About this project
Love and Other Funky Jam will include 12 original songs, written by me, Keith Harrison. It's my debut full-length solo record, and I intend on going all out!
Get a taste of the style by watching my performance of "Stranger Things Have Happened" on Beta Records TV. This song is going to be on the album.
The killer cajon player in this video has actually recorded all of the drum parts already! His name is Justin Cowden, and he's as cool a dude as he is groovy a drummer.
We've also already recorded the bass tracks. The bad cat responsible for that is Mike Torres, bassist for Macy Gray. Needless to say, it sounds gooooooood...
Now, I need to hire a guitarist and some horn players. I also need to purchase a few pieces of equipment for my studio, in order to insure the sexy sounds that come out of the band (and me), make it to your speakers sounding the way I want them to: pumpin' and jumpin' on the dancey songs; big and beautiful on the ballads.
If you pledge, you'll not only get the cool gifts I'm promising, but you'll also have access to backer-only video updates of us actually making this thing.
So, we have until January 12th at 1:12pm to raise $1000 (or more????).
Thank you so much for your consideration. Seriously!
P.S. Aside from all the musical excitement, I'm stoked about what Jessica Cardelucci's going to come up with for my new logo. Check out her website.
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A free download of my most recent single, “On New Years Eve”.
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A sticker with my new logo, currently being designed by the very gifted Jessica Cardelucci (www.cardelucci.com). Plus the song download.
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A digital pre-release copy of the album. Plus the song download and sticker.
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A signed copy of the lyrics to the song of your choosing off the new album. Plus the digital album, song download and sticker.
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A publicity photo of me, autographed personally to you or to someone else of your choosing. Plus the digital album, song download and sticker.
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Special personal thanks and accolades from me in a Kickstarter video update online (if you prefer to remain anonymous, you can choose an alias). Plus the digital album, song download and sticker.
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A hard copy (CD) of the album, autographed to you or to someone else of your choosing, as well as special thanks in the album notes. Plus the song download and sticker.
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The power to request my performance of any song in the world, dedicated to the individual or group of your choosing, mailed to you on a custom-designed, autographed CD. Plus the hard-copy album, song download and sticker.
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Handwritten, signed copies of the lyrics to the entire album, professionally and tastefully framed for hanging. Plus the hard-copy album, publicity photo, song download and sticker.
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VIP guest status at any live performance event I headline for the rest of your life. Plus the hard-copy album, publicity photo, song download and sticker.
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A private solo concert at your home (U.S. only). Plus the hard-copy album, publicity photo, song download and sticker.
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Executive Producer status on the album. Plus in-your-home concert, hard-copy album, publicity photo, song download and sticker.
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A cameo in the first music video produced for the album, including all necessary travel and lodging. Plus Executive Producer status, hard-copy album, publicity photo, song download and sticker.
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A weekend trip for two to Los Angeles, travel and accommodations included, a Hollywood tour led personally by me, and a private dinner concert at a TBD Hollywood location. Plus Executive Producer status, hard-copy album, publicity photo, song download and sticker.
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Label status on the album. Plus the in-home concert, hard-copy album, publicity photo, song download and sticker.
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Keith Harrison is a nationally recognized live-performer, music director, composer, orchestrator and songwriter. His work in Chicago Theatre made him a two-time Joseph Jefferson Award-Winner (The Boys From Syracuse and The Hunchback of Notre Dame) and he was nominated five other times.
He grew up in Springfield, NJ, the child of a pro-bono lawyer who once received payment from a client in the form of a Spinet piano. It quickly became 3-year-old Keith’s best friend. He continued to play and study music all through his childhood, taking up the clarinet seriously, and discovering his ear for perfect pitch.
He began to study as many instruments as he could get his hands on. He went to various summer music camps and later starred in all the school musicals. After college at Northwestern University, where he penned songs for various student musicals and began writing on his own, he produced his first album. With a little help from his friends and family, he recorded it.
As a pianist and orchestrator, he worked with Lauren Kennedy on her CD release concert (Here and Now); Dennis DeYoung (Styx) on Hunchback; and with Tony® Award-Winners Heather Headley and Levi Kreis.
As a stage performer, he’s been seen at Chicago’s famed Goodman Theatre and Apollo Theater. In 2010, he completed a stint with the Chicago company of the Tony®-nominated Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet, playing rock n’ roller Jerry Lee Lewis.
During his performance of the Lewis role, Keith suffered a vocal injury due to singing while sick. His voice was gone, and he had to undergo surgery on his larynx. Soon after, he began speech therapy, relearning how to craft sounds and sing again. He devoted himself to cultivating a healthier lifestyle, and, within a few months, his voice was stronger than before. He attributes his remarkable recovery to a plant-based diet, which he now actively advocates.
His compositions have been heard on television and radio alongside major brands, including McDonald's and Allstate. He developed the electronic music for the new and controversial musical White Noise, produced by Whoopi Goldberg, and produced the score for the EMMY-nominated anti-bullying PSA Campaign "STARS Nashville".
Keith is a prolific singer-songwriter whose crossover album, Side A, can be found on iTunes, along with his politico-satire single Bla-Go, which won the Chicago RedEye's Blagojevich songwriting contest in 2009. He also traveled to the Gulf of Mexico to shoot a music video for his original song “Tomorrow May Not Come” about the tragic impact of the BP Oil spill.
An accomplished sound engineer, he produces all of his own recordings in his home studio. He also records for various labels, including CMH, which released his cover of Bruno Mars’ “Just The Way You Are” in 2010.
His singular vocal and musical style is reminiscent of artists as varied as Gavin DeGraw, Maroon 5, and John Legend. With a soulful sound and pop sensibility, Keith has toured venues like The House of Blues, The Mint and the Viper Room. His newest EP, Play The Game, was released in May 2011. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, and lives with his wife, Laura, in Los Angeles, California. Find out more at www.keithmakesmusic.com.
