Welcome to Get It Together
Get It Together is a weekly newsletter and subscription series run by me, Lauren Denitzio, an artist and songwriter who has been playing in bands and making things for… a long time. You might know me from my band Worriers or my artwork and zines.
Here you’ll find commentary from a queer-feminist person about punk/indie/pop music, visual art, and related media, along with conversations with other artists/musicians on their process and building a creative life.
It’s a little ranty, pretty queer, and my outlet to earnestly tell you about the things that I love.
Because I have a hard time describing this thing, you’ll probably enjoy this newsletter if you fit into any or all of the following categories:
- Elder Millenials
- Cynical queers
- Independent artists
- Fans of Worriers
SOME OF MY FAVORITE EMAILS:
- Conversations with Laura Jane Grace, Jeff Rosenstock, Marissa from Mannequin Pussy, and more
- The significance of seeing films like That Thing You Do and Empire Records on making music as an adult.
- An essay about falling in love to the band Muna.
- Someone brought up the band Good Luck, so I waxed nostalgic for a second about the late-2000’s scrappy punk-emo-folk phase of DIY and some favorite songs from that era.
- A pre-election story about not defining your worth by your work and how our world fell apart the day before tour.
- An adventure where I rescued stolen bikes and didn’t call the cops.
WHAT FOLKS ARE SAYING:
“The best $5 I spent in 2020!”
“generally really enjoyable!”
“I don't feel very much part of the music or scene worlds at all…but I have gotten connected to some awesome music and zines and people through your newsletter!”
“I fucking loved this!”
“Oh I LOVED reading this, thank you for the recommendations!”
getting music together for my @WFMU show tom'w night and realizing that like 5 or 6 songs in my Aug 12 playlist came from recommendations in @worriersmusic's substack, so consider signing up if you don't want to wait for me to get around to playing them. https://t.co/fDPVzsJ9ar
— Evan Davies (@efd) August 12, 2020
Just spent some of my hazard pay on being a paid subscriber to Lauren Denitzio’s ( @worriersmusic ) newsletter blog thing because they are awesome and it is awesome and I love them. Check it out.
— Jessica💀Amelia (@lovecrossbones) May 3, 2020
This is the first time I’ve ever been subtweeted in a newsletter (sublettered?) but I’m still sharing it!
— Dan Ozzi (@danozzi) October 15, 2019
Get It Together is available for free, but it’s supported by paid subscribers. It also acts as the closest thing Worriers will get to a Patreon.
If you’d like to support the newsletter and my creative projects (and also receive a bunch of extra music and art, or even some snail mail) check out the paid subscriptions below. Thank you for reading!
$5/month or $50/year
In addition to the free weekly emails, each month you’ll get at least:
- One start-to-finish process video of a drawing or painting
- One video of me playing a cover or alternate version of a Worriers song
- One separate life/work update with what I've been working on, including work in progress, demos, home recordings for shits and giggles, etc.
You also get:
- Advance access to purchase limited-edition things like record pressings, original artwork, limited merch, etc. The last time we did that with a record, it sold out in less than 24 hours, which still amazes me.
- Access to guest-list spots at select Worriers shows
- 10% off all of my art merch as well as Worriers merch on our website
- Access to all previous subscriber-only posts
Some of the bonus items that you’ll have access to immediately:
- Covers of songs by The Mountain Goats, The Lawrence Arms, Bruce Springsteen and more.
- A Casio keyboard jam version of the Worriers song “Curious” from when we were in the studio with Laura Jane Grace.
- A bunch of start-to-finish drawing process videos.
- How to play Worriers songs like “PWR CPLE” and “Terrible Boyfriend”.
