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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 5, 2009.
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Get access to the behind-the-scenes video & audio updates that will document the creation of this album. This will include video clips of recording sessions, audio clips of tunes as they progress, and more!
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Get the behind-the-scenes updates AND an exclusive early download of the record as soon as it's done (~1 month before it's out on CDs, iTunes, etc.)
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Get everything above, and I'll give you a lesson in audio production/engineering, arranging, or music theory.
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Get all the above stuff, and I'll invite you over for my home cooked gumbo (old family recipe).
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Get all of the above, and I'll include a sample of your voice on the record.
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I sculpt data that scrambles electrons that excite magnets that move speakers that ripple the air that tickles your eardrum that tantalizes your brain that shakes your bum. Simply put, I'm a music producer and recording engineer. I do a lot of work with some of New Orleans' favorite acts, including Preservation Hall & the New Orleans Bingo! show.
Among the more famous artists I've recorded are Tom Waits, Pete Seeger, Del McCoury, Lenny Kravitz, Jim James, Paolo Nutini, Mos Def, and Buddy Miller. I've also done independent recordings for local greats like Shannon Powell, Tom McDermott, Luke Winslow-King, Meschiya Lake, & Kristin Diable.
In addition to my studio engineering, I produce and perform electronic music as The Madd Wikkid, and have been known to play piano/keyboards around New Orleans and Japan. I also sometimes tour as a live sound engineer.
Hooray You are finished!!!!
Hey - Sorry I've been out for so long. Had a huge project for Pres Hall (Just made a new update about that), and then got caught up in holiday stuff. I'm back on track now and you'll be seeing updates much more regularly.
nothing since Halloweeeeeen? where didja go???????
Any update on the project? Really looking forward to hearing the final product!
Hey Earl, super story here :) congratulations on getting your project through, hoping mine will kick off like yours, got onto kickstarter when yours was over. Send over those good vibrations :) and hey have a look at my project won't you?
love the video with you pounding on the keys, earl. awesome update!!!
great 1st vid, man... You should have made a pledge tier where you get all the tracks as stems :)
Enjoyed the first video update, man! I can't tell you how excited I am to see this thing be created. New Orleans, Jazz, & Electronica...my kind of Holy Trinity. ;-)
Dear Earl: I am ready for GUMBO! I supported this project because it appears that you have definately tapped into the New Orleans Groove. I was able to "tap into the groove" at a very young age. As a child, I sat on my father's knee as he played New Olreans style syncopated rhythms on the piano. He was friends with a lot of the musicans in New Orleans and was known to bang the ivories in juke joints around the city. HIs name was Whitey Fuller. He played music in the city in the 1940's and 50's. He passed away in 1995. I still haunt late night venues searching out the best music out there, but none seem to satisfy my soul as much as his music did. It has been a lifleong addiction. The lure that music has on me guides my every day life..........
Let the creative spirit groove on.....................................
XXOO
Patty McGehee
Hey Earl! Congrats man! woo hoo. Crossed the finish line. Can't wait to watch the project unfold
Congratulations!!! :D
Congrats, man! Now get crackin'!
Congrats on reaching the goal! I'm really looking forward to hearing what you create and watching the process unfold.
Earl! Congratulations! I'm so happy to see this project get funded. Glad I could help a little bit!
yo, i got my moms to back. everyone get your moms!
Hey Earl,
hope every little bit helps,even mine! Good luck with the project..."Aunt" Kathrina
Alicia,
Kickstarter sends you out to Amazon (check the URL on the screen where you're prompted to login) for payment processing. Amazon handles all the payment processing for Kickstarter. You enter your password, etc. on Amazon's site directly. You never have to enter any payment details (including your Amazon password) on the Kickstarter site.
I want to donate, but just don't feel comfortable typing my amazon password into a site other than amazon.
I'm looking forward to hearing it.
Keep kickin’ that ass, Earl. Good luck!
Wonderful idea. I'm really looking forward to hearing what you create!
i want video updates! everyday 20 minutes
@Perry Chen It was just a little icing. I like my numbers to be palindromes.
Wow! I got a third backer @ $100. I have no idea why I capped that tier at 2. Never mind that restriction - If anybody else wants to back for $100, I'll still put you on the record if you'd like.
I just in it for the gumbo.
Thanks for all the support! I'm excited to see this thing at 17% already! Wow!!!
Sounds like a really awesome project and we can't wait to hear the results. Congratulations!
who gave the 15 cents!
earl!! love your video and your music, can't wait to hear the results :)
Earl,
We love this idea! Good Luck!
- Christy & Stephen Mire