Welcome to Five Times August's second Kickstarter project! In 2009 you helped raise $20,000 in 31 days for the release of the album "Life As A Song." To those of you that backed the project, THANK YOU once again for your support, I hope you are still enjoying the album.
My name is Brad, I'm 27, and Five Times August is a solo music project I started close to ten years ago when I was eighteen. This venture has stayed true to my artistic integrity the entire journey and I'm very proud of that. Even though it was my dream to sign to a big major record label when I began all those years ago, the more I accomplished as an independent artist the more I realized the comfort and freedom I had. By the time I was meeting with record labels I had worked my butt off and was actually making a living with my music, I just couldn't justify risking 85% of my income for 15 minutes of fame. Since then I've opted out of the label racket until either the right deal comes along or I just can't keep up with my own career!
In 2003 I was working in radio when I met a girl who saw potential in what I was doing. Her name was Kelly and she started booking shows for me. Eventually she became my manager full time, eventually she became my wife, too! So here we are, seven years later working together as a husband and wife team. She's the business side, I'm the creative side and that's it, it's just us! Together we've accomplished national album distribution in Wal-Mart, Borders, and Best Buy stores (the first completely unsigned act to do so). We've licensed Five Times August's music to over 80 TV shows, commercials, and movies including features on MTV, HBO, ABC, FOX, and more. Five Times August has also achieved national press in People Magazine, Billboard, Guitar Player, Electronic Musician, CosmoGirl, USAToday, AOL, Windows Media, and much more.
For more information please check out the official website!
