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Nothing ... but a warm feeling for helping a worthy cause (a very small amount of warmth though because 1 dollar is a very small amount of money).
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Digital download of the first 2 songs finished (this will be at least a few months before the albums release!) No idea what these songs will be just now but they will probably be the ones we are most excited about.
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Download of the first 2 songs finished and your name and a link to your website on our soon-to-be-completed website under a list of super awesome helpers whom help! We will be internet pals 4 life!
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A digital download of the entire 30 track album as soon as it's finished. You will be one of the first people to receive the album. Probably about a month before it goes up on itunes! Also the name and link on our website!
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A digital download of the album plus your name and link on our website and a personalized mix CD from Andrew to you. I will take your musical taste into consideration ... by which i mean I will ask you for your favorite bands of all time, your least favorite and the last few CDs you bought and I will try to make something special for you with a nice cover and everything as if I were trying to hit on you via mix cd .... I am not trying to get with you because I feel like that breaches my very rigid fan-band interaction etiquette rules but I do think you are totally smokin' hot and you are going to make someone very happy some day.
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a signed copy of "mc chris is dead" by mc chris. I produced this album for mc chris and he accidentally left one of the pre-signed copies at my place before he went on a tour. If you want me to sign it as well I can do that. weirdo.
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Digital download of the entire album and your name printed in the CD booklet thank yous!
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Extra Special EP PACK! Digital download of the album plus your name and link on our website and your name printed in the CD booklet! AND an exclusive Acoustic EP of 4 older age of rockets songs (Elephant and Castle / Avada Kedavra / Petales Ament La Salete / insmileoutblood ... this will have electronic drums, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and some other things ... not just a guitar / vocal performance). A SECOND EP of new covers including the Age of Rockets cover of Oats We Sow by Gregory and The Hawk. (Both EPs may someday become available on the internet but you will have them many moons before such a thing happens) In addition to this You will be get the Sleep EP of 3 new songs to help you fall asleep and as an extra special gift you will get the Moonbear LP which is the all electronic side project of Age of Rockets and Field Mouse (sounds kind of like the drive home)!!
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Digital download of the entire album and your name printed in the CD booklet thank yous! and a 1 of a kind Polaroid photograph of Andrew Futral taken by Jenny Owen Youngs signed by Jenny Owen Youngs as "Bess Rogers-Kuffner" this prize is clearly very insider-y!
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Digital Download of the album as soon as it's finished. Also the 3 disc handmade physical album (signed by all members) your name printed in the CD booklet and a personal letter of thanks from us to you.
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A personal remix of your choosing! If you have a song you would like an Age of Rockets remix of you can send the acapella track and some reference songs. Or if you would like to hear a remix of a specific song (and you can find the acapella online ... try here first:http://www.acapellas4u.co.uk/) we will do it. You will also get a digital download of the record and your name in the bookletttt! this is the only reward where the remix will be done. the prizes that refer to "the 100" dollar pledge or pledges that say "the stuff from before" refers to the non limited prizes.
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This reward was Dan Romer's Idea. I will record a commentary track for your favorite movie ... possibly as if i had something to do with the making of the movie. I probably legally am not allowed to duplicate movies so I can only legally send you the audio I make for it .... but maybe I am not good at bouncing down audio only tracks in imovie and I accidentally make a mistake and send you it as a movie file on dvd? you get me? mistakes might get made. Also you get the stuff from the 100 dollar pledge with this.
Pledge $200 or more
Digital download of the 30 tracks, the signed physical 3 disc CD with your name printed in it, the entire age of rockets back catalog (Hannah, The Drive Home, The Covers Album) and a limited edition t-shirt only ever made and given to people who donate 200 or more dollars. never to be sold. one of a kind forever! Also there will also be some limited edition stickers and pins and stuff.
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Everything from the 200 Dollar Pledge but we will also print a picture of you in The Age of Rockets booklet on a page (or 2?) dedicated to the super helpers ... this is you. This will also be done for any pledge amount over 300 as well.
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You can have up to 2 friends pledge this with you but the title might have to be "More Money More Problems (Kate, Jack and Sawyer)" no last names in that instance ... but all 2 or 3 of you will get the EPs and a shirt. No need to share : ) You will get everything from the regular 300 dollar prize plus one of the tracks will be named after you. You will also recieve all the music listed from the limited 65 dollar EP pack pledge. Your name will appear in the song like "Girls Just Want To Have Fun (Sally Shapablap)" If only 1 person does this reward I will send them all 3 versions of the song in question and he/she will get to pick which version is named after them. I will also spend this 300 on recording specifically for that song so when people ask you why your name is on there you can say I paid for the orchestra on that song. Then people will say "REALLY?" and you will say really nonchalantly say "yeah, it's no big deal, they are friends of mine so i hooked them up"
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Everything from the 200 dollar pledge plus we will record any song you want us to record (full band recording). We will cover any song or re-record any of our older songs. whatever you want. We will send this recording just to you and never try to sell it or give it out ... from us to you.
