Archive for August, 2009

Start donating today!!!

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Hi all –

Music Soldiers has teamed up with Mannequin Vanity Records for their next charity event to be held on Saturday, September 26 @ Kenny’s Castaways. All proceeds will go towards finding a cure for Type I Diabetes.

See the poster below for a peep at the stellar line-up, including Donnell Rawlings of Chappelle’s Show, Sabrina and Giorgio of Rising Soul Productions, and The Plastic Revolution.  The night will be hosted by Kaitlin Colombo of Last Comic Standing.

Also, if you cannot attend, please consider throwing a small donation towards Justin’s Cure right here.


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Words We Like — and A Deal We Can Live With.

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Chew on these, that’s rights — chew on them … and then quit complaining about how bad things are.

Help me, help you — I’ll scratch your back, if you scratch mine. It’s simple really, and comes down to some key terms and the start of something new for everyone in music.

Revolution
Self-Reliance
Self-Promotion
Community

Survive, thrive, and keep on moving.

After we get these things straight, you can build a strong army:

I’ll write an artist bio for you, if you hook me up with a freelance gig.
I’ll even write a marketing plan for you if you buy me dinner … for a week.
I’ll refer you to an affordable, yet bad-ass, photographer if you hook up a fellow soldier with a gig.

And one last thing, if this isn’t doing it for yourself, I don’t know what is; albeit, it’s Jack White, I understand this, but the band is giving you everything you need on one site, people:

Rock & Roll, Rain or Shine

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Follow the Followill boys we did – straight to the Today Show at four in the morning AND stayed while it rained. Couldn’t have asked for anything more. That’s what Music Soldiers do to support the road warriors we love.