Jason DiModica

Posted in the Cadabra Records Fan Page on Facebook 11/30/18

A few days ago I was gifted this amazing piece by Jonathan. For it proved to be nothing less rare than Pigafetta’s account of the Congo region, written in Latin...

Edgar Allan Poe - The Raven Stainless Steel Stamper (used to press the record). 1 of 2.

So I created this fan page in April of 2017 and added some like-minded people as admins. I was already an admin of a few other record groups and was always posting Cadabra LP's. People would comment "What is it?" I started linking to the official site and the Sound Cloud page so people could understand by listening rather than me trying to explain it every time. Now, I wasn't the first to learn about Cadabra, I was a little too late to sub the first year. I heard about the label through my buddy Jim Goodrich (founder of the Metal/Hardcore/Punk Vinyl Group Fan Page), he knew that I collected horror scores so he figured I would love this label and he was right! Then people were saying "someone should start a Cadabra Fan Page", I said fuck it, why not!

During this time many of us have cross-promoted the Hell outta of the label and the artists involved with it. In doing so, it brought people over from other record groups who knew little or nothing about what Cadabra Records was. Now, when I started the page I was trying to get the back catalog which wasn't very difficult since I found out about the label early enough. I had never bought a duplicate/variant of any LP before, one copy was enough, but that all changed and I blame Darren Fisher! When Jonathan released The Yellow Sign Wax Mage, I was like whoa, that's badass, but I can't afford something like that! Granted, at this time Jonathan and myself were casual online acquaintances, he heard about me through Jim Goodrich since they are personal friends. Anyway, I received a tracking number for something I didn't order and I emailed Jonathan to say something was amiss. He told me that I had been gifted The Yellow Sign Wax Mage box set but wouldn't disclose the person's name, I was floored! Needless to say, it was Darren Fisher and we became good (yet to meet in person) friends.

Through this label, I met Sam Heimer who saw that I was in Philly back in June 2017, he said "Come to Otto's Bar and get shitfaced!", so I did and the tradeshow I worked the next morning was horrible but I made a friend (awwww). Anyway, I felt like there needed to be more promotion for the label so I started making stickers, magnets, buttons, metal signs, jigsaw puzzles, and hoodies. I put my own money up for these items. Jonathan told me to keep any profit and I said no way, all I want back is the money I put into making the promo materials. I sent the profits to Jonathan and Sam because I used the Cadabra logo and mostly Sam's art. I did the layouts and did the legwork but I didn't see any reason to profit from it, it's fun and the fans love it!

Through all of this, Jonathan and I became friends. I proofread his layouts (because he never sleeps), help with the Chapbooks, make stupid contest videos, blah blah blah. I should also mention that Anthony is a doll! Now, Darren and I aren't the only admins that make up this group, we have our enforcers, David Lago, Jacob Jarvela, Rick Cornejo and Sam Heimer. I made Sam an admin because he loved this image so much (https://guttergarbs.com/.../terror-train-3-masks-poster...) and wanted to promote it, ha! Well, if this didn't make sense it's because: A.) I'm sober B.) I'm not a wordsmith. #Cadabra4Life