The Music For Relief DOWNLOAD TO DONATE FOR HAITI album has three new great tracks…Go here to download: http://musicforrelief.org/
You’ll get new tracks from Guster, Dinosaur Jr., and Mickey Hart, along with the original tracks. Free…but please donate, and help spreading the word via Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, blogs…whatever you’ve got. The people of Haiti still need your help.
Thanks!
Thanks to everyone who has bought the game! We’re the #1 music app in the store, and #25 on the top paid apps list and climbing. There have been too many great reviews online for me to link to. Many of you have asked for lyrics to “Blackbirds,” so here they are.
Also, we just added a fun online minisite where you can create an 8-Bit version of yourself–great for Facebook, Twitter, and Linkin Park community avatars 
Go here to 8 BIT YOURSELF
8 Bit Rebellion is now live in the iTunes App store. Yaaaayyyyyy
I did a live video chat on our UStream channel tonight to share the excitement. You can watch it here:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/linkin-park
The original:
The Saturday Night Live Version:
As many of you have already heard, “8-Bit Rebellion!” ringtones are now available in the iTunes store on your iPhone. Just log in to the iTunes store on your iPhone, search for Linkin Park, then scroll down to ringtones.
I was shocked to see how many YouTube pages and channels are already dedicated to the ringtones…the news traveled fast
The game is almost here…
Last night, I was honored by the East West Players with their Visionary Award. Met some nice people, watched an awesome dance group called Kaba Modern. I also got covered by a very funny blog called Disgrasian, here.
Overall, a great night…but possibly one of the coolest parts was meeting “Russell” from the Disney movie Up. His real name is Jordan.
More info on the event here.
Get Busy Committee’s Kickstarter campaign has come down to the wire. If they can get about $700 more in donations, they have to record a song about their superfan (which I personally want to hear).
Another special note: there are still lots of good items to buy (like the signed vinyl plaques, for example)…but the BIG item I’m surprised to see still available is the “studio intern” package. For $750, you get to go into the studio with Scoop DeVille, Apathy, and Ryu for a day. Figuring that Scoop is doing songs for the likes of Snoop Dogg, Fat Joe, Busta Rhymes, and The Clipse, I would say $750 is a steal.
Go here to to check it out:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1989004418/platinum-vinyl-get-busy-committees-picture-disc
Me decorating the van in front of the theatre 3 minutes ago. About to watch the film…
A few new things in Linkin Park world:
We’ve officially moved our band’s Twitter presence over to: http://twitter.com/linkinpark. Make sure to follow there (and http://twitter.com/m_shinoda; yes, it’s true, I occasionally tweet).
We just surpassed 4 million fans on Facebook. Pretty awesome. If you haven’t become a fan of us on FB yet, now’s the time…http://www.facebook.com/linkinPark.
And lastly, there was a great Washington Post piece about our game. Here’s a bit of the story:
“DENVER (Billboard) – When avid technophile Mike Shinoda was approached backstage last year with an idea for developing a Linkin Park iPhone game, the band’s co-frontman knew he wanted it to be more than just another run-of-the-mill artist app.
“It was important to us to do something creative and fun,” he says. “We didn’t want to throw a bunch of songs at the game, slap our name on it and cash the checks.”
The result is “8-Bit Rebellion,” a soon-to-be-released iPhone game with an iPad version on the way. Whereas most artist-branded games tend to be rhythm-based, “8-Bit Rebellion” is an action game that has users fighting enemies alongside members of the band. The soundtrack features several Linkin Park hits in both standard and 8-bit fidelity, plus an exclusive track, “Blackbirds,” for fans who complete the game.
But according to Maryanna Donaldson, creative director of the game’s developer, Artificial Life, the real innovation was the degree to which Linkin Park was involved. Each band member helped design a different “district” in which the game takes place, personalized to his individual interests. Shinoda designed the members’ avatars and edited every line of dialogue. The process wound up taking the better part of a year, but Donaldson says the result sets a new bar for artist-branded apps.
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