About this project
Help bring world-class vocal music and education to the masses!
Jared, Greg, Mark and Shaun (Tonic Sol-fa) have quietly been building a cappella into a genre capable of competing with all forms of music on a national platform for over a decade. What started with loans from parents and with a love of what could be accomplished with just the human voice, has now grown to be profiled on the Today Show, by Newsweek and on PBS.
In July of this year, we will be submitting our second nationally broadcast television special to public TV (the first was shown nearly 1800 times per year for the last four years). The footage was shot over two nights at an historic theatre in Des Moines, IA in high definition and 5.1 surround. We have begun mixing the audio and editing the video but it takes $12,000 alone to submit the video as well as basic post-production, closed captioning, and marketing costs. We need your help to bring this unique performance to a national audience!
Whether you love alternative musical art forms or just want to see independent music break barriers and thrive, this is a fantastic investment. Every dollar counts and we can't do it without you.
Please visit our website for further info about our group: www.tonicsolfa.com
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 28, 2010.
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A special thanks on our website (will include Facebook and Twitter as well).
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The special website thanks, plus we'll mail you a handwritten postcard. It may contain a great soup recipe, an insensitive joke or story, or maybe even our social security numbers!
Pledge $30 or more
An unreleased live track from our upcoming special or Jared will record your voicemail message. Plus, the special website thanks and the handwritten postcard.
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Full-res digital download of the film. Plus, the special website thanks, the handwritten postcard, and either an unreleased live track from our upcoming special or the recorded voicemail message.
Pledge $75 or more
A potpourri of our individual CD collections. Surprise! Exactly how many Jonas Brothers CDs does Mark have? Plus, the full-res digital download of the film, the special website thanks, the handwritten postcard, and either an unreleased live track from our upcoming special or the recorded voicemail message.
Pledge $100 or more
Free tickets to four of our shows. We'll even do our best to get you into private shows not open to the public. Plus, a potpourri of our individual CD collections, a full-res digital download of the film, the special website thanks, the handwritten postcard, and either an unreleased live track from our upcoming special or the recorded voicemail message.
Pledge $250 or more
A special invitation to a complimentary pancake party at either location of The Original Pancake House, in the Twin Cities (MN) area. Plus, a potpourri of our individual CD collections, a full-res digital download of the film, the special website thanks, the handwritten postcard, and either an unreleased live track from our upcoming special or the recorded voicemail message.
Pledge $300 or more
A one-year supply of Blue Bunny ice-cream. Plus, a full-res digital download of the film, the special website thanks, the handwritten postcard, and either an unreleased live track from our upcoming special or the recorded voicemail message.
Pledge $500 or more
A pre-show dinner and drinks. Plus, a full-res digital download of the film, the special website thanks, the handwritten postcard, and either an unreleased live track from our upcoming special or the recorded voicemail message.
Pledge $750 or more
The opportunity to line up an opening act for one of our shows (final approval for show/group to be made by us). It can be your own group, or you can be a hero to an up-and-coming group. Plus, a full-res digital download of the film, the special website thanks, the handwritten postcard, and either an unreleased live track from our upcoming special or the recorded voicemail message.
Pledge $1,000 or more
Water-skiing w/ the guys on a beautiful lake in the Midwest. Greg may even wear his mankini. Or not, if that discourages your pledge.
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The original Plastic Santa autographed by the group, plus you'll receive one of a few remaining copies of our previously released and no longer available albums (4 hours and 12 days, Carol, Left Turns, Five).
Pledge $2,000 or more
Help us name the new holiday special (within reason; "Joanie Loves Chachi" isn't a catchy name for this particular t.v. special), plus you'll receive one of a few remaining copies of our previously released and no longer available albums (4 hours and 12 days, Carol, Left Turns, Five).
Pledge $3,000 or more
We'll bring you and a guest to one of our holiday shows (airfare in the continental U.S., hotel, and show ticket are on us), plus you'll receive one of a few remaining copies of our previously released and no longer available albums (4 hours and 12 days, Carol, Left Turns, Five).
Pledge $4,000 or more
Special seats onstage at one of our upcoming shows. Will contain all the mushy on-stage gratitude and humiliation we can muster, but it'll be fun, and worth it for you...and everyone else.
Pledge $5,000 or more
A master-class by the guys. If you happen to be a group better than us, we'll play video games instead. Shaun is a DDR aficionado.
Pledge $7,500 or more
House Party Concert (US only). We come over and give you a show. Invite a friend. Invite a bunch of friends. Good times.
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Although they are simply four voices and a tambourine, Tonic Sol-fa has spent considerable time on the road carving their niche as the nation’s top vocal group. In the midst of touring, this quartet has been named one of the top five “must see” groups in America, has been awarded numerous original song and album awards in pop, gospel and holiday genres, appeared on NBC’s Today Show and in the pages of Newsweek magazine. Outings with Jay Leno, Shawn Colvin, and Garrison Keillor have propelled album sales to more than 2,000,000 copies (mostly sold from the back of their trailer!) and have earned the group thousands of intensely loyal fans.
The quartet has been voted into the Midwest Music Hall of Fame and have averaged over 150 shows annually in 48 states with music in radio stations and at retail stores nationwide. Recently Tonic Sol-fa’s third public television special was broadcast to over 1,800 stations across the United States. And too, the quartet won their first Emmy Award in the “Musical Composition/Arrangement” category for a song performed in a Toys for Tots PSA (Public Service Announcement).
The New York Times describes Tonic Sol-fa’s sound as “A vocal kaleidoscope…unique to the human voice.” Improvisational and passionate music combined with cutting-edge stage presence is the benchmark by which critics and fans agree: nobody does it like Tonic Sol-fa!
