CAMPAIGN IS CLOSED! THANK YOU!
We demolished our original goal of $75K at 400%! Four times our initial budget! Over a QUARTER MILLION! Over $300,000!
[The final number listed is lower than was announced when the campaign ended due to the biggest perk needing to be taken off-platform, but yes we did still reach that $300K mark!]
If you ordered apparel (T-shirts and/or hoodies), stickers, posters, or a bundle featuring them, your order is currently being worked on by the one and only Twisted Ink in New Jersey! If you have any questions or concerns regarding your apparel/sticker/poster, please contact them at office@twistedinkspe.com!
Thank you all so much for the immensely generous support. It means a lot to see people believe in this project, despite knowing almost nothing about it except that it'll be very different from my previous ones. I can't wait to show you the final product.
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Creating "In Case I Make It," ...in case I die.
Hello. My name's Will Wood, and over the past couple years of undeniable badness, instability, pestilence, nightmarishly brutally honest introspection, that weird parasocial crowded isolation, the assumptions I was mortally doomed, and attempts to get well, I've quietly written a huge collection of my most personal songs yet. As I tried to heal from whatever it was one would call whatever I was, I kept writing these very new and very different songs, thinking to myself "I need to get this out in case I die."
But eventually, after enough time and work, I chose to hope despite all of what seemed like many very good reasons not to.
I'm reinventing myself as an artist, because to be honest I've reinvented myself as a person, and I want to finally be able to express the parts of me that my fans rarely ever see, or wouldn't even guess are there.
So the album I half-lucidly planned to call "In Case I Die" became "In Case I Make It."
I'm nervous about this album. I don't get stage fright. I guess because I rarely felt vulnerable. But I'm taking some serious risks here. I think good art happens when you give an audience what they want, and great art happens when you give them something they didn't know they could ask for.
I'm going for the second one, and I wanna make sure you end up being glad I did.
WHAT AM I TRYING TO DO?
• Create my biggest record yet.
I have a huge list of songs I've written for this album, and I want to produce and release as many of them as I can.
• Hire the most talented and qualified artists and professionals.
Fully orchestrated with entire brass band and string section, (and more!) composed by yours truly and arranged by myself and the Tapeworms.
• Write & direct videos that are my most elaborate, high quality, and honestly expressive yet.
A higher budget allows for greater creative freedom and more powerful visual storytelling.
• Create a variety of other multimedia works and events to accompany the album.
It takes a lot of different types of media to create, deliver, and promote a new vision. I hope to create better promotional materials, have higher quality in all of my regular work, and even take on new experimental projects like designing interactive album art and hosting specialized concert events for the album.
This large-scale project will follow up The Normal Album with a sprawling album full of brand new sounds, grossly personal and emotional lyrics with hopefully the right amount of humor and cynicism, elaborate orchestration, and songs many have been asking to hear studio versions of for years.
WHAT YOUR HELP MAKES POSSIBLE:
If I'm to succeed in making this the biggest, yet most intimate, work of my career, I need to finally secure a real pro budget for the first time, and really do it right. So, I'll be working my fingers to the bone to make sure you get as much as possible for your contributions.
The more we raise (especially if we break the goal point) the more we can do!
What that means is: better production quality, more songs on the final cut, more videos to follow it all, and more!
The more you give to the campaign, the more I can give to you and everyone else who's following.
HOW DOES THIS WORK?
Indiegogo is a powerful community platform that helps artists connect with fans, so they can work together as a unit to make otherwise impossible things happen.
In exchange for your contribution, I'm offering a TON of huge, exclusive perks.
These include: limited edition merch, pre-orders of limited edition signed albums, the chance to be on the album, exclusive events/experiences/private shows, AND MORE.
I'll be personally overseeing the creation and distribution of these perks, and working extra hard to make sure that you're thrilled with these exclusive, rare items, and once in a lifetime experiences.
That way, even if you hear this album and it, for whatever reason, makes you want to drive nails through your ear drums, you'll at least know you've got something special and unique, and some memories nobody else gets to have.
➼ Check the list of perks on the right to see what wild stuff I'll do in exchange for your support!!!
