The decision to give "Scratch Pop" away in exchange for a charitable donation arose from the fulfilling experience of recording it at home. The gratitude I felt during this process caused me to see anew the many people (across time) who are not afforded the resources nor the right to creative expression that enabled "Scratch Pop" to exist. Additionally, I believe the success of these selected non profits will sew more seeds of happiness for my children than anything I could buy at the moment.

*The fine print: Bandcamp takes 10% of all "merch" (i.e., your donation) and Paypal takes a cut of 2.9%+$0.30, making your total contribution equal $8.41. I tried for months to figure out a way to funnel your money directly to these non-profits, but Paypal account privacy, as well as site coding/bureaucracy issues prevented that. As a work-around, I set up my own Paypal account which will hold/label all the payments until the end of each month, at which point I will manually divvy up the loot and, if applicable, post the totals on Facebook. You are always free to write in a larger amount.