Honesty Box

We at Heist realise that sometimes, fans of bands on our roster are so eager to hear new releases that they download the music from unofficial sources before the official release. Hey, we are not angels, we even find ourselves doing that from time to time so we are not criticising those who do. However if we find ourselves doing this, we will always follow up by buying an official copy of the single or album at a later stage; our moral code just doesn’t allow us any other course of action.

But we realise that times are tough for all of us. We are indeed a struggling indie label not some faceless major label where even the tea lady has an expense account. The only reason we set up this label was to give our bands a career; not one of private jets and Cristal, just so they make enough money to be able to have a basic living and continue to bring their fans the music they love.

Therefore, if you have downloaded a copy of any of our artists’ music from any unofficial site where you did not have to pay for it, we would just ask you to stop for a second and consider two options. Firstly, you could consider buying a copy of the official single, album etc via the Heist shop at http://heistorhitrecords.bigcartel.com

Secondly, you could use one of the following donate buttons to donate whatever amount you feel is fair knowing that this money will go to the band concerned.

We promise that if you take one of the two options above, you will get a warm fuzzy feeling inside and perhaps even save the world.

To make a donation regarding previously downloaded music by The Answering Machine use this button

To make a donation regarding previously downloaded music by LoveLikeFire use this button