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Update #5: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted on March 18, 2010
…a round of applause for TURTLE for bringing us past our goal and guaranteeing us the chance to make a video!!!
And of course, not just Turtle but several others have become backers and we salute them:
BORIS KERZNER
Oh wait. We thanked everyone else yesterday.
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Let's thank them all again!
MIRIAM!
ROHAN!
MATTHEW!
JESSE!
SIMON AFEK JENSEN!
JONATHON SCOTT!
SIMON ORE!
ALEX NASH!
NICOLE FREED!
KERRY BOWSER!
AARON!
SHAY CARON!
UB3RSCHNITZEL!
JOHN EVANS!
CHRIS!
FRANCES O'BRIEN!
COLLEEN!
NARITA PERSAUD!
JEN MCGHEE!
VANESSA SEATANG!
LENORE RETIEF!
JEFF WHEELDON!
MAX FALCON!
GUILLERMO ANTUNEZTREVINO!
TIARA THE MERCH GIRL!
BRENT PETRIE!
TIM ROGERS!
BEN CATES!
TRENT!
JEN GRANTHAM!
VICTORIA!
TONY BALTULIS!
DANIEL!
JANIS GRANTHAM!
GEOFF HACK!
IAN ROBERTSON!
KATE FENNELL!
CODY WICK!
SHAWN RICHTER!
JUSTIN BARRETT!
And if we've missed anyone to this point (as we realize we may have previously) we apologize. You will not be missed again! But if we do, tell us! Then we'll thank you right and proper!
However, since we've still got 4 days left, we DON'T want to be greedy but we DO want to keep pushing because as we mentioned before, our goal was the barest of bare minimums.
Please keep telling everyone you know! We can still collect for another 4 days! Suddenly I have dreams of maybe paying some of the crew for their time or at least the gas they'll use to drive to the shoot that day. Or, actually being able to choose the colouring for the walls of the set instead of having to do mismatched walls because we're buying the cheapest paint.
Or chairs! Yes, chairs for people to sit on during our long day of shooting!
Props? Oh yah. Props. Those too.
All of these things will be possible the further we go.
As funny as all of that sounds, it's kinda reality. There are many things that go into a production, all of which cost something. The less we have to beg for deals (though we're still going to) the more we'll be able to make something that will stand a chance on the world's stage. We're not looking to gain acceptance on places like MTV or MuchMusic but I can't say we'd scoff at it.
It's like this: Every craftsperson needs tools to do their job. A carpenter needs a hammer. A plumber needs a wrench. An electrician needs wire.
We also need the right tools to do the job. The more money we get, the more able we'll be to make this thing the RIGHT way while leaning on the joy and love of making something with your help.
One last thing:
That thing we mentioned that was happening? Well, it's happening! To celebrate our reaching the goal everyone who has given so far will receive 7 FREE downloads of the newest 'Songs To Wear Pants To' tracks Andrew has created before they're released to the public!
These 7 tracks will also count for everyone who becomes a backer in these last 4 days as well!
To do this, please send an email with your contact information to:
pantaloons@gmail.com
That way we can send you an undisclosed link available only to you so that only you may download those wonderful songs and enjoy them for FREE while everyone else has to wait and then purchase them. How's that for sweet?!?
Alright. 4 more days. Keep pushing. Tell your friends. Spread the word. Let's not lose our momentum in the home stretch!
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DON'T FEEL BAD PLEDGE ♥ You will receive a download of your choice of any one of Andrew's albums (including STWPT, Your Heart and any side projects).
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CRUNK JUICE PLEDGE ♥ You will receive the $10 reward plus a download of Your Heart's upcoming Autumn album, a signed and numbered copy of the limited edition CD pressing of Autumn, and a recipe card for Andrew's favorite juice smoothies.
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HOW TO ACTUALLY WEAR PANTS PLEDGE ♥ You will receive everything included with the $30 reward plus a download of the entire STWPT back catalog and signed copies of all 3 STWPT CDs.
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YOUR HEART PLEDGE ♥ You will receive everything included in the $50 reward plus a t-shirt that either says LISTEN TO YOUR HEART or PANTS (your choice) and downloads of Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring - the four seasons-themed albums that Your Heart is releasing within the next year.
