Vote for Visionary Music (please)

Every year there’s a battle of the bands in Lawrence called the Deadwood Derby that starts with a month of online voting. Everybody gets one vote a day and then the top 16 bands compete live. I’ve talked with the organizers and this is a very fair competition - they’ve really done their best to make sure it’s about musicality and a band’s ability to rally friends and fans. So I’m calling on you!

This is a HUGE competition; there’s over $5000 in prizes for first place (listed below). Placing in this would be a considerable leap towards my dreams of professional musicianship.

You DON’T have to live in Lawrence to vote; you just need to be registered on Lawrence.com, which never sends you any email. EVER! So please. If you want to support visionary music:

*Tell your friends to sign up at Lawrence.com and vote for me as frequently as they can through March. Signing up only takes a minute and there is ZERO obligation to Lawrence.com to do anything - it’s just to grant you access to their forums.*

If I place in the top 16, I’ll send everybody who gave me their daily vote prints of my artwork and a copy of my unreleased live/electronic improvisation CD.

Everything you could want to know about the competition you can find out via

www.lawrence.com/contests/deadwoodderby2007/

or by emailing me.

Have a beautiful day!

Prize packages include
• Two Day Demo Package at Daybreak Recording Co. (Approx. $1200 value, includes 50 CDs. Details subject to negotiation with studio)
• $1000-worth of studio time at Black Lodge Studios (must be used within 6 months of Derby win)
• Music video production by Through A Glass Productions (Up to $950-worth of shooting/editing fees to be used for concert video, music video or epk promo videos)
• A full-rights-use professional promo photo, which will also be printed as a full color, double-page spread poster in lawrence.com Deadwood edition
• Graphic design development by Red Hand Media (Creator of our Derby logo; prize includes T-shirts, posters, website, etc.—5 hours total)
• 50 2-color one-sided screenprinted shirts by Blue Collar Press
• 200 pins of any kind by Blue Collar Press
• 24 screenprinted T-shirts by Big Deal Merch
• 90-minute legal consultation and copyright registration by A&E Legal Services for the Derby champion
• 30-minute legal consultation and copyright registration by A&E Legal Services for the three other Final round finalists
• Gift certificates from Kief’s Downtown Music
• Gift certificates from Mass Beverage
• The 5 Final round finalists will appear on The Turnpike
• All 16 finalists will have a live track recorded and produced courtesy of Daybreak Recording. A compilation will be promoted as a free download on lawrence.com