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Update #3: The Pauses Are In The Studio
We're pleased as punch to report that we're 3 days into our recording sessions with J. Robbins at the Magpie Cage studios in Baltimore, MD - and you made it possible, so thank you!
If you'd like to follow along with us as we get down to the business of making an album, click on over to http://thepauses.com - which will take you right to the up-to-the minute news straight from the band as we blog the day's goings-on.
Visit the Record-O-Blog.
-The Pauses
Update #2: ON OUR WAY TO BALTIMORE! BUT WAIT...
Hello generous and potential contributors!
We're so happy that we've reached our initial goal within LESS THAN TWO DAYS!! Holy moly, we never thought it would happen. These pledges and our previous earnings allow us to pay for ALL tracking of the album. We are now in the green to record our first full-length, and have just booked dates with J. Robbins this June! How wonderful is that? So, a big THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed thus far.
But wait... as you know, everything takes time and money! (Boo) We will need AT LEAST another $2,000 to MIX and MASTER this thing. And with your help, I think we can make it happen!
So, please, take a moment to watch our video above and pledge $1.00, $5.00, $30.00, enough to get your own personalized theme song, or anything within your budget. Every little bit helps and will send us on our way. Our project will become a better and happy person because of it!
Update #1: 2 Days Later....
Our 26 backers did what we were certain would never happen in our allotted 30 day period. We're Thousandaires!!! This puts us well into the green for TRACKING this album. Being that we plan on recording 9 songs for the full spinny disc version, we can easily divide dedication to 2.8888888888888888888888888889 backers per song. You guys fight over the track choice and mathematical specifics.
If our premature Goal-Reaching has knocked you back on the being frugal side of your internal fence-swaying debate regarding pledging, please reconsider. Further pledges will allow us to actually MIX, MASTER, and MANUFACTURE the forthcoming recordings. Otherwise, they'll forever be trapped inside J.'s computer never to return. I've heard he just throws away computers after every session. Wasteful, sure, but everyone has a quirky completion ritual.
We honestly can't begin to tell you what reaching our $1000 goal this quickly means to us, but if we run into any backers, The Paus-ee of your choosing will kiss you square on the mouth, mostly likely without warning or introduction.
-The Pauses
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 7, 2010.
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Pauses Will Write a Personalized Sitcom-Style-Theme song for you, Free Pauses Shows for yourself for LIFE!!!!, Full Album (Vinyl or CD) Before its Release, Pauses T-Shirt (check for size), Stickers/Buttons, Full Name and Thanks in Album Liner Notes, Website/Facebook/Twitter/Myspace Mention, and Personal Gratification
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Do you like watching strangers play music? Do you like it when 2/3 of those strangers wear glasses? Do you like it when people ask you if you like things? Do you like Matthew McConaughey better in comedies or dramas? I have a hard time deciding, myself, but I'm just a bio for The Pauses. Oh, The Pauses, they're a band formed from the discarded remnants of other former bands. Hot off the collapse of their failed Vostok reunion band re-titling (The Immaculate Shark), Tierney Tough and Jason Kupfer sought to recruit fellow recent band dropout Nathan Chase (of Unsung Zeros fame) to form what no one else has yet come to term an "indie supergroup." Together they mostly wear glasses and entirely play music that will make you both dance and cry simultaneously. J. Robbins himself agreed to record their upcoming first album while doing both. Sure, they're "poppy" and have literally fed sugar to their audience, but they're also not reluctant to really rock a polar bear's ass when it's called for. Shoegaze, Noiserock, Blips and Bloops, Ukuleles, Animatronic Owls, Big Muffs, Adjectives Separated by Commas, Social Networking Accounts, Women; The Pauses objectify it all. Best of all, they're skillfully adept at anticipating their welcome-threshold and giving you your necessary space. No one likes a clingy band.
