Friends, Family, and Co-conspirators:
It’s a topsy-turvy world out there and so we encourage everyone to try to put more peace and love into the atmosphere because Love Is A Glorious Thing. At any rate, here’s a bit of what’s been going on here at TMD HQ behind-the-scenes!
VICTIM APPRECIATION NIGHT: Our First NFT offerings!!! 
This Mad Desire is pleased to partner with Kickoff Music based in Rio de Janeiro for its first ever NFT offerings coming April 12, 2022:
- Limited Edition of 15 Advance Copies of our new track Victim Appreciation Night including a bonus remix from Cas Weinbren, See See Beats. These will not be released to the public for at least 90 days.
- Each copy will come with Specialized Artwork designed specifically for this NFT using AI technology that designs artwork based on the lyrics of the song.
- All 15 auction winners will receive a Personalized Video Message from This Mad Desire.
All 15 auction winners will receive an NFT which gives them life time free access to This Mad Desire’s concerts (except festival situations). - Top 5 bids will also receive Limited Edition T-shirts with shipping included in Canada and USA. Rest of world would include a surcharge based on country.
- Items will be up for auction on April 12, 2022, with a minimum bid of US$30 payable by cryptocurrency or Paypal (that includes all credit cards).
*This NFT does not contemplate the transfer of intellectual property of any of its parts, phonograms or art design, and cannot be used commercially by the buyer under any circumstances.
This track was recorded during the pandemic in 2021 and features Leslie Ramsay-Taylor (R&B singer from Toronto) and Dan Konopka (Grammy-winning OK Go) on drums. Dan also mixed the track in Los Angeles. Dan has been a frequent collaborator on many tracks on TMD’s last release American Dream and also on the upcoming album Open Hearts Open Minds.
Victim Appreciation Night has also been remixed by CasWeinbren, caskeyboardproducer, owner and manager of See See Beats, who is a 46 Million streamed, multi-genre producer and classical and jazz trained keyboardist from New York City. http://caskeyboardproducer.com
About NFT’s: An NFT (or “non-fungible token”) represents a digital asset that is composed of unique data stored on a blockchain, which can prove the token’s authenticity and keep track of ownership. You can think of it like buying a signed DVD or something. The buyer does not own the collectible or artwork but rather owns the unique individual copy and a certificate of authenticity. (In this case, there are very real T-shirts that are actually manufactured!) As you can probably tell, this is very cutting edge stuff, so you get to be part of the future already now!
About Kickoff Music: Kickoff Music is an NFT distributor based in Brazil. http://kickoffmusic.com.br/en/
RETURN TO LIVE PERFORMANCE
That’s right! We are finally getting back to performing live, sweaty rock’n’roll in front of actual human beings (and not just one of these “livestreams”). For people in Hamilton, Canada, we are playing at the Corktown Pub (175 Young St. Hamilton) with the Midnight Echo (from Vancouver) and our friend, local blues-rock legend Ian Andrews on April 21, 2022. Doors at 7. $15 cover.
LESSONS
Now offering remote music lessons over Zoom. I can help with songwriting and instruments like guitar or piano. Send me an email or fill out the form on our website and we can coordinate from there! In case you are wondering, at one point in time, I ran a Music Academy in Toronto.
UKRAINE
Obviously we are devastated by what’s going on in Ukraine and so are donating 10% of the retail cost of any merch/music sales that we make from our online store during March and April to Donate Ukraine. Further, we have a “Stands With Ukraine” T-shirt for which we will donate 100% of the proceeds. We encourage everyone to donate to the various organizations supplying aid to Ukraine.
LOVE IS A GLORIOUS THING
Reminder to check out our most recent single Love Is A Glorious Thing featuring a cross-continental choir of singers from Vancouver to Cape Breton and San Francisco to Philadelphia. Streaming everywhere!
As always, anyone interested in Mermaids or Cooking should visit http://linktr.ee/mermaidsforreal to connect to the books I designed for my mother Kristin Olafson-Jenkyns!
As always, all of our social connections are available below for anyone who wants to get social with us!!
Operators Are Standing By!
-Mac