A Little Help from our Friends

HeadCount has been hitting the airwaves with radio Public Service Announcements from a long list of our partner musicians. Jack Johnson, Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Marc Roberge (O.A.R.) and The Indigo Girls recorded radio commercials aimed at reminding people to register and vote. They join longtime supporters Bob Weir and Warren Haynes, and HeadCount co-chair Marc Brownstein, who also contributed PSAs to HeadCount’s efforts. You can listen to these spots at www.HeadCount.org.

These radio spots can be heard on college, commercial and public radio stations across the country, as well as the Sirius Satellite Radio Jam_ON channel. If you are affiliated with a radio station and would like to run these spots, please email info@headcount.org with the subject line “Radio.”

Get Out the Vote – Win a Trip on Jam Cruise

Our good friends at Jam Cruise have been helping HeadCount mobilize voters for many years by providing free cabins as an incentive for our volunteers. Here’s one way they’re pitching in – awarding a free spot on Jam Cruise 7 as part of our “Fan-to-Fan Phone Campaign.” How can YOU win? By calling other music fans and reminding them to vote. You can make as few as 10 calls or as many as 100. We’ll provide a list of people to call and a script.

The more calls you make, the better chance you have of winning. And if you serve as a “Captain” (leading other volunteers while also making calls on your own) you’ll up your chances even further.

Click Here to Learn More or Sign up

Participate and Party

Don’t do a doubletake if you see a HeadCount logo on a half-case of beer. It’s the Participation Pak from Magic Hat Brewing Company. Magic Hat is the first brewer ever to stage a nationwide voter participation campaign, and we’re proud to be a part of it.

It culminates with our Get Out the Vote Party on Monday, November 3rd in New York City, with Robert Randolph, ?uestlove, Stanton Moore, our co-chair Marc Brownstein, Marco Benevento, Joe Russo, and many more special guests.

For tickets, or to enter a drawing for a free trip to New York City to attend the show, visit Magic Hat’s Participation Page.

Read it in Relix

The story of the HeadCount organization is chronicled in a feature article in the November issue of Relix, written by Richard Simon. To read the article, go to www.relix.com/free and sign up for a free digital subscription. The magazine has also donated advertising space to HeadCount throughout the year, and in the new issue features a full page ad featuring Bela Fleck and our line of VOTE Tshirts from RVL7. Click HERE to learn more.

Whale of an eMail
Phish, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Bonnaroo, All Good Music Festival, The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey’s McGee, STS9, Langerado and many others sent voter registration reminders to their email lists in recent weeks. These efforts helped thousands of people register online, and collectively reached over one million people. Special appreciation to our partners MusicToday and FanMail Marketing, who helped make it all happen.

Concert Contributions
Much gratitude to: the legendary Bonnie Raitt (and the Guacamole Fund), who donated $10,000 of proceeds from a benefit concert held in Salt Lake City; our friends at Superfly Presents who donated $9,000 from the Bonnaroo silent auction, and AEG Live-Denver, which passed on over $6,000 from “Cents for Sense” concerts at Red Rocks Amphitheater (featuring Umphrey’s McGee, Gov’t Mule, Bob Weir & RatDog and the Allman Brothers Band). These funds come at a crucial time and will help sustain HeadCount through this election and beyond.

Getting Down(loads)
The HeadCount free download page continues to get additions, most recently a live performance of Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released,” performed by Wilco with The Fleet Foxes. We also received an exclusive live performance of the song “Paradigm” by Ani DiFranco. If you have not yet pledged to vote, do it HERE and receive downloads and other goodies.