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Anonymous asked: Is EIY still going to have press correspondents this year at Warped?
Yes! We are organizing local “Chapters” who will represent us at Warped in select cities and report back for the EIY blog! All you have to do is join or start your local EIY Chapter. Find out more here: http://earnityourself.com/warpedtour
Anonymous asked: i was wondering if you knew any organizations that are looking for volunteers on warped this year?
Earn It Yourself is offering volunteer spots all summer on the Warped Tour. All you have to do is join (or start) your local EIY Chapter: http://earnityourself.com/chapters
Check out what the EIY PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER is doing! -
Hey, if you haven’t heard already, we’re having a BBQ/potluck/meet-up in FDR park on May 28th. Come by and promote whatever it is your doing (be it making tunes, taking pictures, running a ‘zine, promoting shows, or just being a fan)! Bring your promo materials or bring your friends! Maybe even bring an instrument or two! Contact us if you want more information on twitter or here in our ask box or you can tweet directly at Becca or Megan!
Also, make sure you sign up and introduce yourself on the Philadelphia page of the EIY website!
Check out Indie Ambassador’s interview with EIY founder Sarah Saturday!
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Sarah Saturday is an accomplished musician, web designer, and Warped Tour veteran, but most notably she’s the founder of the Earn It Yourself movement. As staunch believers in the DIY ethos, we’ve followed the evolution of EIY and were psyched to finally catch up with Sarah to talk about the project. Earn It Yourself, or EIY, is an ethical ideology used by Saturday in her work with alternative and DIY musicians throughout the country, to encourage these aspiring artists to develop communal roots and to “do the right thing” in regards to their motives and business practices. Since its inception in 2006, EIY has evolved from an online forum and resource to a full blown movement that includes workshops at Warped Tour and a number of local EIY chapters across the country.
Find the interview with Sarah below that covers her background, the EIY spirit, its connection with Warped Tour and where Earn It Yourself is headed in 2012.
READ THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE
Today is the day to get out and support your local independent record store! Go buy music from your favorite artists at your nearest brick and mortar shop and help keep underground music (and the people who promote it) alive and well. Find a participating record store near you at www.recordstoreday.com. From RSD’s website:
The original idea for Record Store Day was conceived by Chris Brown, and was founded in 2007 by Eric Levin, Michael Kurtz, Carrie Colliton, Amy Dorfman, Don Van Cleave and Brian Poehner as a celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally.
This is the one day that all of the independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music. Special vinyl and CD releases and various promotional products are made exclusively for the day and hundreds of artists in the United States and in various countries across the globe make special appearances and performances. Festivities include performances, cook-outs, body painting, meet & greets with artists, parades, djs spinning records and on and on. Metallica officially kicked off Record Store Day at Rasputin Music in San Francisco on April 19, 2008 and Record Store Day is now celebrated the third Saturday every April.
100sleeplessnights asked: I heard briefly of EIY in years past, but I now definitely want to get involved this summer. Have dates for local meet-ups and such been established yet?
We are doing all kinds of things this summer: Local EIY Chapters, Project Warped Tour, daily meet-ups (on the phone?), a podcast — and more! Read the latest in the blog and join the new EIY messageboard at earnityourself.com!
: EIY Chapters Formed! Get involved with your local scene + Vans Warped Tour! -
EIY is in full force this year, and many chapters have already started their plan of attack for Warped Tour. Imagine going to Warped Tour and seeing a booth fully designated to your local music scene…you could help create that!
WHAT EIY IS DOING AT WARPED THIS YEAR: …
: GET INVOLVED W/ VANS WARPED TOUR 2012 + EARN IT YOURSELF! -
In case you missed the HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT on earnityourself.com last week, plans for WARPED TOUR 2012 were rolled out, and we want you guys to get involved! For those of you who are unfamiliar with EIY, it was founded by an awesome person named Sarah Saturday who devotes much of her time to…
http://tinychat.com/wearethekids#
Click the link to hear from Sarah Saturday and local EIY Chapter leaders!