About this project
THE BAND
Wundersound is a new pop band from Portland, Oregon. We are dedicated to meditation!
Did you know you can now directly back the music that you want? We are utilizing this wonderful grassroots funding system on Kickstarter to highlight the new freedom available to artists. Gone are the days of industry gatekeepers as the public at large can now take the helm.
Do you want to co-create with us? ... We hope so ...
THE PROJECT
"Wundersound: 2012" is our big debut of both Album & Documentary, companion works. Let's communicate through music a joyful message about humanity's spiritual juncture in 2012.
We're thinking big production: Big Band Brass - 50-person Choir - Asian Instrumentation - On-location Nature Recording - Special Acoustic Sound Effects - On-Location Classical Organ, Session Players for various songs such as Saxophone, Cello, Clarinet, and Much More!
This project WILL ONLY GET MADE if we surpass $200,000 by January 5.
Please make a donation today to ensure success!!
THE BASE BUDGET
- Album Production................................................$48,500
- Documentary Production...................................$52,500
- Release Manufacture.........................................$18,500
- Marketing / Publicity / Promotion / Sales........$37,000
- Kickstarter & Amazon Fees...............................$20,000
- Kickstarter Rewards Manufacture...................$12,000
- Legal.....................................................................$11,500
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TOTAL................................................................$200,000
- Help us surpass our goal by January 5--funds above the goal go to marketing so this music may reach more people!
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
1) Donate - Please make a pledge here on Kickstarter and receive great rewards like the CD, DVD, and even be in the project yourself! Although we can scrape it together with our $200K goal, we would love to surpass the goal so we can give you and the world even more splendor and Wunder-visibility!
2) Tell People - Tell everyone you know about our great project—your enthusiasm paves the momentum! This kind of "crowd funding" depends on your broadcast. Email this to your friends:
"Hi Guys-- Check out Wundersound's great new project at wundersound.com/2012 !"
You can also share the news at...
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Wundersound.com
- our YouTube channel
- our Facebook page
- ... and Myspace
- and use our Tweet button (on our website) to alert your pals.
3) Subscribe -
- Join Wundersound's Fan News to receive an exclusive bonus track download when the album is complete! It's okay, we prefer to respect your time with only occasional annoucements.
- Follow Wundersound on Twitter @Wundersound.
THE ALBUM
Listen to our DEMO RECORDINGS HERE.
Modern Pop Rock together with Bach Organ! Here are 3 demos, blueprints of what is to come. Please note that these are not yet professionally recorded. Imagine what your backing can do to studio-record these tracks at world-class standards and really make them shine.... Have a listen while you read about the tracks below.
"2012 [demo]" (c) 2011 Quinton Carlson (p) 2011 Wundersound. This recording is a Wundersound rehearsal with computer-sequenced horns added. Your donation will help us make a high-production recording that includes real big-band brass, classical organ, a 50-person choir in verse 3, Asian instruments, acoustic sound effects to suggest the passage of great time, and overall perfected performance.
"Allabreve [demo]" by J. S. Bach (p) 2010 Terry V. Nelson. This live recording was made with consumer-level equipment. Your donation will help us record Allabreve with on-location pro microphones to capture the complete frequency spectrum, and to enrich the power of the bass notes and generally recreate the full impact of being in the presence of a live classical organ.
"So Happy [demo]" (c) 2008 Quinton Carlson & D. R. Casey (p) 2011 Wundersound. This recording is a piecemeal development demo. With your donation, we will remake the song with a tightly rehearsed band, and add layers of musical texture to give more grandeur.
More tracks planned for the album:
"Pacific" (Wundersound) A natural acoustic recording of the Oregon Coast.
"Node Of Reality" (Carlson) Pop tune.
"Special Sound" (Carlson) Acoustic and electronic effects from the film.
"Come, Holy Spirit" (J.S. Bach) Classical Organ.
"In This Time (I Feel My Love Again)" (Carlson) Pop Ballad.
"The Time Is Sure To Come" (J.S. Bach) Classical Organ.
"Right Here Now" (Carlson) Pop tune.
THE DOCUMENTARY
We have in store for you a feature-length film following Wundersound making the album, and documenting our global celebration of 2012.
It's the story behind the art.
We plan music videos throughout, for each track from the album.
