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Metal Hardcore Brotherhood:
DAY OF THE LOCUST ELCTRIKCHAIR [electric chair]
ATROPHY
AS MY VICTIMS BLEED
GRAVESTORM
UNDER SHALLOW GROUND
TRUTH IN RUIN
Phil Webb [lyricist]
Subscribe to email list Enter your email address then submit Membership Benefits: Manage your own band with the benefit of advice and assistance from our nation-wide network. You won't be stuck playing to a bar owner and one or two of his employees. You will participate in putting shows together. You will receive full disclosure [an itemized list of expenses] for every event. After expenses, you will be paid your fair share of proceeds unless you agree to perform for free for benefit purposes. You will be booked with D2DMN assoiciated touring bands nation-wide and participate in tour planning. Your band will never be intentionally down-miked again. What does it cost to join? 'It's FREE' Conditions: Metal and Hardcore Only You or a parent [legal guardian] must sign a legally enforceable pledge agreement. A better question is; what is it costing not to join? JOIN DUST2DUST MUSIC NETWORK EMAIL REQUESTS FOR DETAILS [INCLUDE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME, STREET ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER:] IF YOU EXPECT US TO TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY. MEMBERSHIP APPROVAL IS CONTINGENT UPON A FAVORABLE D2DMN COMMITTEE DECISION. MEMBERSHIP IS OFFICIAL ONLY UPON RECEIPT OF WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM D2DMN OFFICIALS D2DMN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO APPROVE OR DENY MEMBERSHIP AT ITS SOLE DISCRETION, ALL MEMBERSHIPS ARE IMMEDIATELY CANCELABLE WITHOUT NOTICE AT THE DISCRETION OF D2DMN OFFICIALS DONOR/SPONSOR/INVESTOR Email Dust2Dust Music: dust2dustmusic@dust2dustmusic.com Support the ideals of underground music. Earn respect, have your business name published on this site or be an anonymous contributor and your personal information will remain confidential. |
elctrikchair Pronounced electric chair SUMMER RAMPAGE WARNING: Individuals, agencies or businesses who repeatedly engage in illegal behavior will be prosecuted in the appropriate legal forum.. Dust2Dust Music Network USA is offering a $10,000.00 cash reward for information leading to and resulting in the successful prosecution of any person or persons engaging in activities intended to damage or impede the business efforts of Dust2Dust Music Network USA, member bands, and/or Dust2Dust Music Network USA, the metal hardcore entity. Please send related information via email to: Identities will remain confidential except to the extent necessary to seek legal redress in an appropriate legal forum.
Dust2Dust Music Network Mission: Provide safe, drug free music forum that respects and obeys the law; strengthening community among citizens and business/musician artists through a professional business cooperative. Bring people together who are committed to working to achieve common goals in their community by; inspiring and empowering independent artist performers of all ages. A network of business professionals willing to provide information sources, leadership, management skills to ensure knowledge and participation in promulgating music related legislation, encourage forum [venue] access and fair treatment by media, record labels, corporate entities, music promoters, talent recruiters, managers and tour organizers. Underground Wisdom Every free show you play is mainstream commodity [profit] and an insult to the underground. Don't be unrealistic but you deserve pay for your work. If you don't request it, it won't be offered and you devalue every underground band trying to survive. The harder you work, the more justified you are in asking. "A little something goes a long way toward saying, you're music is worth more than nothing." Would you take a job, put in weeks of hard work and let your boss refuse to pay you? It's real world, be real. Independent artists with a DIY [Do It Yourself] approach, hosting professionally designed 'for profit and charity' independent music events. D2DMN reserves the right to terminate any membership and/or sponsorship at any time with or without notice and/or justification other than that deemed appropriate by D2DMN. Network Offers:
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Network Sponsors Some of the Nations Best at Indianapolis Metal Fest II 2008 Indianapolis Metal Fest II hosted by Mistress Juliya at the Madame Walker Theatre in Indianapolis will be held September 26th and 27th. The fest will mark a milestone for Dust2Dust Music Network USA, recently emerging on the national music scene as a strong advocate of metal and hardcore bands. Network officials announced the following metal band sponsorships at Indianapolis Metal Fest II, referring to this year's sponsored bands as 'some of the world's best.': Hear the latest updates on the exciting Indianapolis Metal Fest II lineup. Click the 'myspace' tab on the official fest site [icon below]. Born in the underground, diverse and resilient. This thrash/progessive gem is primed to unleash political metal fury. They've got to be one of the best metal bands in the country. Refined, ear shattering, shearing quality vocals will make the dead rise. Metal as hell. Aggressive, polished vocals, unrestrained metal. You want to get to know a real lady. Know 'The Clincher,' hot, unbridled, dark thunder.' Born of Maiden, vocal mastery, the perfect addition to the best American fest ever! The metal bridge between generations of power metal, heavy metal and metal's longstanding legacy.
