Short Summary
Hello Friends, Fans, and Music Lovers!
The Mark May Band has 2 exciting projects coming up and we need your help. First we’re representing Houston and the Houston Blues Society at the upcoming International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee in January of 2019. The trip will require many hours of rehearsing and planning along with travel expenses and taking time off work to make the nearly week long trip. The second, is the making of our 7th studio CD. Which will involve many hours of studio time and production cost. It’s been a little over 2 years since our 2016 release, Blues Heaven, which reached #6 on the Billboard Blues Chart and we couldn’t have done it without your help. The music business is set up today so that the musicians must absorb a lot of the cost themselves. So if you can find it in your heart to help we would be forever grateful. Thanks in advance for your contribution and support of these upcoming projects and please share this on social media with all your friends and other music lovers.
Thanks Again,
Mark May
Mark May Bio
To describe some artist’s music with one word would be easy but to do that with Mark May’s music would be impossible. But there’s one thing for sure, it’s all dripping with his rich love for the blues. It all started with a musical family with his older brother Ken teaching him guitar and introducing Mark to such artist as the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix. Mark also has a lot of country music background with his mother and uncle being country/bluegrass singers and songwriters. The former Dickey Betts and Great Southern guitarist and vocalist found the blues when his aunt lent him a copy of B.B. King’s “Live in Cook County Jail” when he was just 11 years old. He took to it and ran.
Mark's music has been in heavy rotation on Sirius/XM and Sonic Tap radio for years. He has been featured in Blues Review, Guitar Player, Guitar World, Vintage Guitar, Tone Quest and other major publications.
What We Need
The $10,000 goal will go towards our expenses to go to Memphis and the rest to help finish our new album. The trip to Memphis will be about a week long and we need to cover hotels, food, lodging, travel costs and missed gigs for the week. Doing a new album will require studio time, production costs (like art work and manufacturing), and promoting the CD after it’s released. The promotions will include: ads and publications, hiring a radio promoter, and a publicist.
What You Get
We have some great perks for you to choose from including CD/T-Shirt Combos, Guitar lessons, an opportunity to jam on stage with the Mark May Band, have Mark record with you in the studio on 2 of your songs, being an executive producer on the new album or even having the Mark May Band play a private party for you! So pick your favorite one and let’s get this party started.
Risks & Challenges
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Even if we don’t reach our goal, we will get to Memphis and finish the album. We have overcome bigger obstacles before and we’ll prevail no matter what. Getting to showcase in Memphis and getting new music to our fans are the most important things to us. We feel this is a great, new CD and can’t wait to get it out for you to hear and enjoy. We are passionate about our music, love getting new fans, and bringing new music to our catalog for you.
Other Way You Can Help
If you are unable to contribute, you can still help us by sharing our campaign on social media sites or by word of mouth. And don't forget to use the Indiegogo Share tools!
The Impact
After our last Indiegogo Campaign our 6th CD, Blues Heaven, reached #6 on the Billboard Blues Chart and remained in the chart for 5 weeks. With your help we can do it again!
