Help represent the Forum and Label at Billboard DMS 2006!!

misskatiemo · Post by **misskatiemo** » Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:54 am

bit of a bump to tahnk those that have stepped up and echo what he said above ^

HUGE opportunity!

pressing issues · Post by **pressing issues** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:59 pm

Thanks to Cali South Bay Dubsteppers...

Current Total:

$52 USD

ozeb · Post by **ozeb** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:19 pm

$98 bucks away from the goal and only 6 days to make it happen...

I will be posting a jpg of the flyer as soon as Subtek has it ready...

If 50 people each gave 2 dollars (1 pound) we would be in the clear. Think of what Ivan and this board have done for the community! Anything I can do to cement the perception of the forum as a cornerstone of the scene I will do... and this trio of internationally attended and recognized conferences seems a perfect avenue to promote.

Again, any help is really appreciated.

Thank you all in advance.

http://pressing-issues.co.uk/donate.html

ytee · Post by **ytee** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:08 pm

Come on guys, just have one last stella, help support the boys and your dubstep community......

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:16 pm

this is an important oportunity people - just a few dollars!

pressing issues · Post by **pressing issues** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 6:39 am

Many thanks to the Oakland massive!

Current Total:

$57 USD

alien pimp · Post by **alien pimp** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:47 pm

this service is not available for romania

i want to have a small contribution too!

sick boy · Post by **sick boy** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:04 pm

I'll donate too after I get off class.

I really like to see people in the dubstep scene really organizing themselves and trying to push forward their culture in a concerted, realistic manner.

I wish I could say the same about the grime boys.

ozeb · Post by **ozeb** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:20 pm

Thanks Sick Boy! We are excited about the coming year - gwan blow ting up

Hey Silviu! I'll throw in 5 bucks for you and you can get me the next time I see you

Maybe we could meet in CZ or something haha I need a vacation!

alien pimp · Post by **alien pimp** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:24 pm

ozeb: nice one dude, i won't owe it to you for long

but why cz? much nicer girls here dude!

ozeb · Post by **ozeb** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:25 pm

alien pimp wrote:ozeb: nice one dude, i won't owe it to you for long
but why cz? much nicer girls here dude!

don't disgrace my motherland, you!!!

hahaha

alien pimp · Post by **alien pimp** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:32 pm

you see, you've just called it motherland, just come to the daughterland

pressing issues · Post by **pressing issues** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:42 pm

Thank you to another of our toasting chatter family for their generous donation!

Current Total:

$77 USD

pressing issues · Post by **pressing issues** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:45 pm

Flyer is at the printers...

Your help is truly appreciated - our startup expenses have been substantial so any costs incurred right now are covered by the committee volunteers. We will have 5000 of these and are willing to ship some out to anyone who will pay for postage.

Thanks for your support!!!

The PI Team

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:09 pm

i978 · Post by **i978** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 11:05 am

I really like the idea behind Pressing Issues and huge respect to everyone involved for giving their time and energy to what will hopefully remain a community based label. $2.00 is an insignificant amount of money for most people on the forum. Donating this amount to PI is a good way for forum members to contribute to the development of an alternative, more egalitarian model of label ownership and management as well as Dubstep itself.

That said, if you're going to ask forum members for donations it really needs to be for something with a definite purpose and tangible benefit. Funding someone's jolly in Vegas doesn't seem very productive to me. What on earth do you hope to achieve by handing out flyers at a business conference? Making "Industry" contacts, perhaps? - Why do you need to do this? The fact that this is a "Billboard" conference should really set alarm bells ringing.

I would like to contribute but I'm not at all convinced.

ozeb · Post by **ozeb** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:20 pm

i978 wrote:That said, if you're going to ask forum members for donations it really needs to be for something with a definite purpose and tangible benefit. Funding someone's jolly in Vegas doesn't seem very productive to me. What on earth do you hope to achieve by handing out flyers at a business conference? Making "Industry" contacts, perhaps? - Why do you need to do this? The fact that this is a "Billboard" conference should really set alarm bells ringing.

I would like to contribute but I'm not at all convinced.

I respect your opinion but the only person funding jollies here is me

I am paying for my own hotel and conference fees. I also respect that the scene in the UK may have already found footing but this exercise does have value here where "dubstep" is on the tip of people's tongues - a wider audience is aware of the potential but do not fully understand it's position or value.

If your concern is that the promotion will only reach industry executives and therefore have no value (with which I would have to disagree), the flyers will also be distributed at the Summer Music Conference and the Love Fest parade which was attended by 70,000 people last year.

http://www.summermusicconference.net/
http://www.sflovefest.org/

We are also willing to ship a stack to any local group trying to push the sound.

I am sorry you don't see value in this exercise and I recognize your concerns. There is no profit to be made here, no major expense being funded and I believe the promotion will reach a potential new audience and industry attention for the sound.

If you would like to discuss this further with me I would be happy to take it offline in PM or IM so as not to derail the thread.

alex bk-bk · Post by **alex bk-bk** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:22 pm

slitting my wrists right about now

ms hathaway · Post by **ms hathaway** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:38 pm

donated. i wish i could afford to go out there and help hand out the flyers too

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Sep 15, 2006 3:46 pm

ms hathaway wrote:donated. i wish i could afford to go out there and help hand out the flyers too

Respect. That the way you do it.

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