October 17, 2006

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the Engine Room Recordings Street Team Newsletter! Aren't you all so excited? Well you should be because there are so many of you now it's just amazing. We have more than doubled out numbers over the last few weeks and all of the new additions have so much to offer that I know we must have the best street team in the nation. Everyone else would be jealous if they only knew about you lot.

So, last week I went to my first ever concert in New York, well first time as an audience member and not as someone working. I saw Revelation Theory and Evanescence at the Hammerstein and it was pretty sweet. The venue had a really intimate atmosphere with a great crowd. I think I was one of the oldest people there, which is weird cause I'm not that old, but that's the way life goes.

Onto the news! Porter Block will now be releasing his album 'Suburban Sprawl' on November 14th because we have added 3 acoustic songs as well as DVD footage to it. That means we need to get to work. Online promoters, let's get the word out about the changes to the album, where it will be available and the new release daet. You can find it at porterblockmusic.com, borders online, myspace.com/porterblockmusic, amazon.com and itunes.com. So many options, it's just too easy. Concert Promoters I should have already contacted many of you about tomorrows CD Release party, which is still going to go on, and the show this weekend in Jersey, but there is also a show next week in Philly, another in New York and the beginning of November will bring with it a short tour so be ready everyone. All Awareness Reps. in the cities Porter Block is touring in (check the website for dates) should let me know if they'd be interested in doing some audience-draw work. If any shows are coming to your area that would have a similar crowd, prior to the Porter Block show, let me know so I can get you flyers to hand out. Be sure to say something along the lines of "if you like (insert whatever band is playing) then you should check out this band. They're coming (insert date) and you'll really like them." Feel free to elaborate or change it completely.

Goat is also still hard at work. He has shows in New York, Jersey and Philly coming up so, again, we will be needing promoters.

I'm calling a halt to calling AAA radio stations. It's ok to call independent stations and college radio, in fact please do, but please refrain from calling any of the AAA stations. I guess they actually pull artists off the play list if they get calls because they know it's a push or something. In any case, we don't want that so only call independent stations, college stations and, the exception to the AAA rule is if there is a cage match or something like that. Sweet again.

CD Retailers I need you to get in contact with me and let me know how your sales are going. If you haven't sold any don't worry, I won't be upset, just let me know. Maybe I can help you come up with a plan of action so that you can get the ball going. Once you figure out how to sell them it will become easier. Otherwise, if you have sold some then I need our share of the money ($7 per CD comes back to us) and let me know if you would like to sell more so I can send some out to you. I will typically send 6 at a time after the initial 4 are sold. If you need more/less let me know and I will accommodate you. Maximum Sweetness guys.

Meara