About this project
UPDATE:
We finished the recordings last Sunday with The Orbz and have been mixing it since. It is going to be a great inaugural EP for this project. With 10 days left, it is now imperative that we come together and push this fundraiser to the successful side. With a physical CD, funding in the future will not be an issue. The next step will be to take this first EP to local businesses and ask them to support their arts community by sponsoring the next volume or volumes. Eventually, we would like this project to be a means to fundraise for local artists' albums and I think that is the truly exciting part of all this. Imagine local music being produced through funds generated from this project- i.e. the local business community supporting local artists who, in turn, support them. It's truly a sustainable model for the local economy and arts scene.
This may all happen once there is a physical product with which to go after sponsorship dollars. This is why STL LOUD needs community support right now. Help us make sure these first two EPs are pressed and you will have done a great service to local music, hopefully, for years to come!
STL LOUD began as an ambitious goal for St. Louis music. It was a “What can we do with what we have, and how?” situation. Since writing about this multi-faceted question on our website a few months ago, the response has been tremendous, and we realized that growing the local music scene was and is on the minds of both artists and fans alike. Our proposal is a network, or community, of St. Louis music and musicians that supports itself and grows together, with the eventual goal of making our city a destination for artists from elsewhere to perform, create, and develop in the Midwest landscape.
The first step in the LOUD plan is a series of local EPs to be released every three months, featuring unreleased material, recorded and produced by R&R Music Labs free of charge and then distributed around town in the form of pressed CDs. Each EP will be officially released at a showcase. This gives each band or artist the opportunity to play to the other bands' audiences, and gives you, my fellow St. Louisans, the opportunity to hear music that you may not yet be aware of. Each EP will also be in digital form and available for download to facilitate the dissemination of STL music through the web.
STL LOUD vol. 1 (See cover art above)
Off Broadway: January 14th, 2011
Lineup:
-Langen Neubacher
-The Warbuckles
-Andy Berkhout
-The Dive Poets
-The Orbz
-Via Dove
Eventually, this project should sustain itself with money raised at each showcase, but every project needs a [kick]start. So, I'm asking you to support the future of St. Louis music and the unique possibilities it holds, by immediately funding the pressing of STL LOUD vol. 1 and vol. 2
Here's the breakdown:
CD Pressing 1- $1050
CD Pressing 2- $1050
Promotional Material: $400
=$2500
Anything extra will go to the growth of this project.
Thank you for listening and keepin' it LOUD!
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on December 16, 2010.
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The "Shaw on a Saturday Morning" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: You get the satisfaction of supporting local music and an STL LOUD button.
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The "The Grove on a Saturday Night" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: In addition to the satisfaction you'll feel and the button, your name will appear in a special place in the liner notes.
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The "MetroLink in a Tunnel" decibel-level of LOUNDESS: In addition to having your name immortalized on this important piece of culture, you will also receive a hard-copy of the first two CDs free.
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The "Cherokee Street During a World Cup Game" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: Your name on CD, a copy of it and the next one, and let's see...you're on the list for the Showcase at Off Broadway on January 14, 2011. Come join the fun for free (drinks not included)!
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NEW REWARD: The "Monad's Last Show" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: Everything else, but instead of the advance EP, you get a screen-printed copy of the poster courtesy of STL-Style.
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The "Wash Ave During the RFT Showcase 2010" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: You get your name printed, you get the copies, you're on the list, and you get an advance digital copy of the EP before the show!
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The "Dogtown on St. Patty's Day" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: Named, CD'd, you get the download, and you get +1 on the list for the release!
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The "Soulard During Mardi Gras" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: OK, so, you get your name on the CD, you get the CDs, you're on the list with +1, AND I'll get the bands to autograph a poster for you!
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The "Rock Concert at the Pageant" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: Wow, If you give this much to the cause of furthering this endeavor and the musicians supporting it, you get everything previously mentioned, except, in the liner notes you will be credited as a producer on the first TWO EPs and you get 4 tickets to the first show.
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The "Busch Stadium on October 27, 2006" decibel-level of LOUDNESS: You are truly a music-lover and supporter of your city and its scene! In addition to all the previous thank-yous, R&R Music Labs will record, mix, and master a song for you.
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We built R&R Music Labs in 2007/2008 with the goal of furthering music in St. Louis. Since then, we've been searching for the best avenue with which to do this. Enter: STL LOUD. We hope that this is the first step in what will be a sustainable, local music community that can grow together and take advantage of STL's unique scene.
