Quick FYI, I have registrered #severedfifth on irc.freenode.net for IRC fanatics. Obviously, I will be there for the release of the album tomorrow. 🙂

Another two sneak peeks from *Denied By Reign* building on [the](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=1338) [three](https://www.severedfifth.com/news/2008/10/sneak-peeks-1-2/) [previous](https://www.severedfifth.com/news/2008/10/denied-by-reign-sneak-peeks-3-4/) days:

* Sneak Peek 7 – [Ogg](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/7.ogg) [MP3](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/7.mp3)
* Sneak Peek 8 – [Ogg](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/8.ogg) [MP3](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/8.mp3)

Today I want to highlight two rather cool quotes that have come in from some pretty notable people about Severed Fifth. First, I blogged about this yesterday, but Zak Tell from the legendary metal band Clawfinger said:

> “Hi Jono, nice idea man & good announcement, it’s probably going to be the only way to do it in the near future unless someone comes up with a genius idea that guarantees artists get paid for the art they create however big or small they may be! You’re definitely on the right track as there’s no stopping the technical evolution, therefore the best thing you can do is use all the available tools to your advantage!”

Second, Mike Linksvayer, VP of the Creative Commons had the following to say about the project:

> “The new music economy will be defined by those who push the envelope. Severed Fifth is pushing the envelope and taking names. Thank goodness they’re on our side.”

Thanks Zak and Mike. Also, in related news, Sam Dean from OSTATIC did a write-up of Severed Fifth called [More From the Open Source Music Garage](https://ostatic.com/174422-blog/more-from-the-open-source-music-garage). In this he says:

> “If Severed Fifth can simply create an enthusiastic community around an album, live performances might attract audiences and grow the community larger, though. It will be interesting to watch this effort”.

In other news, great to see people like earthdragon helping to [give away CDs at his/her school](https://www.severedfifth.com/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=52&page=1#Item_0) and things are kicking off on the Street Team. Go and join the Street Team by clicking [here](https://www.severedfifth.com/streetteam). We certainly need your help – lets make this happen. 🙂

## About Severed Fifth

*Denied By Reign* is released on Oct 21st from [www.severedfifth.com](https://www.severedfifth.com/) and the entire album will be released under a [Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) license with expressed aim of seeing how far an independent musician such as myself can push and promote an album under the new music economy of free culture. My aims are to help answer some of the questions that are unknown about the viability of a free culture music economy. For more details on the aims of the project, see the [announcement](https://www.severedfifth.com/news/2008/06/severed-fifth-launched/).

Severed Fifth needs your help to be successful! Go and join our [Discussion Forums](https://www.severedfifth.com/forums/) and join the [Street Team](https://www.severedfifth.com/streetteam/). We will need your help when the album is released to push it as far and wide as possible and just see how much juice we can squeeze out of a free culture album. If you have contacts in the music press, or you know established artists who may be interested in hearing it, do get in touch with me. I am preparing a press pack for the album which we can all send out when the album is released. Oh, and for you Facebook fanatics – go and join the [Severed Fifth Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60451700536).

I just want to thank everyone for their support of the album and the project. Thanks also to the Creative Commons for their continued support. 🙂

One person who has picked up on the [Severed Fifth](https://www.severedfifth.com/) train is Zak Tell, singer for rap-metal legends [Clawfinger](https://www.clawfinger.net/). Speaking about the project he said:

> “Hi Jono, nice idea man & good announcement, it’s probably going to be the only way to do it in the near future unless someone comes up with a genius idea that guarantees artists get paid for the art they create however big or small they may be! You’re definitely on the right track as there’s no stopping the technical evolution, therefore the best thing you can do is use all the available tools to your advantage!”

Thanks Zak! I can’t tell how cool it is to hear one of my fave singers giving the thumbs up to the project. 🙂

Two more sneak peeks for your delectation, building on [two](https://www.severedfifth.com/news/2008/10/sneak-peeks-1-2/) [previous](https://www.severedfifth.com/news/2008/10/denied-by-reign-sneak-peeks-3-4/) days:

* Sneak Peek 5 – [Ogg](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/5.ogg) [MP3](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/5.mp3)
* Sneak Peek 6 – [Ogg](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/6.ogg) [MP3](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/6.mp3)

I also want to say a big thanks to [Matt Asay’s coverage](https://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10067545-16.html) of Severed Fifth on CNET. Thanks Matt! Big thanks also to Ryan Busch who is going out and about spreading the Severed Fifth word in Michigan. Keep up the great work Ryan!

