About this project
Dear friends,
Thanks to your encouragement, I have been able to make a career out of music, first as a co-founding member of the everybodyfields, and now with my own band entitled conveniently for me, Jill Andrews.
Over the past 18 months playing as a solo artist I have toured the nation and met a great many of you, recorded a self-titled EP that I am very proud of, and have almost finished a brand new full length album entitled "The Mirror," which will be released in March of 2011.
The production of an album, from conception to release, is an exciting and often overwhelming task. From studio time, manufacturing, publicity, and tour support, an artist is met with several financial challenges in order to deliver their music to you, the listener.
Over the past several years, there's been a seismic shift in the music industry. Advances in technology, including the way we communicate has empowered independent artists, giving us a chance to create opportunities that were before off limits.
In the past, artists would generally have to rely on the support of label to help fund their projects. However, it's always been the fans who have dictated the failure or success of records.
After much thought and consideration, I've decided to partner with Kickstarter, with the specific goal of raising $10,000 to help fund my new release. Although the actual costs are much greater than this, I feel this is a number we can reach with the fans, friends, and family that have continue to support my music. It's just another way that my great fans can continue to contribute to my career, and in turn, I've come up with a few packages to show my appreciation.
I can't tell you how excited I am about sharing this with you. Many of you have seen me grow as an artist, performer, and a writer over the past six years and several of you are just becoming familiar with my music. Either way, this album, is my proudest moment as an artist so far. I really feel like I have written the best songs of my career for this project.
Many of the songs struck me in the spring of 2009 and were first accompanied by the chorus of baby birds chirping outside of my window and the hope of flowers growing in my garden. It is a collection of songs with love, pain, and so much hope so that you can feel the cool wind rustling the trees and the sun peeking out through the clouds.
Thanks for your support. You are the reason that I am able to keep playing music. If you would like to help me fund "The Mirror" among other musical endeavors, please choose one of the special packages that I created and forward this to your friends!
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digital download of 'The Mirror' two weeks prior to release. Oh yes, a handmade magnet for you as well.
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physical copy of 'The Mirror' two weeks before release + digital download. Okay, a magnet for you as well.
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an autographed copy of cd two weeks before, digital download, magnet, and personal 'thank you' note from yours truly.
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all of the above, plus handwritten song lyrics to your favorite Jill Andrews song.
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all of the above, plus acoustic recordings of some of the new tunes. Just me and my guitar, giving you a preview.
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all of the above, plus a lyric songbook (from the new album).
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all of the above, plus name on guest list to all Jill Andrews 2011 headlining shows.
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all of the above, plus a cover song of your choice that I broadcast over youtube. (exclusive to you)
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all of the above, plus a house concert where you help write the set list. (Plus travel expenses if further than 400 miles of Nashville)
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all of the above, plus your name in the credits of my new album.
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It starts with the voice. Before you notice the words, before you detect the gently curling melodies tugging them along, this is what hits you first: It's warm and rich and touched with a soft Southern twang, as likely to swing down into its earthy lower register as arch upwards into a hopeful trill; it's steady and sure but flecked with a certain weary sadness that stops you dead, draws you near. It's beautiful. It knows something.
This voice is Jill Andrews, who's been singing her whole life: as a little girl, as a camp counselor plucking out three chords on an acoustic guitar under swaying pine trees, as one-half of The Everybodyfields—and, since 2009, as an increasingly formidable singer/songwriter making her way on her own.
On her self-titled EP (2009) and her debut record (coming in early 2011), Andrews crafts beguiling, startlingly intimate songs that merge her voice with her effortless, classic-pop sensibility and keen eye for human drama—all the unspoken truths between lovers, devastating confessions whispered to friends, silent prayers offered up during the longest, loneliest nights. A smart, subtle tunesmith and a gently wise songwriter, Andrews' songs shuffle in and settle down with little fanfare, then quietly go about the business of ripping your heart straight out of your chest.
A rock-solid frontwoman in sundresses and Frye boots, Andrews leads a full band on record and on stage, drawing in tender piano, shuffling drums and searing electric guitar to support her careful acoustic picking. Wherever she plays, she offers up a vision of herself as a singular, quickly-maturing artist with the power to cross lines of genre and geography, taste and time. She is a force—and a voice—to be reckoned with.
