How you can personally help Jars of Clay. : )
Jars Team,
Happy Wednesday...we hope everyone is having a great week and enjoying what is left of the summer! The official countdown has begun, 27 days until "Good Monsters" hits stores! The start of this countdown also means that we need your help!
How can you help spread the word? Well, we are glad you asked. We realize that some of you don't have much spare time depending on if you work, go to school, hang out with your kids, etc...so we want to throw out a couple of ways you can help in a huge way that will only take ten minutes out of your day! (Of course if you have tons of spare time...disregard my "ten minutes max") Check it out.....
1. Are you online daily? Do you have a myspace page? Do you hang out on messageboards? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then this little way to help is for you. We have created some awesome "Good Monsters" buddy icons, banners, and wallpapers! Download Here:
http://www.jarsofclay.com/downloads/. Pick out a buddy icon and spread the word about the new record while you are chatting, download one of the online banners...throw it up on your myspace page, use it as your signature on messageboards/emails....both are easy to do and tghe best part is it only takes a couple of minutes!
2. Do you email daily? Do you keep in touch with friends/family through email? Do you like to be one of the first ones to tell your friends/family about new music? If you answered yes to any of those questions, then this way to help has your name all over it. One thing we realize is taht one of the best ways to tell people about Jars and "Good Monsters" is to let their fans do the talking for us...which means you guys, because you guys have been so amazing and so supportive...we feel who better to tell other people and spread the music in their direction than you guys! One of the easiest ways to go about this is to take ten minutes, sit down, and write a little email to your friends, family, co-workers, and anybody else you can think of that would dig Jars. What you put in the email is up to you...but some details to throw in: "Good Monsters" hits stores Sept 5th,
www.good-monsters.com, and
www.jarsofclay.com, and then whatever you want to add.
There you have it...two ways that are a huge help to the guys but that are easy and don't take all day! Keep checking your email weekly...we are going to be sending out an email each week leading up to release day!
A couple things to be in the know about (just in case you don't already):
*Mini Monsters EP out NOW! Three brand new Jars tunes available wherever fine digital music is sold(iTunes, Sony Connect, Urge, Rhapsody, Passalong,
Buy.com, MSN Music, and Yahoo Music). Tracklisting: "Work" "Dead Man (Carry Me)" and "Love Me"
*You can Pre-order "Good Monsters" now! Check out MusiChristian.com (
http://www.musichristian.com/refer/jars/PRODUCT=169471) or FamilyChristian.com (
http://www.familychristian.com/shop/product.asp?prodID=15382). If you pre-order the record you also get an autographed copy of the cover and the ability to stream the record instantly!
*Good Monsters Videos! Check out four short videos that the guys did for the release of "Good Monsters"...check out YouTube
<a href="
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi2qqkt5FzM "> Video #1 </a>,
<a href="
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJJHc_z5hDI"> Video #2 </a>,
<a href="
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjgNziA8_hA"> Video #3 </a>,
<a href="
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlnN3-Lqoc4"> Video #4 </a><br><br>
*You may have already been hearing a couple of the new songs on your local radio station. Over the new few weeks, we are going to be updating the websites with a list of all the radio stations in the country that should be playing either "Dead Man (Carry Me)" or "Work". We need your help! If you are hearing the song(s), please call or email you local station(s) and tell them that you love it and to keep playing it! If your local station(s) is not playing the song(s), we need you to tell them you want to hear it!
*Aside from some festival dates coming up in the near future, the guys will be on the road for most of the fall. For most of October, they will be joined by two wonderful artist you should definitely know about: Matt Wertz (
http://www.mattwertz.com) and Leigh Nash (
http://www.leighnash.com). Once we have all the dates finalized, we will send out full information, including where to get tickets. In the meantime, keep checking the website for updates and all current confirmed dates.
Stay Tuned...next week we will be sending out a little message form the guys that you don't want to miss! And as always thanks so much for your love and support!
Team Jars
