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There's More to Music Than Meets the Ear.
Music can change lives. We've seen it first hand.
Again and again, at every concert and music event we play, people leave different, better, more aware, lighter, and more empowered than they came in.
This crowdfunding campaign and Wakes is about more than just making a few albums. It's about empowering people to be their best selves.
Get the music, support the cause, awaken your brightest life!
Who We Are
Hi! We are Ada and Nathan, the creators of Wakes and the musicians behind our two musical projects Nada Wakes and She Wakes.
We have been singing and writing music together since we met Christmas caroling and it’s been an integral part of our lives for much longer than that. Music has been our personal therapist and friend since we were very young, helping us to better understand ourselves, process emotions, and navigate our life circumstances.
Both the healing and storytelling aspects of music compelled us to spend the past 2 years touring and sharing both our sound healing (Nada Wakes) and folk music (She Wakes) in yoga studios, homes, cafes, festivals, fundraisers, foreign countries and anywhere else we could.
We built out our van, Baby Beluga, to make it easier (and cheaper) to get on the road and share our music so that it might help others as much as it’s helped us.
From the Road to the Studio
Our passion for music and the power it holds to create powerful psychological, emotional, physical and spiritual shifts in our lives is why we are reaching out to ask for you help.
We’ve spent all this time sharing our music in live settings, but now it's time to record it so that we can make this incredible tool available to more people (you!) at any time, any place, to use however it best serves them (you!)!
THE MUSIC WE'RE MAKING!
(YOUR PERKS)
Your contribution will sponsor the production of 3 albums
Nada Wakes: Journey Through the Chakras - $18 - $25
Our signature sound journey for deep meditation and listening within. Inspired by the wisdom of the chakra system and the beauty of the journey of human development. Original mantras are sung atop various world instruments like harmonium, guitar, bansuri flute, RAV Vast steel drum, didgeridoo, crystal bowls and more to create a moving soundscape with which to immerse yourself into. These songs will light you up, balance and calm, tap into the subconscious, and teach you about yourself through the power of sound and vibration, male and female vocal harmony, and transportive lyrics. Perfect for processing emotions, tapping into your potential, accessing creativity, silencing mind chatter, and drifting to deep sleep. Each track is between 10-15 minutes and can be used as a single meditation session or can be listened to in its entirety for a deeper and longer dive into the sound journey as it was originally written.
She Wakes: Beginnings - $12 - $18
These are the songs that have accompanied and carried us through the many joys and storms of life. Songs full of the stories of the finer and tougher moments. Songs that explore the themes of blossoming love, the end of life, commitment, sickness, sexuality, silly arguments and more. Folky, jazz-inspired sounds full of vulnerability, gorgeous harmony, and lyrics worth a second and third listen.
She Wakes: Covers Album - $10 - $15
An album of some of our (and hopefully YOUR) favorite songs. Many from our New Song November Challenge! In 2018 we learned, arranged, performed, and posted a song EVERY DAY to Youtube. You can watch them here. We'll be doing a proper recording, mix and master of ~12 songs.
Bundles
Be sure to check out the album bundles in the perks to the right to save money and have our heart-full tunes available for every mood and moment. Available in digital download bundles and physical CDs. Also, each bundle has their own bonus item included for FREE! Included is a set of our JTTC Meditation Cards or a download of our Winter Solstice Christmas album.
Plus Get these other Great Perks
Chakra Meditation Cards(add-on item for the Journey through the Chakras album) -$10
Each card has a mantra from each of the 7 movements of our sound journey, one for each chakra. The back side of the card has some information about one energy center of the body, some encouragement, and a provoking question or practice to open this part of you a little more. If you have experienced the Journey through the Chakras music event, or heard any of the songs, you can use these cards as a memory of your experience and to deepen your practice. Even if you’ve never heard the music, the power of mantra in repeating and meditating on these words is still potent. Either way go deeper with yourself, explore further, open more, and embrace all.
Connection & Counsel Call
Deepen connection with a 1 hour personal phone call or video chat with Nathan and Ada. We will be your sounding board, someone to listen and offer trusted counsel for a current issue or desire you are grappling with. Or we can simply connect and catch up! Includes All Albums Digital Bundle + Winter Solstice Christmas Album Bonus.
Pick a Cover Song - $200
Have a song you'd love to hear us do? We'll do a video of a song we agree upon* and put it up on Youtube, dedicated to you (or someone you choose) for your listening pleasure. *we are willing do do almost any song, but we reserve the right to ask for another pick if we deem it to be a poor fit or an unreasonable request. Includes All Albums Digital Bundle + Winter Solstice Christmas Album Bonus.