Pledge $500 or more
You will get the T-shirt / album combo and The Age of Rockets will write and record a song for you about whatever you want provided it's not racist / sexist / homophobic etc ... It will be at least 3 minutes in length and it will be named after you or whatever you want it to be named after
Pledge $700 or more
Everything from before but we will record a 4 song EP for you. Any 4 songs ever (1 of which can be the personal song about you or about whatever you want). If you wanted us to do a 4 song nickelback tribute this might be your only opportunity for that. It wil be an EP present from us to you and no one but you will get to hear the songs. unless you give them away or let people hear them!
Pledge $2,000 or more
All the same stuff from before except we will make and record a 4th version of the album and give it only to you! a 10 track age of rockets album for your ears only! You wouldn't be allowed to sell it but if you wanted to put it online for the world to download you could name it after you ... like if your name was Reginald Plapabo you could call it "The Age of Rockets - Reginald Plapabo Album 2010 WTF?"
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I will make star and direct a shot for shot remake of your favorite movie as best as I can. I will spend money on costumes and lighting and try really hard to make it as good as i can.
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My name is Andrew Futral from the band The Age of Rockets. I am in a circle of great and talented friends. I try to raise money for various fun projects that I hope you will like!
to anyone who is at all curious about the breakdown of costs i have not got it down to the dollar but my estimate is
6000 on mixing. This might end up being more since i will need instrumental versions (pretty standard)
2000 on mastering the record (i imagine it would be more with instrumental versions but i can always keep the mixes and have it mastered last minute if there is a sync opportunity)
1500 on making kickstarter backer prizes
3000 or so on pressing the album to CD and making art work
1500 on paying orchestra musicians (pretty good deal!)
there has been about 1-2000 in gear costs (new hard drive, drums, hardware .. etc)
in closing kickstarter is aptly named because it is to kickstart fundraising. not to fund 100% of the project.
Mike, I never said that 8000 was the total cost of what it would take to make the record. I am not sure why you think the camera money has anything to do with this album. Also with the camera 1600 was to get a low end canon and as the amount raised got higher the grade of camera purchased went up. There was no money left over from the camera kickstarter because i ended up getting a canon 7d and a nice lens that came to just under 3000. Also after kickstarter's 5% and the credit cards that were not cleared the amount made from the album kickstarter was closer to 8600. However that doesn't matter since I had always stated that the amount needed to make the album would be much more. Hiring a decent mixier for the record is at least 200 a song. 200 times 30 is 6000. Mastering is about 70 dollars a track. That is 2100. Paying cello and violin players has been about 1000 so far. Pressing the album will probably be about 3000 or so. There are a few other expenses that came up as well. I paid 300 for part of my friends drum kit so i could record drums on disc 3. I know you think you know what you are talking about but you do not and I have been upfront about the costs since day one. I have contacted kickstarter to make sure you get your 25 dollars back.
Let me be more clear. Time is NOT the issue. A kickstarter is an agreement between you and your supporters. You asked for $8000 to complete something. We gave you $9380.
Then, you asked for $1600 for a camera. Those supporters gave you $3300.
You set out on a project with a working budget of $9600 and were given $12600 in revenue. Any business would be thrilled to start with 33% than the forecast would be needed.
The Tipping Point for me, and others, is that you started another fundraiser for this same album/project and say you need an additional $6000 giving you now a budget of close to $20000 on something you originally forecast would require $8000. This puts you, I believe, in breach of contract with your original supporters here on this original project. We were funding a complete project, not 60% (or 46% if you include camera funds) of a project. If this were a business (and music is) the investors would shut you down.
So mock me and call me grumpy, make snide references in song if you like. But I feel your actions are not right.
Don't stress it mate. But seriously, could you make a reference to this "Mr. Finkle" in one of the songs. I think that would be quite amusing.
Andrew, I've given you a grand combined for your two successful Kickstarter projects & I don't regret or think you're fraudulently squandering the money. And even if this project was a fraud, I'm sure you would spent our money on something awesome like a movie set prop used for a Tarantino flick, but the prop never got any actual screen time (nor was seen in the deleted or behind the scenes DVD bonus features). But in doing so, I am positive you would let us know here, on facebook, twitter, tumblr and our emails of how you've redirected our money into the expensively priced item that doesn't really serve an actual purpose besides looks, nostalgia &/or sentiment, because it is just a prop and not an actual working item, but just an item portraying an item that does something. (Oh convoluted sentences, I love thee)
I don't question when or if the album is coming out, I question if and when you can convince and then get a hold of the others for more of The Robot Explosion or new OMWF podcasts, BUT if Ben Folds Five can reunite to record a few songs, I think The Robot Explosion can too! (BOLD STATEMENTS) As is goes "all good things com in time." Also patience is a virtue or so I was told.
