Thank you for your interest in helping with the international promotion of Eric Vaughn's new CD, Minor Relocation.
During his more than four decades in jazz, pianist-composer Eric Vaughn has played with some of the genre’s leading lights. He has performed up and down the West Coast (from Vancouver, British Columbia, to the San Francisco Bay Area), in Europe, and in North Africa. But his own music, in which he fuses elements of Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum, McCoy Tyner, and others to forge a distinctively personal approach he describes as “hard bop to modern-esque,” has largely fallen under the jazz radar screen—a situation sure to be rectified with the release this summer of Minor Relocation, his first nationally distributed recording.
Vaughn recorded the CD over a three-year period, working in Seattle with bassists Nate Omdal and Mark Bullis and drummers Nicholas Quitevis and Jamiel Nance, and in the Bay Area with tenor saxophonist Bob Kenmotsu, bassist John Wiitala, and drummer Kent Bryson.
This project aims to support the release and promotion of the new CD, which will in turn enable Eric to secure gigs at better venues playing for a wider audience and with a more diverse array of musicians, and to embark on some of the many other projects that have been brewing in his mind that he hopes to accomplish in his musical career.
What’s already been completed:
• The recording and manufacturing of the CD
• Design and upkeep of the website (www.ericvaughnjazz.com)
• Hiring of professional promotion team
The money raised through this project would cover the following costs:
• Lisa Reedy Promotions (http://jazzpromotion.com). A full-service radio promotion company, specializing in jazz music.
• Publicist Terri Hinte (http://www.terrihinte.com). Customized publicity services for jazz recording artists.
• The services of a web designer to update the website and other web-related assistance.
5% of any funds left over after all expenses are paid will go to Bay Area Youth Arts, a nonprofit youth development organization through the arts program http://www.bayyoutharts.org/. The rest will provide start-up funds for future Vaughn projects.
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Funding Unsuccessful This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on August 18, 2012.
Funding period
Jul 19, 2012 -
Aug 18, 2012
(30 days)
- First created · 2 backed
- Eric Vaughn 67 friends
- Website: ericvaughnjazz.com
Pledge $1 or more
1 backer
Every dollar is greatly appreciated!
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012Pledge $25 or more
4 backers
A copy of "Minor Relocation."
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $50 or more
2 backers
Signed copy of "Minor Relocation."
Estimated delivery: Aug 2012Pledge $100 or more
3 backers
Signed CD and 5" x 7" photograph of Eric at the piano.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $150 or more
0 backers
2 signed CDs; signed and framed 5" x 7" photograph.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $200 or more
1 backer Limited (39 of 40 left)
2 signed CDs; signed & framed 5" x 7" photograph; Eric's 2007 solo CD, "The Chaotic World We Live In."
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $300 or more
0 backers
2 signed CDs; signed framed 5" x 7" photograph; homemade DVD of the recording of "Minor Relocation".
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $400 or more
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All of the above plus 1 hour piano/guitar or music theory lesson if within 50 miles. (Alternative options: Lesson skyped or donated to a local child.)
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $500 or more
0 backers
Signed copy of "Minor Relocation"; signed & framed 5" x 7" photograph; homemade DVD of the recording of "Minor Relocation" plus 1 requested song to be filmed and published on YouTube with a personal “thank you” included.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $600 or more
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All of the above plus 8" x 8" softcover snapfish photo book (instead of framed photograph).
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $700 or more
0 backers
Signed CD; signed framed 5" x 7" photograph; homemade DVD of the recording of "Minor Relocation" plus 1 - hour music workshop or group lesson for up to 5 people followed by 30 - minute concert. (Alternative option: Donate 2 lessons to a local child.)
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $900 or more
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Signed CD; signed 5" x 7" softcover snapfish photobook; homemade DVD of the recording of "Minor Relocation" plus 45 minute music workshop or group lesson for up to 5 people followed by 30 - minute concert (friends invited). (Alternative option to workshop: Donate 3 lessons to a local child.) 2 tickets to Eric's CD release party at Piedmont Piano on October 13th.
Estimated delivery: Sep 2012Pledge $1,200 or more
0 backers
Signed CD; signed 8" x 8" hardcover snapfish photobook; homemade DVD of the recording of "Minor Relocation" plus 1 - hour music workshop or group lesson for up to 5 people followed by 30 - minute concert (friends invited). (Alternative option to workshop: Donate 4 lessons to a local child.) 2 tickets to Eric's CD release party at Piedmont Piano on October 13th.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2013Pledge $1,500 or more
0 backers
2 signed CDs; signed 8" x 8" hardcover snapfish photobook; homemade DVD of the recording of "Minor Relocation" plus 1 - hour music workshop or group lesson for up to 5 people, deli lunch provided and followed by 30 - minute concert (friends invited). (Alternative option to workshop: Donate 4 lessons to a local child.) 2 tickets to Eric's CD release party at Piedmont Piano on October 13th.
Estimated delivery: Nov 2012Pledge $2,000 or more
0 backers
2 signed CDs; signed & framed 8" x 11" photograph; homemade DVD of the recording of "Minor Relocation" plus 1.5 - hour music workshop or group lesson for up to 6 people, puerto rican dinner provided and followed by 30 - minute concert (friends invited). (Alternative option to workshop: Donate 6 lessons to a local child.) 4 tickets to Eric's CD release party at Piedmont Piano on October 13th.
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012
