About this project
In April, we will go back into the studio to record our next album!
With this money we can record it, and distribute it all over the world!
We have new songs about love, space, babies, whales, farms, and dogs!
Please forward this to people far and wide, we need all the help we can get!!
We are embarking on another phase of our musical journey, and we want you to be a part of it! Last year Jessica and I released our first album together, and after years of struggle we saw all of our hard work pay off! It was beautiful, we played 150 shows in 40 of the United States, Vancouver/Montreal Canada, and 15 awesome shows in the UK! We did this all without a label, a booking agent, a publicist, a manager, or even any idea of how to do it, but we just figured it out! Renewing our faith in hard work and humanity. We didn't always know where we were going to sleep, or if we had enough money for decent food, but somehow it just magically worked out. ALMOST every day!
Everybody knows about the state of the music industry, new forms of distribution are bringing music to the people! We are part of a new movement of independent artists who are gonna keep music alive for the future. Introducing Kickstarter, here is a safe way you can support us, as easy as using Amazon.com. Think of it as Pre-ordering the Album, or just being part of something really amazing! We can't do it without you! There are rewards for every level of support. Even 1$ will help us meet our goal! We don't take anything for granted, we know how hard everyone works, and how many noble causes there are in this world, and that's what we are all about!
This album has a mix of old and new songs, songs you haven't heard in a while and songs we wrote this summer. One in particular is called "Just Because" it's a song I wrote about how I feel about saving the whales! Here is the link to our PROJECT you will find out everything you need to know there about what to do next, and what awesome prizes you'll get in return for helping us realize our fantastic vision! If you can forward it to any friends and family who know or might care about us, that would be a big help! We need everyone's help to pull this off! We are as grassroots as you can get! But we are staged to do some really amazing things this year!
Love, Brad + Jess
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 16, 2010.
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Free Digital Download of the first single!
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I'll send you a demo version of one new song from the album!
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Free Digital Download of the Album!
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A CD copy of the Album!
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An Autographed Copy of the CD and FREE entry to our Release Party! (in Brooklyn)
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Autographed copy of the CD, plus entry to our concert in your local area!
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We will make a custom youtube video of us singing Happy Birthday to you!
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One of Jessica's old broken tambourines.
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CD + Custom Heroes Puffy Paint T-shirt!
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Brad will give you a singing guitar lesson! (Next time we are on tour in your area)
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Chore Choir! We will hang out with you, basically have band practice at your house, while you tidy your habitat. Sage advice included! (One hour)
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Jessica will write a song about you!
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Brad will help you fine tune that love song about your significant other.
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Brad will cook you pasta! I'm almost as good as Jessica! But still you have to buy the groceries and wash the dishes. (Next time we are on tour in your area)
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Jessica will cook you pasta! You buy the groceries and wash the dishes. (Next time we are on tour in your area)
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We will play on one of your recordings. Jessica can play ukulele or tambourine and Brad can play mandolin or banjo. We could also be a chorus of birds or are really good at snaps and claps!
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Sponsor us to play at your nursery school, hospital, or nursing home!
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A "This Frontier Needs Heroes" Custom Ukulele brought back from Hawaii by Bradley, played and signed by Jessica! (ONLY ONE AVAILABLE!)
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We will play at your house for you and your friends! (Next time we are on tour in your area)
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Book us for any venue/festival/appearance. (Plus Travel Expenses)
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Weekend Residency. We will hang out on your farm and play music. But you have to feed us!
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Our Heroes Page! Have your picture doctored by our experts to make you look like a historical figure! It will appear prominently on the inside of our album!
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We are a Folk-Rock duo of brother-sister Brad and Jessica Lauretti living in Brooklyn, NY.
We were brought up with a spirit of rebellion, a passion for social justice, and spent much of our childhood dancing and singing together to our favorite songs! After splitting with his last band, Brad turned to a new stripped down approach and began to collaborate with his sister Jessica, an experimental filmmaker who taught herself tambourine, ukulele, and drums. The Heroes sing honest, personal stories of love, loss, and longing for a better world. They are inspired by the human experience of generations of people trying to make it to the Mountain Top. Brad’s poetic heart and fighting spirit, in harmony with Jessica’s wild and wailing nature, gives the Heroes their unforgettable stormy sound.
