Amanda Palmer raises nearly $400,000 in two days on Kickstarter
Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls) has raised $378,000 on Kickstarter since Monday at press time, a Kickstarter launched to help fund the costs associated with self-releasing her next solo album. Her initial fundraising goal of $100,000 was met in just seven hours. Here's an excerpt from the page:
“this is my first BIG, LEGIT studio album undertaking since breaking from a major label. i've spent four years writing the songs for this record, and more recently, putting together the perfect band, The Grand Theft Orchestra, comprised of genius musicians/arrangers/programmers MICHAEL MCQUILKEN, CHAD RAINES, and JHEREK BISCHOFF. in march, we locked ourselves up in a studio in Australia and, with the help of producer/engineer John Congleton (who's worked with a zillion amazing people including St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, and Xiu Xiu), we made what I believe is my best fucking album to date. it sounds…BEYOND EPIC. we laid down “The Bed Song”, “Massachusetts Avenue”, “The Killing Type”, “Trout Heart Replica” and a slew of other tracks…some solo piano, but many featuring HORNS (locally sourced in Melbourne, Australia!), SYNTHESIZERS, GUITAAAARRRRR, and BIG BAD-ASS ORCHESTRAL ARRANGEMENTS that will blow your domepiece. we're working on finalizing the arrangements and mastering as i write this text. i expect great, big, giant things to happen when this record comes out in september. the band & i will be touring it across the globe ALL YEAR.
since i'm now without a giant label to front the gazillions of dollars that it always takes to manufacture and promote a record this big, i'm coming to you to gather funds so that i have the capital to put it out with a huge fucking bang. i think kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms like this are the BEST way to put out music right now – no label, no rules, no fuss, no muss. just us, the music, and the art. i'm also making sure EVERY PRODUCT sold through this kickstarter is unique to this campaign, to reward all of you who KNEW ME WHEN and were willing to support me from Day One.”
Packages for backers of the project range from a digitial download of the album ($1) to a full-band house show complete with a photoshoot or a one-of-a-kind drawing or painting of you created by Palmer (both $10,000). Check it out below.
Palmer's last solo record, Who Killed Amanda Palmer, was released in 2008 via Roadrunner.
