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Update #4: rewards
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Posted on October 20, 2010
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Update #3: 10 Hours to go!
Congratulations to all of you for helping Uzi & Ari raise funds for our new record! We couldn't have done it without you. I'm so happy and appreciative and grateful, and I can't wait to mail out all of your rewards! There are still 10 hours to go, though and we're just 65 dollars short of making our second goal of 4,000. Kickstarter takes a hefty percentage, as does Amazon after the fundraiser is over, so any little extra help we can get goes a very long way. If you know anyone who wanted or might want to participate and be a part of our record, please let them know that time is running out! I love you all, you inspire me and bless me, you enrich my life. I can't wait to finish this record and deliver to the world with all of our hands together.
yours.
ben
Update #2: Six days left! And a little peek into the rehearsal studio!
Tell your friends! We made the goal, but we need every penny we can get! We asked for a modest amount so as not to come away with nothing, but this money will only just get the ball rolling. Let's make it to 4K in the next six days! Here is a little video of Jeff and I in the studio rehearsing one of the new songs... Enjoy!
xo
ben
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ben shepard on September 24, 2010
after rereading that post, i feel like it comes off sounding a little ungrateful. 3500 dollars is a lot of money, and i could have never come up with it on my own. i am profoundly grateful and humbled by your selfless, generous contributions. if you know of anyone who might be interested in some of the things we are offering here, or who might be interested in participating, i would love it if you notified them! we made our goal but we could still use all the help we can get, i'll let you all know how i used the money after you receive your rewards. thank you again, i love each and every one of you. thank you!
xo
ben
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Update #1: Updates coming soon!
Hey everyone! We made the goal thanks to all of you generous and lovely friends! I cannot thank you enough. I will be posting a video update this week, I've been swamped with travel, work and rehearsals but I'll be back in New York tonight and busy resuming work on the record. Let's keep spreading the word, we can use all the extra help we can get! Any extra funds we raise beyond the goal will help with mixing, mastering and production. Talk soon! -Ben
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on October 1, 2010.
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A digital download of a randomly chosen, unreleased remix.
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A digital download of the first Uzi & Ari album, never before released, titled "The Air is Thin as Paper Here," recorded in 2001.
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A digital download of 15 previously unreleased remixes of Uzi & Ari songs and remixes done by the band, plus a digital download of the first Uzi & Ari album, "The Air is Thin as Paper Here."
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A signed physical copy of the Uzi & Ari / TaughtMe Split CD EP, a digital download of 15 previously unreleased remixes of Uzi & Ari songs and remixes done by the band, plus a digital download of the first Uzi & Ari album, "The Air is Thin as Paper Here."
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A signed physical copy of the Uzi & Ari LP "Headworms" (only about 100 left), a digital download of 15 previously unreleased remixes of Uzi & Ari songs and remixes done by the band, plus a digital download of the first Uzi & Ari album, "The Air is Thin as Paper Here."
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A signed physical copy of the Uzi & Ari LP "Headworms" (only about 100 left), a signed physical copy of the Uzi & Ari LP "It Is Freezing Out," a digital download of 15 previously unreleased remixes of Uzi & Ari songs and remixes done by the band, plus a digital download of the first Uzi & Ari album, "The Air is Thin as Paper Here."
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A signed physical copy of the Uzi & Ari LP "Headworms" (only about 100 left), a signed physical copy of the Uzi & Ari LP "It Is Freezing Out," and a digital download of five full length Uzi & Ari albums. (The Air is Thin as Paper Here, Don't Leave In Such a Hurry, It Is Freezing Out, Headworms, Remixes).
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A signed paperback copy of Ben's Kerouac-esque travel log and personal journal, a signed physical copy of both Uzi & Ari LP's, the Japanese version of It Is Freezing Out on CD, and the entire Uzi & Ari catalog on MP3.
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A signed hardbound copy of Ben's Kerouac-esque travel log and personal journal, a signed physical copy of both Uzi & Ari LP's, the Japanese version of It Is Freezing Out on CD, and the entire Uzi & Ari catalog on MP3. Your name will also be printed on the liner notes as a special thanks in the upcoming "Are You Haunted?" album.
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A signed hardbound copy of Ben's Kerouac-esque travel log and personal journal, a signed physical copy of both Uzi & Ari LP's, a signed test pressing (only 5 in existence!) of It Is Freezing Out, the Japanese version of It Is Freezing Out on CD, and the entire Uzi & Ari catalog on MP3. Your name will also be printed on the liner notes as an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER in the upcoming "Are You Haunted?" album. We'll throw in a 20 minute Skype session with Ben where you can ask him ANY 3 questions you want. We'll include one of the interviews in an upcoming documentary about the band.
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Ben will create an original piece of artwork for you, a song, a painting, a collage, or a drawing, at your choosing, that will never be released to the public.
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A private performance within three hours of the NYC area. You can create the setlist, and invite any of your friends and family to attend. Your name will also be printed in the liner notes as an EXECUTIVE PRODUCER in the upcoming "Are You Haunted?" album.
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Free entrance for life to any Uzi & Ari show, plus a friend or a date, anywhere in the world. Seriously, your name on the guestlist +1 forever!
von! you've done enough! i can't thank you enough. i love you buddy.
I cant wait for the new album. Ashlie and I are fans. We cant stop singing that Architekt song in our heads. Genius
p.s. I love you too