Before the Music Dies – Get Activated
Friday, September 29th, 2006
Hello everyone. This is Steve from Bside Entertainment (www.bside.com). We’re the distributors for Before the Music Dies — B4MD — in North America.
If you are on this mailing list… it means you love music. You may be a great band, a songwriter, a fan, a student, an indie label, a cool venue, a great radio station, the coolest record store in town, an independent promoter, or something else that ties you to keeping great music alive. First off, thank you for that…
Bside and the B4MD filmmakers are working together to bypass the exploitative Hollywood machinery that suffocates & starves independent filmmakers the same way faceless music industry corporations tend to suffocate & starve original musicmakers.
There is an amazing concentration of music “people” who have responded passionately to the messages in B4MD… and we view the film as a way to spread these messages to the broader masses of music consumers, not just to those — like many of you — who struggle with these issues on a daily basis.
We are officially kicking off our grassroots movement over the next few weeks, and we need the help of all of you to spread the word. We have an exciting plan for bringing the film to music lovers across North America this fall and beyond … whether it be in major markets or small towns that don’t usually get access to independent documentaries. This is the first call to action. Here’s what I’m asking you to do right now:
1) Please view the B4MD trailer on www.myspace.com/beforethemusicdies or www.beforethemusicdies.com. Even if you’ve already seen it, I think it will re-energize you for action as it does me every time I watch it.
2) Please send an e-mail to your friends… asking them to visit www.beforethemusicdies.com, view the trailer, and sign up for this mailing list.
3) If you are a MySpace member, please send a bulletin to your friend network… asking your friends to view the trailer, add B4MD as a MySpace friend, and sign up for the mailing list.
Any help you can provide would be so appreciated. Many of you have waited for months for details on the film’s theatrical release. Now is the time. I’ll continue to keep you posted with updates on our plans for the fall, and other exciting ways to get involved in this movement.
Take care in the meantime,
Steve
Steve Waters
VP Marketing
Bside Entertainment
Hello everyone. This is Steve from Bside Entertainment (www.bside.com). We’re the distributors for Before the Music Dies — B4MD — in North America.
If you are on this mailing list… it means you love music. You may be a great band, a songwriter, a fan, a student, an indie label, a cool venue, a great radio station, the coolest record store in town, an independent promoter, or something else that ties you to keeping great music alive. First off, thank you for that…
Bside and the B4MD filmmakers are working together to bypass the exploitative Hollywood machinery that suffocates & starves independent filmmakers the same way faceless music industry corporations tend to suffocate & starve original musicmakers.
There is an amazing concentration of music “people” who have responded passionately to the messages in B4MD… and we view the film as a way to spread these messages to the broader masses of music consumers, not just to those — like many of you — who struggle with these issues on a daily basis.
We are officially kicking off our grassroots movement over the next few weeks, and we need the help of all of you to spread the word. We have an exciting plan for bringing the film to music lovers across North America this fall and beyond … whether it be in major markets or small towns that don’t usually get access to independent documentaries. This is the first call to action. Here’s what I’m asking you to do right now:
1) Please view the B4MD trailer on www.myspace.com/beforethemusicdies or www.beforethemusicdies.com. Even if you’ve already seen it, I think it will re-energize you for action as it does me every time I watch it.
2) Please send an e-mail to your friends… asking them to visit www.beforethemusicdies.com, view the trailer, and sign up for this mailing list.
3) If you are a MySpace member, please send a bulletin to your friend network… asking your friends to view the trailer, add B4MD as a MySpace friend, and sign up for the mailing list.
Any help you can provide would be so appreciated. Many of you have waited for months for details on the film’s theatrical release. Now is the time. I’ll continue to keep you posted with updates on our plans for the fall, and other exciting ways to get involved in this movement.
Take care in the meantime,
Steve
Steve Waters
VP Marketing
Bside Entertainment
