Fundage

Well, at the expense of my title sounding like a Polly Shore word, I am excited to announce that we are getting ready to launch a big ol' fundraiser to put our album out.  We just lined up a world-class mastering engineer to master the album.  I just saw the sketch of the album cover (gorgeous!), and we have a studio lined up to drop all of our mixes to two inch tape before they are mastered.  Everything is coming together in a really wonderful way.  And the things that we are learning about sound in the process are mind blowing.  Even though this album has been more work than I think Scobra and I ever dreamed it would be, through all of it, this project has taken on a life of it's own.  Odd as it may sound, I feel like this album is much bigger than just something that I have been working on.  So many amazing talents have lent themselves and their energy to this.  Countless people have supported us along the way, and with all of that energy thrown in the pot... well... we've created a mind blowing monster.  :)

But back to the point!  I spent all day yesterday working out the details of our fundraiser that will be launching in the next few weeks on kickstarter.com.  If you've never checked that site out, I suggest you do.  I have been going there for the last year purely out of interest.  You can find the coolest people working on the coolest projects on that site (and of course you can support them as well).  I have even made some friends through the different projects that I have supported.  But in short - we have some great gifts that we are getting together for the supporters of our upcoming kickstarter campaign.  Not to let too much of the cat out of the bag, but we're talking handwritten lyrics, signed and numbered copies of our EP (which is a limited pressing), posters, t-shirts, even videos and performances dedicated to our future supporters.  So not only am I excited to finish up and launch this album, but I am excited to get a chance to give some soul-made goods to the good folks that support us.  I'm excited to interact with everyone, and for the chance for us all to come together to built the last bits of this magnificent castle in the clouds.  And once that castle is finished, there will be no mote, no drawbridge, and everyone is invited to every party!

I'm being silly, I know.  But I have been chipping away at this mountain with my teaspoon for a while now.  And my little pile of gravel is growing quite nicely.  But I can't wait for this opportunity for everyone to lend a hand (and a teaspoon) for just one day.  Because I know after that, the mountain will start to shift of its own accord.

Hopeful and happily working very very hard,
-Dion Vox