10-31-04:UNDISCOVERED
BANDS: SARAH SATURDAY WANTS YOU!
Music's underground is all abuzz: a new website is on the scene.
It's Sarahsaturday.com—the first website that ties together independent
music and philosophy, while offering free music downloads and album
reviews.
Built on the premise that bands can and should use the “Do It Yourself” method
of the punk/indie underground to make and earn a name for themselves,
Sarahsaturday.com presents a new twist on D.I.Y. by suggesting that
bands, labels, and anyone else involved with independent music should
not accept the guilt that people force on them when they succeed. As
long as you have achieved and earned your success without compromising
your integrity or your values, you deserve all the fame and fortune
you want in the world.
This revolutionary new music industry philosophy is called “Earn
It Yourself” (E.I.Y.), a term coined by the creator of the site,
Sarah Saturday. Sarah has been in bands since she was 16, booking
her first D.I.Y. tour when she was 19. She managed and booked her
own band, Saving Face (High Fidelity Records), from 2001 to 2004
before moving to California to take a job as Kevin Lyman's (founder
of the Vans Warped Tour) personal assistant. In her 8 years' experience
writing songs, booking shows, touring, managing, promoting, and running
a website for her independent band, Sarah has learned all about the
underground, and the infamous D.I.Y. lifestyle it entails. When she
saw the scrutiny that bands in the underground faced whenever they
made an attempt to rise out of the basements (including the judgments
made on her own band when they landed opening slots for mainstream
bands such as Everclear, Sugarcult, and Good Charlotte), she decided
it was time to change the way we view success, and those who achieve
it.
Sarahsaturday.com is all about bands who deserve to succeed and
have either been overlooked or are still undiscovered. The site features
reviews of bands on independent labels and bands who are unsigned,
as well as free, downloadable songs by these bands in the music “store” on
the site. The songs are hand-picked by Sarah, who firmly believes
that the best music out there today is being written, recorded, and
distributed under the radar. By reviewing independent releases and
showcasing good songs in her music store, Sarah intends to shine
a spotlight on “the best of the best of underground music.”
Not only does the site feature reviews and free downloads, but is
also home to E.I.Y. (The Zine), a monthly publication dedicated to
naming and defining her philosophy of “Earn It Yourself." Each issue
will feature an interview with an established musician, label owner,
manager, promoter, producer, artist, booking agent, studio engineer,
etc., as well as stories submitted by E.I.Y. bands and their fans,
and will end with a chapter on applying the E.I.Y. philosophy to
your own band—everything from starting a band, to booking a show,
to touring, to releasing your own albums. And to top it all off,
each issue of the zine comes with a free, bonus CD-R (no fancy stuff
here!) compilation of the most-downloaded songs from the music store
that month!
The website also contains an ever-growing list of helpful links
for bands and fans to promote and learn about their scene, as well
as links to sites that will help a band book tours, get merchandise,
find books about the music industry, list their band's upcoming shows,
get affordable websites, and much, much more.
Never before have all of these elements been brought together on
a website that is run by a real person who can speak from experience.
Never before have music lovers had a place to go where they could
discover good songs without having to sift through thousands of terrible
ones first. Never before have bands who deserve to be commended for
their hard work had a place to call home.
Never before, but definitely from now on. Sarahsaturday.com.
10-6-04:
Quite possibly the worst news anyone could have expected on the
eve of the new E.P. and DVD, that Saving Face will be no more.
However, the fact that we all had the privilege of listening
too and interacting with one of the most influential bands of our
generation, in my opinion, was definately an experience that comes
few and far between. I would personally like to thank the members
of Saving Face for making great music that hits home with so many
of their wonderful fans, and for also being great people and interacting
with their fans, the polar opposite for most other bands in this
day and age. Good Luck in all of your future endeavors and never
change. "In this world theres only room for one bright star,
there you are>>Saving Face"
10-4-04:
The CD release has been pushed back till T.B.A. Stay Tuned on when
the CD/DVD will be released!
6-14-04:
Holy Crap!! What a day!! Saving Face Released a new song off of
their new EP, Deadbeat. You can find it on purevolume.com,
and also they are featured on the Pure
Picks section, so go check them out!!!!
6-11-04:CHECK
OUT PUREVOLUME.COM ON
SUNDAY JUNE 13TH!!! Rumor has it that Saving Face is going to be
featured in the PURE PICKS section of the front page of the site!!!Also
check out Saving Face's website for the up and coming DVD release,
and for a clip of it too!!
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