The Project
Aloha fellow spirits! Continuing to grow and expand upwards from the release of "Crystal Consciousnesss" on 11.11.11 and "Treemixes V1" on 12.12.12, my new collaborative album, "Cirrus Sapiens", will be released independently later this year digitally, on CD, and on custom USB drives (including limited edition wire-wrap crystal pendants). To accompany this new release, a new website is also being developed, along with several music videos, stickers, cards, posters and extras. We'll be involving a lot of producers and other musicians in this process, so I want to make sure they receive any and all assistance they need as well, along with paying for professional mastering time in a amazing studio amongst the forests of New Hampshire.
After more than 10 years of producing music almost entirely for free, this is by far the most expansive Skytree project yet, and I'm super stoked to make it happen!
But, I need your help to do it! To help make this manifest, you can contribute here using a broad range of donation levels, and receive an abundance of rewards and co-creations when the project is completed. I am immensely grateful for any and all help I can receive in this process.
If you don't have funds to spare, no worries! You can help a great deal just by sharing and spreading the word. Check out Indiegogo's share tools or connect it up via Facebook, Twitter - whatever works best for you! Sharing the video would be extra rad: http://youtu.be/bTtMbC--Uag
![Skytree]( "Me, aka Evan, aka Skytree, producing music after an amazing show and no sleep whatsoever. :)")
![Skytree 2]( "Live in Boston")
The Yggdrasil EP
![Yggdrasil EP cover]( "Yggdrasil EP cover")
The TreeDrive
![TreeDrive]( "TreeDrive")
The Lid
For the top 20 co-creators of this project, I wanted to offer something extra special, in addition to all of the other amazingness. So, I again teamed up with Grassroots California and my friend and incredibly talented visionary artist, Sam Farrand, to create a new collaboration flat-brim cap. It echoes and evolves the themes and vibe present in our first collab, one of the best-selling GRC creations to date.
Mirroring the six platonic solids of the first cap, the six lower chakras line the outside panels, accompanied by tessellating platonic patterns and a rainbow of sanskrit. The crown chakra holds down the lining, merging into the One in Many.
Click here for hi-res: http://bit.ly/11HgASk
![GRC + Sam Farrand + Skytree collab #2]( "GRC + Sam Farrand + Skytree collab #2")
Grassroots California: http://www.grassrootscalifornia.com/
The Art of Sam Farrand: http://www.samuelfarrand.com/
The Numbers
We are only asking for partial help with this project. I am trusting that the Universe will provide the rest! Here's how the numbers break down:
Our overall goal: $8,888
The overall estimated project cost: $12,467
1500 eco-friendly 6-panel CDs: $1935
1672 round stickers: $332
150 eco-friendly posters: $300
1000 eco-friendly cards: $250
Studio/mastering time and production costs: $2,500
200 custom laser-engraved bamboo USB drives: $2400
35 wire-wrap laser-engraved USB drives: $1500
Music video production: $1500
Website rebuild: $2000
All of this will take a ton of work, but it's what I love to do more than anything! I will be sure to post regular updates to keep you appraised on our progress! I immensely, deeply appreciate your time and consideration, and wish you all a beautiful, extra-blessed path forward on this Earth.
Namaste. ॐ
- Evan, aka Skytree
-- Endless thanks to Hayley Carloni (www.hayleycarloni.com) for producing the video and Kyle Rober (www.facebook.com/electrogenic) for shooting a prolific amount of footage! --
![XAVL]( "Live in Asheville")
Live in Asheville at XAVL in 2012.
![Wonderbar]( "Live in Boston at the Wonderbar")
Live in Boston at the Wonderbar.
![Tribal Technology]( "Live at the Fractaltribe's Tribal Technology.")
Live at Tribal Technology.