Your funding makes it possible for us to chronicle the joy as we transition through 2012. Our movie will be full of editorial vignettes of our times. Audiences will learn about:
- What is 2012 anyway?
- Pop Music Recording Techniques
- 50-Person Choir in the Studio
- Spiritual Awakening
- Meditation
- Our Relationship with Planet Earth
- Nutrition of Sound
- Cymatics (how sound shapes the matter it vibrates)
- Transduction (translating waves of one type into another)
- Music in the Internet Age
- Portland, Oregon
- Comedy!
- Revival of Classical Music
NOTES
* Basic Legal Formalities - In the Rewards section we have referred a number of times to this. Formalities could include such boilerplates as 1) acknowledgment that Wunder LLC owns the copyright for any material you participate in, 2) your commitment to attend, if applicable, 3) permission for Wunder LLC to use your name & likeness, if you are to appear in anything, 4) agreement to keep your experiences confidential, if you participate in production, until after the project is released publicly. We will make these types of agreements with you prior to your arrival at any applicable events.
FAQ
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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All of the above PLUS: Opportunity to SING IN THE CHOIR on verse 3 of the song "2012". Be part of history! Recording to take place in Portland, Oregon vicinity. (You are responsible for your travel, meals and lodging. To be eligible, we ask your agreement to basic legal formalities.*)
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All of the above PLUS: WEEKEND WORKSHOP with the Band in Portland, Oregon -- Learn Meditation, Healing, Bach, and More! (You are responsible for your travel, meals and lodging.)
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All of the above PLUS: Receive ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Credits in the project, PLUS VIP PASSES for two to attend the "Wundersound: 2012" RELEASE PARTY in Portland, Oregon. (You are responsible for your travel, meals and lodging. To be eligible, we ask your agreement to basic legal formalities.*)
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All of the above PLUS: DINNER WITH THE BAND. (To be held in Portland, Oregon vicinity unless you upgrade to a higher reward level where we come to you, see below. February is the earliest opportunity for scheduling, but let's see when's best for everyone. You are responsible for any travel and lodging. We will of course furnish the Dinner! :)
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All of the above PLUS: SPEND THE DAY WITH THE BAND on a special Wundersound MYSTERY TOUR of the Portland, Oregon vicinity. Hint: One stop will involve HIGH TEA! (February is the earliest opportunity for scheduling, but let's see when's best for everyone. You are responsible for meeting the band in Portland, and any overnight lodging. Wundersound will furnish day travel, tea and meals :)
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The above PLUS: EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Credits on the project, WUNDER-HOTLINE ONE-BUTTON RED TELEPHONE programmed to instantly dial Wundersound directly (with Wundersound logo), ALBUMS FOR LIFE i.e copies of all future Wundersound releases, Wundersound's SECRET ENCHILADA RECIPE (with Wundersound logo), PROPS from the movie, and a CLAIRVOYANT READING from the band. (To be eligible, we ask your agreement to basic legal formalities.*)
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THE PLAYERS
Hi, I'm Quinton Carlson, the singer and writer. I've dedicated the last 22 years to learning every facet of pop music and its business, from composing to studio management to sound engineering to label operations. Back in the day, I attended Columbia University and Parsons School of Design with a fine arts focus. My music education is entirely self-taught. Since I like meditation, I decided to create Wundersound, a band dedicated to pop music and meditation. While my background is in pop, I believe it's high time for classical
music to re-enter popular consciousness. This 2012 project is the launch of everything I have been building for 2 decades.
Hi, I'm Terry V. Nelson, classical organist and keyboardist. I was drawn to music at the age of four. My early training was in the heart of the Golden Triangle of North Carolina. At sixteen, I trained as a dance pianist with members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and later with dancers from Britain's Royal Ballet, and instructors from the Martha Graham School. I earned degrees in organ, piano and harpsichord from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and the University of Oregon. I have served as accompanist to conductor Helmuth Rilling and to soprano Eliane Lublin of the Paris Opera, and have enjoyed many more associations throughout my career. I currently serve as organist and pianist at the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Portland, Oregon, and volunteer at Portland's Laurelhurst Dance Center. Although my training has been classical, I am particularly fond of The Beatles and John Denver.
Additional musicians will be enlisted to flesh out our sound--standard rock instruments, big band brass, Asian instruments and more!