I also wanted to show off a new information document about Severed Fifth:

Go and grab the [PDF](https://www.severedfifth.com/streetteam/materials/flyers/severedfifth-deniedbyreign-about.pdf) of the page, and you can also grab a [PDF Poster](https://www.severedfifth.com/streetteam/materials/flyers/severedfifth-deniedbyreign-albumposter.pdf) which I showed [a few days back](https://archivedblog.jonobacon.com/?p=1322).

## About Severed Fifth

*Denied By Reign* is released on Oct 21st from [www.severedfifth.com](https://www.severedfifth.com/) and the entire album will be released under a [Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) license with expressed aim of seeing how far an independent musician such as myself can push and promote an album under the new music economy of free culture. My aims are to help answer some of the questions that are unknown about the viability of a free culture music economy. For more details on the aims of the project, see the [announcement](https://www.severedfifth.com/news/2008/06/severed-fifth-launched/).

Severed Fifth needs your help to be successful! Go and join our [Discussion Forums](https://www.severedfifth.com/forums/) and join the [Street Team](https://www.severedfifth.com/streetteam/). We will need your help when the album is released to push it as far and wide as possible and just see how much juice we can squeeze out of a free culture album. If you have contacts in the music press, or you know established artists who may be interested in hearing it, do get in touch with me. I am preparing a press pack for the album which we can all send out when the album is released. Oh, and for you Facebook fanatics – go and join the [Severed Fifth Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60451700536).

I just want to thank everyone for their support of the album and the project. Thanks also to the Creative Commons for their continued support. 🙂

One thing I am really keen to do as part of the release of *Denied By Reign* is to have the songs available for [Frets On Fire](https://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/); the excellent Open Source Guitar Hero clone. I would love to have these available for release if at all possible.

So, I am looking for some volutneers who would like to help transcribe the album to Frets On Fire ready for release. I know this is a lot to ask with a week to go before the release, but if anyone wants to do it, I will send you the full album and you can work on it. You will also recieve an unholy amount of gratification and respect from me and others in the Severed Fifth community. Surely that is worth it in itself? 😛 Rock on! 🙂

Any takers? If you can help – email me at jono –AT– severedfifth –DOT– com – thanks!

Continuing the week of *Denied By Reign* sneak peeks, I have two more for you:

* Sneak Peek 3 – [Ogg](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/3.ogg) [MP3](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/3.mp3)
* Sneak Peek 4 – [Ogg](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/4.ogg) [MP3](https://www.severedfifth.com/releases/music/deniedbyreign/sneakpeeks/4.mp3)

I am also proud to introduce the front and back covers of the album, and these images will be provided in large enough resolution to be printed at the correct size for a CD cover:

*Front cover of Denied By Reign*

*Back cover of Denied By Reign*

Thanks also to the following write-ups:

* Jorge’s [comparison to Dethklok](https://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JorgesStompbox/~3/420982436/wow-he-sounds-l.html)
* Greg from the CC [blogs about Denied By Reign](https://blog.grossmeier.net/2008/10/13/weekend-recap-and-music-review/)

## About The Project

*Denied By Reign* is released on Oct 21st from [www.severedfifth.com](https://www.severedfifth.com/) and the entire album will be released under a [Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) license with expressed aim of seeing how far an independent musician such as myself can push and promote an album under the new music economy of free culture. My aims are to help answer some of the questions that are unknown about the viability of a free culture music economy. For more details on the aims of the project, see the [announcement](https://www.severedfifth.com/news/2008/06/severed-fifth-launched/).

Severed Fifth needs your help to be successful! Go and join our [Discussion Forums](https://www.severedfifth.com/forums/) and join the [Street Team](https://www.severedfifth.com/streetteam/). We will need your help when the album is released to push it as far and wide as possible and just see how much juice we can squeeze out of a free culture album. If you have contacts in the music press, or you know established artists who may be interested in hearing it, do get in touch with me. I am preparing a press pack for the album which we can all send out when the album is released. Oh, and for you Facebook fanatics – go and join the [Severed Fifth Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=60451700536).