About this project
N&V has partnered with Kickstarter.com to give you the opportunity to be a part of our music. Your album pre-order will fund the release; the more you pledge, the more you get! For as little as $5 you gain access to exclusive audio, video, and photos! If you pledge a bit more, you get all kinds of cool stuff in return. Check out the pledge levels on the right and choose which level you'd like to be a part of!
let's do this!
Over the last year, many of you have asked us when we plan to release a new album. We’re always being asked when our next show will be or when a tune like “Remember Me” will be for sale on iTunes. We decided that it has been way too long since our last release and it's time to get back in the studio! So we’re calling on YOU to be a part of our next album.
Throughout the next few months we’re partnering with the website Kickstarter.com and with your help, will attempt to raise $5,000. Your support will enable us to record, master and release Nees and Vos’ next album with enough bread to do it right. We just need EVERYONE'S participation; otherwise the next album might not come out for a while.
So call it a fundraiser or call it a pre-sale. Either way we are inviting you to become a Micro-Producer on this, our second studio album. Just pledge the dollar value of your choosing towards our new album.
Why are we doing it this way?
Here are some of the reasons why we're approaching this album this way.
- Studio Recording. While we made great albums either live or recorded in Andrew’s basement, we’re going into a full-fledged studio which can be costly.
- Record Label? Record labels need many things. Ownership... Publishing... Creative direction... We prefer to keep as many things in our camp as possible.
- You. Our fans have been essential to the success we've had so far. It only makes sense to involve you from the start!
- Easy. A website like Kickstarter.com makes funding this project surprisingly easy and painless. You're only a few clicks away!
Rewards. For your awesomenessness..
So we’ve told you what we need. Here’s what you get. With every pledge there is a prize in return. This can range from signed advanced copies of the album to a song written just for you to a VIP party for you and your friends! There are different levels of pledges and many cool prizes. The more you pledge the more you get! The rewards get better and better, and for each one listed you'll get everything listed before it as well. Awesome right!?
Here’s the catch: our new album will only be funded if we meet our fundraising goal. If we don't hit our goal in the time allotted, no one is charged anything, no prizes go out, and we all move forward as if nothing happened. It's risky we know, but we think it's worth it. If we do raise the full $5,000 by June 15th, we start making the album, you’ll be charged your pledge amount and receive your prizes!
All payments are processed solely through Amazon.com, so your information is safe and protected.
So... You're the jam.
We believe in you! We wouldn’t have made it this far in our career without your help and now it’s time to take Nees and Vos to the next level. You can be our record label!
Whether you pledge for the prizes, because you’re a friend of ours, or for the good ol’ support of the arts, we do appreciate anything you can give.
Now let's make this music, together!
Glory, Chris and Andrew N&V
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on June 15, 2010.
Pledge $10 or more
Get a standard quality, digital version of the album (128k MP3), your name and/or website link in the liner notes of the physical CD as well as our website and various social media pages (e.g. Facebook) plus exclusive updates while we record the album.
Pledge $35 or more
Get everything above, plus a high quality digital version (WAV) and a signed copy of the physical album (free shipping). The whole band will sign it for you! That means you get all the fancy artwork. You know, on the CD case. It's gonna fold out too. You know, with the folding. So... Name and/or Website Link + High Quality Digital Album + Signed Album.
Pledge $60 or more
Get everything above, plus copies of our previous CDs, Extended Play and Live at The Bitter End, and a framed, personalized thank you letter with a limited edition button, sticker and t-shirt (with the names of you awesome people printed on the back). Nees makes cool t-shirts. So... Name and/or Website Link + High Quality Digital Album + Signed Album + All Previous Albums + Framed Thank-You Letter + Stickers + Buttons + T-shirt.
Pledge $100 or more
Get everything above, plus a limited-edition DVD documenting the recording process. This will feature interviews with every body involved in the making of the album, from the very beginning. So... Name and/or Website Link + High Quality Digital Album + Signed Album + All Previous Albums + Framed Thank-You Letter + Stickers + Buttons + T-shirt + DVD.
