James Portnow, Seattle-based game designer and co-creator of Extra Credits, a web series on pro-social game design.
Raised over $125,000 from over 4,000 people.
James and Extra Credits were featured at SXSW, Gamasutra, and the homepage of Reddit.
Meghan Sebold, Brooklyn-based social entrepreneur and designer.
Raised $5,000 for a sustainable clothing line that uses the textiles and talent of Ghana, West Africa.
Her fashion line, AFIA was featured in EcoSalon, TreeHugger, Refinery29, and is now available in boutiques across NYC.
Aram Bajakian, NYC-based avant-garde guitar player.
Raised $4,000 from fans and strangers to fund his album.
Lou Reed heard Aram and chose him as his new guitarist while Aram's album is now released by John Zorn's Tzadik record label.
Darko Lungulov, Serbia-based award winning international filmmaker.
Raised $9,000 from movie buffs for feature film project Here and There.
Film won "Best New York Narrative" at Tribeca Film Festival, featured in Variety, L.A. Times, New York Times, and was a top-10 indie box office theatrical release.
When Last We Flew, NYC-based Off-Broadway theatrical production team.
Raised $7,000 from theatre fans for the premiere Off-Broadway run.
Show sold-out at NYC Fringe Festival, won a GLAAD Media Award, and was featured in New York Times, Bloomberg, and American Theatre Magazine.
Regan Wann, Kentucky-based small business owner.
Raised $5,000 to expand her tea shop business.
RocketHub campaign featured in the Wall Street Journal exposing her business to millions.
Laura Boyd, NYC-based portrait and landscape photographer.
Raised $6,000 architectural photography project on location in Paris.
Photos featured in Artsicle Photography Show in the heart of Chelsea, NYC via LaunchPad.
Joshua Reuben Lewis, NYC-based singer-songwriter.
Raised $7,500 to record his first album.
Showcased at The Gibson Showroom and made A&R connections at Sony, Warner Music Group, and EMI via LaunchPad.
Paul Davis, Berlin-based fashion designer.
Raised $8,000 from fans and strangers for a new fashion line.
Clothing line featured at Berlin Fashion Week.
Caira Conner, Tennessee based NYU Master of Science.
Raised $2,000 to study Brazilian land and infrastructure development.
Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Any contribution of $5 receives: A digital copy of the Warren Malone produced Goodnight Bluebird EP 4 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $15 receives: A signed copy of the new album 9 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $20 receives: A signed copy of the new album, plus a signed physical copy of the Goodnight Bluebird EP, signed and including a special fueler-only insert. 22 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $50 receives: All of the above, plus a handwritten thank you note, plus your name featured on an exclusive fueler-thank-you bonus disc along with unreleased acoustic versions of some of the songs on the album. 7 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: All of the above, plus postcards sent from every stop on the North American tour and handwritten lyric/chord sheets for every song on the album. You'll also get to choose the set-list for one of the gigs on the tour, including whatever covers you think I should learn. 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $250 receives: All of the above, plus the Ryan Morgan Influence Package - a customized mix CD featuring tracks I gave to EW Harris to show him what I wanted the album to sound like and the three books that have been most influential on my life and on my music. Also, signed copies of every album I release in the future.
Any contribution of $500 receives: All of the above, plus a song written and recorded especially for you. (Or, if you're a songwriter yourself, I'll record covers of any three of your songs.) 1 Fueler!
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: All of the above, plus a picture of you on the cover of the album. 1 Fueler!
Any contribution of $40,000 receives: All of the above plus, you and me, we're going to the Bahamas. (Or the tropical island of your choice!)
Started by Ryan Morgan March 5th, 2011
Here I am playing 'The King Is Dead' (a song that will be on the album) as part of Warren Malone's Under the Gramophone Series.
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Hello everybody,
As some of you know, I moved from Denver to New York City in August of 2010. Since I got here, I have been overwhelmed by the extraordinary musical talent I've encountered, and equally humbled by the way I've been accepted by the Big City Folk. A vague musical ambition has turned into my regular attendance at events in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens with an incredible community of songwriters and musicians. Being able to see - let alone play with! - Niall Connolly, EW Harris, Warren Malone, Don Paris Schlotman, Casey Black, Colin Campbell, and Chris Mills (the list goes on and on) every week has been deeply inspiring.
In January, this inspiration led me to record and release my debut EP ('Goodnight Bluebird') and I'm really looking forward to following it up this summer with my full-length debut album and a North American tour. I'm even more excited about it because the album will be produced by the incomparable EW Harris, who made two of my favorite albums of 2010 (his own A Waste of Water and Time and Brother, the Fight Is Fixed by Niall Connolly) and two early contenders for my favorite album of 2011 (Casey Black's It Shapes Me As It Goes and Don Paris Schlotman's Mother Transit Authority.) I'm beside myself at anticipation whenever I think of the collision of my post-apocalyptic folk/country and his southern space-pirate folktronica. It's a genuine honor to be working with EW, and I can't imagine being happier that he's not only agreed to work with me, but seems enthusiastic about doing it.
So, what brings this up? Well, it turns out that my grandmother was right that albums don't grow on trees. (I am about 50% confident that's what she said.) The cost of having the album produced, engineered, mixed, mastered, printed and promoted (as well as the cost of touring) are proving to be the immediate hurdles which I'm aiming to overcome. And that's where you come in.
Through Rockethub, I have the opportunity to offer exclusive rewards for my friends, fans and fellow artists who fuel my project. It's a collaboration between you and I - you contribute to the production and release of the album and, in exchange, I offer all the Ryan Morgan related goodies you can handle.
1. RocketHub is not an investment or charity. It is an exchange: funds from fans for rewards from me.
2. It's an All & More funding mechanism: if I don't reach my financial goal I get to keep what I raise. But if I do reach my goal, I get access to exciting opportunities.
Any funds that go over my goal will go towards the summer tour in support of the album.
Thanks for your interest and attention, and I hope that the rewards on offer might entice you to work with me on this project. I am thrilled at the very prospect, and I can't wait to see/play for/listen to you soon.
Ryan