Who am I ?
I am Scalawag, or more commonly known as Teo
I've been playing and writing music with different bands around Smithers and Vancouver for the past five years. I'm an actor, dancer, and musician. It's time to embark on this project of releasing my first album of solo material. But I need your help!
You can listen to my music on soundcloud and YouTube
https://soundcloud.com/thescalawag
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC40deW5GMnFYGn...?
Or go to my website:
https://thescalawagmusic.simvoly.com/
What do I need? and why...
$2500 may seem like a lot to record and produce an album, but it's actually the opposite. Because I've recorded the entire album myself, with the help of my closest friend Zak, I've saved tremendous amounts of money that would have been spent on studio time and hiring an engineer/producer. For a full length album, $2500 is actually a very reasonable price to be able to print an entire run of albums, and pay the artists who created designed the album artwork, which at this point, is all I need.
$1400 will go towards the actual physical printing of 250 CDs in gorgeous full colour cases with a book insert.
$90 is what I will need to distribute our song onto iTunes, Amazon and CD baby in order for online downloads of the album to be possible. (it will also be available on Bandcamp)
$125 (5%) will go to Indiegogo for the fee of using their amazing service
$75 (3%) is the fee for using PayPal or Credit cards to accept backing donations.
$200 is what I need to put on a rocking album release party and distribute all of the albums and swag to their deserving owners.
$440 is what I have agreed to pay the artist of the album artwork (Emerenne Saefkow)
$250 is what I have agreed to pay the Designer of the album artwork (Hans Saefkow)
Any funds I raise above our goal will go towards creating Music Videos, as well as funding more creative projects!
Independently producing an album is in my opinion the best way to record an album. Recording usually takes a lot of money and a lot of communication. apart from exhausting nights being cooped up alone hitting record over and over again until it sounds perfect, recording it myself has eliminated the large budget that I would have needed to fund such a project, and given me total creative control. I am simply getting by with a little help from my friends, and the occasional late night jam sessions to keep me sane.
Perks, oh the perks!
Alongside the invaluable experience of backing an independent project and helping me get my feet on the ground, we also have some sweet sweet perks that will give you even more satisfaction from helping us out.
With my perk system based off different levels of civil disobedience, you will receive a wide variety of goodies. From a digital download of the album a week before everyone else, to an entire concept album written about you, whether you want to be a follower, a Traitor, or even a Scalawag yourself, every little bit helps tremendously to make this dream a reality!
Even if you can't contribute money, you can still help me out!
I understand that not everybody is able to help out monetarily, but you can still help me make this project a success! help me out by sharing this indiegogo page, (they make it really easy by having buttons up at the top of this page) or by telling your friends about this project, and I will be tremendously thankful!
Thank you so much! :)
Teo
Scalawag