First, I want to extend a ginormous
THANK YOU to everyone who has supported Sinfinis during the past year. Whether you downloaded a Sinfinis song, came out to a show, bought a CD, forwarded someone a link to the website, took photos or video of a performance, posted flyers around town or throughout cyberspace, harrassed me about the magazine cover shot, tuned in to a radio broadcast, or replied to one of these posts with some encouraging words, I sincerely and humbly thank you for giving your time and attention to my band. 2009 was beautiful and busy. I could not be doing this without people like you.
Here are a few things I'm hoping to see happen during the next 12 months:
1. Expand listenership. Contacting commercial, college, and internet radio stations is crucial to getting one's music heard. It's also immensely time-consuming. If you're willing to help, please send an e-mail message to
info@sinfinis.com.
2. Record more music. New songs are begging for release from their confinement in my mind. Remixes of songs from
The Edge of a Knife are floating somewhere in the space-time continuum, waiting to be captured.
3. Produce a music video. Have ideas. Have professional contacts. Lack funds. Are you / do you know a talented film student in need of portfolio material?
4. Book more shows at venues we haven't played yet. So far, so good! Catch us at the
Firebird on January 21 (with
Sean Renner,
Glitch Factor, and
Final Veil) and at
VooDoo Lounge on February 26 (details TBA)!
5. Offer Sinfinis merchandise. I've never factored things like t-shirts into the budget, but now that a number of people have asked me about them, I am starting to look into ordering a few. Please tell me if you might be interested in purchasing a shirt or some other item that you can proudly display on your person or in your home or office. (Sinfinis coffee mugs? Rulers? Wrist bands? Key chains? Bottle openers? Yo-yos?)
6. Participate in more events with local charities and other community service organizations. Off to a good start...the January 21 show will be sponsored by
LiveFeed. Bring a non-perishable food item to the show and get a FREE CD or other merchandise from one of the artists on the bill!
7. Utilize more social networking tools. Thanks to a good friend and loyal supporter, you can now
follow Sinfinis on Twitter and
become a fan at Reverbnation! And if you haven't already,
add Sinfinis to your network on MySpace and
Facebook.
8. Turn Sinfinis into a more lucrative enterprise. It should be reeeeally obvious by now that I am NOT in this for the money. As many of you know, merely sharing my music has always been more important to me than turning a profit. This is still the case. But let's face it - in order to produce more quality recordings (see items 2 and 3 above), I need cash. So, if you have the dough and the inclination, please
buy a CD, or
share a link to the music with a friend and encourage him or her to buy one. Or buy other merch when it's available (see #5 above). Or
come to a show. Or ask me how to make a donation.
9. Talk Jason Cook into becoming a permanent member. He's been a hired gun up to this point, which is absolutely fine, but I'd love for him to be a bigger part of Sinfinis. If you've had the pleasure of seeing Jason in all his electro-awesomeness at one of our shows, and you think that he ROCKS, please post a comment on this blog or send me a message with a compliment that I can forward to him. Perhaps flooding his inbox with flattery will encourage him to sign on. (No pressure, Jason.)
10. Acquire additional band members. This year, my songs met the stage with a variety of instrumentation, from acoustic guitar to glockenspiel to flute to synth/keys to voice alone. Know a fantastic bassist? You shred on guitar? Play a mean set of spoons? Call me.
If you read this far, you're ultra-committed, and I thank you again.
Wishing you a happy, healthy, and prosperous new year!
Mary Elizabeth
Managing Member
Sinfinis
