In this episode, I talk with Suzi Shelton, who's using Kickstarter to help fund her third full-length family music album Smile in My Heart. We chat about how she got into kids' music, why this is only her third full-length album (really, I was totally surprised to realize that!), and the myth of the DIY musician.
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Smile in My Heart - A New Family CD by Suzi Shelton
Project: "Imagination Nation" The new children's CD from Steve Elci
Creator: Steve Elci
Description: The Connecticut-based pop-rocker Elci goes simple in his Kickstarter pitch for Imagination Nation, his follow-up to his kindie debut Crayons in a Box. Short funding period (only 25 days at launch), short pitch video (less than 30 seconds!), and short list of rewards (CD, signed CD, concert, and sponsorship). But it seems to be working thus far -- he's already raised more than half of his $3,500 goal, which'll fund not just recording costs but the costs of producing an animated music video.
I talk with Joanie Leeds, who's going back to Kickstarter to raise money for her forthcoming sixth family music album, Good Egg. We chat about her path to making music for kids, recording in upstate New York, and what she learned about doing Kickstarter from her last Kickstarter project (for her previous album Bandwagon). I had lots of fun talking with her -- sadly (really!), our discussion of weather highs and lows in our lives did not make the recorded portion of the chat.
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"Good Egg" - Joanie Leeds rocks her 6th Kids CD
Joanie Leeds and the Nightlights on Facebook
Project: Mai Mai Miracle
Creator: All the Anime
Description: Hopefully the phrase "protege of Hayao Miyazaki" is sufficient for fans of family-friendly movies, but just watch what is essentially a trailer for director Sunao Katabuchi's Mai Mai Miracle and hopefully that will convince you that this would be a worthy movie to see in the English-language part of the world.
The movie itself won a number of awards upon its release in 2009 but hasn't yet been released in the UK or the United States. This Kickstarter will raise the funds to produce English subtitles, and assuming they reach their stretch goal of $60,000 (very likely given their success in just 48 hours), a dubbed version of the movie. Definitely looks promising.
Project: minimúsica Volume 4 - Education
Creator: minimúsica
Description: Do I like the indie pop/rock of Spain's minimúsica? I liked Volumes 1 and 2, and Volume 3, too, so the answer is safely "yes."
Now the outfit is back, trying to raise the funds produce Volume 4, this one with an "Education" theme. It'll feature music from… OK, I don't recognize any of the artists except Candela y Los Supremos, but I really didn't recognize any of the artists on Volumes 1 through 3, and those turned out pretty awesome.
They're trying to raise 15,000 Euros, or roughly $20,000 depending on the exchange rate, and while the reward levels might not work for too many on this side of the pond (and I don't think they've even contemplated the possibility that they'd receive foreign contributions), for just $27 or so you can get the CD plus the book Transports from one of the prior volumes.
Project: My Wooden Horse
Creator: Shalgi Design Studio
Description: I'm sort of out of the market for toddler/preschooler toys, so I'm not the primary target audience for these lovely, movable wooden horses. But they look like an awesome playthings for your favorite 3-year-old.
Pledge quickly, and you can get one of these horses for just $50. The money will be used to convert the convert the current handmade process into an industrial one. Still looks sweet, though.
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