Why we started a mailing list.

Hey Everyone! How’s it going? You good? Good!

You might already be aware of the changes Facebook has made to their Page system, but incase you aren't, I'll sum it up for you. Facebook is now a publicly traded company, which means they need to answer to shareholders. What do these shareholders want? Money, obviously! So now they have implemented a pay-to-post system for status updates from Page accounts.

Usually, if you 'like' a page, it's because you want to see their status updates on your newsfeed. The lovely people at Facebook (along with EdgeRank) have decided that Pages shouldn't be able to communicate with the people who want to hear from them without paying first. Most status updates are seen by approximately 10% of your fans, and admins are asked to 'promote' their posts for cash. Posts will be promoted for free if they get a lot of likes, comments and shares, but even that is a bit of a lost cause. So we've decided to start a mailing list. This way, we can guarantee that the people who want to hear from us do, and it gives control back to us, instead of Facebook.

What will be included.

Subscribers will receive emails from us about tours we're planning and upcoming releases. We might mention some of our bigger gigs, but we promise not to email you every time we play a show that might be nowhere near you. We will also try to include some exclusive content for the mailing list, such as unreleased tracks, preorders and giveaways.

So that’s it from me. See you all at Spannered Extreme!