I first started music “blogging” many moons ago for a website called Indulged. back then, there was no word called “blog.” I think we called it a Zine… an e-Zine? Or Music Website. How retro.
Good times. Being early in the game, I used to get lots of email and free music. Which was always fun.
Now everyone has a music blog and so no one reads music blogs. Being in a band… you try to get the hype out there, but where do you even start? Bands still send me emails, but I get 10,000 more a day than I used to so I don’t always listen to what’s sent. Any form letter or generic press release…unless I; A) subscribed to B) I already know the band and am excited to hear new music… just gets deleted.
Today I got an email from a PR firm out of London. I was about to pull the flamethrower trigger on the email from Dawbell when I noticed that email was actually addressed to me!
OK, that happens lots, they get my name right…. but then it “seemed” like the dude actually took four secords to read one post. You win Dawbell, I’ll take 4 seconds to read your email.
Echotape – “Came into my Blood”
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Now… you want to get into my heart (generally)… actually send me some music.
The band is called Roll The Tanks. A few weeks (months?) back a Gleek emailed me as they sometimes do when they discover my treasure trove of Cory Monteith interviews and song.
We chat and it seems she is maybe a music promoter? or street teamer for this Hollywood band. I notice they pressed their single “Goodnight Jimmy Lee” on 7 inch vinyl. I ask her to send one, she does! But then I put the record in a random drawer and forgot about it till today.
Here we go.
Roll The Tanks – “Goodnight Jimmy Lee”
Download MP3 >> 01 Goodnight Jimmy Lee
Its fun. Not changing my life…but its punchy.
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This is silly.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
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