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Sxip Shirey

Brooklyn, NY

Sxip Shirey-- "...haunting..." The New York Times "..hypnotizing.." Billboard.com "...beguiling.." TimeOut NY "...mesmirizing.." The New Yorker "...unexpected.." The Huffington Post

  1. Amanda Palmer: The new RECORD, ART BOOK, and TOUR by Amanda Palmer

    Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra are putting out an album. Pre-order it / get more info on the art book & gallery tour, here!

    • 889% funded $889,736 pledged
    • 18,698 backers
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    Jakarta Punk: The Marjinal Story by Jakarta Film Team

    Punk's radical attitude is a cry from the streets of Jakarta for change. Through music, Marjinal challenges the injustices in society.

    • 102% funded $16,450 pledged
    • 207 backers
    • Funded Apr 28, 2012
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    Pretty Things Peepshow Tour Bus or Bust by Pretty Things Peepshow

    The Pretty Things Peepshow, a traveling vaudeville show is raising money to buy a new Tour Bus to keep the show on the road.

    • 118% funded $11,811 pledged
    • 264 backers
    • Funded Apr 11, 2012
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    Hi! It's Brooklyn Rider! Can you hear us? by johnny gandelsman

    Hi! Can you hear us? We are listening and taking notes. Become a partner in the creation of our new album, "Seven Steps"!

    • 168% funded $50,565 pledged
    • 285 backers
    • Funded Feb 14, 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
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    Make Rubulad's Dream Home Come True by Rubulad

    Rubulad is moving! And in search of a new home for our monthly party. We bring art, music and people together unlike anyone else.

    • 106% funded $37,248 pledged
    • 733 backers
    • Funded Dec 09, 2011
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    Speakeasy Dollhouse by Cynthia von Buhler

    A biographical tale of murder, mafia, and intrigue in NYC told with handmade dolls and sets, in conjunction with an immersive play.

    • 168% funded $16,811 pledged
    • 316 backers
    • Funded Oct 01, 2011
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    Michael Winograd's new album! by Michael Winograd

    Hi folks.... I'll be making a new record of contemporary klezmer music in September, with a stellar band. Check it out!!!

    • 111% funded $11,145 pledged
    • 175 backers
    • Funded Jul 29, 2011
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    Jazz Graphic Novel by Keith H. Brown

    A labor of love - my "interpretive graphic biography' of one of the great musical unsung heroes-jazz musician Eric Dolphy.

    • 103% funded $8,285 pledged
    • 173 backers
    • Funded Jul 16, 2011
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    In Search of Blind Joe Death - The Saga of John Fahey by Tamarack Productions

    John Fahey, the subject of our exploratory documentary film, was one of the great guitarists of the twentieth-century.

    • 102% funded $25,637 pledged
    • 261 backers
    • Funded Jul 14, 2011
  11. Pressing and Publicizing New CD, "Mouthpiece" by Adam Matta

    Raising money to duplicate new CD, "Mouthpiece." Album contains 11 tracks of beatbox-based music and compositions.

    Funding Unsuccessful (02/24/2011)
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    Battle of Brooklyn by Rumur

    Battle of Brooklyn chronicles a six year community fight against a massive real estate development that uses eminent domain to take people's homes.

    • 102% funded $25,506 pledged
    • 373 backers
    • Funded Dec 01, 2009