what you are about to read may shock you...so please be aware.

i hope that those of you that read this are level headed enough to know that something is seriously wrong with victory records and tony brummel.

let me start by saying that not only do all the bands on his label get screwed over and make literally no money because he takes every bit of profit they make and use for things like commercials and pay to get it played over and over and over again on tv. yeah that doesnt come from victory's budget..that is forcefully taken from the band in order to make them big...

so here in full is an email sent out to all victory street team members (you can usually find these people at shows that have nothing to do with victory, force feeding you their latest garbage)

March 1, 2006



Happy Hawthorne Heights day everyone - street date has finally arrived!



It all comes down to the next six days and maximizing our sales at as many stores as possible. We are neck-and-neck with this Ne-yo character on Universal and we need everyone out there tilting the tide in our favor. Our projected numbers for first week sales are about even so we really need to make every unit count if we want to win.



We do this first by selling more Hawthorne Heights, hitting as many stores as possible, making sure Hawthorne Heights stock is in the front and very visible in every store we visit. Get inside, do what

you need to do, and move on to the next store. Move Hawthorne Heights into as many key positions as you can. Remember there are two covers so not only put them together, put them in different places. HH should have spots in all the new release racks toward the front of the store but we can always increase our presence by dropping a few in another displays.



If you don't see our product on display at the front of the store,

particularly later in the week, then go to the bin and move what you

can. There are a lot of stores that are not as on top of this as they

should be, especially something as hot as Hawthorne Heights, so we

need to give these people all the help they can get.



Also look for HH in the areas where stores keep overstock. Sometimes this is below the bins or on the top of the rack. If you find any CDs,particularly under the bins, try to move those out first to the otherareas of the store.



On the off chance you find a store that doesn't have any copies of the new Hawthorne, find a clerk and ask him why they don't have it. If it's sold out, find out when they have more coming in. If it's showing as in stock, let him know that you can't find it so he knows to order more.



Here is a list of the best chain stores to go to:



Best Buy



Target



Wal Mart



FYE



Coconuts



Wherehouse



Circuit City



Sam's Club



K Mart



Sam Goody



Virgin Borders



Borders



Barnes & Noble



Fred Meyer



Hastings



Meijer



As for Ne-yo, the name of the game is to decrease the chances of a sale here. If you were to pick up handful of Ne-yo CDs, as if you

were about to buy them, but then changed your mind and didn't bother to put them back in the same place, that would work. Even though this record will be heavily stocked and you might not be able to move all the stock, just relocating a handful creates issues: Even though the store will appear to be out of stock, the computer will see it as in stock and not re-order the title once it sells down and then Ne-Yo will lose a few sales later in the week



This is most important in stores were we are competing with Ne-yo,

which is in the big chains that sell pop and urban product. The stores listed above are in the order you should hit them up.



The main thing is to keep the pressure up all week. First day sales

are important but keeping our sales going and having a strong weekend are equally important to grabbing the ..1 slot that belongs to us.



Please be sure to email me this week and let me know which stores you have gone to and worked your magic at.



Thanks everyone,



Victory at all costs, Victory in spite of all terror, Victory however

long and hard the road may be; for without Victory, there is no

survival.


wow....fucking wow.

ive never seen such a douchebag move since ive been alive....

tony brummel basically turns another artist in the music industry into a faceless monster that is trying to shut down independent music.

hes making victory street team members, who are kids just like you and me (albiet they do have some kind of false sense of accomplishment because they are a part of the viiiictoorryyy streeeet teeeam ooooooh), take ne-yo's albums off the shelves and hide them and put HH cds alll over the store..that is fucking insane!

think of the hard work ne-yo had to do...im sure he wasnt just walking down the street when someone came up and was like "wanna sign a contract?"

he put alot of work and thought into his record just to have some fucking prick send out thousands of kids to try and destroy his art

i dont want this to turn into a rap vs. rock argument cause thats not what its about at all

its about the downright disrespect the owner of victory records has for anyone but himself.

if you have any problem with what i have said i really dont care...its my page, my blog, my opinion....