I just deleted all the stolen music on my iPod. It hurt.

God tells us to submit to the authorities – to obey their laws. It took a while, but I finally saw that I love God more than I love my music collection. And some artists in that collection, I discovered when deleting them, I loved lots. Deleting them was hard.

There’s not much left. Only 1/8th remains. 9 Mike McCarthy songs I actually bought (support smaller artists!), a bunch of Mars Hill music I got for free, and a CD my mum owns. At least I no longer need a bigger iPod – 4Gb seems enormous now!

What now? Thankfully, I do have some legit CDs lying around to load on. And, Dave has a great list of free AND legal music sites:

• music recorded live at mars hill church (gold! i love the brothers of the empty tomb…)
• iTunes have 1 free track per week (this is a regular stop)
• triplejunearthed.com (too much to listen to – I’ve checked out lots of the Roots gear)
  
• other triple j free music (particularly during november – ausmusicmonth)
• music.download.com (haven’t been there for a while… but got lots!)
• artist’s myspace and personal websites (if can’t download – you can listen
• purevolume.com

But it looks like I’ll be paying for my music from now on. Jack Johnson’s new album comes out tomorrow. Better get saving.

Stealing music is wrong. Stop.