Posts Tagged ‘The Hinter Haus’

Center of Gravity cover

// June 25th, 2011 // No Comments » // Cool Stuff, Music, Performances, Videos

Hi All,

I’m back home for a few weeks after a long time on the road & hard at work finishing up the cover requests that came in for the Kickstarter campaign. I’ll be posting a new one on my YouTube account in a few days & making some big announcements about the new album soon, but in the mean time, enjoy my version of Yo La Tengo’s “Center of Gravity,” requested by some lovely backers (with excellent taste) in Switzerland. That rendition of the Morrowind Theme is still going strong too – it recently broke 58,000 views!

Much love,
Gillian

$12k goal reached & a viral YouTube cover

// May 12th, 2011 // No Comments » // Cool Stuff, Music, News, Press

What an amazing two weeks this has been.

On May 1st, the kickstarter campaign passed its $10,000 goal, covering the costs of professional radio promotion when The Hinter Haus is released. Yesterday, you exceeded expectations again by pushing me over the $12,000 mark & additionally securing a publicist! If we reach $15,000 by the close of funding at 11 PM EST on May 14th, I’ve promised to run pressings of the album in both CD & Vinyl format.

There are now 124 unbelievably generous & amazing backers involved in this project who are living in the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Senegal, China, France, Ireland, Italy, Sri Lanka, & Australia! It’s incredibly exciting to me that these songs, which were conceived during a time of international travel & exploration, are now receiving support from people in so many parts of the world.

I started posting the YouTube cover requests that have come through on the campaign this week. One of them – an adaptation of The Elder Scrolls Morrowind Theme – has gone viral with over 18,000 hits in its first day! There is a new, soft, warm place in my heart reserved for the RPG community. Thanks to Mike, Reddit.com, RipTen.com, & the Elder Scrolls fb & twitter pages for passing the video around!

Please continue sharing this project with your friends by posting the kickstarter link on your facebook wall, twitter feed, blog, or e-mail list. If you’ve already done this & haven’t yet received your copy of “Borrowed or Begged,” please just give me a heads up on facebook, twitter, or at gillian [at] gilliangrassie.com & I’ll send you the download link.

As excited as I am by the ambitious figure we’ve managed to raise together, it’s important to remember that this campaign is not only about fundraising, but also reaching new listeners. Every friend you share this with is another potential fan, which is every bit as valuable to me as each dollar contributed to this project.

It is thrilling (and a little overwhelming) to have had such a positive response to this record so quickly.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Love,
Gillian

$8k Goal reached! Now What?

// April 20th, 2011 // No Comments » // Cool Stuff, Music, News

I just posted a new video update here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1113362654/the-hinter-haus-a-new-album-by-gillian-grassie/posts

I’m still picking up the pieces of my mind that were blown to tiny bits yesterday when we exceeded the $8000 goal in the first five days of fundraising – unbelievable. I made this video to explain what happens next. The kickstarter campaign will continue running until May 14th & I’ve outlined some new goals for this project.

If we reach $10,000, I can afford to hire a radio promoter to get the new album on airwaves across the country once it’s released. Another $2,000 would cover the cost of hiring a publicist for a professional PR campaign. If we make it all the way to $15,000 by May 14th, I will press the album in both CD & 12″ Vinyl formats & anyone who’s contributed $25 or more to this project can choose which version they’d like to receive. Backers who opt for the CD or the vinyl will also get a digital download version of the album, so your iPod’s earbuds need not fear.

I’m also working on adding some other new incentives to the campaign, like exclusive video updates from inside the studio for backers only. Please keep spreading the word about this project – let’s see what we can do!

So much love & gratitude for you all,

Gillian