Meet Syracuse University student named Gabby. Gabby’s in the Bandier Program for Music and Entertainment Industries and is taking a class on music promotion and sent this note to her professor, David Rezak, who also happens to be the head of Syracuse’s Music Industry program:

“There is a new band called Chester French and I think the way they have been marketing themselves is very, very cool. They are signed to Star Trak, which is infamous for failing to promote their artists properly. Chester French are 2 guys from Harvard and decided from day 1 to be the most accessible band to their fans. They didn’t have much of a following, but were popular with other famous musicians. What they’ve done is made themselves famous using Twitter to get followers. Now, this week, using Twitter, they are releasing a FREE album featuring some of the biggest artists in the world. Then in April they are releasing another album. So really, this mixtape is their marketing tool. I’m not sure why but I just think this is such a cool way to get word out, they went from about 4,000 Twitter followers to almost 12,000 in the past fortnight. After every concert, they spend 2 hours outside the venue on the street trying to sell their EP to concertgoers. Then, they throw a party for their fans to get to know them. They answer every single e-mail they get, and they update blogs daily. I think they understand how to use technology these days to keep the fan happy. Check this out http://www.chesterfrench.com/mixtape/.”

Professor Rezak sent the email (with the link to “Jacques Jams, Vol 1: Endurance”) to his entire department (!!) and encouraged them to spread the word themselves.

Now all you guys have to do is share THIS story on twitter (and Facebook, and via email) and the vortex of Twitter promotion will be complete! Remember, you can follow us on twitter as well.

We’re SO pleased by everyone’s help with promoting the mixtape. Let’s keep this up!

-DA & Max

I’ve been trying to spread the Chester French love here at Central Michigan University. I’m all about the sneak attack, so while my roommate was running light cues for our One Act Play Festival I downloaded Jacques Jams on to his computer without him knowing. He found it last night, and when I apologized for the sneak attack he told me to “shut the fuck up! that shit is sweet!” I’ve got more attacks planned and ready to go. You guys are rockin’ my world right now!

Remember, send everyone you know to chesterfrench.com/mixtape TODAY! Post the link on your Facebook profile, twitter page, Myspace status… whatever! IM the link to 40 friends! Do whatever you can to spread “Jacques Jams, Vol 1: Endurance” to everyone on the net!

-DA & Max

Check out this email he sent us:

I caught your twitter and saw that you were looking for people to spread the free album to friends/family etc. and maybe get some teeshirts as thanks. I burned a copy for one of my roommates then I realized I was out of CD-R’s….so I emailed the free album out to a bunch of my friends who I usually exchange music with. So by then end of today they’ll hear how dope the free album is and hopefully will be hooked on Chester French.

Pictures attached….

Looking forward to the album,

Jeff

Hey everyone;

So here we are. First, we’d like to thank you for helping us get this far. We started Chester French in 2003, during our freshman year of college, and the past six years have been a remarkable journey.

On April 21, we’ll be releasing our full-length debut album, “Love the Future,” a record that we began more than four years ago. We hope that with that release we’ll be able to convert millions of music fans into Chester French supporters. But you’ve been with us from the start, so we wanted to give you a special gift today: a totally free full-length album. Welcome to “Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance.”

Last year DJ Clinton Sparks came to us with an offer to make a Chester French mixtape. While we appreciated his enthusiasm (and peerless physique), we wanted “Love the Future” to be the World’s first taste of CF. A few months ago, though, we caved to Clinton’s relentless advances and agreed to work on a project with him, but only if it would be more than a mixtape. Since then we’ve had an amazingly fun time making the free album that you’re about to experience.

“Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance” is a chronicle of the past six years of our lives. It tells our story, from the gymnasiums of Harvard to the hills of Hollywood. Unlike “Love the Future,” which we’ve written, arranged, performed, produced, and engineered by ourselves, “Jacques Jams” features a collection of new, original music that we created in the hills of Massachusetts and then invited some of our favorite artists to grace.

As young artists, we couldn’t be more grateful for this opporunity to collaborate with legends like Jermaine Dupri, Diddy, Pharrell, Pusha, Talib Kweli, Bun B., The Mad Rapper, Kardinal Offishall, N.O.R.E, and Jadakiss as well as younger friends like Janelle Monae, Cassie, Wale, Solange, Lady Gaga, and Mickey Factz. All of these fantastic artists have been more than generous with their creativity and hard work, so we owe them an enormous debt. Clinton Sparks, above all, has tirelessly guided us toward success and endurance, a tall order with obnoxious perfectionists like us! We’d also like to thank Clinton’s manager, Daouda Leonard, for his endless help and beautifully manicured beard.

Now CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance.”

The next month will be pivotal as we put out “Love the Future” through Star Trak / Interscope records. We hope that you will continue to tell all of your friends and family about our music and movement. Consider yourself an ambassador of our VIP Concierge Service, which anyone can join for free at www.chesterfrench.com . Please encourage everyone you meet to visit our site and join. Every single new supporter truly takes us one step closer to sustaining our touring and recording. As always, we love to hear from you so hit up chester@chesterfrench.com any time with any ideas you might have for how we can better spread the word!

Love the future,

D.A. and Max

YOU ALREADY KNOW THE DEAL. The mixtape is dropping ANY MOMENT NOW…

But we can’t release the whole shebang just yet. But we got a treat for you. A midnight snack, as it were. Ladies and gents?

Welcome your ears to “Ciroc Star”… featuring Diddy & Jadakiss (yeah, we know you thought you’d never hear them on the same track… you can thank us later!)

Send to all your friends and BE SURE TO HEAD OVER TO CHESTERFRENCH.COM/MIXTAPE and sign up to get the whole damn thang!

-DA & Max

We got the winning entry from Chris M. in Los Angeles, CA, via e-mail. All three of us thought the name was freakin’ hilarious. And so, without further ado, we present the name of the mixtape:

Chester French & Clinton Sparks present:

Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance

Those of you on our VIP concierge list already know this though, right? If you want to find out all the Chester French news before everyone else, SIGN UP TO BECOME A VIP NOW!

We’ve also collaborated with some of our favorite artists on “Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance,” including Diddy, Jermaine Dupri, Pharrell, Janelle Monae, Bun B, Talib Kweli, Solange, Cassie, and more!

VIP members will get the download link for “Jacques Jams” FIRST. So sign up now.

-DA & Max

When we were in the woods outside Boston recording a few weeks ago, Clinton rolled through with his Flipcam to videotape our progress. What Clinton didn’t know (but that he learned very quickly) is that Max LOATHES being videotaped. Especially when he’s playing music by himself. Oh, and especially, especially when you SECRETLY videotape him. Watch this video!

What Does Max Do? from Clinton Sparks (call me 617-671- on Vimeo.

We took a week off from our Dirty Dozen posts to deal with our music video madness, but we’re back, with volume 2. For those new to the Dirty Dozen, every week, on Monday, the two of us list our six favorite things from the previous week. Heeere we go…

1) The Windowlicker video

2) Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
3) Recording our mixtape
4) MIA’s pregnancy

5) Naboa Music
6) Ciroc

1) Our soon-to-drop mixtape with Clinton Sparks.
2) Fat Dave’s Studio in Weston, Mass.
3) “One of These Nights” by The Eagles

4) “And I Love Her” cover by young Bob Marley

5) Colbert’s McCartney interview

6) The Stimulus Package?

-DA & Max