Pitch Video
Album Cover
(The Cover of the CD we are trying to produce)
Our Financial Goal
Our goal is to raise $8000 in pledges by the end of 45 days to get us started on our new album, Captured Echoes, set for release on March 31, 2013.
Our Mission Statement
Our mission is to make this band successful, bringing a variety of emotion and joy to ourselves, and to our listeners. We want to bring the world together through our music, one note at a time.
Our Purpose
Our goal as a group is to create original, satisfying music that you can go back to time and time again without getting tired of it. Our goal is to "capture" your heart and soul with our music, and take you to another place entirely. The purpose of this kickstarter is to raise the funds to create, market, and sell our first professional album carrying the same title as our band name, Captured Echoes. We know that our group has something special and we want to display our talent for the world. We need your support to be able to make this dream come true. Our music is aimed towards all age groups, mostly in the genre of classical-pop. We are a group or four artists/musicians with one awesome manager/videographer.
Meet the Group
Mone' Head Manager; Video Editor:
Mone’ has been experimenting with video editing for 2 years. It started off as just something to do when bored, but she began to enjoy it and it became something she enjoys doing. Although she is not the greatest she continues to practice as she wants topursue it as she moves on to college. Mone’ stores all of her videos on her computer but hopes one day she will watch some of her editing on television.
Mone’ has been experimenting with video editing for 2 years. It started off as just something to do when bored, but she began to enjoy it and it became something she enjoys doing. Although she is not the greatest she continues to practice as she wants topursue it as she moves on to college. Mone’ stores all of her videos on her computer but hopes one day she will watch some of her editing on television.
Rachel, Lead Singer; Lyric Writer; Guitarist:
Rachel is a high school student at PA Virtual Charter School. At only sixteen years old, she has already begun to pursue her reams as a professional singer/songwriter, and music business marketer. By regularly performing at local venues, and collaborating with widely known artists, Rachel has gained valuable experience. Her hope is to continue to follow her dreams, and transform them into reality.
Rachel is a high school student at PA Virtual Charter School. At only sixteen years old, she has already begun to pursue her reams as a professional singer/songwriter, and music business marketer. By regularly performing at local venues, and collaborating with widely known artists, Rachel has gained valuable experience. Her hope is to continue to follow her dreams, and transform them into reality.
Mark, Lead Guitarist; Lead Designer; Songwriter:
Mark is extremely passionate about guitar, and different styles of guitar playing. He has made this his favorite hobby, and spends most of his nights picking on his guitar for hours on end, many times extending into the early hours of the morning. Since he started playing in 2005, he was never able to take any lessons on guitar, but he had enough inspiration and incentive to learn on his own. This gives him his very own unique style of guitar playing.
He helped his neighbor get started on guitar without receiving any pay. He also just finished teaching 5 students for a total of 53.25 hours for his senior project in High School. He and his students played a recital following the lessons at his local church. He has already been asked and is making plans to continue teaching at least two of these students for a fixed wage during the upcoming semester. He has played in his church irregularly since 2005, and regularly since 2010. He has also written several songs, including two that he recorded as the background music for a promotional video for a Christian pregnancy Center.
Mark is extremely passionate about guitar, and different styles of guitar playing. He has made this his favorite hobby, and spends most of his nights picking on his guitar for hours on end, many times extending into the early hours of the morning. Since he started playing in 2005, he was never able to take any lessons on guitar, but he had enough inspiration and incentive to learn on his own. This gives him his very own unique style of guitar playing.
He helped his neighbor get started on guitar without receiving any pay. He also just finished teaching 5 students for a total of 53.25 hours for his senior project in High School. He and his students played a recital following the lessons at his local church. He has already been asked and is making plans to continue teaching at least two of these students for a fixed wage during the upcoming semester. He has played in his church irregularly since 2005, and regularly since 2010. He has also written several songs, including two that he recorded as the background music for a promotional video for a Christian pregnancy Center.
Jacob, Lead Pianist; Multiple Instrument Artist; Songwriter:
Jacob has been playing music for 11 years now. He started on piano, then moved on to flute, piccolo, trumpet, guitar, ukulele, drums, and more. 2 years ago he began writing his own music, including solo piano, love songs, and contemporary christian music. While writing the music comes easily, he struggles to come up with lyrics. He currently plays in 3 very different bands: a community band, playing marches, classics, show tunes, and movie soundtracks, a youth praise band, and a fireman’s marching band. He would like to start publishing some of his compositions.
