About this project
Some months back I stumbled into the studio with my most excellent band (for this project Paul Olguin, John Hanes, David Immerglück and Bruce Kaphan) and began recording a bunch of songs, kind of as they came into my head. Seminal influences, folk songs, post punk songs, all with the idea of trying to see what my influences had in common. What's the thread between Woody Guthrie and Joan Armatrading. Billie Holiday and Rowland S. Howard? Mimi and Richard Farina and the Gun Club? Jaques Brel and Odetta? What started out as something that seemed incoherent has begun to actually take on an odd life of it's own. Initially, I was conceiving of the project as a multi-media affair, but busy scheduling and a depth of commitments has made me reconsider and decide to address this in the way I know how to do best: an audio recording.
Currently, I've got a solid start. 5 songs are completed, and a few underway. One more day of basics, which we'll record live as a band, a few overdubs, and some mixing and we should be done.
The funds raised here are specifically for studio and musician fees. If I come in under budget, I'll use the remainder of fees for manufacturing. Currently, considering the market, I intend on only releasing this as a very small run vinyl edition of 250, with a digital download component. This is music made simply for people who care about it. Anyone familiar with my solo work knows that I'm not in the habit of cutting corners as far as recording fidelity, but I'm aiming to keep my costs as tight as possible, keeping in the spirit of austerity we find ourselves in. I just want to finish this project up, and get one of the many unfinished recordings I have sitting around wrapped up.
The next year or so of my musical life is most certainly going involve lots of work with Camper Van Beethoven, so clearing out some of the backlog of work I have is important to me.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 13, 2011.
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A preview mix e-mailed to you plus a hand made CD package (individually done for each contributor at this level) plus a link to the high resolution mp3s.
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A signed edtion of the vinyl album plus a preview mix e-mailed to you plus a hand made CD package (individually done for each contributor at this level) plus a link to the high resolution mp3s. On top of this, I'm betting not everything I cut will fit on vinyl, so I'll give you the EXPANDED version.
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Any 2 people who pledge over $500 can choose a cover for me to try in the studio. I'll provide a list of songs for you to review and set up a time to discuss suggestions. You will be directly involved in my creative process by doing this, and if you're willing to get into the necessary deep conversations about the choosing a song and why it fits into the overall project, I welcome your input. I like a a good challenge. For this amount you get a cover song plus signed edtion of the vinyl album plus a preview mix of your chosen cover e-mailed to you plus a hand made CD package (individually done for each contributor at this level) plus a link to the high resolution mp3s.
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Victor Krummenacher is a musician and designer working from San Francisco, California. Hailing originally from Riverside, CA, he's one of the founding members of Camper Van Beethoven, having played bass with them since 1983. He has also played with Monks of Doom, Cracker, Eugene Chadbourne, Magnet. He currently plays with songwriter Alison Levy in the Americana outfit McCabe and Mrs. Miller, and frequent solo outings, having recorded seven solo albums since 1995. Krummenacher also works as a print and iPad designer, contributing to the likes of Wired Magazine and Women's Wear Daily, as well as freelance projects which include design for the photographer Platon on his forthcoming book "Power," due out in June from PQ Blackwell.
