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: Download of Elusive Sleep, for cello & piano, available now
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Started by Pamela Marshall November 29th, 2011
Composer Pamela Marshall describes two new pieces she plans to write for Boston-area chamber ensembles, as part of the Spindrift Commissioning Guild fundraising campaign. Join the Guild, get perks, support new music creation! RocketHub.com
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Duo & Trio: Chamber Music with Flute
ANNOUNCEMENT January 11: I'm excited to tell you that two generous patrons have given offline donations of $1050. The Guild a lot closer to the project goal than it looks!
The Project
Two new music creations for two chamber music ensembles:
Piece #1: for the Addington-Arnold Duo
Ashley Addington, flute & Rachel Arnold, cello
Piece #2: for the informally named Yost trio
Sarah Tomasek, flute; Shaylor Lindsay, piano; Alan Yost, percussion
I've heard all these musicians -- excellent, expressive performers -- I'm excited to be creating music for them. My nature-infused contemporary-classical composer-voice finds great partners in both these ensembles.
Your support fuels a commission fee for the composer, fees for the musicians for recording the music, and money to press the CD, make initial copies of the printed scores, and produce a few T-shirts and tote bags. 6% covers the fiscal sponsorship fee. Additional money will support a concert and recording sessions for other pieces in the queue.
At the start of the composing process…
I've got some musical ideas running around my head:
-- cello launching pad -- flute flying - roles reversed - focus on interesting sounds - refocus on melody - how much sound can a cello and flute make? How tiny a sound can they make together?
-- cascades - waterfalls in Vermont, fueled by Irene's floods, percussion-piano blending, flute connecting, one line, then diverging -- in northern Vermont mountains, it was drama not destruction.
It’s hard to share the process because I never know whether an idea will stick until I’ve had it around awhile. So bear with me and I’ll try to reveal some of the process as I go.
Guild Background
I started the Spindrift Commissioning Guild in 2005 because it seemed like a great way to involve people in the music creation process. i hoped it would be more effect at rallying support than asking for grants and waiting to win contests. We don't have aristocratic patrons anymore, so we need a more distributed type of support. If you like my music, you can help make more of it by supporting a project. Doesn't it seem logical?
Thank you to all the guild supporters of past projects! You can read more about Guild projects at my Spindrift Music Company web site.
