THE REST OF TIME: CD SINGLES
Important message from The Portraits' pianist and songwriter Jeremy Millington, November 2014
It is really important that The Rest Of Time has the best possible chance of reaching the UK singles chart because as well as making money for Delete Blood Cancer its main aim is to raise awareness of the urgent search for blood stem cell donor matches by little Emma Whittaker and so many others. If we can get a Top 100 chart position we will have much more leverage with the press to help us spread our message. Those in need often don't find a donor match - this was the case for my own Dad - because not enough people have signed up to be donors and simply raising funds in itself won't change this. This is why we're focussing on iTunes downloads of The Rest Of Time: because these sales count towards the charts where sales of the CD single from our website (i.e. here) sadly do not.
BUT we've a workaround which with your help can still get the Official Charts company to log all our sales whilst allowing those of you from the still-love-to-hold-a-song-in-
Option 1: Pre-order the song anyway through iTunes and tell us you've done so by email to band@theportraitsmusic.com also including a postal address. The first 200 who do this will receive a complimentary CD single of The Rest Of Time in the post in the week or so running up to Xmas 2014.
Option 2: If you really hate computers and buying online etc... Send a cheque or money order made out to J & L Millington (to 28 Holley Road, London, W3 7TS) for £0.79 enclosing an SAE and as above we will get you a copy. However in this instance we would truly appreciate it if you would send the below message to ten people you know who you think would be interested and would download the single from iTunes:
Dear Friend
I have just pre-ordered a brand new single featuring the voices of over 2,000 real people all singing to save the life of a little girl, six-year-old Emma Whittaker from Buckinghamshire, who desperately needs to find a blood stem cell donor match but for whom time is rapidly running out.
Please join me in purchasing this amazing record now from http://www.therestoftime.com - take 2 minutes and spend 79p to save a life - maybe lots of lives.
Thanks, really appreciate it!
[YOUR NAME]
Important message from The Portraits' pianist and songwriter Jeremy Millington, November 2014
It is really important that The Rest Of Time has the best possible chance of reaching the UK singles chart because as well as making money for Delete Blood Cancer its main aim is to raise awareness of the urgent search for blood stem cell donor matches by little Emma Whittaker and so many others. If we can get a Top 100 chart position we will have much more leverage with the press to help us spread our message. Those in need often don't find a donor match - this was the case for my own Dad - because not enough people have signed up to be donors and simply raising funds in itself won't change this. This is why we're focussing on iTunes downloads of The Rest Of Time: because these sales count towards the charts where sales of the CD single from our website (i.e. here) sadly do not.
BUT we've a workaround which with your help can still get the Official Charts company to log all our sales whilst allowing those of you from the still-love-to-hold-a-song-in-
Option 1: Pre-order the song anyway through iTunes and tell us you've done so by email to band@theportraitsmusic.com also including a postal address. The first 200 who do this will receive a complimentary CD single of The Rest Of Time in the post in the week or so running up to Xmas 2014.
Option 2: If you really hate computers and buying online etc... Send a cheque or money order made out to J & L Millington (to 28 Holley Road, London, W3 7TS) for £0.79 enclosing an SAE and as above we will get you a copy. However in this instance we would truly appreciate it if you would send the below message to ten people you know who you think would be interested and would download the single from iTunes:
Dear Friend
I have just pre-ordered a brand new single featuring the voices of over 2,000 real people all singing to save the life of a little girl, six-year-old Emma Whittaker from Buckinghamshire, who desperately needs to find a blood stem cell donor match but for whom time is rapidly running out.
Please join me in purchasing this amazing record now from http://www.therestoftime.com - take 2 minutes and spend 79p to save a life - maybe lots of lives.
Thanks, really appreciate it!
[YOUR NAME]