Voodoo Needs Money

It is official. Voodoo Rhythm needs donations fast. Here is the original e-mail I received. It came from Slow Boat Films.

APPEAL FOR FUNDS

Hello, this might be a bit of a strange E-Mail. I have treated bands very fairly since I've started Voodoo Rhythm and have given them their records for cost price so that they could make a solid profit when selling their records on tour (we all know payouts are lousy nowadays). I did approach the SUISA (Copyright Company, musicians' union) and informed them of the nature of my agreement with the bands. Unfortunately I never put it in writing.



Now that is exactly the problem: The SUISA demands payback of a total of 42.500 Swiss Franks (roughly 38.000 US $). Basically they want money for productions that had long been settled. The bitter irony is that bands of course prefer free copies of their album, yet the Suisa is oblivious to this fact and demand the money within 30 days. If we cannot meet their demands we might have to shut down business, since it is completely impossible to for us to raise that kind of money. Therefore we kindly ask for your support. Even if we can pay we will not be able to offer the bands the same deal as before, in spite of the fact that they would much rather get free copies from us as opposed to Suisa money (especially American bands since they don't get any Suisa money at all).




We hope you can help us. We don't want to quit, we want to resume or work and our journey. Plea se transfer funds to the following account and forward this message.




Sincerely,

Reverend Beat-Man

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There was no account listed there, so I e-mailed to see how it could be done. Here's what I received back from Slow Boat:

the site is: wwwv.voodoorhythm.com

it has all the info on the start page.




here the paypal:






paypal:
info@voodoorhythm.com



m.



You can go to www.voodoorhythm.com to learn more. I just got slammed with a phone bill, but I think I may be able to donate some. This is a great label, and it needs to stay afloat. Thanks.