Fans and Kickstarter

It's been very interesting to run this campaign to fund my album. I knew that 20K was allot to raise but I also new it was the amount I needed to make it happen. So it because very simple, if I can make 20K I make the album and if I don't make 20K I don't.

My mother who used to work for the Red Cross in my home town says that you get about a 10% from your volunteer pool for anything. I figure I have about 3 thousand fans in the world.

My twitter fan base is 2896, On face book it's somewhere around 3,000. My personal e-mail list around 2,000.

So far I am about 15,000 towards my goal of 20K. Of my fans 372 have participated. Some are to poor, but honestly anyone who contributes at all will be very happy with what they get. 372 is over what I perceive to be 10% of my core fan base, so I am crossing my fingers. There does to be a big jump at the beginning and the end of every Kickstarter campaign.

Some people want to donate MORE, which is great but I'd really much rather that 1,000 of my fans pitch in $20 for the CD and the special surprise which will make that $20 worth it. (that ALSO covers shipping btw)

So we will see! Really is not many more days. I might not make it..which is ok! This means I will focus on other things and then see if there is enough of desire for new music from my fans next year and I can chill on that.

Making an album is allot of work. If I do make it I already feel an incredible responsibility to the people who are backing this. I really do.



Cheers!
Sxip