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HEY AN MP3 PLAYER PLEDGE ♥ You will receive everything included with the $100 reward plus an MP3 player filled with never-before-heard music of Andrew's.
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WE ARE THE ROBOT PIRATES PLEDGE ♥ You will receive everything included in the $100 reward and your name will appear wherever credits for the video are displayed, including a commemorative STWPT page. You will receive an mp3 of the Robot Pirates singing about you. You will receive a video of Andrew, dressed as a Robot Pirate, dancing to a song of your choice - under 8:59 please (that's the length of 'November Rain').
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ZOMBIE PLEDGE ♥ You will receive everything included in the $250 reward plus Andrew will write a song for you, any kind of song you want, up to 3 minutes long. He will change his Facebook and Twitter profile pictures to a picture of you for a week. He and a friend will spend one evening playing Left 4 Dead with you and a friend on Xbox Live. Or some other game on Xbox or online... but that would reduce the zombie-ness of it all.
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SNESLY WIPES PLEDGE ♥ You will receive everything included in the $500 reward plus Andrew will give you the ukulele he used on "The Story Of Snesly Wipes", "In The Sun" and most other songs of his which involve a ukulele. Signed, if you want.
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GUITAR PLEDGE ♥ You will receive everything included in the $500 reward, plus Andrew will give you the acoustic guitar that he used on every single STWPT song that has an acoustic guitar on it. Signed, if you want.
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BAN JOVI PLEDGE ♥ You will receive everything included in the $500 reward, plus Andrew will give you his beautiful 1960s long-neck banjo. Signed, if you want. (By the way, the banjo's name is Ban Jovi.)
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HOT DOG EATING CONTEST CHAMPION PLEDGE ♥ Andrew will record an album for you. 12 songs or 77 minutes, whichever comes first. Whatever you want them to sound like and be about. As long as he doesn't have to sing anything that would shock and offend the average grandma.
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I LOVE YOU MORE THAN BUNNIES PLEDGE ♥ We will fly you to the video shoot. You will make a brief appearance in the video itself. You will be there for everything, including the wrap party. After which you will spend two days doing activities with Andrew, such as song-making, cosmic bowling, yoga, and pottery. All your costs will be covered, including transportation, food, and ironic thrift store outfit. After all, you will have just given us $10,000.
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Born in small-town Canada, Karl Richter was heavily influenced by his older brother’s interests to pursue the arts at a young age. Through secondary school into highschool he studied comics for inspiration in illustrating and story-telling, always looking to movies for inspiration. By the end of highschool he pursued design and moved to Toronto to learn about graphic arts at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Within 6 months of living in Toronto, his love of film and the possibility that making movies was real, he realized motion picture was the means to fulfill his desire to tell stories using all facets of art— from composition and colour to emotion of performance and movement.
After a few false starts, ‘The Boy and His Wolf’ was the first short film that Karl felt he had made something worth talking about. This was the beginning of his journey as a Director, which lead to the creation of ‘wendel’, a collective based moniker to take the emphasis off of Karl as the sole creative force behind any project he would write, direct, edit or produce due to the collaborative nature of motion picture.
'The Boy and His Wolf' was a Platinum REMI award winner at the 2009 International Film Festival while his second short film 'The Door' was an official selection at the 2009 SoCal Independent Film Festival.
The end of 2009 released wendel's second music video and first for Your Heart, titled 'In the Sun'.
2010 was a very transitional year for Karl and wendel as it officially became an entity unto its own, created out of the inclusion of Philip Bowser (visualFX) and Russell Greene (Producer) as well as Nicole Martens (PR + styling).
With the full 'cast' rounded out, wendel has relocated to Los Angeles to get into the industry proper, having started 2011 with Discovery channel and riding that to transition into doing continuous TV branding and motion graphics. This of course alongside all the continuous shooting for more musicians and brands including Quiznos, US Bank, Brother Printers, the NCAA, Colin Munroe, The Working Hour, TiRon and Ayomari and Lexdray.
Always keep your eyes peeled for new things from wendel.
