Hi Everyone,

I want to thank everyone who took the time to join us last week in New Orleans for RSD Summer Camp and for all of the support that makes it possible for us to have that event. It was wonderful to see so many of your faces. I always look forward to those moments of connection. Seeing our part of the industry gathered and all the conversations that happen leave me reinvigorated to get back to business.

We spend a lot of time, especially in the sidebars of that gathering talking about the powerful effect of music. It is one of the few things that can take you back to such a specific time in your life. That happened to me very randomly this morning. As I sat down to start the day, I put on an old, saved playlist. The song "Let the Cool Goddess Rust Away" by the band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah came on. It was from their debut self-titled. I haven’t listened to them in a while, but the second that track came on I had to start the album from the beginning and listen to it start to finish. It is such a sentimental record for me because it came out the first year I was with CIMS/ThinkIndie. It really is a soundtrack of a very specific and exciting time for me.

The band didn’t have a deal and they were trying to ship CDs out of their apartment. They got a killer Pitchfork review and they couldn’t really keep up with the demand. Don (CIMS President at the time) was able to get in touch with the band and before we knew it ThinkIndie was shipping a lot of that CD to record stores all over the country. Our whole office was really, really obsessed with the record and we probably all listened to it hundreds of times- back when you did that with albums. Anyway, it really took me back to the excitement of that time. That first taste of really being into a band and loving what they made and even being able to play a small part in it reaching more people. I think that is the fun and exciting part of doing what we do. Coming back to it all these years later, I still love that record- so if you are looking for a suggestion today…you might consider giving it a spin.

Here are the charts,
Andrea

Andrea Paschal
Executive Director
Coalition of Independent Music Stores
ThinkIndie Distribution
3738 4th Terrace North
Birmingham, AL 35222
Phone: 205.595.1932 x.208
Fax: 205.595.1938
Email : andrea@cimsmusic.com
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