SUGARTRUCK RECORDINGS is the result of a series of projects created by members of homohop group Deep Dickollective. After we got serious enough to record the tracks that would become our debut CD " BourgieBohoPostPomoAfroHomo" and began to get local and national bookings the on basis of our small,yet important website presence, the need to consolidate our efforts and make the growing collection of music and connections to community readily accesible took on greater importance.
I've spent countless hours uploading MP3's collecting photos designing covers; Tim'm West and I each have roughly 15 years of professional and artistic connections since the beginning of our college careers in the late 1980's-early 90s, and former D/DC member Ralowe T. Ampu was an invaluable source of info about (and connection to) the queer and alternative music scenes in the bay area.
It is our desire to share the wealth of knowledge around the art of self promotion we have accumulated, as well as our musical idiosyncracies. In addition to our various CD projects The Sugartruck site will continue to include links to the sites of our wide variety of artist friends/co-creators, as well as merchandise, tour info, and a number of "how to" type guides to resources for creating an online musical and/or literary presence.
We hope you enjoy what we have begun to provide here, and please feel free to email us at info@sugartruckrecordings.com with your questions, comments and suggestions.
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