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Update #2: Hooray!

Posted on April 5, 2011
Friends, We did it! Our initial $1000 goal has been reached. Thanks so much for your support! However, reaching our goal with 19 days left begs the question, "What now?" Well, I'm glad you asked! Perhaps we should set a new goal, not one based on money, but one based strictly on the total number of people who pre-order the album. As of now, 37 people have done just that. It'd be amazing if you could help us spread the word to push that number up to 75! That seems like a high, yet attainable goal, so let's go for it! Please tell your friends about the project, as that's the only way we'll make it, and again, thank you so very much for your help thus far. Best, Bob / Small Sur

Update #1: Thanks!

Posted on March 30, 2011

Dearest Backers-

We're incredibly thankful for your support and it's certainly exciting to be sitting at over 75% funded after just five days! If the donations keep rolling in and we're able to offset an even bigger chunk of our PR and physical production costs than we'd originally planned, we might be able to do something fun like press a limited run of Tones on vinyl or release a 7" single later this year to keep the momentum going! And of course, you, our Kickstarter backers, will have first dibs on something like this if it ends up happening.

That said, it'd be amazing if you could send out an e-mail or two on our behalf to anyone who might be interested in donating to our project. This would be especially helpful if you have some friends who are fans of our music who haven't donated yet! It may seem silly, but having them order a CD now as opposed to later really does make a huge difference for us.

Oh, and there are new songs up at http://smallsur.bandcamp.com. One of which ("How I Love You") features Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack of Wye Oak!

Thanks again for your support!

Best,

Bob & Small Sur

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      James Taylor on March 31, 2011

      I'm really happy that the support is really coming in for you guys. Your music really deserves it. If you do the vinyl release, I hope you chose colored discs and put me down for two, I'm sure they'll be real collector items some day.

      James

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Digital download of two exclusive b-sides from the Tones sessions including a cover of Little Wings' "Come Fall" from their new album Black Grass and an original, "I Will Lie Down."

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Digital download of Tones + the aforementioned exclusive b-sides!

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CD copy of Tones (postage paid) + digital download (2 weeks before release date!) + b-sides! Artwork includes photos by Bob Keal and Monique Crabb, as well as illustrations and text by Kyle Field (of Little Wings) and Scott Dennison.

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Bare Black style t-shirt with the most amazing illustration of a bear by one of Baltimore's finest illustrators, Justin Lucas + a CD copy of Tones + early digital download + b-sides! See the bear here: http://asr.auralstates.com/Releases/AS003/Art/AS003-inside.jpg. (Postage paid in US. Please add $5 for international orders.)

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CD copies of our three most recent releases: Tones, Bare Black, and We Live In Houses Made Of Wood + early digital download of Tones + b-sides! (Postage paid in US. Please add $5 for international orders.)

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Bob will sing, play, and record your two favorite Small Sur songs straight onto cassette, all done 100% live with no overdubs or fancy trickery. Then we'll package the cassette super nicely and send it to you, postage paid, along with a CD copy of Tones and early digital download/b-sides! This would make a sweet b-day present for the Small Sur superfan in your life!

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House Show! We would love nothing more than to cram ourselves into the corner of your living room to sing some songs for you and your friends! If you live further than 350 miles or so from Baltimore, maybe consider giving a bit more? Oh, and we'll throw in 5 free copies of Tones, just for kicks. Please e-mail Bob at smallsur@gmail.com if you're considering this reward!

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Small Sur is Bob Keal, Austin Stahl, and Andy Abelow. Bob writes songs about his life and Austin and Andy help to arrange them. Visit our http://smallsur.bandcamp.com to stream new (and old) tracks. Thanks for listening!

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