Hi Everyone,

This time last week we were wrapping the last day of RSD Summer Camp. What a whirlwind it all was! I can truly say this is one of my favorite projects to work on and be a part of planning. This was our largest Summer Camp so far, and to bring together so many amazing stores and industry members in one city to have the conversations and interactions that we did was truly exciting.

Of course, we need to send a gigantic thank you to all the labels, distribution, one-stops, and vendors that came out in full force to help us pull this off. Your support of this event and our organizations are never forgotten. I would like to thank all our special guests, speakers and panelists for making sure we had lots of good things to talk about, and all our sponsors for helping us pull it off- especially Marshall and Deer Park/Crosley. A special thanks to Redeye, Euclid and Verve for helping to welcome us to the Big Easy, Amped and Tommy Boy records for helping us bring a little (De La) Soul to our event, ADA/BMG for the late-night tunes, ATO Records/Virgin/UMG and Eric Burton of the Black Pumas for a special conversation, Virgin Records and Czarface for keeping us cool by the pool, Thirty Tigers/The Orchard and The Shindellas for getting us going in the morning, Eleni and Q-Prime/ADA and John Dyer Baizley of Baroness for keeping it real when it comes to true music artistry and the critical role record stores can play in inspiring and facilitating that.

Finally, a massive thank you to the Hotel Monteleone for being our home away from home for the week and for taking such good care of us!

I loved seeing you all this year, and Carrie and I are already excited to get to work on 2024!

Here are the charts for the week.

Andrea

Andrea Paschal
Executive Director
Coalition of Independent Music Stores
ThinkIndie Distribution
3738 4th Terrace North
Birmingham, AL 35222
Phone: 205.595.1932 x.208
Fax: 205.595.1938
Email : andrea@cimsmusic.com
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