We’re Looking For A Few Good Do-Gooders

One of your Idolators may be a lame duck, but there are still some things to get done before the new regime begins. One is a comprehensive immigration-reform bill (not looking so good). The other is an environmentally minded project for which we could use your help.

While no one in their right mind would ever complain about getting free CDs in the mail, the Idolator-flophouse recycling bins have never been more packed, even as more and more labels are undertaking digital-music servicing. We’re interested in finding out just how many resources are going to waste every time an Ocean’s Thirteen soundtrack is FedExed overnight across the country. Unfortunately, we don’t know how to do that stuff. So: If you–or one of your friends–happens to work for a non-profit that specializes in analyzing such information, let us know at tips@idolator.com.

And if you happen to work for a label or marketing firm that’s made the move to digital servicing (or is considering doing so), let us know how it shakes out in terms of costs/hassles/etc. Don’t worry: We’re not starting our own label or anything. We’re just trying to figure out how guilty we should feel should the polar caps melt or the bobcats go extinct or something like that.