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I'm so stoked you would consider helping me on this journey.
The core message behind this album is that people need other people to thrive. Living on an island doesn't cut it when there are so many challenges we all face on a daily basis. It's easy to get stuck in a rut on repeat, or "stuck in your head" when thoughts creep up that don't serve us and get us caught in a slump, or even worse! I've dealt with major mental health struggles through much of my adult life. I know what it's like to sink so low in a medication induced depression you feel like giving up. I also am aware that I am surrounded by people who are going through similar mental battles. The thing we all have in common is everyone is hurting or silent about something weighing on their chest in their own story. We need anthems and art to help bounce us out of these dark places to give us hope to keep going and ask for help. These songs are thoughtfully produced to help the listener heal and bounce out of a bad mental place and find hope. What better way to start the collaboration and connected purpose of this album's subject matter than to do it with you! You can hear a few of the demos for the songs here: Stuck In Your Head Demos
What's in it for me?
I decided to include EVERY backer in the album credits on both the Vinyl Press & The CD / Digital, so you don't have to buy that perk separately. There are a bunch of amazing perks to choose from. Ranging from a digital download a month in advance prior to release, a vinyl swag bundle, concert tix, a promotional video for your business, VIP Studio tour, co-write a song, house concerts, and much more!
What are my goals with this record?
I'm wanting to reach young people with this record in a huge way across Canada and beyond. We are planning to take this record on the road and visit dozens of college campuses, college radio, elementary and middle/high school youth with these songs. We are planning to partner with some suicide prevention initiatives so we can partner and do assemblies as often as possible throughout Alberta and beyond. We are working on building connections with more indigenous community leaders too so we don't want to limit ourself to schools within city limits. Our goal is to push 1-2 songs to mainstream and college radio across Canada. We also have an ambitious goal of selling out an album release show at a 1000 attendee venue as well. I would also to like to perform at a few mental hospitals and young offender centre prisons in Alberta. We will be putting on our own Pembina Hills region outdoor music event next summer as well and I will be sharing much of my mental health journey. We are also in talks of visit church youth groups with these empowering songs to even reach the kids that find their way to churches. We realize a lot of goal metrics can be vanity. But we are in this for real, meaningful life change. We are believing that hundreds of young people, and adults too will choose to reach out for help, instead of the ladder options of suffering in silence and suicide. Our dreams are way bigger than simply making cool music, and I hope you can sense our enthusiasm and drive to dream big and make it happen!
What are the costs?
I wanted to tackle my first album Wonderlove on my own. And I did just that. I self-funded it in every aspect of the production and release. The problem I soon found was that it was more expensive than I could have anticipated! Even though $12,000 seems like A LOT of money; when you are working with an incredible team, whether it's the co-writers, session musicians, or the producers/mixers. The recording/mixing side alone will likely cost me over $11,500. And that's just getting the songs professionally recorded. That doesn't include the help from my friends who record instrument parts per song at a rate of $100-200 per session. Mixing/Mastering will cost close to $800 for the entire album as well. Mastering the album will cost more on top of that upwards of $900 total.
I have already self funded a decent portion of time , as well as my own funds to begin the process of producing these songs (A few of them you can hear sample of above with the demos link). I know with your help we can cross the finish line and share these inspiring songs with thousands of people who so desperately need them like I do too.
The Production Team
I love to work with my best friends in the industry, they are all so good at what they do, and I believe that the best art is a collaborative work so I don't love to limit myself to only 1 Producer/Songwriter on a project, even though I do the majority of lyrics/melodies at times.
Trey Mills & Dempsey Bolton (Writers/Producers/Musicians/Engineers/Mastering) Unbound By Sound Calgary
Conch (Conor Wharton) Resinate Music Studios Edmonton (Production/Mastering)
Brad Simons & Brandon Unis + Team (Producers/Engineers/Mixes) Velveteen Music Edmonton
Drew Shalka (Writer/Producer) FKB Band (Now Nashville TN)
JusJrdn (Writer/Featured Artist/Producer) Prime Purpose Movement Edmonton AB
And most importantly you!!
What are other costs involved?
I haven't even gotten to the promotions phase of costs. To do a good job on marketing this album, I will likely need to spend another eight-ten thousand dollars to do the marketing without the help of a major label/team, and that's not including creating video content such as music videos (which I direct and edit myself) which can cost over $1000+ depending on the crew needed to help me.
Then there's the merchandising phase:
Printing/Designing CD's, Vinyl, Shirts, Posters, USB Keys and booking release venues. This all adds up big time. And convincing people to buy it is another challenge. This funding campaign allows me to pre-sell much of these items so I can offset the production costs.
Join the making of the album!
I realize I can do some of this on my own (with extreme sacrifice and undue stress on my family) but I'd love to do this with you so you feel like you are a part of this creative work! This album is meant to be shared with you through and through! Check out the awesome rewards that you can receive through partnering with me in this process.
