Hope Sings™ needs you! Help us produce our first album and give a hand-up to women around the world by supporting microfinance. Read more
Hope Sings™ needs you! Help us produce our first album and give a hand-up to women around the world by supporting microfinance.
About this project
Hope Sings™, the only music organization that is harnessing the power of song and story to raise awareness of -- and funds for -- microfinance, is producing its first album.
Microloans change lives in big ways. Take Dona Blanca, a mother of 8 outside Guatemala City who was given a modest $100 loan from FINCA. With that loan, she bought an oven and started a business that now includes two bakeries and a wholesale business. Just $100 started a new life for her that allows her to finally afford to feed her children properly and send them to school.
Stories like Blanca’s are awe-inspiring - and song-inspiring. And that’s the idea behind Hope Sings™. We are inviting artists to write/record songs inspired by these true borrower success stories. We want to put the power of story back into popular music and inspire people to change the world. Since up to 85% of loans go to women, we are focusing on stories about women and songs from female musical artists.
We will produce a series of albums, each focusing on a different region (Asia, the Middle East, Africa, etc.) and offering a full range of musical styles from that region. We’re starting with the music and stories of Latin America. Profits go to our microfinance partners to fund more loans.
Right now you can experience the power of song and our mission by visiting www.hopesings.net and downloading our first single, La Esperanza Canta, by acclaimed Colombian singer-songwriter Marta Gomez. BMI, the performing rights giant, is endorsing us and helped us debut our first song last November in Las Vegas in conjunction with the Latin Grammy’s, but we need your help to take the next step.
Our first album will be a mix of original songs and of existing, uplifting songs we are licensing. It will have an emphasis on up-and-coming Latina music artists - another part of our mission is to give a hand-up to emerging female artists (a neat parallel to the hand-up, not the hand-out, of microfinance).
We have four top-notch Latin writers/singer-songwriters currently writing original songs for Hope Sings™ that are inspired by microfinance borrower success stories. We are asking for $9000 -which will net out to closer to $8000 with the 10% in fees we will pay on to Kickstart - because we estimate it will take $2000 to produce each original song:
Musicians – $800 ($200 x4)
Studio – $800 ($200/hr x 4 hours)
Producer - $400
Total - $2000
Our songs, through our microfinance partners, have the potential to reach hundreds of thousands of people and inspire them to donate to support loans. That's the Music Multiplier Effect. And you can help us achieve it.
Help us sing stories of change - to change the stories of lives. Kickstart our album!
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Rewards
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Pledge $1 or more
2 backers
Our undying gratitude!
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Pledge $5 or more
7 backers
Advance release of three tracks from the album PLUS
our undying gratitude -
Pledge $20 or more
13 backers
Advance release of the whole album
(remember: it's good music for a good cause!) PLUS
our undying gratitude -
Pledge $35 or more
6 backers
Advance release of the album
PLUS pads of post-its printed with inspirational sayings ( we call these "Hope Sticks" and we put them everywhere) PLUS
our undying gratitude -
Pledge $50 or more
4 backers
Your name on our website as a "Hope Singer" (a supporter of the album) PLUS
"Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS
Advance release of the album PLUS
that undying gratitude -
Pledge $75 or more
6 backers
Your name on the liner notes as a Hope Sings "Patron of Change" PLUS
your name on our website as a "Hope Singer" PLUS
"Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS
Advance release of the album PLUS
even more gratitude -
Pledge $100 or more
19 backers
Free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS
your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS
your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS
"Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS
advance release of the album PLUS
gratitude for days -
Pledge $200 or more
1 backer
Flip Cam video of a personalized Thank You Ditty penned and performed (probably a cappella) by award-winning lyricist (and Hope Sings founder) Beth Blatt, to be posted on the Hope Sings youtube channel, making you feel publicly warm and fuzzy for 30 days PLUS
free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS
your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS
your name on our website as part of a Hope Singer PLUS
"Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS
advance release of the album PLUS
oodles of gratitude -
Pledge $250 or more
2 backers Limited (8 left of 10)
Audio recording of a Hope Sings Star singing Happy Birthday to you (or the recipient of your choice) (how cool a gift would that be?) PLUS
free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS
your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS
your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS
"Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS
advance release of the album PLUS
gobs of gratitude -
Pledge $350 or more
0 backers Limited (10 left of 10)
Video recording of a Hope Sings Star singing Happy Birthday to you (or the recipient of your choice) (much cooler than just the audio recording) PLUS
free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS
your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS
your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS
"Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS
advance release of the album
scads of gratitudes -
Pledge $500 or more
4 backers
Original Xtranormal animated video about you (or the recipient of your choice, but by now you probably get that) from our team of awesome, award-winning writers PLUS
free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS
your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS
your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS
"Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS
advance release of the album PLUS
boatloads of blessings -
Pledge $1,000 or more
1 backer
Associate Producer credit (a much cheaper way to get the credit than actually writing the checks. Believe me.) PLUS
free guest list (for 2) at a Hope Sings event PLUS
your name on the liner notes as a Patron of Change PLUS
your name on our website as a Hope Singer PLUS
"Hope Sticks" post-its PLUS
advance release of the album PLUS
A big e-kiss!!!
Funding period
- (30 days)
