Let’s start with Ruckus. It was a simply concept… give college students free music for them to listen to. Sure, it had DRM on it that restricted you to listening it only on your computer, but it was music none-the-less. Now, I know certain people who will whine about DRM until the end, but I argue that DRMed music that is legally obtained is better than nothing, or need I say, pirated music. Unfortunately, because the service was not generating enough revenue from ads, they were forced to shut down. Great… now where am I going to get my music from?!

Now onto XM. I’ve got mixed feelings on this one. Part of me is sad for them that they might be shutting down. However, after logging in to listen to XM Online, since I’m at college and don’t have a radio in my room, I was presented with a lovely message that in less than a month, online radio would no longer be free! >:| Now comes the job of convincing certain parental units to spend the extra $3 a month so that I can continue to listen to “now near CD quality” music online. Nonetheless, I hope that they can get their affairs in order so that my backup source of music doen’t meet the sam fate as Ruckus.

In short, I guess that the record company that was initially slated to release her album was bought out, and the project was dropped. However, Aimee has made the song available on her web site: http://www.aimeeallen.com/revolution.html

Take a listen and let me know what you think!