Jacob has been playing music for 11 years now. He started on piano, then moved on to flute, piccolo, trumpet, guitar, ukulele, drums, and more. 2 years ago he began writing his own music, including solo piano, love songs, and contemporary christian music. While writing the music comes easily, he struggles to come up with lyrics. He currently plays in 3 very different bands: a community band, playing marches, classics, show tunes, and movie soundtracks, a youth praise band, and a fireman’s marching band. He would like to start publishing some of his compositions.
Rachel, Pianist; Singer; Lyric Writer:
Rachel has been playing the piano off and on since she was six. She currently has been taking lessons for 3 years straight and recently switched from a stay at home piano teacher to a college student at BBC who is majoring in music. This new piano teacher is challenging her with more technical songs and focusing on bettering her technique. Rachel also, sometimes, plays the piano at her church along with the accompaniment of voices. She hopes to better her skills at the piano and eventually branch out to other instruments. She also is planning on taking a college course in creative writing, hoping that this will help her if she decides to write her own music. Rachel has grown up with brothers who play the guitar, bass and drums, so she knows what’s it’s like working in a group and how you need to have patience and understanding when it comes to others.
Rachel has been playing the piano off and on since she was six. She currently has been taking lessons for 3 years straight and recently switched from a stay at home piano teacher to a college student at BBC who is majoring in music. This new piano teacher is challenging her with more technical songs and focusing on bettering her technique. Rachel also, sometimes, plays the piano at her church along with the accompaniment of voices. She hopes to better her skills at the piano and eventually branch out to other instruments. She also is planning on taking a college course in creative writing, hoping that this will help her if she decides to write her own music. Rachel has grown up with brothers who play the guitar, bass and drums, so she knows what’s it’s like working in a group and how you need to have patience and understanding when it comes to others.
Reasons We Need Backing:
We are going to need to purchase a few music equipment items right away. We need to hire our own studio, and we will need to have proffesional sound editing. We are going to need backing for our promotions, ads etc, and also for the software to create them. We will need finances to pay for all the legal expenses that pile on to a music group like us. We also plan to ship CD's to our customers, so we will need money for shipping/handling costs. When we added all this up, we found that we would need to have a financial backing just under $7000 if everything went smoothly, which we all know there are always unexpected costs hidden at every corner. This is why we are asking for $8000. For
a look at our detailed budget click Below:
a look at our detailed budget click Below:
Risks/Challenges:
We are going to need copyrights on band name, motto, and logo, and all the Local and Federal regulations that apply - you know the official stuff that costs money too. The biggest challenge will be getting discovered. If we can become popular, then we should be able to sell enough music to sustain the business. Competition is a big obstacle: there are tons of bands out there trying to get started, and very few will ever make it.
Rewards for Backers:
(All t-shirts or hoodies must be requested with either the Band Name Logo or the Full Logo.)
$5 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 1 free track download on ITunes
$10 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 3 free track downloads on ITunes
$30 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 1 free track download on ITunes + "Captured Echoes" T-shirt
$50 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 1 free track download on ITunes + "Captured Echoes" hoodie
$50 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album on release + "Captured Echoes" T-shirt
$100 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 1 free track download on ITunes + "Captured Echoes" band poster + "Captured Echoes" T-shirt
$150 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album on release + "Captured Echoes hoodie
$300 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album on release + "Captured Echoes" band poster + "Captured Echoes hoodie
$500 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album on release + "Captured Echoes" band poster + "Captured Echoes hoodie + free ticket to first live concert
$1000 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + signed "Captured Echoes" band poster + free tickets to first live concert + 40% off all future purchases
$3000 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album 3 weeks before release + signed "Captured Echoes" band poster + Jacob's signed guitar + free tickets to first live concert + 65% off all future purchases
$5 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 1 free track download on ITunes
$10 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 3 free track downloads on ITunes
$30 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 1 free track download on ITunes + "Captured Echoes" T-shirt
$50 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 1 free track download on ITunes + "Captured Echoes" hoodie
$50 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album on release + "Captured Echoes" T-shirt
$100 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + 1 free track download on ITunes + "Captured Echoes" band poster + "Captured Echoes" T-shirt
$150 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album on release + "Captured Echoes hoodie
$300 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album on release + "Captured Echoes" band poster + "Captured Echoes hoodie
$500 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album on release + "Captured Echoes" band poster + "Captured Echoes hoodie + free ticket to first live concert
$1000 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + signed "Captured Echoes" band poster + free tickets to first live concert + 40% off all future purchases
$3000 - A Thank You on our Facebook Page + free album 3 weeks before release + signed "Captured Echoes" band poster + Jacob's signed guitar + free tickets to first live concert + 65% off all future purchases