1. The most obvious way we will be fundraising is by doing a huge raffe. We have so many things to give away! I'm so honored by the support given to us by local restaurants & businesses. Tickets for the raffle are only $1 a piece, and if you buy $10 worth, we'll give you 15! Drawings will be held all night long, and ticket sales will also go on all night long. Here is the schedule of drawings: 11:00pm - New Orleans: The Underground Guide by Michael Patrick Welch & Allison Fensterstock (UNO Press) 11:15pm - $15 to C&M Music Store 11:30pm - $15 bar tab to Kerry Irish Pub 11:45pm - $30 to Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro 12:00am - $50 to Theo's Pizza 12:15am - $75 to Café Atchafalaya 12:30am - Personal Keg & Courtyard Party at Carrollton Station Not only will we be giving these items away, we'll also be handing out free stuff (no raffle tickets necessary) thoughout the night, courtesy of Carrollton Station & Kerry Irish Pub. Look for t-shirts, koozies, etc. 2. I'm also going to raise funds via the website Kickstarter.com. I will have a page on Kickstarter that will go live tomorrow before the show. Kickstarter is an all-or-nothing funding site that allows people who care about a project to pledge money and help fund the project, but it also rewards donors' generosity by giving them all sorts of goodies. I'll be providing the goodies, which vary at different pledge amounts. (e.g. $10 gets you the completed new album, $15 gets you the album & a kMae bandana, $25 gets those plus a kMae t-shirt, etc.) The rewards increase with the pledge amount, and some of them include a producer credit on the album or your own personal concert. My goal of $5,500 has to be reached within a certain number of days (45 or so), or I get nothin. If we don't reach the goal, you never get charged for your pledge. So there's no risk of you paying and me not being able to provide my end of the bargain. It's a great system that has worked for tons of people. At the show tomorrow night, I'll have my computer there, and people who go ahead and make their pledge online at the show will receive a special gift from me plus an additional free raffle ticket. As a musician, I totally rely on the support of my friends & fans, so all of your help is appreciated. Thanks! 3. There is a $5 cover charge at the door, which goes to pay the musicians of both my band & the Acadias. While the focus and excitement is on funding the album, we musicians gotta pay rent, too. Can't wait to see you tomorrow night! Don't forget: 10pm, Carrollton Station, Friday July 23, 2010. Big hug, kMae | |||||||||
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Helping Getting the Music Made
Kelcy Mae is a singer/songwriter from New Orleans and is trying to raise money for her album. If you're local go out and support her and if you're not there's a web site you can go to and provide some help. In today's marketplace it's hard to get your music out there and it's great to see all the different ways artists manage to get it done.
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One of my guests this week, Phil Putnam, is financing his next album via his fans and a band I interviewed a while back actually succeeded getting their last album produced in this manner
It reminds me of a story that I'll have to post about. A comic I wrote and Brian Clifton drew was financed by the fans. We presold the art to help pay for the cost of publishing the comic.
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