Derek Webb is a Christian musician (former lead singer of Caedmons Call) who tends to divide the Christian music industry. I love his lyrics, I love is creativity, I love his edginess, and I like his music. I’ve told you before and I’ll tell you again, if you haven’t gone to noisetrade.com and downloaded free legal music you must do so now!

I recieved an email from Derek Webb this morning along with thousands of others. It was quite mysterious. Here’s what it said:

friends-

i haven’t sent many personal emails to this email list but we’re in a situation that has gotten a little out of control and it’s time to fill you in.  as some of you may know, i’ve been working for months on my new record, ‘stockholm syndrome’, which i’ve recently finished and turned in to the record label.  they’ve been very supportive over the years, but this time we didn’t get the response we expected.  it seems i’ve finally found the line beyond which my label can support me, and apparently i’ve crossed it. 

 i consider this my most important record and am adamant about all of you hearing it.  we had originally hoped to have ‘stockholm syndrome’ out this month (next week even), but at this point we’re not sure when the record will come out and in what form.  the majority of the controversy is surrounding one song, which i consider to be among the most important songs on the record.  so we’ve decided it’s an appropriate time to break the rules. 

 but because of various legal/publishing issues we’re having to be rather careful with how we do what we’re going to do next.  that’s really all i can say for now and i’ve probably said too much. 

 we have a plan and we’re moving ahead, but we’re not sure what kind of trouble we might be getting into.  we’ll let you know as soon as we know our next move- derek