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johnnyroxx
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Together we can...A dollar each from a million people is far better than a million dollars from one person.
Location:
St Louis, 
Web Site:
www.yellowsplash.com
My Birthday:
October 26
Industry:
Healthcare
  My Impact
Total Donations: 6
My Referrals: 0
My Mutual Connections: 0
My Network: 0
My Dollar Impact: $6
My Compliments: 1
My URL: http://www.microgiving.com/profile/johnnyroxx
Offline |   Member Since: 05/09/09 | Login Count: 46 | Profile Views: 1277 | Last Login: 11/12/10
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How I Found Microgiving


Posted on Thu 18 Jun, 07:18 pm

Several people have asked how I found Microgiving. The short story is that I found it while searching for donors and philanthropists on Yahoo. In reality I should be asking for money instead of donating it. Here is my full story.
Like most people I grew up in a single parent home living paycheck to paycheck. I was unsure what to do about college so, I took some classes after high school but never completed a degree. I finally got a decent paying job and bought a car. Eventually I was able to buy a cheap house too. Then that car kept breaking down. I would fix it and then something else would break down. Each time I thought that if I just fixed that one thing the car would be in good shape but, after several times of fixing it I finally had enough and abandoned the car at the place where I usually had it fixed. That car cost me several thousand dollars in repair bills.
Because of losing the car I had to quit my job and look for a new one. I was fortunate enough to fin  >>>

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My Comments
Sunshyne Dec 18, 2009 13:21:43
Thank you for your donation Johnny Roxxxxxx... If a million people
thought the way you did, so many people would be in a better place
today.  Let's keep it going!  From Sunshyne...
Michelle Jul 13, 2009 17:47:12
Hey Johnny, just wanted to stop by your profile and tell you how much
I appreciate you joining the donor community! JOHNNY INDEED ROXX! 
Wes The Guitarist Jul 13, 2009 07:53:10
Hi my name is Wes, I'm in a band First Class Social. We are from
Fayetteville Wv. You may listen to our music on our myspace
Myspace.com/firstclasssocial).

To sum everything up. This is our story. We all came from the same
page when it came to music we all love to play, we all have a dream of
becoming something big. We continue to run into the same problems.
Over the past few months we have spent $200.00 on recording that have
mad little to impact on what we are trying to get out of this. In
order to make it in the music business these days. You must have your
sounds published in a professional way. So everyone can hear the music
we have created in the right form.

We have tried this path by ourselves before and ran into the same
problem over and over. We need a good sound. When we got recorded last
it cost us 150 for 1 song. This song winded up being a low quality
sound that is hard for us to listen to more then a few times. The
music just piles together. There are a few studios around here that
can give us the sound we need. They will cost us around $1,200 for a
full length cd.
We can't afford it because only one of us has a job and they work at
Wal-mart so we're not bringing in much. I am in college and have paid
out of my own pocket. Our drummer also our bass player will be
attending college in the fall. So we will not have any income what so
ever to just lay down for the band.

Before you ask "Yes, we play shows. We play them all the time.
The only default is we get about $20.00 a show and that goes to gas
money to make it there. People are buying merch which has currently
given us a $23 profit. We can't get what we need to make it out of
either one of those. We have chatted with signed bands such as:
Underoath, Escape the Fate, Killswitch Engage, This or The Apocalypse,
and We Came as Romans. They all have told us that the only way we will
get heard to make it to the next level is to get a professional
recording.

Here is a little bit about ourselves just so you know we are content.
We have opened for Signed bands such as Life Ruiner(life force), This
or The Apocalypse(life force), Heal These Wounds (hot foot), and Arise
and Ruin (victory).

We have a music review coming out on August 10th from High wire Daze
magazine in Hollywood CA. Who covers huge bands. We got ranked 24th
out of 378 bands to play in the Vans Warped tour at Va Beach.

Over the past 9 months of this we have bought ourselves professional
equipment required to sound good live. Guitar amps, guitars, drums,
and a wonderful PA system that we are still in debt for.

We are asking because we simply can't do it ourselves. To help us make
a cd and take our music to the next level. Please give us the chance
to follow our dreams it can happen, in fact I promise it will.

We will give who ever help us with this a free copy of the cd so you
know we are legit. Just e-amil me at firstclasssocial@gmail.com or
message us on myspace "myspace.com/firstclasssocial"

Thank you all so much for helping we will not forget you!

Help our dream.
FSIQ Jul 11, 2009 14:02:51
Just saying hello to you and thanking you for being a donor. 
Templo De Alabanza GA, ADD Jun 16, 2009 12:50:34
Thank you for your kind words and donation.
-Pastord Sardinas
Patty Jun 06, 2009 17:01:12
hi john  how are you doing today 
Jun 06, 2009 16:41:37
please take the time out to view my profile. Thank You!!
Patty May 29, 2009 01:15:15
thank you
Brooks Lamkin saving Florida camp May 22, 2009 10:07:31
Good morning! Were earlybirds being that are the only ones online. How
are you today? Well, it's my first day back to work in a month.Yeah! I
was healing from a bar room brawl. I think that how you spell that. I
got out of school and stop by, so the bar could eat the rest of the
snacks that the girls didn't eat. I was at the wrong place at the
wrong time. My foot was twisted from being knocked down. I got brusied
everywhere. What a mess. 
Michie May 20, 2009 20:26:28
Hi saw you on line and just wanted to say hello.  Have a great week.
Tricia May 20, 2009 11:38:12
Thank you so much for your generous donation!  I really appreciate how
selfless you have been on this site
Patty May 20, 2009 04:44:32
thank you  john 
Patty May 19, 2009 14:36:46
Hello Everybody, 
This is Patty, Thank-you for the Donation. I know it's not a lot but
every little bit helps!!. Thanks!!
Becky Raymond: Administrator May 16, 2009 00:41:51
We do have referral tags however they are not working correctly at the
moment.  You can set your referral link up now though so it will be up
when it's working again.  You can find that link by visiting the
profile tab, select settings.  Then hit the account settings tab.  The
referral ID is at the very bottom of the page.
Patty May 15, 2009 03:45:16
hi stopping to say hello  

 
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