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Fall Of The West Records

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About Me

Three Important Points About Fall Of The West Records:
Not-for-profit. This means that all of the "profit" (if there ever is any) goes back into Fall of the West itself. All of the people involved in running FOTW do it without any monetary compensation. We do it because we enjoy doing it and we really think that music has the potential to change the world.
Collectively-run. All decisions are made by consulting other members involved in running FOTW and by reaching a consensus. While everyone involved acts independently to complete whatever it is they volunteer to do without "supervision", there are no unilateral decisions made.
DIY. Everything that we produce is made in our homes and with our own hands, with a very few exceptions. When there are exceptions to this, we always make it publicly known that something was not made by us. (An example of this is something like pressing for a vinyl release, which we do not have the capability to do ourselves at this point - yet we still print and put together the rest of the packaging.) If there is something that we cannot do ourselves, we try to find another DIY group that can fill that role for us, thus establishing a mutually-supportive relationship.
How We Work With Bands:
We’d also like to take a minute of your time here, if you don’t mind, to explain a little bit about how Fall Of The West works. Our about page explains that we are a DIY label that presses the CDs, prints the artwork, and puts together the packaging ourselves (with the occasional exception). However, as you are the person receiving what we create with the bands – we feel that it would be wise to take a moment to explain to you exactly where your money goes. Obviously, one dollar from each release goes to a Non-profit organization of the artists’ choice. However, money from each album purchased from FOTW also goes directly to the bands (this has an occasional exception if a different process has been worked out with the bands – such as with Captain Chaos). In fact, with these releases, we only take as much money or less than the band receives. This is not necessarily the most financially viable way of operating, we recognize, but we believe it to be the most ethical way that FOTW is in the position to operate under. That means when you receive an album from Fall Of The West Records, you are directly supporting that artist whose music you are enjoying. This is important to us, and we would be ready to speculate that it is important to you as well. This is about working together – for the people who make the music, for the people who help get it out there, and for the people who it touches. So while our prices for albums range anywhere from between 4 to 7 dollars, just recall that a major portion of that is going to the band – and the part that we receive is enough to make up for the amount we put in. While we maybe don’t make much of a "profit" when it comes to money - we think this is the best way to support all bands that work with FOTW, and the most ethical way for us to do so.
IF YOU WANT TO CONTACT US ABOUT SOMETHING IMPORTANT OR URGENT, PLEASE SEND US AN E-MAIL AT [email protected]. Myspace is difficult.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/21/2005
Band Website: fallofthewest.com
Band Members:

    Bookends Captain Chaos The Capstan Shafts The English Work Standard In The Fields of Libertatia Forgotten Voices The Le Nouns The Riot Before This One's On Me David and the Bear Mancub On The Strings Of : Tennessee And The Wolf: Giant Squid's March On Washington:

Record Label: Fall Of The West Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

1/5 update! Forgotten Voices news! Etc!

Hey everyone! Happy New Years from Fall of the West! Hope everyone's 2008 is off to a good start! We've got some exciting news for you today, starting off with the official release of Forgotten Voices...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 05:32:00 PST

FOTW NEWS - 10/20

Hey everyone! Hope your autumn is off to a nice start. Happy Halloween, almost! Anyway, right down to business... We have three bits of news for you today.First off, The Riot Before's 7" titled So Lon...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:22:00 PST

9/9 News - The Riot Before tour CD, 7" pre-orders, and special FOTW promos!

Hi Everyone! Hope everyone is having a great day/week/month/year! Just wanted to keep y'all updated on some of the new stuff going on at FOTW and BEYOND. Well, not really beyond. Except maybe existent...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 03:23:00 PST

FOTW NEWS - 7/14

Hey sweet dudes and ladies! Hope everyone is having a great July so far! As usual, we have lots of exciting news for you so lets get right down to business...First off, we're happy to announce that bo...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 01:41:00 PST

FOTW Mini-Fest/Gator Country Needs Help With Tour!!!!

Hey there everyone! Well, okay, calling it a Fall Of The West fest might be a little excessive - so that's why we're calling it a mini-fest! Ch-ch-check it out:June, 29 2007 at La Hacienda (Felipe's H...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:14:00 PST

June FOTW News!

Hey everyone! We hope you're all having a great summer! It's about to get ten times better because we have a ton of exciting FOTW news for you! Firstly, we just started taking pre-orders for two brand...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:59:00 PST

Plans for the summer!

Fall Of The West Records has a full line up of releases slated for the summer of '07. They will be releasing Gator Country Gator Country (previously In The Fields Of Libertatia)'s very first EP enti...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 09:28:00 PST

A Fond Farewell To A Friend

Dear FOTW friends,Our dear friend and FOTW team member Ben Hutson, also know as Mancub was recently killed in a fatal car accident while on tour. The accident also claimed the lives of his wonderful f...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:13:00 PST

CAPSTAN SHAFTS TAPE AVAILABLE

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Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:11:00 PST

super duper news! (4/2)

First and foremost is the super exciting news that the newest Captain Chaos album is now available! This is Captain Chaos' LAST ALBUM so be sure to check it out! One dollar from each purchase will be ...
Posted by Fall Of The West Records on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:02:00 PST