A big Thank You to everyone whose donated!
This is our first update and we've been busy with lots of exciting work to update you on!
Media response has been amazing with coverage in The Guardian, The Independant, Music Week, and a full page in the NME (to the right.) This coverage is allowing us to reach out to audiences who may not have heard of Occupy before and exposing them to our message. Links to coverage is listed below:
The Guardian: Occupation Records test City limits with protest benefit album
The Independant: "Never mind the Sex Pistols - punk artist backs Occupy"
We have also had to push back the release date for Folk the Banks to March 19th. This was done due to our decision not to use iTunes or Amazon based on their human and labour rights violations. This decision is already making waves in the music industry with coverage in Digital Spy and The Guardian qouting Ronan McNern from Occupation Records in their coverage of Apple response to public pressure:
Digital Spy: "Occupation Records shuns Apple, Amazon over "labour violations"
The Guardian: Apple supplier audit begins with Foxconn plant
This is the original piece in the Huffington Post by Occupation Records' Adam Jung, who handles Artist and Industry Relations:
Huffington Post: iOccupy: Occupation Records Challenge to the Music Industry
The pressure on Apple and Amazon is growing and Occupation records, as a part of bringing the ethos of Occupy into the music industry is adding to the discussion. This is unprecendented for a small new label and shows the power Occupy is building.
We're hard at work securing the licenses for the album, meeting with artists and supporters, securing tracks from both established, well-known artists and undiscovered artists from within the Occupy movement for the next album and preparing for an amazing day tomorrow at Occupation Records' "School of Rockupy" for children 12-18 years old. We'll update you on that over the weekend!
To help get you as excited for the Folk the Banks album we're including a video created by one of the lesser known artists on the album. Ryan Harvey is an organizer with Occupy Baltimore, has played Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, and has just begun a tour of the Occupy sites around the states. He's played with Tom Morello, Billy Bragg, and Steve Earle. Enjoy! - Ryan Harvey, "See It Through," Folk the Banks!
We've reached nearly 20% of our goal - AMAZING - but we still have a way to go. Please spread the Sponsume site far and wide: to family, to friends, on your facebook, through twitter, and any other creative ways you can think to spread the word! Thank you again for being a part of this great project!
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