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on June 12, 2010
The Bearfoot Hookers
Posted project update #4Sincere Thanks!
Post CommentWe made it! Sincere and humble thanks go out to all of our backers. We reached our goal thanks to the support of each one of you.
The Bearfoot Hookers are in Waycross this weekend and we are pleased to announce that we have copies of the new CD in hand... "Beer Drinkin' Gospel Revival" is finished. The CD sounds great and looks very very good.
We will be putting together the assorted gifts for distribution next week when we're back home.
Thanks again,
Mark Durfield
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on June 11, 2010Funded!
Mix, Master and Press The Bearfoot Hookers' New Record Beer Drinkin' Gospel Revival by The Bearfoot Hookers
The Bearfoot Hookers need your help to mix, master and press our new album! Recording is done but we need $2,000 to bring this sucker on in!
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111% funded $2,220 pledged
- 52 backers
- Funded Jun 11, 2010
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on May 28, 2010
The Bearfoot Hookers
Posted project update #3Less than two weeks to go...
Post CommentDear friends and beloved supporters,
We are almost there... as I type we are at $1,685 in pledges which leaves us only $315 short of hitting our goal of $2,000. But we only have 13 days to go.
We greatly appreciate your support and your vote of confidence. The response has meant a lot to us and has helped keep us pushing towards completion of "Beer Drinkin' Gospel Revival".
Mixing is finished, mastering is finished, and the CD layout is finished (and includes some cool original artwork by our own Ty Manning). It sounds great and the package looks fantastic. But now we are facing the big expense of printing the art and pressing 1,000 CDs. We need your help to spread the word so that we can reach that $2,000 goal and bring this thing across the finish line.
Please help spread the word... send this link to your friends and enemies... http://kck.st/ccXITc
Almost there. Thanks again and we look forward to playing these new songs for all of you very soon.
Sincerely,
Mark Durfield
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on May 17, 2010
The Bearfoot Hookers
Posted project update #2Mixing Complete
Post CommentThanks to all of our supporters so far... we have reached 65% of our goal. But time is getting short. Please help spread the word.
Mixing was completed on Sunday and the complete album is currently in the hands of renowned mastering engineer Jeff Capurso. The final mixes sound great. We are busy working on CD layout and taking photos. Your support has kept us going. Thanks to all. Tell your friends and help us bring "Beer Drinkin' Gospel Revival" to completion on schedule.
Thanks... The Bearfoot Hookers
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on May 10, 2010
The Bearfoot Hookers
Posted project update #1Thanks for the help! Keep it coming!
Thanks to all of our "Backers", we have hit 30% of our funding goal in 24 hours. But we still have a long way to go. We appreciate everyone spreading the word. Let's keep the momentum going. If we get pledges exceeding the target amount, we might be able to upgrade the CD packaging to include more cool stuff.
We are mixing the new CD as I type. It sounds great and we are all very excited to finally be bringing a disc of new tracks to you, our loyal fans.
Thanks for your support,
The Bearfoot Hookers
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on May 10, 2010
The Bearfoot Hookers
commented on a projectrollin' rollin' rollin'. Thanks to all of our "Backers", we have hit 30% of our funding goal in 24 hours. But we still have a long way to go. We appreciate everyone spreading the word. Let's keep the momentum going. If we get pledges exceeding the target amount, we might be able to upgrade the CD packaging to include more cool stuff. We are mixing the new CD as I type. It sounds great and we are all very excited to finally be bringing a disc of new tracks to you, our loyal fans. Thanks for your support, The Bearfoot Hookers
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on May 10, 2010
The Bearfoot Hookers
commented on a projectDear Mr. Bell, I don’t know you so I assume that you do not know who I am either. You are not on the band’s e-mail list so I’m not sure how you got information about our project. I’m sorry that you were exposed to something that you are not interested in or found offensive in some manner. But since you chose to express judgment upon us, I will respond in truth. My name is Mark Durfield. I am one of the founding members of a band called The Bearfoot Hookers. My wife and I own the small farm in Rutledge where portions of our promotional video were filmed. I am the one in the video wearing the brown leather hat and the goats are all mine. Our property is not designated as conservation use and I pay all of the taxes levied against my property and vehicles by the county each year. While I don’t think the Conservation Use program is necessarily a bad thing, we don’t have enough property to qualify. My wife and I both have full-time jobs that generate the income we live on and pay bills and taxes from. Ours is a “hobby farm” and we do not receive any government subsidies. We cover all feeding expenses, vet bills, and land maintenance costs out of our own income. The band is not a source of profit for me or any of us. We are not affiliated with any sort of record label and manage our band completely independently with no financial support from anyone but our fans. We generally make enough money from playing shows and CD sales to cover travel, recording and promotional expenses and keep our gear in working order. We do it because we love it. Our great fans support us in many ways and we love them for it. I can only assume that our appeal on Kickstarter.com offended you because you view it as a request for a handout. The folks that have pledged are doing so because they like what we do and because they support a hard working independent band. It takes money to make a record… much more than the $2,000 we have set as a goal on Kickstarter.com… even on a very tight budget like ours. We exhausted the band funds about mid-way through this project and have been covering expenses out of our own pockets since then, in addition to paying property taxes. Those fans that have made pledges will get something in return. Whether or not that something has value or is worth the pledge of support is up to them. I suspect that all of them would purchase a copy of our new CD anyway so the Kickstarter.com project is simply a “pre-sale” type of arrangement. But the benefit for us is that we can continue working to bring the project to completion... and it will be completed... without further straining our personal bank accounts by having to front money to cover production costs. So, even though you suggested that my wife and I might somehow be trying to take advantage of you, I’ll accept your apology. Who knows, I might even throw in one of those $500 pledges in your name and write a song for you, because that’s what I do… in addition to paying taxes, managing a farm, working full-time in a factory, and producing records. It’s OK Mr. Bell… we still love you. Sincerely, Mark Durfield The Bearfoot Hookers thebearfoothookers@yahoo.com
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on May 9, 2010
The Bearfoot Hookers launched a project
Mix, Master and Press The Bearfoot Hookers' New Record Beer Drinkin' Gospel Revival by The Bearfoot Hookers
The Bearfoot Hookers need your help to mix, master and press our new album! Recording is done but we need $2,000 to bring this sucker on in!
- $2,000 funding goal
- 06/11/2010 Funding Ended
The Bearfoot Hookers
The Bearfoot Hookers joined Kickstarter on May 03, 2010
Can't wait to hear what "Beer drinking, gospel revival" type music sounds like. Good luck! JHJ