A while back we kicked off a donations drive for a new PA system after I rather unfortunately…blew ours up (I think Fight Philosophy was the culprit). Thanks to the legend of Jim Adams for providing the first PA.

So, I kicked off the donations drive, and we had some awesome donations from Kuno Woudt, Jared Mehle, James Daws, Rowan Lewis, Roberts Web Design, Lise Ryde, and Alvin Ao. Things were looking good but we were still a little way off from having enough funds to buy the PA, and with our first live show coming up, things were getting a little tight.

We then had a tremendously generous offer from a guy called Ernie Rogers who runs a t-shirt company called Ragga Wear. I knew Ernie from a friend who put me in touch with him to do some t-shirts for an event I organize, and he donated a stack of free shirts to the event. Well, Ernie saw me post something online about us looking for a PA, and called me up to say that he had a few PA systems in his garage and he would be happy to give us one.

I was astonished and Ernie’s reason was “it is the least I can do, I believe in what you guys are trying to do”. I continued to be astonished, and frankly still am.

Lo and behold, today this baby arrived:

I cannot sufficiently express my incredible gratitude to not only Ernie for his incredible donation, but also to Kuno Woudt, Jared Mehle, James Daws, Rowan Lewis, Roberts Web Design, Lise Ryde, and Alvin Ao for putting their money where their beliefs are too.

Rest assured, this baby is going to be having free metal raging through it, good and loud. \m/