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Update #9: it is the final hours & we need a tsunami...
A great princess once said:
"help me obi-wan kenobi you're my only hope..."
And with 46 hrs left we need an obi-wan kenobi of our very own.
Nothing is impossible, and I still believe this could so easily tidal wave in a matter of hours.
Thank you for pledging. Thank you for your support. But we need one more last push of effort.
We need a tidal wave of support. We need a cataclysmic eruption of pledge backers.
Actually all we really need is the first domino to fall.
Can you help start it? Can you make the impossibility a reality?
How? Well all you need to do is try. Enlist one other pledge backer, take 10 min to tell someone else about the cause. Do anything rather than nothing. Good luck and thank you.
Update #8: Who are you going to the fest with? DO they have a ticket?
Ok kids, we've got a bit of a way to go still in just under just under ten days, but we're not ready to surrender and neither should you!
If you guys (our loyal first backers) want this thing to actually happen, then you have to Help us Make it Happen. I'm envisioning some (forgive the terrible movie reference) pay it forward type situation (that is the one with haley joel osment??)
If everyone who has a ticket, gets one or more more person(s) whom they know shares the same love for music of an excellent caliber to actually get a ticket too, and that spirals outward extremely quickly...
You get the idea. We've been trying our best to promote and rally, and I think that really the most difficult part is that people don't know what this kickstarter thing is or how it works.
Like I said, you want this to happen? Help make it happen!
Update #7: Now That's some Front Page material
Hot Damn, we are on the front page of The Saratogian.
Or at least that's what I hear? No no its true, Shane texted me so and obviously its on their website, so it looks like I'll be dropping 75 big cents on a copy of my very own later today. So excitings! We were not expecting that.
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Mark Schoneveld on April 19, 2010
That's rad press, guys! Congrats. Been pulling for you. Hope this baby goes off!
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Update #6: Yep that pitchfork thing thinks we're cool
Oh look, Pitchforky posted on us...isn't that nice?
Doesn't it make all this seem like it has just a little more legitimacy? Like there should ever have been a doubt!
We are marketing like MaDmEn. Are you? Please try your bestest.
I am intertubing this up heavily every night. Very heavily. Shane went door to door downtown to local business to try and get any sponsors. Aww isn't that just adorable? He's kind of the masterplanner. We are committed, this will happen, but don't let up for a moment, cause it depends on everyone of you pledgers too!
Update #5: Waves a Growin
Whew kids! Look at all these posts!
Underwater Peoples Records
Thanks guys we really love you. Yes really underwater people are the BEST people.
InYourSpeakers
Times Union Blog
Post Star Blog
Consequence of Sounds
And Memoryhouse added our beautiful poster to their myspace
awww thanks guys.
We're building our wave, we're tryin our best, & Gabriel has pretty much stopped sleeping to keep up with it all...but we've got a long way to go, don't let up for a second, if you wanna see this showcase don't wait for it happen, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
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Receive your choice of Mountain Man Fest Poster signed by our very lovely artist. Do you wanted olde timey, bearded man of the mountain? Or maybe a sweet deer head mount for your wall?...
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ONE ticket good for all day admittance to Mountain Man Fest on July 24th, 2010 in Saratoga Springs, NY. You (yes you!) get to see 12 hrs+ of amazing bands (including Islands, Health, Real Estate, Phantogram, Woods, Pill Wonder, Family Portrait, Summer Camp, Cults, Eternal Summers, Memoryhouse, & Yip Yip...) chock full of non-stop, outta your seat excitement. You'll also be blessed with the sweet satisfaction of knowing that YOU helped make possible this history making musical event.
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ONE ticket good for all day admittance to Mountain Man Fest on July 24th, 2010 in Saratoga Springs, NY. See all the amazing bands in the flesh. AND you get your choice of stylin show poster signed by the still very lovely artist. By this point you already know you're a good person for supporting such an outlandishly fantastic event, but we'll thank you again.
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Do you want a golden ticket? No its not made of gold, but you will have an all access backstage pass, with a secret rad comfy lounge available to you. There'll probably be a buffet of tasty snacks & beverages involved, likely with gummy somethings for you to nibble on, etc. You'll get to say hi to the bands, maybe grab a snapshot with them, and I know Health will definitely want to meet you. You also get hugs from Gabe & Shane if you want them, no pressure.
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Are you a music related vendor? A rad music label? Record store? Magazine? Alternative newspaper? Blog? etc.? Not sure if you fit the bill? Message us. For $500 bones you get a booth of your very own to call home for the day. INCLUDING: one banquet sized table (8/10ft long), two chairs to rest your tired feet, and admission for two to the event (that way you split up shifts and still enjoy the show yourselves! Gee aren't we thoughtful...). Share whatever wonderful music related inspiration you have to the 2,500 fans that supported this event.
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Hi my name is Gabriel, I grew up in Rhode Island, and I graduated from Skidmore College in 2008 with a double BA in Geosciences & Studio Art. I'm also known as DJ baby buster on my vinyl exclusive radio show Wednesdays 12am-2am on WSPN 91.1 I am a Solar Energy Specialist, and I design photovoltaic systems for residential homes. Green energy wins.
