Big ideas coming down the pipe. I need your input! This is still #StolenSeason stuff, by the way. Im working to make it even bigger and badder. Read on. Ive been thinking of some wild, delicious things where Stolen Season is concerned. One of those would be something Id definitely want to deploy a crowdfunding campaign for. Ive always daydreamed about having at least one of my albums available as a record, and I think now that I finally have a project worthy of such rare treatment. Unfortunately, Stolen Season from start to finish is too long an album to fit on a single 12-inch vinyl LP. So this will take some figuring. But if I crowdfunded this idea, and it blew up, I would potentially have enough dough to cover remixing, mastering, printing and pressing of the whole thing for vinyl. All backers would be able to choose that version if they wanted it, as opposed to a shorter, more jazz-focused version. This is what stretch goals are made of. For the hypothetical base goal, heres the longest and jazziest of the playlists I came up with for a 34 RPM record pressing: Black Swan Blues (with the record scratch effects removed, because overkill) Sultry Summer Night Believe In Lullabies Wild River Child Temptress Little Bird Believe In Lullabies - After Hours And heres the shortest list, for a 45 RPM pressing: Sultry Summer Night Believe In Lullabies Wild River Child Temptress Believe In Lullabies - After Hours To cover all the basics (remixing, mastering, printing, pressing, shipping, and potential crowdfunding service fees), Id set the base goal at $5K. If the campaign didnt make that goal, I wouldnt lose anything. If it did make that goal, Id of course be thrilled! The other factor is time. According to the research Ive done, vinyl pressing will take AT LEAST 16 weeks. This is AFTER all of the art and audio is approved. Mixing and mastering and proofing will all take time on top of that. So this would be something youd have to really want to jump on, help fund, AND wait a while for. If I made the fundraiser goal with time to spare, I could shorten the turnaround time for the whole thing by starting the remixing and mastering process right then. I wouldnt have the funds yet, since many fundraiser services hold funds for a few weeks after a campaign ends, but I would at least know for certain theyd be there. So theres my more spendy wild idea. Please tell me what you think. There are no wrong answers. The simpler brainstorm had to do with stickers. Many of you are familiar with my frequent practice of offering stickers with little lyric snippets on them. Im working to come up with a good list of Stolen Season lyrics stickers to create. These are the ones Ive got so far. Feel free to suggest more! Wild River Child Clever Fairytale Girl I may fit the story, but Im up to no good. Tempest tossed, but not about to break. Singing up the wind and rain, gonna shake you down with my refrain. Shake your tail! Spread your wings!
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 19:23:11 +0000
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