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About this project
Hello friends, family, fans and internet wanderers -
Bella Ruse is recording ten brand new songs for our first full-length album and we want you to be involved!
Our idea is to include a unique instrument in each track and name the track after that instrument. It'll go something like this:
The Melodica Song
The Typewriter Song
The Thumb Piano Song
The Kazoo Song
The Pots and Pans Song
The Bowed Guitar Song
and more! (we'll announce the full list in our exclusive video updates)
We'll choose the instruments BEFORE we write the songs, so we'll be writing each track around the instrument. This will get us out of our box, inspire us to create some fresh sounds and give you an album that's full of surprises.
Then, after we're done recording everything, we'll send our mixes to some of our musician friends who will re-imagine (or remix, but not like a Madonna club track, don't worry) the songs however they want and send them back. That means you'll get TWO albums: Our version of the songs and an album full of our friends' completely different versions of the same songs.
Some of our friends who have agreed to remix our songs:
Adam Grimm
Sam Brownson
Peter Jurmu
Tom Owens
Sean Huston
Ben Rivet
Joshua Wentz
We’ve charted our expenses and we need to raise 2000 dollars to hire musicians, complete the recordings, design artwork, and print the CDs. That’s where you come in. You’re here because you’ve supported us in the past and we’d love your continued support. But we don’t expect that support for nothing, of course!
So here’s how this works: We need to meet our funding goal by February 28th. If we don’t meet our goal, your pledges will be canceled and we’ll all go on with our lives. But if we do make our goal, we’ll work hard recording this album and you will get all kinds of cool stuff for supporting us.
We can only do this with your help. The more people that pledge, the better this album will look and sound. Check out the column to the right and sign up for one our pledge packages.
Thanks so much for your continued support!
Joseph and Kay
ABOUT US:
Back in February, we made our first recording: a six song EP. In April we played our first show at the historic Artists’ Quarter in the town of St. Paul, home of Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion, and a large number of water fowl.
In June we packed up Kay’s station wagon and started a six week tour through the southwest, up the Pacific Coast Highway, over the Grand Tetons, and through the dangerously monotonous Kansas plains. We played 30 shows and met many wonderful people who said things like "My favorite music this year," (Shelby Miller, Shifted Sound) "Bella Ruse is definitely on to something," (Bethany Leavey, Ourstage.com) and "Worth picking out from the bunch," (Paul Rice, WTHS 89.9).
We've received a lot of encouraging feedback from you for our debut EP, and we're excited about recording a full length album!
OUR MUSIC: www.bellaruse.bandcamp.com
www.itunes.com/bellaruse
OUR NETWORK: www.myspace.com/bellaruse
www.facebook.com/bellaruse
www.twitter.com/bellaruse
Project location: Minneapolis, MN
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on March 1.Pledge $1 or more
Everyone who donates gets a digital download of one of our current albums! Choose from 'Twas a Bella Ruse Christmas, the Bella Ruse EP or Live at Glacier Fringe.
2 BACKERs
Pledge $10 or more
A digital copy of our new album the minute it's done and before general release, plus your name in a special thank you section on our website.
15 BACKERs
Pledge $20 or more
Everything above, plus a signed, physical copy of our album (handmade by us!)
14 BACKERs
Pledge $30 or more
Everything above, plus a signed Bella Ruse poster and exclusive video updates on the project.
3 BACKERs
Pledge $50 or more
Everything above, plus we will personalize your physical copy of our album with a special message from us. And…we’ll put your name on everyone’s copy in the thank you section of the liner notes.
8 BACKERs
Pledge $100 or more
Everything above, plus exclusive digital bonus tracks and a mystery package of Bella Ruse goodies including your favorite kind of cookie, lovingly baked and packaged by us! We guarantee the package will have your cookies, but everything else is a mystery! You might get a love letter or a Bella Ruse kazoo. Or you might get a copy of our EP and a half eaten graham cracker. Whatever we send, we’ll send it with love and much gratitude.
3 BACKERs
Pledge $250 or more
Everything above, plus our USB membership package! That includes a USB drive with every song and video we've ever done, plus a free digital copy of everything we release in the future. And because that’s not enough for a top-notch fan like yourself, we’ll record a thank you video of us playing your favorite song and we’ll post it on Youtube for the world to see.
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Pledge $500 or more
Everything above, plus we’ll write and record a song about how amazing you are! Or if you’re not that narcissistic, we’ll write it about the amazing person of your choice, or really, whatever you want us to write it about.
2 BACKERs
Pledge $1,000 or more
Everything above, plus we’ll play a show for you in your living room (within 800 miles of Minneapolis) and you’ll get to play/sing/yell/clap or make whatever noise you want on our record! We’re creative, we’ll find a way to fit it in.
0 BACKERs
Pledge $2,000 or more
Everything up to $500, plus we’ll go anywhere in the continental US and play a show for you and be your personal slaves for a day! We’ll cook your meals, shine your shoes, scrub your toilet, babysit your kids. Whatever you want, as long as it’s legal, we’ll do it!
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Project By
Joseph Barker
Minneapolis, MN
Send MessageJoseph is a musician, songwriter and filmmaker from Minneapolis. When he's not having an existential crisis, he spends his time performing with Bella Ruse, watching documentaries and convincing his girlfriend, Kay, that ramen noodles have nutritional value.
