...about my tardiness in getting you the CDs and one about the hat! I will contact you shortly via e-mail and resolve this by sending you something extra. I really want everyone happy with their experience and for those of you who are not I apologize. This was new to me and I made some mistakes. 

please contact me at sxip@yahoo.com if you didn't receive anything or have any complaints. I wont take it personally but responsibly. 

Cheers,

Sxip

please please contact me at sxipshirey@gmail.com and I will get it to you!

if you like, please please mail me an image of you in your "hat"!

Thank you so so much for helping me get this album off the ground. I hope you are enjoying it. 

Again, the album got "song of the day on NPR" for Brooklyn Bridge song and was featured on the cover of the New York Times website for an animation made by michael arthur  and John Ivy for the same song.

Also at Joe's Pub on May 14th. I'll be playing a composition of Shelley Segal! Who was given a composition as a gift by her lovely husband but this has morphed into me playing an arrangement of one of her compositions!

Cheers, and thank you!!

-Sxip

Dear Folks,

I am finally back from Europe I am making the very special hats today with puppeteer and designer Erin Orr. I am raiding China town for materials. Wish me luck. They will be presented to those in New York City on Jan. 6th at Lincoln Center Atrium. That's right, I've been invited to perform and present some of my favorite artists at Lincoln Center on January 6th. For those who dont want to wait 'll send you your hats right away. I hope you have enjoyed the CD. "Brooklyn Bridge Song" hot NPRs song of the day! and was featured on the New York Times website! Thank you all once again for participating in my kickstarter campaign. It took two years to make the album and it was worth it.

Cheers,
Sxip

So the hat thing has turned into a bit of an albatrose. I tried to organize all the knitters, hat makers and costume designers I know into making hats. I was arranging them to meet up with folks to measure head sizes. What I found out was the most people didn't want hats made by a proffesional but something made by me. Also people are busy and don't have time to go get their head measured. I over reached on this one. SO, I am going back to the drawing board. I am putting together the hats in a fun way. I deeply apologize that you haven't gotten the hats yet.

I am going to add in another gift to the hats to make up for my tardiness...which I think you will like allot.

I am on tour again until October 1rst. I will have the raw materials waiting. I am ordering them, then hats will be mailed soon after that. It'll take me 2-3 days to make the hats. It's simple but I think you will like them allot. Again, I apologize. I will try to come up with something extra for the hat people.

Those of you in NYC, I will have a special hat performance for you, those of you out of NYC, I will comp you into my touring schedule.

My apologies again.

-Sxip

First of all, here is the mp3 of "Rain on the Roses" which I peformed in Vienna. Listen, dowload, Enjoy!
http://soundcloud.com/sxip-shirey/rain-on-the-roses-live-in-vienna

I apologize to Ryan, not sure why the CDs didn't make it to you. I'll send again. Anyone else who didn't get their CDs please contact me!

HATS! You know I had this grand plant to get all these costume designers, knitters and hat makers to make hats for people and I would add something to them, I wanted to give everyone really nice hats so I was going to bring in the proffesionals. But I am getting the sense people really want their hats made by me!...so, I am figuring that out...new plan.

The New York Times ran this animation on their website. The youtube version is higher quality.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/brooklyn-bridge-song/
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Also here is a Huffington Post article about me and the album here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Thank you!
Sxip

it's taking a bit longer than I thought as I am getting all the constume designers and creative cloth people I know to make actual functioning fun hats!

except for international because of a computer problem at sending center (will sent tomorrow)

and the 20 who didn't give me addresses

hat team being assembled..hats will be made then shipped next month! they will be cool!

thank you!

-sxip

City Winery!

Most of the CDs are now packaged, there are some issues with what I believe are people who didn't fill forms out correctly. I will be contacting you by e-mail to ask your address if you are one of these people. Tomorrow, I am on tour for a LOOOONG weekend. Everything will be sent out once and for all on the 22nd. I'll be contacting anyone there is confusion with. Thank you for your patience.

xo sxip

Putting Kickstarter packages together and mailing them out! So glad to be finally sending out these CDs! I have about 110 mailings to do! Thank you to all who pre-ordered. You should be getting your CDs next week!

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!!!

Dear Kickstarter supporters,

The new CDs have arrived in Jersey City, I have seen photos, they look beautiful. I am on currently on tour about to hit the UK, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam etc....I will be back in NYC for a week the second week of May, before I had stated that I would send out the CDs in July, the month of my official CD release but if at all possible I will mail all the packages to all of you in May. Thank you so much for your patience. The art work and the proofing on the design took quite awhile. I am very excited to send this out to all of you!

...and yes, I am getting the very special hats made...they will be done in July.

Cheers!
Sxip Shirey

Now working with the designer on the art work.