Download the latest unreleased track from Pigface featuring Xi Chen from Snapline. Stay tuned for the new Snapline album coming soon! If you haven't already, check out Snapline's "Party is Over, Pornostar" released on Invisible Records.

RSVP: q&a sessions Tuesday May 19 @ 7pm and Sunday May 24 @ 10am

So....you've been hearing a lot about r3, but you still have some questions, right? Of course you do, it's well....revolutionary!

At r3, you will learn by DOING and you will have the opportunity to earn offsets against tuition.
Our classes and programs prepare you for the real world by placing you straight in it.
If that doesn’t adrenalize you - the free Red Bull will!

With classes from zero dollar marketing to X-box hacking... from hands on studio production techniques to music supervision of an extensive catalog and all of the stuff that you need to know but you don’t want to hear about...We'll make sure you get through the tough stuff too.
You know that r3 is a school that collapses the gap between action and education, reality and theory, and academia and the job market.  You already know that at r3 you will learn in the business, not about the business....but you want to know more:

•    How does it work?
•    When does it start?
•    How much does it cost?
•    How can I be involved?

We want to answer all your questions plus the ones you haven't thought of yet.  Martin Atkins, Joanna Quargnali-Linsley and Katie Crain will all be available at these "Q&A sessions" to do just that.  We'll all be sitting around a great big table at Invisible Records offices for eating pizza, drinking Red Bull, and providing information.  We're very excited to see all of this becoming reality - come on down and create it with us!

If you can’t make it a q&a session, we still want to hear from you and learn from you.
You can fill out our questionnaire at www.revolutionnumberthree.com.  You can email us at info [at] revolutionnumberthree [dot] com

q&a sessions – Invisible Records HQ in Chicago
Tuesday, May 19 at 7pm
Sunday, May 24 at 10am

We’ll have FREE food, caffeine, and information

Howdy from Invisible Records,
All of you great fans out there must surely have some suggestions from our webstore. What does everyone want? Become a member on our community site! Post your own events, post and read blogs. We want to see your photos and hear your stories. Interaction is the key to satisfaction. Check it out here.

As usual, SXSW is going to be crazy as hell this year, but Martin's got a few great tips for all of you attendees out there. Read about it here.

Tour:Smart DIY Summit  -  Band Survival in the New Economy
Learn how to make $7,500 more in the next six months!
Saturday, November 8, 2008 12:00pm – 6:00pm
Invisible Records Offices:  3319 S. Lituanica Ave. Chicago, IL 

LEARN HOW TO MAKE $7,500 MORE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS!
Perhaps, the greatest obstacle for artists right now is standing on their own feet, rejecting the major label and industry

hysteria to look backwards and seek protection in rules and regulations.  The only protection is ideas, momentum, and looking forwards.
We'll show you one simple strategy that will help you make $7,500 more in the next six months!
If you can sustain, you can succeed.  You'll get good ideas to use or inspire you to create your own: new packaging, new partnerships, and new ideas in new markets.    As Bruce Lee said, "you must learn to turn stumbling blocks into stepping stones." 
The seminar will be taught by Martin Atkins, who for the last 30 years has embodied the DIY spirit.  Most recognized for work as owner of Invisible Records, author of Tour:Smart  and for his involvement the Chinese music scene as well as his work with bands such as Public Image Limited, Pigface, The Damage Manual, Killing Joke, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails.
You Get:
•    Concrete ideas and the knowledge, information, and confidence to start this process now!
•    A t-shirt you screen printed yourself
•    Your own copy of the Tour:Smart e-Book
•    50% off mastering package From Mattress Factory Studios (That's right, only $150 to master your album!)
Agenda:
•    Current state of industry
•    What other people are doing
•    Why you have to book yourself
•    How to get attention through unique packaging
•    The Difference: a new organic, easy to understand, strategy for success (15 minute original film)
•    The new "press kit"
•    Screen printing (a short introductory workshop)

Registration
•    $50 (includes Redbull, lunch, t-shirt, and a copy of the Tour:Smart e-Book)
•    Register at: http://...com/69r3kc  (direct link to registration page) or www.myspace.com/toursmart

Scholarships:
Tour:Smart supports struggling artists anyway we can.  We offer scholarships to all of our events. (Note:  Don't apply for the scholarship if you can really afford to come, there's some serious Karma baggage that comes with those types of games). 
If you want to nominate yourself or someone else, make a blog post on your own blog and send us the link (email office@invisiblerecords.com).  Tell us why you need to come to this seminar!
Press:
We always have a few reserved seats for bloggers and press.  Drop us a note at office@invisiblerecords.com if you want a pass.
Testimonials:
•    "The first seminar was $400 - I got my money's worth in the first five minutes" – 2005 seminar attendee
•    "Martin Atkins is the best speaker on the planet" – Paul Natkin,
•    "ATTENTION ROCK BANDS:  THIS IS YOUR OWNER'S MANUAL" – Joel Selvin (Senior Pop Critic, San Francisco Chronicle)
•     "Four Stars!  The ultimate touring manual...." - MOJO
•     "If you don't buy this book you will work a lifetime playing catch-up to the bands who do." - Lee Popa
•    "The best book ever written about touring (and more) Paul Natkin
•    "The bible of touring- Goldmine Magazine
•     "Four Stars!  One of the year's essential books." - Record Collector
•     "A vital repository of hard-learned lessons and essential pointers." –Terrorizer (UK)

Part 2 of Martin’s SXSW 2008 Report is online- Live Music! Suicide Girls! Norwegian Death Metal! Education!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMMdb_tvmrs
more info @ www.invisiblerecords.com

Martin spent the last few days at SXSW, lecturing, DJing (Mostly Hulosi really got the place moving), seeing a bunch of great bands, meeting a bunch of great people- there’s a youtube video up now documenting part of his trip



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt9mGOmn74A