Song For Gaza

Michael Heart pun melakukan sesuatu untuk Gaza, kita bila lagi?

SONG FOR GAZA
"We will not go down"

UPDATE 22 January 2009"We will not go down" - still going up two weeks on
Following unprecedented public support, Michael Heart's Song for Gaza - "We will not go down" continues to spread globally, two weeks after it was posted online. As of today, January 22, there are:

Over 700,000 views on YouTube
Over 250,000 downloads of mp3
Over 10,000 emails, comments and messages of support

It has been, and continues to be, played on radio stations and television channels in several countries, and it was chanted in demonstrations and rallies all over the globe, with several available online. It has been translated into a dozen languages and subtitled on numerous clips.

More than 100 new clips have been made with "We will not go down" by people all over the world, and thousands of websites have uploaded the clip and posted the lyrics. Many people have written to confirm they had donated to UNRWA, as requested by the artist after download of the song for free.

Most importantly, "We will not go down" has reached people in Gaza, who took advantage of rare moments of electricity access to send Michael emails full of touching and inspiring messages, describing their feelings of hope and determination when hearing the song.

Michael Heart has received numerous media requests for interviews the world over; the ones he has given will be posted on his website as they get published.For any information about the artist, please visit:http://michaelheart.com/Michael_Heart_Bio.html or contact him on support@michaelheart.com

Message from Michael

Dear friends,I have been overwhelmed by the warmth and the friendship you have all given me in response to my song for Gaza, "We Will Not Go Down". I am doing my best to go through your numerous messages, emails and comments, and ask you to kindly bear with me until I am able to do so.

Please forgive me if I am not able to respond to each and everyone of you; but please also know that I really appreciate your messages.My original intention to donate proceeds from the sale of the MP3 to charity has been complicated by technical matters; therefore, I have decided to make the song available free of charge.

I would like to request that after downloading the song from this page, you kindly donate directly to a charity or an organization dedicated to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people. Worthy of note is UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East), which has been helping Palestinian refugees since their dispossession in 1949.

Please click here to donate through them: http://www.un.org/unrwa/Thank you for your continued encouragement of my work as a musician, for your purchases of my CD (available here), and for spreading the song, the video and the message as you have been doing. I am grateful for every demonstration of support I have received from you, and for every thought and prayer that has gone to the people of Gaza.

Sincerely,

Michael Heart