Pledge $175 or more
Get everything above, plus VIP treatment at our nearest show. You know--free admission, free drinks, free after-party. We do know how to party. So... Name and/or Website Link + High Quality Digital Album + Signed Album + All Previous Albums + Framed Thank-You Letter + Stickers + Buttons + T-shirt + DVD + VIP Party.
Pledge $300 or more
Get everything above, plus we'll write and record a song about the subject of your choice for inclusion on the album. Bacon is a great subject. Just kidding, please don't make us write a love song to bacon. We'll also put you+1 on our guest list for an entire year of shows! So... Name and/or Website Link + High Quality Digital Album + Signed Album + All Previous Albums + Framed Thank-You Letter + Stickers + Buttons + T-shirt + DVD + VIP Party + Your Own Custom Song + Free Shows For One Year.
Pledge $1,000 or more
Along with all the cool stuff above, you'll be listed as Executive Producer in the liner notes. You'll also be invited to hang out with us while we record in the studio. Basically, you get total access to Chris and Andrew. We'll babysit if you want. Or mow your lawn. Oh, and you can pick the title of the album. You could name it N&V: The Bacon Sessions. So... Name and/or Website Link + High Quality Digital Album + Signed Album + All Previous Albums + Framed Thank-You Letter + Stickers + Buttons + T-shirt + DVD + VIP Party + Your Own Custom Song + Free Shows For One Year + Total Access While We Record + Executive Producer Credit + You Get To Name The Album!!!
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Connected as Andrew Neesley (1977 friends)
Andrew Neesley is an award-winning jazz trumpeter and inventive composer who regularly brings his acclaimed horn style to club and festival stages. Based in New York, Neesley has made his mark nationally performing with contemporary music greats as well as other up-and-coming artists.
Neesley has recorded with the GRAMMY-nominated Bobby Sanabria Big Band on his newest release “Big Band Urban Folktales” (JazzHeads 2007). Neesley publishes his own work as a composer/arranger through Really Good Music, LLC, and Neesley Music.
Neesley is a recipient of the 2003 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer’s Award and winner of the 1999 National Trumpet Competition. Recently, he collected a DownBeat magazine award for Best Engineered Studio Album.
Fluent in a range of styles, Neesley has performed with Jon Faddis, Lewis Nash, Christian McBride, Byron Stripling, Slide Hampton, Randy Brecker, Dick Oats, Mike Abene, Carl Allen, Ingrid Jensen, Ed Calle, Jason Marsalis, Bill Reichenbach, Chris Botti, James Taylor, Peter Yarrow, and the Roots. He had the rare opportunity, in 2002, to perform as guest soloist with the Brass Band of Battle Creek, performing his own arrangement of Stardust alongside trombonist/composer Wycliffe Gordon.
Neesley has appeared and competed in top venues, from Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center and Ravinia, to New York City’s Birdland and Jazz Standard. In the past four years, he has participated in Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead and programs at The Steans Institute, Jazz Aspen and Brevard Music Institute. He has performed in concerts aired live on the Internet and BET on Jazz. At one time, Neesley hosted his own national public radio program, “Live from The Stone’s Throw,” featuring musicians from across the nation.
After starting out on violin at age four, Neesley attended Interlochen Arts Camp for eight summers of intense study. There he took up the trumpet and developed an abiding interest in jazz. As a student, Neesley competed successfully for various international honors and music fellowships.
Neesley maintains a private lesson studio in New York and has served on the music faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Stout. His practice includes teaching brass and jazz improvisation. A 2003 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he performed with the GRAMMY-nominated “Jazz Ensemble I,” Neesley has recently completed an advanced degree at the Manhattan School of Music.A native of Glendale, WI, Andrew maintains many close and personal friends and business relationships in the Wisconsin area.