Private Sound Healing - Wenatchee, WA (or you cover travel) - $300
Get a private sound healing for yourself (and up to 2 friends). Great for couples. Includes a 30 min counsel and assessment of needs followed by a custom tailored sound healing by both Ada & Nathan. We will wrap you up in a big hug of vibrations from the powerful healing tones of didgeridoo, frame drum, crystal bowls, gong, flute, and/or voice depending on personal needs. Includes All Albums Digital Bundle + Winter Solstice Christmas Album Bonus.
Live House Concert - Washington & Oregon State - $500
Host us for a special 2 hour event anywhere in Washington State or Oregon! We can play either styles of music, OR BOTH! Invite your friends to enjoy an evening of music (you could even have them pitch in or buy tickets). Dates negotiable, dependent on availability. Includes All Albums Digital Bundle + Winter Solstice Christmas Album Bonus.
Live House Concert - USA & Canada - $1000
Host us for a special 2 hour event anywhere in the USA & CA! We can play either styles of music, OR BOTH! Invite your friends to enjoy an evening of music (you could even have them pitch in or buy tickets). Dates negotiable, dependent on availability & travel costs. Includes All Albums Digital Bundle + Winter Solstice Christmas Album Bonus.
THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING
(and the pudding tastes great!)
Testimonials
Over the last 4 years, playing our music from Costa Rica to Sweden, touring from San Diego to our home town of Wenatchee Washington, the words of encouragement we’ve received has kept us going…especially when the self-doubt and fear of putting ourselves out there creeps into our psyches.
We know how powerful this music is, and have been affirmed of it by tears and hugs and appreciation across cultures and around the world. But hey, if you don’t want to take our word for it, we hope you will take theirs.
"A journey through sound and introspection like I’ve never experienced. If medicine started prescribing music, it would be this."
Scott W. / Pittsburgh, PA
"The most tender and sweet music I have ever heard."
Nandy E. / San Jose, Costa Rica
"Such an amazing and beautiful musical experience. I don't think I've ever felt so peaceful."
Toni F. / Brighton, United Kingdom
"One of the most beautiful experiences that I have ever had. It was such an emotional sensory explosion. I left feeling amazing."
Heidi W. / Clarkston, WA
"This experience was transformative. I was able to go places in my mind that I would ordinarily try to avoid as a protective mechanism. This experience opened me up to a heightened degree of acceptance and love. Truly curative. Truly beautiful."
Tricia O. / Walla Walla, WA
"I have been listening for a week now and noticed a difference. I've never been able to slow down and meditate before but I can now!"
Patty K. / Wenatchee WA
How You Can Help!
Of course the biggest way you can help is to contribute financially to making this music happen! Please take a look at all the perks and make a contribution that works for you. Every little bit helps to realizing this goal!
Please share this campaign with your friends and family and relevant groups! Express a personal reason why it matters to you and why it will matter to them. Email and social media are the best methods for helping us spread the word. You can use all the lovely share buttons right inside of Indiegogo too!
Connect us to relevant media outlets that might be interested in the Wakes mission of awakening our best life through music, mindfulness and community. Or put us in touch with potential studios, festivals, businesses or individuals who would be interested in our work/cause.
Please keep in touch! We'll be posting behind-the-scenes updates and stories to keep everyone looped into the process. Find us and follow on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and our Wakes website. And join our mailing list to get aFREE guided morning musical meditationto start your day off grounded and centered.
Why We Need Your Help
The nitty gritty of how we'll spend the money
Our goal is ambitious! 3 albums to capture all of the songs and musical experiences we have been creating and sharing over these past 4 years. However the recording process is time intensive and costly. You can help us bring this dream to life by pre-ordering the music. It provides the monetary cushion we need to stop our other paying work, like touring and videography (our side hustle), and finish the recording process that we’ve already started!
To save money this time around we are doing the recording ourselves with the highest quality recording equipment that we have access too. We’ve already invested thousands in equipment, but our main barrier up to this point with recording has been covering our time. Time in the studio takes us away from paying work.
We constantly get asked (by many of you, thank you!) if our music is available to purchase or listen to online. By supporting us with your pre-order, you help us cover the cost of hunkering down, and that means at the end we can finally say to people who ask, YES, here it all is!
