About this project
Help The NYCity Slickers record a 13-track CD!!
It’s time folks for the NYCity Slickers to record our debut CD! We’re not starting out small. We plan on recording a 13-track CD this Spring. The CD will include some of our popular originals, covers, and a few never before heard tunes. We have big plans for the near future, and it all starts here, with this CD. In order to do that we need your help. Every little aspect of a CD costs money, and so we are trying to raise $8,000.
We have worked over the past 3 years developing our unique “Big Apple bluegrass” sound and identity. In the past year alone we have swept NYC by storm, playing regularly in premiere clubs all over Manhattan and Brooklyn.
What sets the NYCity Slickers apart from the rest is that we offer something for everyone. How often do you get to hear three part wailing-tight-harmonies, backed by 5 amazingly talented bluegrass musicians. To quote Morton, our avid fan, “You can’t stay in a bad mood when you hear the NYCity Slickers!” Go to our website, www.nycityslickers.com to hear some of our pre-recorded demo tracks, info on the band and upcoming gigs.
$8,000 is the bare minimum that we need to make this CD happen. Any amount that you can give would be amazing and would be greatly appreciated. Every dollar that we raise over $8,000 will go towards ensuring that we can have an even better CD that is of a higher quality across the board. Here’s the kicker....if we don’t raise $8,000 we get nothing. So please, help make the CD a reality and spread the ‘City Slicker sound across the world
Wishing you abundant creativity!
The NYCity Slickers
www.nycityslickers.com
www.myspace.com/nycityslickers
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www.nycityslickers.blogspot.com
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on February 6, 2011.
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We'll send you a digital download of 1 song + thank you on our website & all of our social networks
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We'll send you a digital pre-release of the CD, 2 weeks early!!
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You will receive the digital pre-release AND a hard copy of the CD once it is available!!
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You will receive the digital pre-release, the hard copy CD, a Sticker, AND an Autographed poster!!
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The Total Merch Package Includes: the digital pre-release, the hard copy CD, a Sticker, an Autographed Poster, AND an official T-Shirt (we'll even sign that for you)!!
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Entitles you to a one hour private BANJO lesson, with Faser Hardin, via Skype or at a Midtown NYC studio. AND the total Merch package from above!!!!
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Entitles you to a one hour private GUITAR lesson, with Stephen Benson, via Skype or at a Midtown NYC studio. AND the total Merch package from above!!!!
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Entitles you to a one hour private FIDDLE lesson, with Jens Kramer, via Skype or at a Midtown NYC studio. AND the total Merch package from above!!!!
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Entitles you to a one hour private VOICE lesson, with one of the lovely girls, via Skype or at a Midtown NYC studio. AND the total Merch package from above!!!!
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Sing/perform a song of your choice at one of our NYC Gigs OR we'll perform a song of your choice & dedicate/post a video of it online. You'll also get the Total Merch Package as well as a Co-Producer credit on the album!!
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We'll write & perform a song on the subject of your choice, perform it live at one of our NYC gigs & post a video of it online. You'll also get the Total Merch Package as well as a Co-Producer credit on the album!!
Pledge $2,000 or more Pledge $2,000 or more
The NYCity Slickers will perform a one hour concert at your NYC party/venue!! You will also receive the Total Merch Package and a PRODUCER credit on the album!!
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The NYCity Slickers is an 8 piece, high energy bluegrass band that combines the wailing tight harmonies and talents of three gorgeous gal singers with the hard driving sound of five musically gifted guys on banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle, bass and accordion. The Slickers' unique "Big Apple Bluegrass" sound is a synthesis of traditional bluegrass, zydeco, delta blues & country pop, resulting in a theatrically inspired, toe tappin', one-of-a-kind, rockin' good time. Formed in 2008, The NYCity Slickers combines the talents of 8 classically trained musicians and vocalists who bring creative inspiration from their multi-faceted performance careers ranging from musical theatre, Nashville stages, jazz, pop, opera, orchestral, film and TV. The NYCity Slickers' theatrical concerts thrill audiences with eclectic sets of standard bluegrass, zydeco, delta blues, gospel and covers of popular artists such as the Dixie Chicks, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette, Rhonda Vincent, Claire Lynch and Ricky Scaggs, as well as their own original tunes.
The NYCity Slickers have performed for the past 2 years as a featured band in the "Take Me to the River" concert series on New York City's Pier 84. They were recently featured in a JetBlue spot with director Josh Nussbaum, a live TV performance and interview on "Something to Offer" with host Ann Marie Offer and an international radio broadcast for Centanni Broadcasting Network with host Johnny Mandolin. The NYCity Slickers regularly play all over New York City including NYC's premier venues: Rodeo Bar, Rockwood Music Hall, Spike Hill, Banjo Jim's, Mean Fiddler, the Jalopy Theatre, Iguana Club, Workshop Theatre, and the Zipper Theatre. In addition to these performance venues, The NYCity Slickers also have performed their gospel repertoire for church services in the NY and NJ area.
