What Makes A Great Record

One thing I've learned over the past ten years is that what makes something truly personal and great is, of course, what goes into it. The projects I've done with people I barely knew have never meant nearly as much to me as the ones I've done with people I love and love working with. I'm making a new record and I want everybody to be a part of it. I want to put your name in the credits of this record. I've started an Indiegogo fundraiser and every contribution comes with a "perk" that I feel is worth as much as the contributions themselves. Everybody who contributes, no matter what level of investment, will be credited on the album. THE BEST PART IS... if all of my Facebook friends donate the minimum $5 amount, the price of a cup of coffee, you will all be listed in my album's credits and the project will be completely funded! If you can't contribute financially, you can help spread the word by sharing my Indiegogo page with anybody you think would be interested in supporting independent music. Please take a moment to visit the campaign page and look at all the perks available. I think you'll agree that you get your money's worth. INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN LINK: It has been a long journey to get to this point. Nearly ten years ago, The Capitals put out their first and only album. We were actually relatively successful for a band without a clue. We somehow managed to fumble our way into some great media exposure and land some key gigs. One of our songs was used in an episode of The L Word, and now ten years later, two songs from that same record are being used in an upcoming movie. We didn't have any idea of how to keep a band together. We had no idea how much work it would be. Despite my attempts to keep the band on life support, eventually The Capitals disbanded. Between then and now, most of my musical endeavours have been on bass with bands such as The Top Drawers, The Winlaws, Joel Battle, Danny Echo, The Luna Riot, SixBlockRadius, The Autumn Portrait, Lisa O'Neill, and so on. I've toured the country and experienced all the highs and lows that come along with being in a band. Best of all, I've experienced what works, what doesn't work, what draws fans in, what breaks bands up, what attracts media, what attracts negativity... all of it. Now I feel ready to revisit my own material with a renewed interest and maturity. At the end of the summer, I collected some of my favourite local musicians (Robert Watt, Adam Fink, and Steven Drake) and called up a producer who I've been wanting to work with for a long time (Winston Hauschild). We entered Afterlife Studios in Vancouver and recorded the bed tracks for five new songs. Several weeks later, we shuffled everything over to Little Mountain Studio on Bowen Island to record all the missing pieces and to fit it all together. The results were even better than I had anticipated. The songs are recorded, but I need the money to master them, press them to vinyl, get artwork designed, have professional photos done, setup digital downloads, and perhaps even add a couple more songs to the record. You can see the complete breakdown of the anticipated costs on my Indiegogo page. Every dollar raised will go to this project. My goal is to have an album release party on January 29th, 2015 - exactly ten years after The Capitals CD release party. It may seem like a long shot, but it is achievable. However, in order for that to happen I'll have to completely fund this project by the end of my Indiegogo campaign on December 18th. Want to help?