Here is an estimate of the time & costs we need to get this music made:
Time + Additional Costs (eg. Extra Equipment, Guest Artists) = ~$5,000
Worldwide Distribution for Streaming Online = ~$300
Licensing for Cover Songs = ~$450
Marketing Budget = ~$500
TOTAL = $11,250
We've decided to round this to an even $10,000 and hope to reach for some stretch goals!
Stretch goals and what they’re for.
If we reach $15,000 we will create a guided meditation album with original music and words for various life circumstances like falling asleep, sitting in traffic, calming anxiety, and more!
If we reach $20,000 we will create a 2nd sound journey called Somatic Sound that will have accompanying yoga postures paired with the musical meditations.
We made this fundraiser a flexible funding goal, because any amount you contribute will help us achieve our goal, and it is one we are committed to regardless. If we don’t make our goal, we’ll scope our ambitions and maybe record one album at a time rather than all at once. It will probably take longer, and we’ll need to focus on other paid projects in-between. But, we’re confident that no matter how much we raise, this music will get recorded. Because we believe in it! And it’s that important to us to share with others. Basically, the more you back us, the more we’ll create!
Impact!
If it wasn't clear already, we hope the impacts of this campaign will be felt far and wide. You will not only help us achieve our dream of getting this music recorded, you will be giving yourself the gift of music! Plus you will ensure that countless other people can listen to it as well.
We know this music makes a difference. It unlocks feelings that we repress, it calms our anxieties and fears, it brings a smile to our face when we feel down.
We believe listening to music in this intentional way, facilitates greater mindfulness and awareness, and THAT is a powerful, radical act in our world! When we can be with our thoughts and feelings and nurture what is moving within us, we can be more empowered and fulfilled people who make a difference in the world.
That is why Wakes tag line is “Listen to what’s within, share it with the world.” We believe this music will truly help you get “calm, creative, and courageous” and compel you to actualize your fullest potential.
Also, science has shown soooo many benefits. Music (especially music we like) helps:
enhance our mood and regulate our emotions (often through the release of dopamine)
reduce stress
lessen anxiety and depression
improve memory
increase focus and attention
induce a meditative state
promote creativity and “divergent” thinking (a key to complex problem solving)
ease physical pain
enhance communication and ability to express feelings
improve cognition
boost physical performance and endurance
improve heart health (lowers blood pressure, reduces heart rate, decreases cortisol, and increases endorphins and serotonin levels)
improve sleep quality
those with alzheimer’s, autism spectrum disorder, stroke, cancer, and hospice patients, and premature babies
The Mission of Wakes
To really drive the point home, beyond making this specific music, we have a larger mission we are working towards. After creating separately under our two different names for two years, we realized that there is a common theme! Yes, that’s right, the word Wakes ;) But you get it, the deeper meaning for us is that no matter the genre, music wakes us up to life, to ourselves, and to each other. It helps us to listen to ourselves, to truly tune-in, and it can work at a level that is beyond the rational mind to heal what hurts, move stuck energy, and unleash our potential.
What we care about most is helping people to awaken to the meaning, purpose, and power of ALL parts of their life, from the most glorious to the most challenging. We do that through music, mindfulness and community, live events and retreats. By contributing today you help us extend that mission to include more audio recordings that can awaken more people to the presence and power within them.
We believe music is medicine and a key to the resilience that we need in these challenging times. Life is increasingly stressful, disrupted and divided. Yet music moves us, it unites! It is an underestimated force for good. And it can change our minds and hearts, and world, for the better.
Thank You!
Creating community is a core part of our mission with Wakes because we believe it is essential to becoming the best versions of ourselves. By contributing to this campaign you are living proof that community makes a difference and you affirm that music and the arts matter for our well-being and our world.
We are so so grateful that you took the time to listen and learn what we’re up to, and that you offered your support so whole heartedly. Whether you pre-ordered the music, or shared this campaign with your community, we mean it when we say we couldn’t have done it without you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. We love you.
❤️ Love ,
Ada & Nathan
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FAQ
Get a digital download of ALL of the albums we will be recording at a DISCOUNTED rate!
PLUS! Get a free download of our Christmas album: "Winter Solstice" ($15 value!)
Included Items
Beginnings: Digital Download
JTTC Digital Download
Covers Digital Download
Winter Solstice Album Download
Estimated Shipping
June 2020
72 claimed
She Wakes Covers Download
$10 USD
An album of some of our favorite cover songs from our New Song November Challenge delivered with love to your inbox. We'll be doing a proper recording, mix and master of ~12 songs.
