Exposing the Right of Return of the Palestinians to a wider public – your support is welcomed
By Doc Jazz – In the online world of music, there are hundreds of music platforms and many of them have ongoing songwriter competitions. I have never entered any of my songs into one, partly because I have too much on my mind to bother, and partly because I have no strong interest in winning any of their prizes. This may or may not be the right way to go about it, but that’s how it has been until now.
For the first time, I have now entered one of my songs into a global song competition: that of Global Rockstar. It started with me receiving a personal invitation to participate, which came with the following words:
“Hey Doc Jazz! I just found your music via CD Baby and I’m quite impressed, Your style going from pop to jazz to lounge or even hiphop is really cool! Now I’d like to invite you to the world’s largest online music contest Global Rockstar. We’re looking for great artists from all countries to participate with their original songs.
Paul H.”
When I got this message, accompanied by links to the Global Rockstar website, I wondered if I should participate or not. I decided to post a status on my personal Facebook account asking whether I should, and a lot of my friends cheered me on, saying that I should definitely enter. This was a while ago, but I didn’t forget, and I have now followed their advice, choosing my song ‘Right of Return’ as the entry into the competition.
The competition depends on votes, and since I now have close to 73,000 followers on the Doc Jazz Facebook page, I decided to give it a try. Of course, I am writing this post on my website with the purpose of asking you to support the effort, but before you do, let me tell you my considerations for entering, and for choosing this song specifically.
- Music for a cause rarely gets a lot of exposure outside of its usual audience, and this may be an opportunity to go beyond ‘preaching to the choir’;
- There is a lot to be gained even if the song doesn’t win, since the campaigning itself also helps exposing the message to a larger number of people;
- If the song does win, the exposure of a large number of non-politicized listeners can be considered a victory in campaigning for our Right of Return.
Of course, if this is going to get anywhere, it requires some real participation from you, dear reader. I’ve seen sympathetic clicks on the link to the competition that I posted on Facebook, that were not accompanied by any type of meaningful action. It’s sweet and kind – thank you! – but when it comes to a competition like this, there is only one thing that really counts: a VOTE.
So, if you really want to help, please do the following three things:
- Click on the link, register at Global Rockstar, and vote for the song. The video for the song can be watched right there. Until September 15th, the only way to vote is by clicking on “Become a Fan“. After September 15, all the other options to support the song will be activated, including the ‘Rock ‘n Vote’ (explanation to be found on the site).
- Share the link on your social media – but please, add a personal message calling on people to vote, not just the link, because without a personal message no one will understand what it is about, and your friends will simply ignore what you posted and do nothing.
- Post this message on your profile or tweet it, so that more people get to know what this is about exactly, and perhaps will feel encouraged to support.
In any case, thank you for reading this, and if the song gets anywhere in the Global Rockstar competition, it will not be my success, but the success of all of us together, and we will have played a role in exposing a wider public to the message of our Right of Return.
Thank you!
Doc Jazz
Read more about the song ‘Right of Return’ here
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