"In Case I Make It,"
• I'll be releasing my most self-aware, brutally honest, and personal work yet.
• I'll be composing my most elaborately orchestrated and highest-quality album yet.
• I'll be making a sprawling LP (maybe even a double if we raise enough!) worth of new music, with songs only Patreon members have heard before, and some nobody ever has.
• I'll be directing, writing, and producing my highest-quality and creative music videos yet.
• I'll be launching a re-defining new era of everything WW.
I can't possibly do this stuff without you.
I've been blessed to have unbelievably supportive fans, who have made many projects that otherwise would've been impossible happen.
As a team, we've made some big stuff, and I need your help making my biggest project yet - so I can express my realest self in case I don't make it. I'm not terminal or anything. I just know I could get hit by a bus tomorrow.
But also in case I make it.
Because if I'm going to live this weird life I've stumbled into, I want to do it in a way that reflects who I am as an artist in ways I never had the guts or presence of mind to do before.
Thank you as always for your incredible support.
Much love,
-ww
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ABOUT THE PERKS:
T-Shirts & Hoodies: Currently in fulfillment! If you have any questions about these items contact office@twistedinkspe.com !
Posters: Currently in fulfillment! If you have any questions about these items contact office@twistedinkspe.com !
Handmade WW Art: Currently in fulfillment! These pieces each take a little bit of time, so they're being sent out slowly over time, but if you haven't received yours yet it'll arrive in the next few weeks!
The Gang Vocal Party: We look forward to meeting you! Since my material is not intended for children, we ask that any minors be accompanied by an adult. Please bring proof of purchase to event. WW reserves the right to remove any participant at any time. By participating you agree to allow Will Wood/Will Wood LLC and its affiliates to use any amount of your likeness captured during the event in perpetuity and without limitation. [Info on precise location has been sent out via email to all attendees! If you didn't see it, check your spam folder! If it's not there, contact willwood@indiegogo.com with your proof of purchase and we'll get that info to you!]
Be in a Music Video: We look forward to meeting you! Since my material is not intended for children, we ask that any minors be accompanied by an adult. Please bring proof of purchase to event. WW reserves the right to remove any participant at any time. By participating you agree to allow Will Wood/Will Wood LLC and its affiliates to use any amount of your likeness captured during the event in perpetuity and without limitation. [Info on precise location has been sent out via email to all attendees! If you didn't see it, check your spam folder! If it's not there, contact willwood@indiegogo.com with your proof of purchase and we'll get that info to you!]
CD Pre-orders: These will be sent to you as soon as manufacturing is complete, meaning you'll have one of the first run of CD's ever made of this album.
Vinyl Pre-orders: You'll get one of the first runs of vinyls of this album, featuring some very unique and experimental album packaging the likes of which I've never even heard of. Please keep in mind that there is an international vinyl shortage due to Covid-19 and this item will take a while to arrive.
Collector's Edition Vinyl Pre-orders: These are campaign-exclusive! Featuring a special colored disc, special packaging, and a certificate of authenticity signed and numbered by Will Wood! Please keep in mind that there is an international vinyl shortage due to Covid-19 and this item will take a while to arrive.
Private Show: I love doing these! I was lucky enough to book a few of them, and have already begun to play them here and there! Thanks for the support!
Info About Add-On Perks:
Campaign Exclusive Sticker: Currently in fulfillment! If you have any questions about these items contact office@twistedinkspe.com !
Autographs: Your sticker, poster, CD, or vinyl come signed! OR your package will contain a signed thank-you note!
Your Name In The Credits: We'll put your name in the credits for the album and its associated videos!
Greeting Video From WW: Last call for customized greeting videos has been made! If you haven't emailed willwood.indiegogo@gmail.com with your request yet, you may end up receiving one without any customization, based on the information you provided. You can still reach out and try, but it may be too late!
For any questions not answered by the above information, check the F.A.Q.! If you can't find the info there, reach out to willwood.indiegogo@gmail.com (or if it's regarding shirts, hoodies, stickers, or posters, contact office@twistedinkspe.com !) and I'll get back to you as soon as possible! Thanks! :)
