I'm working on my first full-length album, and I've paid for most of it myself. I just need a final push!
Dear friends,
About 2 years ago, I released my first CD, Happy Happy. It was 6 songs, mostly written 10-15 years before the album's release. But in my haste to get it out, I didn't get to record any of the newer songs I'd written. People clamored for recordings of "Google Thinks We're Dating" and "Notting Hill." Well now, it's on its way. LilacFace is a collection of 9 songs. Some are funny, some are sad, some poignant, but all of them have a piece of my heart poured out on a plate for you, my darling listeners. The title is a reference to this past February when after a devastating personal loss some of my friends chipped in to buy me a bouquet of lilacs, my favorite flower. If you know anything about lilacs, you know that finding them in February is near impossible. But the amount of love that I know went into finding those flowers for me helped me carry on and move forward.
I've been working in the recording studio on this album for a few weeks. Boy Wonder, fellow Philadelphia musician, is producing it. Venice Sunlight, a band of kickass musicians, is acting as my backing band. We're going to have special guest appearances by Noelle Picara (Keys), Sheila Hershey (Cello), and Donna Smith (Viola/Violin). Every single time I work with one of these artists, I literally jump up and down with happiness because of how much quality they bring to the table.
Here's the deal. I've already fronted the vast majority of the cost of this album. But if I'm going to get it released at any point in the near future, I'm gonna need some help coming up with the last of the funds. That's where you wonderful people come in. Anything you can pitch in, I will appreciate from the very bottom of my heart. Even if you can't give much, you can still pitch into the effort by telling your friends about this campaign.
The goal is $1200. That's what I need to finish the album and pay for all the thank you gifts you guys get in return for helping me. I have to raise the full $1200, or I don't get a cent. The money won't come out of your bank account until the end of the campaign, and even then only if I have managed to raise the full amount of my goal. Let's do this, shall we?
All my love,
Rachel Schain
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A pre-release digital download of one of the songs from Lilacface (to be determined by me). Every single dollar helps, so if you're pitching in, I'm giving back.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $10 or more
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A pre-release digital download of the whole album. Think of this as your pre-order.
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A pre-release digital download of the whole album and an autographed copy of the CD when it comes out.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $36 or more
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A pre-release digital download of the whole album, an autographed copy of the CD when it comes out, and your name in the thank you section of the liner notes. Why $36? It's a lucky number.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $50 or more
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A pre-release digital download of the whole album, an autographed copy of the CD when it comes out, your name in the thank you section of the liner notes, and one of the very first Rachel Schain t-shirts ever printed. I've never sold t-shirts before. You can be all hipster and say that you knew me before I was cool. I'm okay with it.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $100 or more
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A pre-release digital download of the whole album, an autographed copy of the CD when it comes out, your name in the thank you section of the liner notes, one of the very first Rachel Schain t-shirts ever printed, and a handwritten copy of the lyrics to your favorite song. You Pick. I'll even write on nice paper.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $150 or more
2 backers Limited (8 of 10 left)
A pre-release digital download of the whole album, an autographed copy of the CD when it comes out, your name in the thank you section of the liner notes, one of the very first Rachel Schain t-shirts ever printed, a handwritten copy of the lyrics to your favorite song, and an expanded version of the liner notes. All the stuff I want to put in the regular packaging (extra photos, all the lyrics, stories behind what inspired the songs, etc.) but can't afford to mass produce. But you will get a real, published book with all of that. And I'll autograph it too.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $200 or more
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A pre-release digital download of the whole album, an autographed copy of the CD when it comes out, your name in the thank you section of the liner notes, one of the very first Rachel Schain t-shirts ever printed, a handwritten copy of the lyrics to your favorite song, and I'll make a video of me performing the cover song of your choice (within reason) in my own style to be posted on YouTube. I'll send you a disc with the file on it too, so you can have it for all posterity. Of course the video will credit you as the impetus for its creation.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $250 or more
1 backer Limited (4 of 5 left)
Everything in the above packages (excluding the limited offers) and a HOUSE CONCERT! If you live within 200 miles of Wilmington, Delaware, I will come play a show for you and whomever else you want to invite! I'll even bring cookies. (Please, no one-on-one performances, that would be awkward) (also, if you live further than 200 miles, it might still be doable, let's chat) (we'll schedule an exact date together, but I'd like to think that I'll have played all the house concerts by March of next year, hence the delivery date below)
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge $250 or more
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Everything in the above packages (excluding the limited offers), and a CD of rarities (live soundboard recordings, pre-production demos). Heck, I'll throw in an autographed poster from last year's tour as well.
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012Pledge $500 or more
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Everything in the above packages (excluding the limited offers), and I will write you a song about the subject of your choosing (within reason). Same deal here as applies with the cover song level, but this will henceforth be known as YOUR SONG. I put March as the delivery date just because I want to make sure I have enough time to do your song justice.
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge $750 or more
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My guitar. You can have the blue Ibanez that I've been playing for the last year. I will even include the sparkly blue strap. And believe you me, it will pain me to give up the sparkly blue strap. Oh, and all the other stuff (excluding the other limited offers) I'm giving everyone else too. I mean, you deserve it. I gotta ask, though. If you live further than 200 miles away, you have to pay for the shipping, okay?
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013Pledge $1,000 or more
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Dude. This is a lot of money. You get everything above (excluding the guitar, but you can have all the other limited offers) and I'll take you out to dinner at a restaurant in your town (if you live close enough for that to happen) at a restaurant to be agreed upon by the two of us. Imagine it, me calling you on the phone to have the time-honored "I don't know, what do you want for dinner" conversation. Also, I'll knit you a scarf in whatever color you want. And bake cookies. I don't know, come to me with an idea (again within reason).
Estimated delivery: Mar 2013
