<p>Many years ago, when I first started <a href="https://brightredboots.bandcamp.com/album/bright-red-boots">a band</a>, I was instructed, by many people in the know, that the most important thing to do when we played shows was to sign people up for our mailing list. I took this very seriously and handstitched and painted a little booklet where people dutifully wrote down their addresses, with a pen on a ribbon attached to it. We made card stock postcards at Kinkos and sent them out before our shows at places like The Sidewalk Café, The C Note, and one time at The Bitter End. I wonder where that mailing list ended up?</p><p>Join the <a href="https://www.messengertheatreco.org/contact" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">company mailing list</a>.</p><p>To keep reading <a href="https://artiststruggle.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/still-sending-postcards/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sending Postcards</a>, visit the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. </p><p>This is Episode 468</p><p>Song: Mail Myself to You</p><p>Image by me</p><p>To support this podcast:</p><p>Give it 5 stars in Apple Podcasts. Write a nice review!</p><p>Rate it wherever you listen or via: <a href="https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist">https://ratethispodcast.com/strugglingartist</a></p><p>Join my mailing list: <a href="http://www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/">www.emilyrainbowdavis.com/</a></p><p>Like the blog/show on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/">https://www.facebook.com/SongsfortheStrugglingArtist/</a></p><p>Support me on Patreon: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis">www.patreon.com/emilyrdavis</a></p><p>Or on Kofi: <a href="http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis">http://ko-fi.com/emilyrainbowdavis</a></p><p>or PayPal: <a href="https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist">https://www.paypal.me/strugglingartist</a></p><p>Join my Substack: <a href="https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/">https://emilyrainbowdavis.substack.com/</a></p><p>Follow me on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/erainbowd">@erainbowd</a></p><p>On Mastodon - @[email protected]</p><p>On Blue sky - @erainbowd.bsky.social</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/songsforthestrugglingartist/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/SongsForTheStrugglingArtist/">Pinterest</a></p><p>Listen to The Dragoning <a href="https://anchor.fm/messenger-theatre-company/episodes/">here</a> and The Defense <a href="https://www.messengertheatreco.org/#/the-defense/">here</a>. </p><p>You can support them via Ko-fi here: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany">https://ko-fi.com/messengertheatrecompany</a></p><p>As ever, I am yours,</p><p>Emily Rainbow Davis</p>
