🚂 zine 3 mailing now! read me!
Hello there!
My gears are more greased than a fast mail train with excitement to let y’all know that zine 3 is mailing out, at a rate of about 200—300 per day until next Friday, June 21, when my goal is to have everyone who signed up by today mailed out!
HERE’S AN INSTAGRAM VIDEO ABOUT HOW IT’S MADE.
It helps a lot if you click and like/comment/share that video, so more people see it and get on board the zine :-)
I’m so excited for you to get the zine, and please message me on Instagram or email me (conductor@trainsongz.net) when you get the zine, to let me know what you think. I genuinely love hearing from you, and what writing stood out to you the most.
IT ALSO HELPS A LOT IF YOU CONTRIBUTE A FEW DOLLARS, OR BUY MERCH WHEN YOU GET THE ZINE AND SCAN THE QR CODE. (Totally fine to wait to give until the zine is in your hands, and I’m not tracking you or judging you if you’re not able to give. That’s why “it’s pay what you can” and community-funded. I trust you.)
This zine is 20 whole pages, up from 12 on #2 and 8 on #1. That growth reflects the growing community involved with the zine, from both talented individuals getting involved and generous sponsors buying ad space to help me fund printing, postage, and stickers (which cost about $4000 up front).
This comes out to an envelope of zine + 2 stickers to about $2.50 per subscriber. And at 1,850+ subscribers, this zine would not have been possible without your generous donations + merch purchases from Zine 2 as well as sponsorship money. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I work my butt off on this thing in gratitude.
THANK YOU TO OUR CONTRIBUTORS:
Liza, who designed and printed the zine at Zooom Printing, as well as dealt with my crazy self for a week of edits
Casey, who hand-carved the cover stamp (OMG!?)
Promontory Paul and The Fat Controller, two dear friends who contributed writing and the zine wouldn’t exist without
Tara, who made the crossword puzzle and maze
Noraflora and Crewman Cort, who helped with data visualization and analysis 📊
@Freight_Train_Booger, who copyedited and took our writing to the next level
Huge Hats Publishing, who send two guys in way-too-big suits and Setson hats to my house and didn’t let me leave until I finished the zine (kinda scary but everything’s okay now)
My parents and friends, who have been very supportive and understanding as the zine has increasingly taken over my free time <3
AND THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS:
ExtraChill.com, who also wrote this article on the zine
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Note on delivery timing
Chances are your zine is not yet in the mail. Only about 400-500 will be by Saturday afternoon, then I’ll get the rest out next week. You have my promise that it’ll be in the mail by Friday, June 21. So if it’s after the 4th holiday and your zine still hasn’t arrived, give me a shout and I’ll send another.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, INTEREST, FRIENDSHIP, ETC! This zine is the most fun I’ve ever had, and I have you to thank.
See you at a show, and stream Billy Strings 🫡
-The Conductor
BTW if you haven’t signed up yet, you still can.