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Greta Gertler (The Universal Thump)

New York, NY

She has a spacious voice and a welcome weakness for lushly orchestrated seventies-era singer-songwriter pop." - The New Yorker "(A)n intriguing and ultra-talented musician on the rise, possing a "sweetly lyrical voice, an arrestin... view more

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    DYNAMO ROYALE'S QUEST FOR STRINGS & THINGS FOR NEW RECORD! by Jon Auer

    New project Dynamo Royale aspire to finish their record with real human musicians replacing digital place keepers and then make CDs

    • 155% funded $12,443 pledged
    • 202 backers
    • Funded May 24, 2012
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    SILVER WELLS -a new CD from Mx Justin Vivian Bond by Justin Bond

    SILVER WELLS is an intimate collection of epistolary exultations interpreted by Mx Justin Vivian Bond and produced by Thomas Bartlett

    • 117% funded $18,736 pledged
    • 345 backers
    • Funded May 11, 2012
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    MATA 2012 Festival of New Music by MATA Festival

    Lend a hand to MATA's 14th Annual Festival, April 17-20th and help support the music of tomorrow, today

    • 100% funded $5,040 pledged
    • 59 backers
    • Funded Apr 17, 2012
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    The new family CD from bluegrass band Astrograss by Jordan Shapiro

    Astrograss, a bluegrass band from Brooklyn, NY is recording its 2nd CD of family music and needs your help!

    • 100% funded $8,052 pledged
    • 96 backers
    • Funded Apr 27, 2012
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    Canibalismo - Chicha Libre's New Album by Chicha Libre

    Chicha Libre is raising funds for its second album, canibalismo - a psychedelic cumbia album with a big appetite..

    • 102% funded $5,111 pledged
    • 111 backers
    • Funded Apr 15, 2012
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    What is Janet Lynn? by Eben Portnoy

    A psychological drama by writer-director Eben Portnoy set in the theatre and performance art scene of the late 1960s.

    • 100% funded $6,050 pledged
    • 57 backers
    • Funded Apr 01, 2012
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    Futurepoem books: publishing two new titles by Futurepoem

    Futurepoem is an innovative non-profit literary press. Help us publish two new books chosen during our free annual open reading period.

    • 104% funded $3,878 pledged
    • 112 backers
    • Funded Feb 29, 2012
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    Robin Jackson's Debut Album by Robin

    Join the creation of my first solo flight! (Played w/ Vagabond Opera & M4th Marching Band) All original songs with stunning musicians.

    • 101% funded $10,198 pledged
    • 283 backers
    • Funded Jan 03, 2012
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    Slow/Fast: 10 DAYS FOR THE NEW RECORD by Ken Thomson

    After the 2010 acclaimed "It Would Be Easier If" - we're set to go into the studio for "Settle" - a dynamic new disc you can preorder!

    • 106% funded $2,665 pledged
    • 89 backers
    • Funded Dec 24, 2011
  10. Plexi Lusso CD + International Music Video Project by Amy Kohn

    Amy Kohn's new album Plexi Lusso coupled with her International Music Video Project

    Funding Unsuccessful (12/14/2011)
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    Cuddle Magic To Release "Info Nympho", An Analog Record by Cuddle Magic

    Recorded live in one room directly to analog tape, Cuddle Magic's third album is begging to be pressed to vinyl.

    • 116% funded $11,680 pledged
    • 145 backers
    • Funded Sep 01, 2011
  12. Balkan Tales goes to Bulgaria: Theodosii Spassov & Apollonia by Vlada Tomova

    Balkan Tales goes to Bulgaria to play with Bulgarian kaval virtuoso Theodosii Spassov! US tour, Fall 2011

    Funding Unsuccessful (08/09/2011)
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    Lee Feldman Album No. 4 by Lee Feldman

    Lee Feldman's 4th album will probably be called "Trying to Put the Things Together That Never Been Together Before."

    • 110% funded $16,644 pledged
    • 132 backers
    • Funded Aug 11, 2011
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    ArtBloc: A mobile Art Space - from 2 Shipping Containers by ArtBloc

    ArtBloc: an art gallery & performance venue, made by combining two 20ft shipping containers into many flexible configurations.

    • 110% funded $22,067 pledged
    • 210 backers
    • Funded Aug 04, 2011
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    Necessary Monsters: A staged song cycle by Carla Kihlstedt by Carla Kihlstedt

    A staged song cycle for 7 musicians & 1 actress written by Carla Kihlstedt & Rafael Oses, inspired by Borges’ Book of Imaginary Beings.

    • 118% funded $29,741 pledged
    • 328 backers
    • Funded Jul 09, 2011
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    Adopted. by Matt Kaiser

    Director Matt Kaiser looks into his sister's adoption as he decides whether or not to seek out his own birth parents.

    • 114% funded $7,990 pledged
    • 92 backers
    • Funded Jun 14, 2011
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    Andrew Vladeck's new EP & Pocket-Size Book ~ and more! by Andrew Vladeck

    Vladeck's joint EP Release/Book Launch available now, exclusively on Kickstarter, with special incentives to fund the upcoming LP.

    • 101% funded $5,087 pledged
    • 80 backers
    • Funded Jun 15, 2011
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    Touchy/Feely by Frank Bango

    Help finance Touchy/Feely by reserving your copy in advance. A new collection of songs by Frank Bango & Richy Vesecky.

    • 100% funded $15,070 pledged
    • 208 backers
    • Funded Sep 03, 2011
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    East West Quintet Is Recording A New Album!! by Michael Cassedy

    We are heading back to the studio to record our second full-length album of genre-bending, indie-jazz anthems.

    • 120% funded $8,450 pledged
    • 102 backers
    • Funded Jun 11, 2011
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    Ollabelle Album by Ollabelle

    Ollabelle needs to master, create artwork, distribute and release their third studio album.

    • 136% funded $13,685 pledged
    • 237 backers
    • Funded Apr 23, 2011
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    New Album: Place by Build

    We are asking for your support in making our first full-length album, Place, and are giving you some cool gifts in return. Thanks!!!

    • 104% funded $5,225 pledged
    • 93 backers
    • Funded Feb 27, 2011
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    Help The World Hear Gutbucket! by Gutbucket

    Help Gutbucket publicize our new CD! Will you help the world know about "Flock" ?

    • 124% funded $4,345 pledged
    • 73 backers
    • Funded Nov 20, 2010
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    Tall Tall Trees: The Sequel by Tall Tall Trees

    NYC based band Tall Tall Trees plays a unique style of banjo-driven folk rock. They need your help to record their second full length album.

    • 125% funded $15,046 pledged
    • 153 backers
    • Funded Nov 10, 2010
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    Make "Us" happen - a short story about love & family told entirely with home movies by Natalia Babinski

    In "Us", we reexamine the familiar images of the “Happy Family,” to ask: What does a “Happy Family look like?"

    • 111% funded $3,555 pledged
    • 56 backers
    • Funded Oct 14, 2010
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    Let's get Dayna Kurtz's "American Standard" out in the USA! by dayna kurtz

    This record is out in Europe but not the USA (or anywhere else) - We need you to get it out and promote it here!

    • 118% funded $14,795 pledged
    • 157 backers
    • Funded Aug 03, 2010