Introducing The Band...
Dunc and John-Paul, JP and Duncan!
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As two passionate musicians and lifelong friends we have spent the last decade writing and performing across South and West Wales as the acoustic folk rock duo TangleJack.
Now we are getting ready to share with you the culmination of all these years of hard work: the best collection of songs we have ever written and recorded.
The Ragged Edge is a deeply personal album that addresses universal themes - community, environment, responsibility, compassion and love. It means so much to us and we want it to reach as many people as possible as we see it as a true album for our times.
By pre-ordering the album you are enabling us to purchase merchandise and 300 CDs to sell to our current followers as well as all the new friends we hope to make on the album promotion tour. We have only been able to develop and progress our craft by being so well supported at our gigs and by people buying our (now sold out) first album. We are so proud of The Ragged Edge we would love to keep selling it and sharing it with new fans forever. With your contribution we hope to be able to achieve that.
What We Need & What You Get
We need to raise £500 to fund the physical production of the CDs and to create T Shirts and Badges to help spread the word that TangleJack are out on tour.
Everyone who pre-orders The Ragged Edge CD will be helping us reach our goal and, of course, receive a CD.![]()
But if you would like to pledge a little more then you could pre-order your band T Shirt, a selection of Badges and other perks such as:
Handwritten Lyric Sheets
The Ragged Edge Background eBook
Bonus Blackwood EP
House Gig Lottery Entry
If we are able to raise more than our target then we will be putting the funds toward our first professionally filmed video for a future single release.
The Impact
We hope that you find your contribution to our campaign to be valuable to the development of two songwriters and musicians and that you find joy in supporting us and in the music we make.
We funded the making of our first album, Eden and first EP, Blackwood through the money we make gigging around the country. This is how we have been able to afford to pay Tim Hamill to produce this album professionally.
The benefit of your pre-order is that we know how many guaranteed sales we have and how many more albums we can afford to purchase. This puts us in a great position to grow our fanbase and hopefully reach more people.
Risks & Challenges
Time is now tight to get the album production finished, the physical album made and the merchandise created ready for the album launch at Elysium, Swansea, on May 30th 2024.
We are gigging almost every weekend between now and then to help make it all happen and to fund the upcoming tour. We can't wait to share this music with you live, and on CD, and really appreciate your support in making this happen.
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Other Ways You Can Help
But remember, even if you aren't able to pre-order then you can help by sharing this campaign and by coming along to our upcoming gigs, the album launch and following tour.
We hope to see you soon and thanks again for your support.
John-Paul & Duncan