Pretty Black Chains Seek Help in Getting to SXSW
The Pretty Black Chains are preparing for the South By Southwest events this year, and over the weekend they sent out this request for help. We all know these guys — they’re not claiming to be Nigerian princes asking for a small loan that will return them to power. They just need help with gas, food and lodging. Here’s their note.
We are contacting you because the time has come again for us to make our annual trip down to Austin, Texas for the SXSW Festival. We are proud to be playing, as we do every year, at the Buffalo Lounge. The buffalo lounge is a showcase hosted by Oklahoma’s Film and Music Organization that strictly highlights Oklahoma’s talent.
As you may know, this event can be somewhat straining financially for a number of reasons, but mainly equipment, gas, and housing costs. For instance, last year, our van decided to die in the driveway of our living space, costing us $1,200 in repairs.
We are merely reaching out to people and businesses to see if any of you would be willing to contribute anything towards our endeavors this year. Many of you were able to last year, and we appreciated it beyond words. It really saved our butts, especially considering our van situation
We don’t know what we would’ve done without the support we received.
Our goal every year at SXSW (and any other concert for that matter) is to represent and direct attention to the amazing abundance of talent that resides here in Oklahoma, more specifically, OKC. We love being from Oklahoma City, and we love what’s going on here. It is important to the growth of the community that we take special care to highlight the city’s intellectual and artistic growth.
We would very much like to support any of you in any way we can in return for whatever financial help you can provide. This could be anything from shows, acoustic shows, guest appearances, mentions on fliers, stickers on our gear, or just good old fashioned promotion. Bands get a lot of press at events such as this, and we were able to mention and give shout outs to plenty of our friends and businesses last year. As a local business owner and band ourselves, we understand the importance of getting the word out in order for our livelihoods to grow. We are super proud and enthusiastic of this city and state and make it known every chance we get.
We aren’t asking for much, it’s whatever you can do. $5, $500, $1000, whatever. Anything helps. If you would like to make a donation, please contact:
Derek Knowlton at prettyblackchains@gmail.com or 405-312-1677Thank you for reading this. See you in Austin
Any other bands or musicians are free to contact StaticBlog and post their own requests for help. We know how expensive it can be to participate in SXSW, but it’s also important to be there, if possible.
Thanks,
Lang
glang@opubco.com
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