Making music through fair trade

The late Fr. Brian Zinnamon, S.J., (see photo) challenged his students at Strake Jesuit College Prep in Houston "to be as creative and enthusiastic in our charitable work as we are in our professional lives," Bill Nguyen said. You may not have heard of Bill Nguyen but my guess is you will be reading about him soon.
Nguyen and partner John Cogan have created a new concept in music trading. Their site lala.com offers a have/want CD trading registry. For $1.49, you can buy a used CD you've been missing from your collection. When you sign up, lala sends postage paid shipping enveloped to sellers. All CDs are guaranteed.
Of that $1.49, 49 cents covers postage and $1 pays for the CD. The cool thing about lala is that it will send 20 percent of that dollar to the artist, something that used CD stores are not required to do.

Each month, lala will donate a portion of its profits to the Z Foundation, named in Fr. Zinnamon's honor. This money will be used for "providing health and dental care that is often inaccessible to working musicians."

I like the sound of this concept and it's impressive that there are already 1.8 million titles listed in their registry.
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