Hello, dearest supporters of Weathervane Music!

Just wanted to let you know we've launched a Kickstarter Campaign for the next 2012 season. We couldn't have made 2011 without you. That is the plain and simple truth! If you want to be part of the next year, GO HERE!

Love, always and forever

B

Brian McTear, Weathervane Music

Hi folks!

If you are receiving this it is because you made a donation to Weathervane's 2009 Kickstarter Campaign. We just thought you might be interested in our current Shaking Through Vol 2 Kickstarter Campaign! , which is about to end. There's a ton of gifts for donations: Excellent T-shirts by members of Danielson, The Antlers, Ben + Vesper and Reading Rainbow, as well as Posters, and items signed by Reading Rainbow, Sharon Van Etten and Twin Sister all available RIGHT HERE. Every dollar gets Weathervane Music further into 2011 to produce Shaking Through, the series that brought you all of these artists in 2010!

Thanks and Happy New Year!

Love

Brian McTear
Executive Director
Weathervane Music

Thanks to all of you! You guys have really helped obliterate our expectations! With less than 3 hours to go, please rack your brains and think of anyone you know who might help us cross the $3000 mark. Again, thank you all soooooooo much!

Love

B

brian at weathervane music dot org

Hi everyone,

First off, thank you so very much for your support! As of this point, we've more than doubled the minimum dollar amount we set out to raise. Of course, we'd sure like to keep on going! We're hoping to raise $3000, and at this point we're only $400 away from that goal. There's 36 hours to go. At 11:59 pm October 31, we're all done! Now, you've all done your part financially, but I hope you will consider letting a friend or two know about these last hours of the campaign, so we can meet this goal. You can send them to this link:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/27389455/weathervane-music-non-profit-needs-a-little-cash

Again, thank you all so much! Check out the new Danielson Project Series video at http://weathervanemusic.org/projects (psst! Some of you will see your names in the end credits!)

And if any of you are NOT on our mailing list, please sign up here (there's lots of news coming in the next few weeks): http://bit.ly/wv-emailsignup

Love

Brian

brian at weathervanemusic dot org

Hi Folks,

So thank you all for your support through this our first active fundraising campaign. We have 3 more days, and in the last hours, we have a new incentive to upgrade your pledge!
Scott McMicken of Philadelphia's most cherished band, Dr. Dog, has agreed to play a live solo performance at the Pre-show VIP Party November 12. The VIP Party is at an undisclosed location (in other words, it is NOT at Johnny Brendas where the show is later that night). For those who donate at the $250 level we have this very special, limited edition package:

$250 gets you:
2 tickets to Weathervane Music's Year End Concert Fundraiser
2 tickets to the Pre-Show VIP Party featuring Dr. Dog singer, Scott McMicken
1 limited edition, hand screened Commemorative Poster, signed by all the performers and artists that night (these will be shipped in time for the holidays)

So there it is! Tell your friends! Help us clear $3000! That'd be most excellent!

Love

B

brian at weathervanemusic dot com

Well, folks, it's been a great week. Katonah and I made it down to Washington DC earlier in the week for the Future of Music Coalition's annual Policy Summit. There we met Yancy Strickler, the man who founded and heads up Kickstarter, and we saw and participated in several important panel discussions and debates about several laws and trends affecting musicians and the music industry.

But while we were there, there was great news: I learned that Weathervane Music will receive Matching Funds in 2010 from El Paso Natural Gas. Joan Saldago, a past Weathervane supporter, and participant in our current Kickstarter fund drive has just informed us that she submitted Weathervane as a potential El Paso Natural Gas employee giving campaign recipient for 2010, and guess what? It was approved!

So who's gonna top that! Let's hope there's more of this to come! For those of you who have already pledged, we thank you on behalf of the many great artists we will support in 2010. If you work at a company that has a similar Employee Giving/Matching Funds program, PLEASE CONSIDER SUGGESTING WEATHERVANE MUSIC! THis is not only a great way to raise money, but it also helps us raise awareness outside of our conventional circles as well!

As you know we're setting our goal for this campaign at $3000. We've got about 22 days to reach that goal, so please help us spread the word!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/27389455/weathervane-music-non-profit-needs-a-little-cash

Yours truly,
Brian
brian at weathervanemusic dot org

Wow! I am so excited to announce that WE CROSSED OUR MINIMUM $1000 GOAL THIS MORNING! So, what that means is this Weathervane Fundraiser is officially "Successful" according to Kickstarter! When October 31 has come and gone, we will be funded!

This is a major success, to know that with 40 days still to go, we've already made it! At this point, any amount of money beyond the $1000 goal we set to get us through the end of this year will go toward getting our 2010 Project Series off the ground. So ...
Let's crush this goal! If you haven't pledged, please do. Any amount from $1 on up helps. If you have pledged already, THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts, and please tell your friends about Weathervane by sending them this link:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/27389455/weathervane-music-non-profit-needs-a-little-cash

Thanks, again, everyone. This is a FIRST for Weathervane!

Yours truly,

Brian D. McTear
Weathervane Music
brian [at] weathervanemusic [dot] org