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 $10 receives: Two free mp3s and a huge karmic hug! 1 Fueler!
Any contribution of $20 receives: A signed copy of "One Lucky Day" 21 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $75 receives: A signed copy of "One Lucky Day", and the CD/DVD "LIVE:In The Heart of the Universe" 2 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: A signed copy of "One Lucky Day", the CD/DVD "LIVE:In The Heart of the Universe", and the rare debut, "Imperfect Rhymes" 10 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $150 receives: Signed copies of all 3 albums, plus your name listed in the acknowledgements in the liner notes of the new CD. 5 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $250 receives: Signed copies of all 3 albums plus a 1/2 dozen delicious buttercream frosted cupcakes baked from scratch by me-I'm an EXCELLENT baker! 1 Fueler!
Any contribution of $500 receives: Signed copies of all 3 albums, plus an original painting from a black & white photo of your choice by me; I'm also a trained visual artist
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: Signed copies of all 3 albums plus a gourmet meal for 2, cooked in your home by Matt Koke, an alumnus of The French Culinary Institute. 2 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $5,000 receives: All of the above, plus a live performance of the songs on the new album in your home for you and your guests. 1 Fueler!
Started by Bobby Belfry October 1st, 2010
A call to action. Peace in our time NOW. This is a clip from my second album, LIVE:In The Heart of the Universe.
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Hello to my wonderfully supportive friends! I'm really excited to be "fueling" my labor of love via the brilliance that is RocketHub.
My latest recording is a collection of jazz standards that I have been performing in the NYC club scene for 15 years. It really is the brainchild of the AMAZING David Budway, who is a jazz giant, to put it mildly.
I NEED YOU TO JOIN ME ON THE LAUNCH PAD! I've been trying very hard to raise the funds to complete the album, but the bank who owns my house won't let me skip a couple of mortgage payments to subsidize a CD-go figure. We bailed them out and now they won't let a month or two go by so I can make music? Ingrates! David and I have recorded all the basic instrumental tracks and most of my vocals, but we still have strings, horns, mixing, mastering, photography/artwork, and printing of the compact discs, etc., to complete the product-not to mention the licensing fees to the songs I didn't write (12 out of 13).
This is where I need your help in turning One Lucky Day into a reality. If the 350 fans I have on Facebook alone contribute $20 each, I will have exceeded my goal of $4,000. The album will actually cost upwards of $6,000, so hopefully there will be remaining contributions that could go to promoting the record with a reputable PR firm. However, since RocketHub is not an investment or charity, but an exchange (funds from fans for rewards from me), it's all or nothing: if I don't reach my financial goal, you get your money back.
The "Budman" and I have been performing together for many years. After our last appearance at Feinstein's, he strongly suggested we get that particular show on record, as the music, arrangements and the overall vibe of the set has a very strong through line of love, overcoming loss, and transcendence-something Bud and I have been no stranger to in recent years. Our take(s) on Moon River and Stardust, for example, are letters into the ether for our beloved family members who have passed, but whose spirits live on in our everyday lives and in the music we have made together.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! One Lucky Day is anything but a maudlin collection of songs. It also includes the scatty bebopper Until I Met You, and the revivifying, When The Sun Comes Out. AND...(wait for it), on my song, (the rerecording of) One of These Days, which appeared on my first cd, Imperfect Rhymes, one of my musical heroes from the very first time I heard Billy Joel's New York State of Mind, Richie Cannata, will be playing saxophone! I used to look at this dude on the back cover of the classic LP, The Stranger as if somehow I knew we'd make music together-one of these days.
The album is rounded out by some of the most beautiful and, frankly, important songs of the last century. It truly is a trek through the ups and downs of our individual and collective life experience.
I hope you'll come on this adventure with me. Times are tough in just about every conceivable way. The uplifting message these songs bring could only contribute to the mass healing which I believe is underway. I hope you'll be a part of it with me in making my (lucky) day!
Thank you,
Bobby Belfry