Fans helping out Amoeba Music music stores - donated $200,000 in four days

On Monday, Amoeba Music, the largest independent record store in the US, started a GoFundMe in hopes of drawing support from regular customers, not just in Los Angeles but national and international visitors. And fans reacted enthusiastically - in its first 10 hours up, $35,000 of the $400,000 goal had been raised, in four days $200,902 has been raised. Amoeba's co-owner Marc Weinstein said in Variety interview that their "main cause is to keep this thing going, at whatever cost. Honestly, it’s always been our mission since day one is to do this. We care about music more than anything and we care about musicians". There are three Amoeba Music record stores in California, and all three have been closed since mid-March.