Record Release Camping

By Minus 1 of Underground Parliament

Speaking In General

While most musicians/recording artists often choose to celebrate the release of their album[s] in way of a “record release party”, we on the other hand have decided to do things a little bit differently [and no… not just for the sake of trying to be different] :D

Record release parties have long been stitched into the tradition of music for many decades, and have proven not only to serve as pleasure-filled functions, but as promotional, business related events as well.

Our Current Outlook

As for us, the notion of recognizing the release of our very first record has nothing to do with the idea of advertisement, or any business related ventures—it is all for the sake of an accomplishment, as celebrated among close family and friends [not much different from typical birthdays, graduation parties, and the sorts].

Furthermore, this also has nothing to do with our current number of fans, predicted number of record sales, or anything like that. In fact, without even having a record out, we have already reached a world-wide audience across the United States, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and so on. This has also been the main reason for putting together an album—otherwise, why even release an album if no one asked for it; with no form of anticipation?

At this point, our following seems to be gradually spreading fine across the globe, rather than existing heavily in one centralized location on a local level. At any rate, this to us is a sign of an ongoing trajectory towards that independently created, funded, distributed, and managed dream of reaching out to the entire world. If our fans only knew how much we love and appreciate their comments and support, and the vital role they play in keeping us motivated and inspired... wow!

The Release Party

So, for being slept on locally [for the most part] and with no centralized fan base, a “record release party” [in its traditional sense] is not something we considered suitable for us at this time. Instead, we decided to plan out a full-blown camping trip with dozens of our closest friends [I haven’t called all of you yet, so don’t be mad at me already :D].

The location will be near a lake that has been formed upon an actual volcano crater, at 11,000 feet elevation [so this is no public campsite… pure wilderness with mountain lions and everything]… and the only way to get up there is by Jeeps, Hummers, and 4-Runners… otherwise, forget it! :D A place where the snowcaps never melt; and the temperatures drop about 30 degrees by simply moving under the shade of a tree! Average daily climates around that time of year are 70-75 degrees Fahrenheit. Barbeques, brews and whatever else, for 2 nights and 3 days, in one of the most beautiful [rarely visited] sites in California.

Peace!