A piece of my story...
I'm Aprina Johnson, I grew up beatboxing, and creating new melodies almost every year of my child hood life. Like many, music was an escape for me from my daily frantic and terrifying life. As a teenager I realized how much power music had over me, I began to follow the lyrics in the songs and following the musician’s lifestyles. I ran into great disaster as a result. After a failed suicide attempt I started tapping into my creativity more than ever. I started asking God what was my reason for existing, and he answered. Once my ability to sing began to unfold I knew I had some strange power that was contagious. I started thinking of how I wanted to stand on a stage in front of thousands and sing the song of justice, freedom, and truth. I knew I had to help drag people from the dark pits of their anger, bitterness and doubt, so that's what I set out to do.
My campaign is raising money to:
- Empower people with music that heals.
- Make very high quality recordings with multiple different musicians.
- Make a musical compilation ready for radio, TV, performances, and your hands.
- Make my dream become a reality :-)
I realized that I can make good music alone, I've done it for a long time. When I began to partner with people I realized I was missing a huge piece of the sound I was trying to create. A long time and famous guitarist Ric Hordinski, challenged me to do that and here we are today, doing this campaign! When you decide to contribute you will help musician's be paid to do what they love, plus fuel a project that is going to make a radical change to anyone who gets a hold of it!
What we need to fly & your piece of the pie!
Break down of funds:
Studio time (two weeks of recording) $4000
Musician’s fees: $2000 +
Pre-production/studio: $1500
Mixing: $2500
Miscellaneous expenses (gear, catering, promotion etc.) $1500
TOTAL: $11,500
PERKS: T-shirts, Specialized Art Piece, Recording of project, Studio Visits, Executive Credit, and more!
The Impact
Once you've made your donation think about this. When you hear songs you often feel some strong emotion, and we immediately absorb the message, but what does it provoke you to do? These songs will be campaigns, activating all who hear to participate in the theme or call to action. You will be challenged to take up responsibility over your own life, while using that same power to be involved in your community. The goal is to show others the power that follows when we release our love to the underserved, rebellious, and overlooked. We will tackle injustice head on in our community! Check out a few powerful projects I've initiated or been a part of for an example:
Stop the Violence
http://www.zone15produkkionz.com/
Eternal Love
https://youtu.be/IigP-cq6M5I
FreeHuggin
https://youtu.be/LSwOjsqNViU
Each one of these projects led me to people who wanted the chance to be a loving force in their communities but didn't have the proper opportunity. By the grace of god I was easily able to inspire them to stand and believe. From this activism I have seen businesses produced, healed relationships, friendships, hope and freedom evolve afterward. This is powerful yal...
This is a big risk for me...
In the past, I've always been able to fund my own projects but this project is my first attempt at doing something really large-scale, from the writing to the recording and onward. I'd really love your support, not just financially, but also in coming to concerts, and especially spreading the word about this recording project and our campaign!
I work with people hoping to help make their dreams come true, hopefully you can help me ;-) This will be a challenge but I'm up for it, so stand with me and let’s make this change TOGETHER!
If you are strapped for cash and cannot donate dollars:
- SHARE this campaign in your emails, and your social media outlets ;-)
- Message me and see how you can be a part of my upcoming community activism!
And that's all there is to it!