The Benefit Album

 

The future of the Print the Future campaign lies with this album.

To aid in the raising of funds for the “Print the Future” project, I've reached out to musicians in the area. Utah County has produced many successful artists in the recent past that would love to help assist the towns that they call home.

As an example, Imagine Dragons, a Grammy-winning band that started at the Velour in Provo, recently launched a campaign called the One4 Project. They released a song entitled “I Was Me” exclusively on iTunes about the homeless and refugees trying to regain their lives. The band has partnered with Apple and their record label KIDinaKORNER and Interscope so that 100 percent of proceeds can be donated to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to help those trying to recover from the things that have set them back in life.  They have now expanded this to effort to Print the Future campaign, including the song on our benefit album.  All proceeds will go towards the purchasing of large-scale 3D printers for Utah County.  This will  provide jobs and homes to our homeless community.

 

Imagine Dragons explain the purpose of their new benefit single, "I Was Me"

This benefit album, put together by bands that call Utah home, will not only raise the funds for this project, but bring awareness to helping the homeless and emergency preparedness. To test this process, I suggest purchasing one Delta 3D printer as a start and begin working on building temporary homes for the homeless in our area. Any potential kinks could be worked out and we would receive real-life feedback from the recipients of this temporary resource. In exchange for this shelter, the homeless will become part of the workforce that helps produce these homes. To take it a step further this will help solve the problem of many of the homeless population being unemployed, and help build the confidence that many of them need to get back on their feet.

Musician and Song Listing

Imagine Dragons - I Was Me

Fictionist - City at War

Neon Trees - Sins of My Youth

The Moth & The Flame - Sorry

Ryan Innes - Let It Be Me

Mimi Knowles - Lullaby

Dustin Christensen - Man in the Mirror

Joshua James - Ghost in the Town

The Print the Future Benefit Album will be available at the Utah Valley Chamber of Commerce and for immediate digital download on iTunes and Amazon.com.