:29
…
April 25th, 2012 - 21:31
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:CF87CC0D6B0DB21D2221694EFFAE3758479AD4D1
Heres the pure magnet URI, for those who are censored from TPB.
Fucking try and block this BREIN and friends.
April 25th, 2012 - 22:13
Thanks everyone for your kind words and for supporting what I’m doing. It means a lot that so many of you have come through. Sorry that there’s been a whole array of problems getting this sorted in countries outside of the UK and US. I don’t want anybody to be excluded. As always, if you can’t/won’t buy it, grab the torrent, it’s fine!
April 26th, 2012 - 03:10
bought 4! keep up the good work!
April 26th, 2012 - 04:01
I love your music, you are extremely talented and keep making music!
April 26th, 2012 - 04:16
Order Placed: 26 April 2012
Amazon.co.uk order number: 026-5827408-5720307
Order Total: £6.90
Enjoy
April 26th, 2012 - 04:18
I bought all of them =)
I absolutely love your songs!
April 26th, 2012 - 05:56
just bought 10 songs fuck the govt. XD
April 26th, 2012 - 12:16
Would it be a trouble to distribute the music in multiple format, as you don’t have to worry about the server load anyway. You should distribute your using Ogg Vorbis, and FLAC in addition to the MP3. The former two formats are free and open standards, and flac gives the opportunity to store your music without any loss of quality (if you compress to FLAC right away from the raw audio), which makes it more available to remixes and stuff, even if the simple listener won’t hear any difference.
The movement for sharing needs open and free formats!
April 26th, 2012 - 17:44
Dan, it’s a pleasure listening to your music, and everything you do, you do in the best way. The fact that you offer your music for free, as an alternative, proves that you aren’t in the business for money. Therefore, have mine. One day I’ll be able to look back and say “I followed this legend from the beginning.”
April 26th, 2012 - 20:48
I’m a bit confused. There seem to be ten versions of the song, but no way to buy them all as a package, meaning I have to click ten times to get them.
April 26th, 2012 - 21:42
Downloaded Torrent then had to show my respect by buying them off iTunes. Crack’n job Dan!!!
April 26th, 2012 - 21:49
Canny tune that like !
April 26th, 2012 - 22:01
Dan… It’s the first time I’m actually BUYING music in ages… I’ve bought all of the singles… $13.35 USDs… You’re welcome, my friend.
@hellboy lol. I bought 15 songs to fuck the gov (0.89).
@Alex IKR.
April 26th, 2012 - 22:12
Hi, as many others your music is some of the few tracks that I’ve bought in ages.
Although, I can’t buy these tracks before saturday because I forgot my macbook at home!
But I’ve starred a lot of songs on Spotify, because you’re awesome!
peace yow
April 27th, 2012 - 07:21
Done, Done, Done, Done, Done, Done, Done, Done, Done, Done (all 10)
April 27th, 2012 - 11:19
I hope Dan isn’t lining his own pockets with all the money he’s making from this. It should go to tpb or the EFF.
April 27th, 2012 - 12:21
No iTunes account for me and when I tried to buy from Amazon…
“We are sorry…
We could not process your order. The sale of MP3 Downloads is currently available only to US customers located in the United States.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.”
April 27th, 2012 - 18:05
Dan Bull is a genius. I’m a Deaf guy and always love it when Dan captions his music videos. To give back what he gave to the world I have purchased 6 versions so far. I’ll plan to buy more when I get paid on the first. It’s all worth it to see Dan Bull reach the top of the charts. We all can gloat that there’s a different way to do things today. Say goodbye to dinosaur businesses.
Buy a single or all of them. Help Dan reach his goal.
April 28th, 2012 - 02:01
fuck man, I’m from brazil and I’ve tried all the services but iTunes, but I can’t buy from any of them! please don’t tell me I’ll need to give money to apple.
April 28th, 2012 - 06:53
Right ON!!! Let’s bust the CHARTS!!!!!!
April 28th, 2012 - 18:37
Bought all 10, go Dan go!!!!
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April 29th, 2012 - 04:18
I bought all songs on te 25th! I love all yours songs!
May 1st, 2012 - 09:40
I bought the facebook version of the song, and I really enjoy it! Keep up the good work and I hope to see more music from ya! Now lets go for the charts!
Greetings from Sweden!
June 28th, 2012 - 11:52
Purchased the Facebook Version too – Soooo great
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