Feel free to check out the Perks and Products to see how you can join me on making this album a reality this year and into 2023. It would help me so much if you'd share this campaign with a friend or two. Any support you can give is a huge help on my journey as an independent artist.
Perks
Join us at a SECRET CONCERT at an amazing secret venue near the greater Edmonton area two weeks before the public record release concert early next summer. You get two tickets with this order plus a signed CD, digital download, and your name on the album credits. It's going to be an amazing live music experience you do not want to miss!! If you have young children under 10, they can come for free!
Would you like to hang out with us and contribute ideas or maybe even play guitar or sing on one of new songs? Now you can! You will be entitled to come visit the studio for a morning/afternoon. We will send you our recording schedule to coordinate a date with you sometime in December 2022, or January 2023.
Wouldn't you love to have us perform at your child's birthday party, or your anniversary or house hang out? We will bring all the sound gear if you bring a few friends to enjoy the live music! We will travel 120km outside of the Edmonton area to bring our upbeat live concert to your home or business location. Extra travel distances costs can be arranged with us privately. Reach out to musicwiesinger@gmail.com if you have a question about out of town shows.
Have a custom professional 30 second promotional video for your brand, band or business created by Justin and his team. You will also receive a signed copy of the album, the digital download, 2 tix to the secret show, and your name in the album credits. Delivery can be as early as November 2022.
Alongside my forever gratitude, receive credit as an executive producer for Stuck in Your Head as well as all other rewards - that's a private concert as well as a vinyl, visit the studio, co-write with me, CD and digital copy of the album and any other merch you may want. We've got you covered! If you live far away outside of Alberta we will definitely work something out too! E-mail musicwiesinger@gmail.com before your order if you have any questions.
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When and how will I get my rewards?
The goal is to release the album early summer of 2023. I'm aiming to have the physical products ready but middle of May 2023 to send out a month in advance to my funders. The co-writing and studio visits will be in November/December/January of this year.
Physical rewards will be shipped to you once the products are complete at the shipping rate of your choice. I'll be in touch about shipping options when the time comes. Vinyl can be pricey to ship depending where you are but I'll do my best to find good rates.
What if you don't reach your goal?
This is a very ambitious goal to raise $12k, but I plan to make the record regardless. We have applied for some grant funding as well but we are not fully relying on that happening being we are waiting on their response in the next few months from Alberta Foundation of the Arts.
Is this an all-or-nothing campaign?
No. Whatever you give, I get – whether we reach the goal or not. This goal is a significant milestone because if I don't reach it, my album production process will be delayed by a few months being I will have to self-fund more of it, or raise funds in other ways aka playing shows etc.
Why this Crowdfundr site?
Crowdfundr is a Canadian crowdfunding website with very good tools and rates. Kickstarter is the obvious choice in this space, but they only offer all-or-nothing funding and their fees are higher. All crowdfunding sites take a cut your contributions to fund their service. Totally fair. Crowdfundr allows you to cover those fees if you want, which is transparent and awesome.
Is this record going to be awesome?
I promise you are in for a real pop bop rockin' treat, and are going to look like a genius getting behind us in this endeavour. We promise these songs will get stuck in your head. ;)
The Songs
The final track listing is subject to change a bit too.
- Stuck in Your Head
- Sitcom
- Lobotomy (Featuring Tea G)
- Hurricane
- If You Need Someone (Featuring JusJrdn)
- Problems (Solve Them)
- Hope Dealer (Good Vibrations)
- Soft Pillow
- My Way (Highway)
- Dreams
- Just Give Up (Dance Remix)
Activity
Join us at a SECRET CONCERT at an amazing secret venue near the greater Edmonton area two weeks before the public record release concert early next summer. You get two tickets with this order plus a signed CD, digital download, and your name on the album credits. It's going to be an amazing live music experience you do not want to miss!! If you have young children under 10, they can come for free!
Would you like to hang out with us and contribute ideas or maybe even play guitar or sing on one of new songs? Now you can! You will be entitled to come visit the studio for a morning/afternoon. We will send you our recording schedule to coordinate a date with you sometime in December 2022, or January 2023.
Wouldn't you love to have us perform at your child's birthday party, or your anniversary or house hang out? We will bring all the sound gear if you bring a few friends to enjoy the live music! We will travel 120km outside of the Edmonton area to bring our upbeat live concert to your home or business location. Extra travel distances costs can be arranged with us privately. Reach out to musicwiesinger@gmail.com if you have a question about out of town shows.
Have a custom professional 30 second promotional video for your brand, band or business created by Justin and his team. You will also receive a signed copy of the album, the digital download, 2 tix to the secret show, and your name in the album credits. Delivery can be as early as November 2022.
Alongside my forever gratitude, receive credit as an executive producer for Stuck in Your Head as well as all other rewards - that's a private concert as well as a vinyl, visit the studio, co-write with me, CD and digital copy of the album and any other merch you may want. We've got you covered! If you live far away outside of Alberta we will definitely work something out too! E-mail musicwiesinger@gmail.com before your order if you have any questions.
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