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 download of the album before it's officially available. Plus a "thank you" in the album credits 4 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $10 receives: A CD copy of the album before it's officially available, and a "thank you" in the album credits 13 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $20 receives: We'll send you that advance copy of the CD with a personalized Haiku 8 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $50 receives: Get your photo inside the album art! We're making a photo collage as a part of the album art. Hit the $50 mark and we'll include your picture in the collage! Plus you get everything mentioned above. 8 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: We're going to throw a listening party at the studio where the album was recorded. We'll all hang out, listen to the new tracks and chow down on some BBQ. You'll also receive your advanced copy of the CD that night. 4 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $250 receives: Get a private music lesson from the band member of your choice! Want to learn how Kevin and Ben create those guitar sounds? Need a vocal lesson from Henry? Want Peter to give you a drumming tutorial? Now is your chance!
Any contribution of $500 receives: Hello Morning will perform a concert at your house! (Portland metro area)
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: We'll write and record a song about you, for you! A one of a kind track. No one else will have this Hello Morning track unless you share.
Started by Hello Morning August 23rd, 2010
This past year has been good to us and we couldn't have done it without you are fans! It was an amazing experience to see the response to our music with the release of our debut EP last winter. That enthusiasm opened a lot of doors for us including opening slots for Irish phenoms Two Door Cinema club and the legendary Wang Chung. Now we're back in the studio writing and recording our next release and could use your continued support.
Our bio:
Like a musical Voltron, the members of Hello Morning established their musical identities early on in groups such as (Grammy-nominees) Smalltown Poets, Jonah, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Sappo, and Chris Robley & The Fear of Heights. These individual creative forces have come together as one to form Hello Morning – a monstrous band united by a common passion for creating big, epic rock songs.
Born amidst Portland's famously bourgeoning indie music culture, Hello Morning is happy to bring a new sound into the scene. While the Northwest is overflowing with plenty of folk, experimental, electro-pop, and other brilliant artists, Hello Morning has developed a big, fresh sound, complete with big drums, cascading guitars and anthemic choruses.
Their debut EP is something more akin to stadium rockers Muse, Starsailor, and Longwave… and at times, maybe a little closer to the aesthetics of Phoenix, Interpol, and even Keane on steroids. Recorded at Secret Society and mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman (Death Cab For Cutie, Menomena, Decemberists, Sleater-Kinney, Dolorean), Hello Morning’s self-titled EP is being released on Timber Carnival Records and is the first of several releases the band has planned for 2010.
The reviews for the first CD are rather glowing:
"A rather wonderful pop/rock ethic which I think is fresh as hell" - WOXY Radio
"The band has a keen sense of musical brilliance as well as an undeniable knack for producing avant-garde compositions... This is virtuosity at its best." - Urb.com
“I’m willing to bet the band will at least get a head bob out of even some of the most cross-armed hipsters.” – Seattle PI
"With pitch-perfect dual-guitar interplay and powerful vocals... the band does everything well" - Willamette Week
"Brawny, accessible rock with epic flourishes, like a pre-ironic U2 or a more down-to-earth the Secret Machines." - Portland Mercury