Included Items
Covers Digital Download
Estimated Shipping
June 2020
8 claimed
She Wakes Album Download
$12 USD
Our original singer-songwriter tunes delivered with love to your inbox. These are the songs that have held us though the peaks and valleys of life. PLUS, you'll be the first to listen to this digital download of the full length album as it will be an early release.
Included Items
Beginnings: Digital Download
Estimated Shipping
May 2020
16 claimed
She Wakes Covers Physical CD
$16 USD
An album of some of our favorite cover songs from our New Song November Challenge, designed, packaged and delivered with love to your mailbox. We'll be doing a proper recording, mix and master of ~12 songs.
Included Items
Covers Physical CD
Estimated Shipping
June 2020
1 claimed
Ships worldwide.
She Wakes Album Physical CD
$18 USD
Our original singer-songwriter tunes delivered with love to your mailbox. These are the songs that have guided us though the peaks and valleys of life. Beautifully designed physical CD of this full length album.
Included Items
Beginnings: Digital Download
Beginnings: Physical CD
Estimated Shipping
May 2020
1 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Nada Wakes JTTC Download
$18 USD
Digital download of our original musical meditation concept album with 7 movements exploring what it means to be human through the ancient Indian Chakra system. Promotes inner reflection, fosters a calm and peaceful heart.
Included Items
JTTC Digital Download
Estimated Shipping
April 2020
15 claimed
Nada Wakes JTTC Physical CD
$25 USD
Physical CD of our original musical meditation concept album with 7 movements exploring what it means to be human through the ancient Indian Chakra system. Promotes inner reflection, fosters a calm and peaceful heart.
Included Items
JTTC Digital Download
JTTC Physical CD
Estimated Shipping
April 2020
8 claimed
Ships worldwide.
All Albums CD Bundle
$49 USD$74 USD(33% off)
Get ALL of the beautifully designed physical CD albums that we will be recording at a DISCOUNTED rate! PLUS! Get a free set of our Chakra Meditation Cards ($15 value)!
Included Items
Beginnings: Physical CD
JTTC Physical CD
JTTC Meditation Cards
Covers Physical CD
Estimated Shipping
June 2020
11 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Connection & Counsel Call
$108 USD
Deepen connection with a 1 hour personal phone call or video chat with Nathan and Ada. We will be your sounding board, someone to listen and offer trusted counsel for a current issue or desire you are grappling with. Or we can simply connect and catch up! Includes All Albums Digital Bundle + Winter Solstice Christmas Album Bonus.
Included Items
Beginnings: Digital Download
JTTC Digital Download
Covers Digital Download
Winter Solstice Album Download
1 hr. Counsel Call
Estimated Shipping
June 2020
2 claimed
Pick a Cover Song
$200 USD
Have a song you'd love to hear us do? We'll do a video of a song we agree upon* and put it up on YouTube, dedicated to you (or someone you choose) for your listening pleasure. *we are willing do do almost any song, but we reserve the right to ask for another choice if we deem it to be a poor fit or an unreasonable request.
Included Items
Beginnings: Digital Download
JTTC Digital Download
Covers Digital Download
A Cover Song of your Choosing
Winter Solstice Album Download
Estimated Shipping
August 2020
7 claimed
Private Sound Healing
$300 USD
Get a private sound healing for yourself (and up to 2 friends) in Wenatchee (or you cover travel). Great for couples. 30min council and assessment of needs followed by a custom tailored sound healing by both Ada & Nathan. We will wrap you up in a big hug of vibrations from the powerful healing tones of didgeridoo, frame drum, voice, and more.
Included Items
Beginnings: Digital Download
JTTC Digital Download
Covers Digital Download
Winter Solstice Album Download
Private Sound Healing Session
Estimated Shipping
June 2020
4 claimed
Live House Concert - WA & OR
$500 USD
Host us for a special 2 hour event anywhere in Washington State! We can play either styles of music, OR BOTH! Invite your friends to enjoy an evening of music (you could even have them pitch in or buy tickets). Dates negotiable, dependent on availability. Plus get all the digital albums and bonus Christmas album!
Included Items
Beginnings: Digital Download
JTTC Digital Download
Covers Digital Download
Live House Concert - WA & OR
Winter Solstice Album Download
Estimated Shipping
June 2020
1 claimed
Live House Concert - USA + CA
$1,000 USD
Host us for a special 2 hour event anywhere in USA or Canada! We can play either styles of music, OR BOTH! Invite your friends to enjoy an evening of music (you could even have them pitch in or buy tickets). Dates negotiable, dependent on availability & travel costs. Plus get all the digital albums and bonus Christmas album!