Help Us Out

So this is the first time we've ever really tried anything like this. We're in this contest thing to play a festival called The Bamboozle. Basically we need your votes so that we can play. So you should head over to The Listeners Area and sign up. Then cruise on over to Contra's Purevolume Page and vote for us. It would be pretty rad if you'd do that for us. Thanks.

<3 Contra

Contra

So Contra is looking tour this summer. We're getting all our shows set up and getting everything ready. One of the biggest set backs with have right now is that we have no van. We're trying to earn $4,000 so we can get a half way decent van that will make it to Canada and back. We are really in need right now, over the past 3 days we have made $106, this is great for 3 days but we're still way short of what we need. If you have anything you can donate that would be awesome. Even if it's not money (old TV's we can pawn, jars full of change, old cars, old stereos) anything we can get money for. Or if you can give us a cash donation or donate hear through our Paypal site. Anything you can do will help. Anyone that donates will receive a thank you on the fall CD/EP. All donations of $5 or more will receive a free sticker pack, all donations of $10 or more will receive a free CD, all donations of $20 or more will receive a free shirt and CD, all donations of $50 or more a free hoodie and CD, and all donations of $100 or more will receive a free shirt, hoodie and CD.

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HELP SUBURBAN HOME RECORDS!

HELP SUBURBAN HOME RECORDS!

Dear Friends,

I’m writing this letter today out of necessity. For all those that know me, I am not the type of person that enjoys discussing the day to day finances of my business, so please know that I would not be approaching you if it was not due to a dire situation.

As the retail music industry continues to go through hard times, we have just been informed this week that our biggest record distributor will be sending us a substantial retail return. This is the second return in two months, and they total $40,000. Without getting into specifics, this means that we will not be expecting a payment for quite some time.

For an independent business like mine, this could prove to be the end of Suburban Home if we don’t do something about it. Imagine if your household did not receive any income for three months.

To get to the point, we need your help. We need to raise $20,000 over the next month and a half, or Suburban Home could be forced to close. This means that if 400 of you can find it in your hearts to each spend around $50 on our compact discs, t-shirts, and zines,(we are always adding new merch and records to our site) this would be enough to get us through this hard time. Also, there will be a series of benefit shows to save Suburban Home, and I want to thank all the bands that have already agreed to donate their time and talent.

The future of Suburban Home Records is bright if we can get through this. We have so many great releases planned in the near future including new records by The Gamits, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Stereotyperider, Mike Park, Laymen Terms, Adventures of Jet, and others. Our distributed labels(Negative Progression, Fastmusic, Double Zero, Law of Inertia, Goodfellow, Attention Deficit Disorder, Dying Wish, Soda Jerk, Status, and Grey Flight) will also be releasing new independent music throughout the year, and I would hate to see this be the end of our relationship together.

In closing, if you could find it in your hearts to help us out, we will be forever in your service.

On behalf of everyone at Suburban Home Records and myself,

Your friend through music,

Virgil Dickerson


http://www.suburbanhomerecords.com/