attn wisconsin bands...My name is Bill Arthur i am a musician from Milwaukee Wisconsin some of you might know me from the band TEST PILOT ,over the past 10 years ive been on and off playing shows and making great friends in the music world but one thing that always concerned me and that was the lack of musicians support for other musicians yeah there is the ocassional show that has a great turn out but its always the same people.Now dont get me wrong! all those people are awsome and loyal but it doesnt help the building of a fan base for a hard working group .In my opinion it shouldnt matter what style of music our bands play we should start looking at a bigger picture and that is getting together and doing shows without discrimenation twards other styles so fuckin what! if your a metalhead or a punkrocker get in contact with that emo band even if thats not your kind of music there is shit loads kids out ther that love all these styles and may never get a chance to see and love your band until you play out of that box ,and the same applies the other way . I feel by getting together and becoming a union of bands that all know each other and play together regularly ,will in the future creat a big diference in turn outs at shows,album sales,friends and an actual music scene in milwaukee,madison,greenbay and all surrounding cities here in wisconsin....With that said i would like to invite any bands who feel that what i have said is worth a try to become apart of the cheese and beer volume 1 compilation ,any style from jazz to hip hop from metal to emo from punk rock to funk rock so on and so on theres no label no suit and ties to answer to theres no hidden obligations just a you and several other musicians/bands getting together and supporting this project.
now i know your saying...what is this shit going to cost?
i have figured out that if i can get 20 bands for this compilation it would cost 1,900 dollars to put out 2000 cds that means each band would have to raise 100 dollars if thers 4 people in you band thats only 25 bucks a person which i feel is a good deal for your music to be on 2000 cds agreed. after i get 20 bands confirmed slots on the cd i will hold a quick meeting at a local bar or club to go over dates ,details and collect funds.
i will also be printing up a easy no bull contract basicly stating that you have paid you 100 to be on the cd and it will confirm that you will recive 100 of the 2000 cds on the date which will be determand late october.
why is it called cheese and beer?
because plain and simple most people only associate wisconsin with beer drinking cheese eating yokals which we all know is not completely true, there is a lot more to our great state ...there are very talented band and artist also some of the most uniqe people ive ever seen and believe me ive been alot of places in the usa and no place seems to be like home.
when will the cd be released you ask? well that will be established as soon as all bands are confirmed , im hoping to have this put out before christmas 2007 but that will be up to you and the other bands involved .
lets say this gets rolling very smoothly and we have all the bands lined up by november 1st then i would say we could have the cds in our hand by the 15th. I will be using disckmakers which im sure alot of you are familiar with already they are very reliable and have a quick duplication turnaround of ten days give or take after they recive the master copy.dose cheese and beer have any bands yet?
yes there is 6 bands that have shown an interset as of 9/27/07...
test pilot
anura
red letter diaries
living dread
40oz fist
dub district
41 twin
the invaders
atrocious
kill courtney
blame vainglorynow not all of these bands are 100% confirmend but have shown an interst and i hope they all decide to go with this project idea.do we pay any thing after we get our 100 cds?
no way no how im not in any way shape or form trying to make a profit the 100 you pay is the only thing you pay i want each band to sell there cds and make there money back lets say you decide to sell them for 5 bucks a pop you get 5oo dollars for new mics, a p.a beer or what ever you may spend it on. but keep in mind if this works out as well as i hope it will, there will be more compilations put out so you may want to save a 100 of your profit to do another comp but thats up to you.why should i get involved when i could put a hundred cds out myself?
it simple think about it you could put out 100 cds on your own which you should do or have done at some point .. but let me say from expeirence that it is hard as hell to sell cds when its just a few guys working at it thats why this project is key there will be 20 bands lets say the average of 4 people a band with 20 bands thats 80 people out there seling your music. look tada! you now have a street team of 80 people selling cds.
its not rocket science.look i know its hard to trust people these days and that probably why you are not sure about dishing out 100 bucks... but to me getting bands to come together is the first step so even if you dont want to get in on this cd send me your show dates and i will post them on our site any way i can help i will and keep in mind other bands that you might not ever see your self playing with might have a fan that would be touched or moved by your music .so with all this said rock on and get
connected wisconsin!!!cheers- Bill Arthur (cheese and beer)
