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: Mp3's of the Album "A Year and Some Change" 9 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $10 receives: CD of "A Year and Some Change" signed 8 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $20 receives: CD signed and a customized David Stephens hand-drawn doodle (initialed) 23 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $65 receives: Entire David Stephens CD catalog (5 CDs) with a special hand-made packaging, including a one-of a kind original doodle 7 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: All of the above and a kid-friendly hand puppet 5 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $250 receives: All of the above and a hand-sewn limited edition David Stephens Rabbit (stuffed animal)
Any contribution of $500 receives: Puppet or Banjo workshop
Any contribution of $700 receives: Have a creative fun day in my workshop in Atlanta - build puppets, write songs, draw with crayons!
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: Professional customized Muppet-style puppet (like Petey) - handmade by David Stephens
Any contribution of $2,000 receives: House concert anywhere in the continental USA - includes 20 CDs for guests.
Any contribution of $5,000 receives: Puppet show from my pre-existing catalog of shows
Any contribution of $10,000 receives: Create and perform a puppet show based on your life
Started by David Stephens February 8th, 2010
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Greetings Friends and Neighbors!
Thanks for visiting my Rockethub page. It means a lot that you've taken an interest in my project. And what is that project? Well, I'm glad you asked.
In June 2009, I recorded a new album of original songs called "A Year and Some Change," which chronicles the year (and some change) I lived in New York.
I worked with some exceptional Atlanta-based musicians who each added their own unique voices to these songs. Besides myself on guitar, banjo and a few other things, the line-up of musicians includes multi-instrumentalist, Matt Phillips (of Jackson County Line), fiddler Leah Calvert (of The Dappled Grays), and bassist Will Robertson, who also played a bunch of other instruments besides engineering and producing the album.
So, it's recorded. But you can't hear it until the album goes to the duplicator and copies are pressed. This is where your help as a Fueler comes in.
I am exceedingly proud of this album, in part because of its stylistic diversity. A lot of musical genres are covered in these tracks including country, blues, folk-rock and, of course, bluegrass. Not a fan of any of those? Then I'm sure you'll enjoy the barbershop quartet piece.
As a fueler, you're entitled to what I think is a bunch of cool stuff. You will be able to take full advantage of my interests and skills as a musician and a puppeteer.
Thanks for taking the time to look at my project.