The album is coming & I still have 100% full confidence in Andre Futral & The Age of Rockets.
-Steve
We knew from the beginning (I think from a post or comment Andrew has written somewhere) that even if he successfully reached his Kickstarter goal, the money would only partially fund the record. This is not a regular 10 track album. This is THREE discs, THIRTY tracks.
I'm as eager anyone to hold the shiny new AoR album in my hands! I want it NOW! But I don't want Andrew to make a shitty record just for the sake of delivering it - I want him to finish & release it when its actually ready. You can't rush art you know ;)
Furthermore, our pledges are not simply donations. We are receiving goods in return (and I trust that Andrew will eventually deliver). I personally feel glad I was able to contribute what I could because I care about independent artists. I know its not a process you can rush and I'm willing to wait however long it takes. (Although before I'm old and deaf would be cool.)
Maybe Andrew could give us more frequent updates? Tell us not just about AoR shit, but other stuff you're working on! Mike, rethink getting a refund, the album will reach your ears eventually.
Chime down, have you not seen and listened to the progress Andrew and the band have been making? They sound ace btw.
The kid's talking nonsense. Pretty sure everyone here agrees with that.
Andrew, is it possible when the album is released to buy a physical copy? I know it was a kickstarter prize, but I'm feeling lonely because I couldn't afford two prizes. Even if it was a limited edition thing, that would be sweeeeet.
Good luck, bro.
Good things take time. Really great things take a bit longer. And Super Pretentious things by Andrew and Co. take a couple of years. Be patient and these very busy, talented folk will provide us all with something worthy of the wait. This is of course, unless Andrew bought a plasma TV and a leather sofa from IKEA for his studio with his Kickstarter cash. In that case, I want a refund too! Good luck, Andrew! We are patiently looking forward to the finished product. (P.S. Maybe more frequent updates, even if you have to update us on your other projects, would help.)
The creative process is time-consuming. Even if you have everything ready to go, getting a finished product relies on several other people and entities. Hearing the band mature from The Drive Home to Hannah puts any doubts in my mind that this album will be epic and well worth the wait.
I donated to this project because I knew this album was going to be something amazing. Andrew has proven countless times that he is a talented producer/composer/musician. I made a personal investment, because I wanted to help make this album be the best it could be. Because I made an investment, I wasn't expecting a quick return. I would rather my investment go towards a project that is done right.
Now it has been awhile since we all made this same investment, but Andrew has made it clear that he is still working hard on the album. He has made posts on tumblr with audio clips, movies, and updates. He has been open with contributors who ask him about the progress of the album. I know this is the case, because he has been prompt with answering every silly question I've asked him.
Is the album taking time? Yes, but does that mean he is fraudulent? No, not at all. If you are worried about the album you should ask Andrew about it. Not post an angry message on kickstarter.
Wow fraudulent? that’s so far from the truth!!!
I have met and seen The Age Of Rockets play many times in the last 3 years. All members are all very honest people, specially Andrew! Anyone that follow’s a band know it usually takes them 2 years to put a new CD out and for this band they doing 3 versions for this CD, so I know it will take extra time.
PS. Andrew has put up the Age of Rock first 2 CD online for Free and he also has posted his other band Filed Mouse music for Free online too!
To me that does not sound like a guy that is just out to take your money!!!!
Fraudulent?! That's a bit uncalled for! We've had regular updates about the making of the record and Andrew always said it was hopefully going to be finished at the end of the year, still ages away. I am so looking forward to this record and would rather it was done right in however long it takes rather than for it to be rushed because of some impatient people.
I so regret helping this now. You've received close to $13,000 over the past 2 years and still no album. Now you want the public to give you more money. I'm sorry but I feel this is ridiculous and fraudulent. I've requested a refund from Kickstarter and would urge others to do the same.
Looking forward to this. Any update on the status?
What is the status of this? Is it coming out in 2011? Like maybe in the 1st half of the year?
I promise to give more too if either Julie Peel or April Smith or well I guess I make it on Grey's Anatomy too
Awesome, an album gets made! I'm too proud to be a part of this, I can't even say how cool it feels :)
WOO HOO! FO SHO!
I think it's a brilliant idea to use Kickstarter to record your new record, and to put your fans totally in the driver's seat. It's really exciting to see a band taking serious risks artistically and on the production side of music making as well.
good luck guys :)
I really wish I had $10,000 to spare so I could get a super special Age of Rockets edition of The Lord of the Rings, but alas, I could only pledge $30.00. Sorry about that.
Good luck on the album!
just pledged $25!
hey I pledged $100 but really want the 2 EPs that comes with the $65 pledge so can I give you an extra $25 or something to get them? I really can;t afford an extra $65 :(
Good luck with this project!
promise to give more if i make it into Grey's anatomy... hehe
Good luck with this, Andrew! I was only able to chip in a bit right now, but I'm sure I'll be back to give more before it's done :) Stoked to hear the new stuff!
I like songs
Yay new music