I’m Carl King, creator of Sir Millard Mulch, Dr. Zoltan Obelisk, So… You’re A Creative Genius… Now What? and 10 Myths About Introverts. 

I’m making a new sci-fi / fantasy themed orchestral metal record called GRAND ARCHITECTS OF THE UNIVERSE with some special guests:

Dweezil Zappa (Dweezil "Zappa")
Mike Keneally (Frank Zappa, Joe Satriani)
Virgil Donati (Planet X, Allan Holdsworth)
Thomas Lang (Paul Gilbert)
Travis Orbin (Periphery)
Morgan Agren (Zappa’s Universe, Devin Townsend)
Marco Minnemann (Joe Satriani, The Aristocrats)
Dave Elitch (Mars Volta, Justin Timberlake)
Mark Borchardt (American Movie)
Mike Stone (Demise O)
Scheila Gonzalez (Zappa Plays Zappa)
Phi Yaan-Zek

This is a SMALL, second round of funding for my new record. I’m doing this for 2 reasons:

1.) Allowing more backers to get onboard beyond the original Kickstarter deadline. 
2.) Raise a small amount of additional funds to cover extra production costs and / or equipment. Some of these extra costs: paying my CD cover art / movie poster painter Lance Myers extra for his amazing work, additional orchestral musicians (maybe brass or percussion, we shall see), or maybe additional software plugins to help with the final mix. 

Through Kickstarter, we already reached the original goal of $10,000, and even made it to $12,000. That’s going to cover all the shipping and Kickstarter Fees. So we’re good. But it would be helpful to be able to have some breathing room in the budget. 

I’m going to be offering a few very basic and simple rewards through this second round. Stickers, Posters, CDs, and Shirts. But no package deals this time around. Just single items that people might want. 

Thank you to everyone who has supported my return to music. 

-Carl.