I’ve been thinking of some wild, delicious things where Stolen Season is concerned.
One of those would be something I’d definitely want to deploy a crowdfunding campaign for.
I’ve always daydreamed about having at least one of my albums available as a record, and I think now that I finally have a project worthy of such rare treatment.
Unfortunately, Stolen Season from start to finish is too long an album to fit on a single 12-inch vinyl LP. So this will take some figuring.
But if I crowdfunded this idea, and it blew up, I would potentially have enough dough to cover remixing, mastering, printing and pressing of the whole thing for vinyl. All backers would be able to choose that version if they wanted it, as opposed to a shorter, more jazz-focused version. This is what stretch goals are made of.
For the hypothetical base goal, here’s the longest and jazziest of the playlists I came up with for a 34 RPM record pressing:
Black Swan Blues (with the record scratch effects removed, because overkill)
Believe In Lullabies – After Hours
And here’s the shortest list, for a 45 RPM pressing:
Believe In Lullabies – After Hours
To cover all the basics (remixing, mastering, printing, pressing, shipping, and potential crowdfunding service fees), I’d set the base goal at $5K. If the campaign didn’t make that goal, I wouldn’t lose anything. If it did make that goal, I’d of course be thrilled!
The other factor is time. According to the research I’ve done, vinyl pressing will take AT LEAST 16 weeks. This is AFTER all of the art and audio is approved. Mixing and mastering and proofing will all take time on top of that. So this would be something you’d have to really want to jump on, help fund, AND wait a while for.
If I made the fundraiser goal with time to spare, I could shorten the turnaround time for the whole thing by starting the remixing and mastering process right then. I wouldn’t have the funds yet, since many fundraiser services hold funds for a few weeks after a campaign ends, but I would at least know for certain they’d be there.
So there’s my more spendy wild idea. Please tell me what you think. There are no wrong answers.
The simpler brainstorm had to do with stickers. Many of you are familiar with my frequent practice of offering stickers with little lyric snippets on them. I’m working to come up with a good list of Stolen Season lyrics stickers to create. These are the ones I’ve got so far. Feel free to suggest more!
I may fit the story, but I’m up to no good.
Tempest tossed, but not about to break.
Singing up the wind and rain, gonna shake you down with my refrain.
Shake your tail! Spread your wings!