Kickstarter

Hellooo Friends!

This (should be) the last update I post for this Kickstarter. I am happy to announce that, as of today, ALL REWARDS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED!!! Wahoo!!!

Here are the details I have:

"The name in quotes" is how I credited you on the album website.

Wanted a CD:

"Dad" for Alan Mackenzie
"Tom & Mom"
"Gregory Mackenzie"
"Emily Kendal Frey"
"Josh Bell"
"Jesse De Bey"
"For the love of Cid" for Jonas Ekselius
"Henrik Iversen"
"Farhad Asghar"
"sia"
"Uncle K"
"Terry Butler"
"Laura Mackenzie"
"Tina & Jeff"
"the other 1/2 of team anal" for Stephanie Summers
"Breana Cross"
"Chaz Kangas"
"Misti R Miller"
"Errol Flynstad" for Tyler Lansford
"Chris Craven"
"Louise Paquette"
"Samuel Styrsky" for Asher Styrsky
"Rockabilly Joe" for Peter Joe Magnusson (<< the one exception. I've contacted him many times for an address with no luck!)

Wanted a Digital Download:
"Sarah Goforth"
"Stacey Ewing"
"Megamaniaco" for Alvaro Sarria Giraldo
"Heather Belding"
"Joseph Hung"
"dno"
"Robert Tyree"
"Jessalyn Wakefield"
"Polly Bresnick"
"Conny Brunnkvist"

No response to reward request:
"Brian Quist"
"Steve Borth"
"Spencer"
"Tom Mayo"
"Daniel Hunt"
"Robert McWilliam"
"Alison Clancy"
"Sarah Mackenzie"
"Barbara Abrams"
"Gravy"

I'm happy to make any changes to "quote names" on the website if I got anything wrong / you changed your mind. As mentioned, all thank yous will be a permanent part of the album website (http://www.programmar.net/music/hardewones/hardewones.html).

We still have plenty of CDs which we are happy to mail out, if you still want one.

The link to the Digital Download (which was posted in an earlier, private update to all of you) will be up for a few more days, for those who haven't gotten theirs yet. Let me know if you need me to send you the address again.

And that... should... be... IT!!!

Very last thing: We are making a music video, and would love your support! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1308598511/kill-your-final-fantasy-video-shoot

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Please respond only directly to this notification email! It helps me keep all communication about this together, thanks. And thank you for responding quickly and in full!

If I am mailing you a CD, please tell me your physical address. 

I've decided everybody who pledged will get a link to the DD format. Expect msg w that soon.

If you haven't yet told me which format you want, please do so now! And it's not too late to tell me how you'd like to be credited in the notes, before I just go w your name on Kickstarter.

Many Thanks! and I Hope You're All Well,

Grammar

Dear Friends,

Three days ago, we brought my first Kickstarter project - funding the mixing, mastering and CD production of my newest Advantage: proGrammar album "Harde Wones" - to a successful conclusion! The words feel wholly inadequate to my level of appreciation, but thank you! thank you! thank you!

Robby & I brought the mix to a very satisfying close yesterday afternoon. I fly back to PDX this pm and the album is scheduled to be mastered next week. It should take about a couple weeks after that to get the album artwork finished and CDs pressed up, at which point I'll be contacting you for addresses to ship to... For the first time ever, I haven't had to go into debt to make all of the above happen -- amazing!!

<< IMPORTANT: If you are due a CD but don't, for whatever reason, want one, please just tell me you don't need it -- I promise I won't be offended! >>

Thank you Kickstarter for existing and making this amazing thing happen. I wish those crazy kids all the success in the world and will be funding many / all my projects this way going forward.

Thank you to all the professionals / friends helping me get this project into its final form. I'd especially like to thank Robby Moncrieff for mixing, Timothy Stollenwerk for mastering, and the following friends for adding their voices: Jack Forman, JD Flook, Emily Kendal Frey, Joseph Hung, Mitchell Dries, Matthew Tucker. Special thanks to Jack, Jake Winkler and Nathaniel Papadakis for their great help with technical aspects of Digital Performer, my somewhat arcane recording program.

Most of all THANK YOU to everyone who pledged anything monetarily. It has been a truly humbling, touching, inspiring experience to be so warmly supported in doing my crazy work by so many friends, family, fans and strangers. Again, amazing!!!

Much Love Always,
Grammar