About this project
Help Fund THE END OF AMERICA music DVD
Dear friends, fans, family:
We are asking for your help in funding the production and release of our upcoming DVD. Since we released our album Steep Bay [click to listen] last year, we've shot HD live performances of every song from the album, each in a unique outdoor location with our friend and talented film maker, Chris Newhard. With Chris we've been piecing a DVD of those performances, plus a documentary featuring tour footage and a segment where we revisit Steep Bay.
You can donate whatever you want. We are offering some cool rewards for set donation amounts, which you can check out on the right of this page.
If you have any questions or would just like to converse with us before agreeing to kick us some loot to help fund this thing, please feel free to email, facebook, or tweet us!
Gratefully and appreciatively,
TEOA - Brendon, James, & Trev
(e) theendofamericamusic@gmail.com
(fb) facebook.com/theendofamericamusic
(tw) @theendofamerica - twitter.com/theendofamerica
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The rewards are listed to your right!
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Live performances of every song from the album "Steep Bay" shot in unique outdoor locations. There will also be a documentary featuring tour footage and a segment where the band revisits Steep Bay in the Adirondack Mtns where the album was recorded.
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on November 7, 2011.
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Signed copy of DVD + Adirondack artifact (driftwood, stone, etc from Steep Bay - where the album was recorded) + Handwritten "Thank You" postcard
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Get a personal video shout out on "Thank You" section of DVD + T-Shirt + Signed copy of DVD + Adirondack artifact
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Get a personal video shout out on "Thank You" section of DVD + Signed copy of the DVD + Hooded Sweatshirt + T-Shirt + Adirondack Artifact
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Receive a Producer credit on the DVD + Personal video shout out on "Thank You" section of DVD + Hooded Sweatshirt + T-Shirt + Signed copy of DVD + Adirondack Artifact
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TEOA sings an a'capella song for you on video + Producer credit on the DVD + Personal video shout out on "Thank You" section of DVD + Hooded Sweatshirt + T-Shirt + Signed copy of DVD + Adirondack Artifact
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BIOGRAPHY
The End of America is not some grand political statement. Instead, it is an honest attempt among three friends to return music to its purest form. After years of leading their own bands, James Downes, Brendon Thomas, and Trevor Leonard found a powerful sound in joining their three voices. The vision for this new trio included a willingness to travel to the ends of the continent to create and record music in unique and inspiring locations.
The End of America's refreshingly honest approach to making music has created a buzz. "This is top notch songwriting and proof that you don't need to turn 100 knobs and use studio effects to illuminate music." (thebykerack.com) They now find themselves sharing the stage with artists such as Teddy Thompson, Rocky Votolato, Good Old War, and Anthony Green. At its core, The End of America is an intimate snapshot of three friends trying to reconcile and understand life the best way they know how; through music.
THE STORY BEHIND "STEEP BAY"
Steep Bay was recorded live in a cabin on Schroon Lake, located in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The album is named after the cove on which the cabin was built: a beautiful bay surrounded by rock cliffs and towering pine trees, beyond the reach of power lines, accessible only by boat.
In July of 2010, the trio made the drive up to the family cabin and paddled across at dusk. The old canoe that carried them could barely hold their weight let alone the gear, but they made it over safely at dusk. Their first recording was by the light of campfire that night, guitars on the shore under a sky full of stars. Using a small battery powered recording device with two mic inputs, the group set up everywhere: in the cabin, on the porch, even out on the water.
In the course of one week the trio wrote and recorded the album live, unedited, 9 tracks in all. The takes that were kept are from performances that felt the most honest, regardless of minor imperfections. Steep Bay is as much a documentary as it is a record.
