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.
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Featured in Americas Quarterly, completed innovative research, and submitted successful academic thesis.
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Any contribution of $5 receives: MP3 download of the Sweet and Vicious EP. 4 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $10 receives: A signed copy of the EP and a magnet. 19 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $20 receives: 2 signed copies of the EP and an original haiku, handwritten and sent to you with love and gratitude. 14 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $40 receives: Everything from the $20 level, plus a bath of homemade brownies sent to you by mail (or arrange pick up if you're in NY!) 3 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $50 receives: 2 signed copies of the EP, an original handwritten haiku, a signed copy of the 1918: A House Divided Original Cast Recording and a thank you on my website. 12 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $75 receives: Everything from the $50 level, plus we go out for Mexican Breakfast at De Mole in Sunnyside (best Mexican hot chocolate EVER!) 2 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $100 receives: Everything from the $50 level, plus one of the last remaining copies of my first CD, Ready (original pressing wth typos in liner notes!) AND I will crochet you a scarf to keep you nice and warm! 11 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $150 receives: Everything from the $50 level, plus a 1 hour private piano lesson.
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Any contribution of $160 receives: Everything from the $50 level, plus I come to your home and make an Italian feast for you and three of your friends (NYC only). Veggie kale lasagna? Gugutz? My grandmother's meatballs? Mangia baby! Molto bene!
Any contribution of $250 receives: Everything from the $50 level, plus a solo house concert (Tri-state area) and 10 CDs for your guests. 2 Fuelers!
Any contribution of $500 receives: Everything from the $50 level, plus I will write a song about your awesomeness to be performed at either my Dec. 21 birthday show at Googie's (time permitting) or at another future show. (Or if you don't live near NY, I will record it and send to you).
Any contribution of $1,000 receives: Everything from the $50 level, plus a free house concert anywhere in the continental US and EPs for 20 of your guests. 1 Fueler!
Any contribution of $5,000 receives: Everything from the $50 level, plus a day in NYC city designed around your interests. Always wanted to see the city from the top of the Empire State buidling? Or check out the instrument collection at the MET? Or maybe a canoe ride in Central Park as I serenade you on the guitar? Or perhaps you'd just like me to follow you around all day playing polka music on the melodica? We will design an awesome day in NYC together. Just keep it clean and legal. :)
Started by Allison Tartalia November 24th, 2010
Allison explains her Rockethub campaign and performs the song Ran from her EP Sweet and Vicious
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Hello everyone!
It's been an amazing year with much to be thankful for! In additional to a lot of festival peformances over the summer and autumn, I was nominated for an Emmy award for my work on the music in the documentary 5,000 Miles from Home, was a semi-finalist in New Music Seminar's Artists of the Verge search, and the song "Sweet and Vicious" was a finalist in the Solarfest, CT Folk Festival and Songwriter's Beat song contests. Needless to say, I'm pretty excited about the year ahead!
As you may know, I've spent a lot of time working on a project that's very close to my heart: the Sweet and Vicious EP. Its been an intense journey that has allowed me to work with some amazingly talented people.
It started in New York with the brilliant producer/arranger Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan, Yoko Ono). I brought him about 20 demos, from which we picked 6 songs that we were most excited about and built the arrangements together. Then I met an incredible vocal coach in LA named Marta Woodhull. As a result I spent 3 weeks last summer recording vocals at her studio and getting a serious vocal ass-kicking! It was like being back in school! Finally, the record was mixed by the awesome Brian Scheuble (Dave Matthews, Rachael Yamagata).
All along the way I've had the privilege of working with some seriously talented musicians, and I've learned and grown a ton, for which I am very grateful!
I'm so close to being able to send this record out into the world, but need your participation to help me over the last hurdles: namely artwork and duplication, and a publicity campaign to make sure this record is heard by as many ears as possible! Publicity is crucial, especially for an independent artist like myself. Having worked so hard on this EP, I now need to make sure I'm able to get it to as many ears as possible.
Budget:
Artwork: $200
Duplication; $1500
3 Month Publicity Campaign: $4,500
Total; $6,200
Rockethub is an awesome platform that allows you to fuel my project monetarily in exchange for some nifty rewards. (See right!) However, it's all or nothing: if I don't reach my financial goal by the end of 60 days, you get your money back. My estimated budget for artwork, duplication and a 3 month publicity campaign is $6,200, of which I'm trying to raise $4,000. Any funds raised over $4,000 will go towards the rest of the publicity costs.
Thanks so much for your ongoing support of me and my music and for your patience as I've worked on this record. Your emails and presence at shows mean so much and have really helped to keep me going even when the odds seemed insurmountable.
I can't wait to get this record to you!
xxoo,
Allison