Cry Babies The modern deceptions come from a different angle. Countless online websites invite your band to sell its music on their site. All you have to do is join. BEE CAREFUL! The small box you're required to check before you can upload your music to be sold on their website is a legally binding contract. The print is microscopic but could be huge in its repercussions. It won't be revealed in most cases because most bands won't generate large revenues. However, the numbers are a bonus for the website owners because a few bucks from each song added by millions of bands adds up to billions over time. Additionally, keep in mind that if your band becomes one of the fortunate few to have a song that goes global, you may have already signed all the rights to that money away. We recommend you don't check or sign anything without having your family attorney scrutinize [read and understand] it. Nothing the website owners are doing is illegal, in most cases, its just that its designed to take advantage of your carelessness. If you're committed to becoming a force as a legitimate independent underground metal band be prepared to be under constant attack from all fronts at all times. Let me explain. First let's make the distinction between the 'underground' and the 'mainstream.' In order to remain legitimately underground you must remain 'independent.' So what does independent mean? It means, on your own. We are amused when some businesses camouflage themselves as 'independent' then market their organization with a budget that's easily recognized as 'big business', 'big bank' money. Not that borrowing money to run a business is a bad thing. It's the level of borrowing that dictates the amount of control and influence a lending institution has over an organization. A thousand dollar micro-loan from Hickville State Bank isn't our idea of 'big business.' However, if you're borrowing hundreds of thousands of dollars or sponsored by an organization that is throwing millions or billions into the mix, you are 'mainstream' not 'independent.' Mainstream corporations are committed to cornering the market because every penny they lose to you comes out of profit they need to pay back their financiers [investors or banks]. They're bent on destroying the competition, which is why you MUST be committed to destroying the mainstream. You won't survive being a nice guy. Unfortunately, the adage 'nice guys finish last' rings of truth in American business. You'll never succeed in destroying them but if you don't approach it with that attitude you won't survive. DUST2DUST MUSIC NETWORK USA exists for independent bands and artists not mainstream acts, here's why: Mainstream bands and artists don't need support from anyone outside their giant corporate vehicles, they already have the best of the best at their fingertips, if you like FAKE music. What is fake music? Technology is what it is. With the right equipment a mainstream sound engineer can take the worst singer in their church choir, record his/her voice, edit every note and make the end product sound 'mainstream' perfect. We refer to that result as 'over-produced recording.' It's deceptive because individuals who can't play their instruments can be made to sound like incredible 'mainstream' talents. All the consumer ever knows is that what they hear on the radio sounds 'amazing.' Wow! So who benefits from the mainstream? Nothing against rich kids, but the fact is, rich kids are the only benefactors. Richie Rich is alive and well. The Back Door Boys [names were changed to protect the not so innocent] were no accident or talent pool. Wealthy parents [former hollywood types who became wealthy in the stone age are working hard to recreate themselves for the cyberstage.] A few exceptions do exist where talent was actually inherited but you can bet they don't have to work for it. Technology is permitting a broadening of the scope of this 'mainstream' deceit. Now, with enough money invested, an individual can be made to sound just as 'amazing' on stage as they do in a recording. But take away the technology and make those same 'mainstream' acts perform live on real instruments without the benefit of their toys and the consumers will be in shock. You think Ashlee Simpson and Milli Vanilli were frauds, examine the 'mainstream' with a low powered microscope, you'll be stunned. So why not jump on board the 'mainstream' beast and ride it for all its worth? Because you will never ride for free, you will either pay, virtually every ounce of what you stand to earn, or they will devour you and split you out like vomit once you can no longer demonstrate value to them and if you didn't negotiate before you signed, you're going to be defenseless at the end. The old adage said, you tour endlessly, be seen by as many people as you can and eventually, if you're good enough, some major label will 'discover' and sign you. If you believe that, I've got a lake on the surface of the sun I'll sell you, cheap. Here's reality 2008. No major label on the planet is going to show interest in your band or sign your band unless you demonstrate promise that you will make them a lot of money. Remember, I said, 'them' not you! Today any band that says, "We wanna get signed may as well be saying, "We wanna get f?