By : Rud - March 14, 2011
dubcnn.com
Independent
Las Vegas label Jake Records - now into its fourth year in the game - has already
released albums with Digital
Underground, BINC,
Westside Bugg, Element
and been featured on Dubcnn countless times, most recently when we sat down
with Jake Records founder and CEO Scott Thomas to talk about the label "s beginnings
and more in this exclusive interview in February 2011. Today, following the
disaster in Japan late last week, Jake Records founder and CEO Scott Thomas
has dropped this open letter to ask everyone to help with the planned "Jake
For Japan" album.
"Dear Friends and Family, I write to you with a sense of urgency today
in the hopes that the extended Jake Records family can come together to make
something very special happen for the disaster relief efforts in Japan. As you
probably know by now, a massive earthquake struck Japan early Friday. That event
triggered a massive tsunami, which has caused catastrophic destruction and loss
of life. The death toll has flown right past 10,000, and experts believe that
number to be a placeholder for the much larger number that may not be discovered
for weeks. Entire towns were wiped off the map, hundreds of bodies are being
found one town at-a-time. To top it off, the Japanese government is facing potential
nuclear disasters at three of its nation "s power plants, which could effect
the lives of hundreds of thousands more people.
We "re floating the concept of a digital-only release album, tentatively
titled "Jake For Japan" which would feature songs from Jake Records
artists, along with other caring musicians and producers from around the globe.
With a single Tweet this evening on Twitter, Jake Records VP Aaron Jones was
able to muster up nearly a dozen other artists who all want to participate.
We "re asking you to please create something original, either inspirational,
or somehow in the context of disaster, recovery, pain, rebirth, love, unity...
We "re going to reach out to our distribution network and try to release
the album as fast as possible. We pledge that 100% of all proceeds will be given
to a group of charities who are (or will be) working directly in Japan to help
that country rebuild, recover, and recoup their lives. We hope that by acting,
we can inspire others to act, and that the Jake Records family will have a serious
and lasting impact on the lives of others.
Please get back to me, Scott Thomas [scott.thomas@jakerecords.com]
ASAP and let me know your thoughts and ideas. Please also cc Aaron Jones [aaron.jones@jakerecords.com]
on all correspondence, as he has pledged to see this through from start to finish.
Lastly, I just want to say that I know a lot of bad things have happened
in the past few years in lots of places around the world. I "ve quietly given
to various charities my entire adult life, hoping to help those in need as best
I could. I can "t tell you why "now" is the time to do something like
this and not a year ago, or six months ago... I can only say that I feel deeply
compelled to make this happen, and perhaps it will become a legacy of the label
to help others in need, all around the world.
Your Friend,
Scott Thomas of Jake Records"
Artists, producers, labels - please get in touch to pledge your music, time
and support to this project. Visit Jake
Records website and follow them on Twitter
to find out more.
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