#ked." Historically, it's true. Oh, there are still the remnants of days gone-by, the legendary bands, the icons everyone keeps trying desperately to hold on to; the sounds of bands that can hardly walk anymore; but whose music the record labels own rights to and keep flooding the mainstream media with, why? Because the marketing around those bands still makes money for the label, royalties tied to music sales, image sales [dolls], tee shirt sales and practically anything else with a 'mainstream' band name on it that will sell to the unsuspecting consumer. Some of those signed bands are actually wealthy because of the marketing but that was then, now is now. Many of those sounds of yesteryear are re-produced which would become evident if you could hear the original tracks and compare them to the tracks being marketed in the mainstream media now. Geez, get over it, butt rock, hair metal, glam metal and disco are over and not coming back. Your parents thought your music sucked when they heard it and you relished their hatred for it, now we think your music sucks and and if we have it right, there isn't a parent out there that likes our sound. That's as it should be, its a new era. The facts: Most 'mainstream' bands are but a shadow of the original band. Some have been completely gutted, that's right gutted. Not a single member of the band is an original member. How could that happen? Well, in the old days, record labels required bands to sign contracts with tons of small print in them. Many of the bands never noticed the small print. They focused on the millions promised up-front to promote the band. They honestly believed they were finally going to make some money. They paid the price later when they realized there were 'reciprocity' [you didn't sell enough, so you owe us] clauses in the contract and that the band had promised to sell a million plus records a year or pay the difference back to the label. Pity the bands that didn't make quota. It's still happening today! Oh, yes; and many bands didn't even notice that they had unwittingly signed away their band name to the record label. The result, the record label was now free to replace every band member, keep the band name for marketing purposes and make billions for themselves. All the while letting the uninformed consumer believe it was the same 'incredible' band. As a successful independent band you're going to be under constant attack. Emphasis on 'successful.' If you aren't getting enough interest to get noticed, the 'mainstream' won't consider you a threat and most likely will feed you a steady diet of deceit [lies] to make you feel like trying to do it without them is hopeless. Why? Because any independent band that manages to sell their music outside the mainstream, meaning; without giving the mainstream a 'cut,' [most of your money] is in fact, cutting into the mainstream market. The mainstream perception is that they risk losing money to you because, you, the musician artist, are actually getting paid. Damn, that's a novel idea, isn't it. Click to hear underground metal from Dust2Dust Music Network contracted artists:
Dust2Dust Music Network forms national alliance with the highly regarded New York Death Militia A special thanks to N.Y.D.M., the incredible bands listed below that volunteered their talent and all the killer fans that showed up to support a great cause and metal.
Elctrikchair performed in front of a packed house at Lincoln, Nebraska's 'Box Awesome.' This benefit show was held on behalf of victims of Muscular Dystrophy and marks the beginning of D2DMN's anticipated long term business relationship with New York Death Militia.
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Beat It Down With All the Other Poor B#%tards So does anyone really care, the mainstream is still what it's always been which is why we want no part of it. We live in reality, they live in a bubble. Let's cross over and give them a reality check. Let's face it, we're content with who we are, where we are and they're trying to steal our stage. If becoming rich is your goal in life, you don't belong. But if becoming rich is a result of your being 'real' 'We Want You!!!' Aliens From Earth How'd we get here? Who owns and controls the music industry? You hear wholesale names like Clear Channel, Rupert Merdoch and ASCAP, are they the gods of music? The truth of the matter is, it depends. On what? Who has political power in the United States of America at the given time. Huh? Not long ago, these two political forces met, in court. Neither could defeat the other, so they settled. The settlement essentially says, without actually saying so, when we're in political power, we control. It's more the political landscape than the court settlement that dictates reality. Well here's a short version of Political Science 101. Clear Channel and Rupert Merdoch are 'mainstream' moguls and organizations like ASCAP are non-partisan [don't exclude any political party] businesses, some with union affiliations. Mainstream moguls are on the 'Right [Conservative-Major Corporate] and union folks [Some Major Corporate] with union affiliations, are generally 'Left,' [Liberal]. Both groups have tremendous power and money, especially when their party is in power, that is; their President and their Congress are controlling the country. We are aliens in our own country. We don't care if you're right, left, independent or uninvolved. All are welcome here if you are real. It doesn't even matter if you or your family have a few bucks as long as you don't think money is going to buy you anything you want, it won't here. No one is looking out for our interests, we inherit the in enviable task of pulling together to look out for ourselves. DUST2DUST MUSIC NETWORK ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS Submit your music and receive free air play in the U.S., mail your professionally recorded music CD and/or press kit to: DUST2DUST MUSIC NETWORK A/R Department 9674-296 E. Arapahoe Rd. Greenwood Village, CO 80112-3757 Office: 303 617 8811 What qualifies anyone to judge your music?
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