Darren Watson's First Ever Acoustic LP Project

By Darren Watson

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Darren Watson's First Ever Acoustic LP Project

Project 2017-06-25 18:41:23 +1200

Hi folks! I’m here to ask for your help in making my new album a reality on a good, old-fashioned thirty three and a third, twelve inch vinyl record! My first acoustic solo LP! 

Limited Edition: Only 180 LPs will be pressed. Don't miss out!

I’ve written ten tunes I’m really happy with and can’t wait to get ‘em recorded. I may also record a few of my favourite old blues tunes and see which tracks work best over a 35 minute record. 

I'm talking with the incredible, internationally recognised New Zealand artist Ewan McDougall about a painting as part of the album artwork . . . so it's going to be a beautiful piece of art to look at too! 

The actual recording time won’t be super expensive but having it mixed and mastered for vinyl and then turned into records overseas will be tres expensive. And it’s frankly money I just don’t have.

So that’s where YOU come in. You can pre-order your copy of the new album now (NZ$55) and help me to get it recorded and produced. Of course I’m also offering a free quality digital download with each LP, or you can just pre-order a download on it’s own (NZ$20) if that’s more your style.

A Hard Day's Blues

I’m also offering a range of merchandise and older albums as downloads, Skype concerts (NZ$300) and in-person house concerts (NZ$550) as rewards for larger pledges. 

Or you can get a lifetime VIP pass to any and all of my own promoted shows, my eternal gratitude, and an executive producer’s credit (NZ$2500)

The rough budget looks like this so far:

  • Recording/tracking time 10-20 hours NZ$1600

  • Mixing time 10-20 hours NZ$1600

  • Mastering LP & Digital NZ$1600

  • Album production (incl. printing) NZ$3000

  • Freight of finished LPS to NZ NZ$1000

  • Postage NZ$ 1000

  • Promotion etc NZ$ 3000

  • Pledge Me Fees NZ$520

                                                                       Total NZ$13,320

So you can see the $9500 I’m seeking here will be a HUGE help towards getting this LP made. In fact without it it just ain't gonna happen. I will top up the balance or find a way. As always so many amazing people will be working for nothing or next to it, and for the love of music to make this album happen. No-one is gonna be getting rich here. 

If I get money over our Pledge Me target it will ALL go into making the record and getting it out into the world. 

I hope you can see your way clear to help me making my first acoustic album. At this stage we reckon it'll be out early or mid 2018. 

Please pledge and tell all your friends about this. 

Thanks heaps
DW

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Official Website : www.darrenwatson.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/darrenwatsonband
Facebook: www.facebook.com/darrenwatsonband









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What a great start!

01/07/2017 at 11:36 AM

Blimey!

Thanks for the great start everyone. That's bloody brilliant!

I've started a facebook group for anyone who rally wants to help kick this campaign into overdrive. 

DARREN WATSON FACEBOOK STREET TEAM CLICK HERE

Y
ou need to ask to join. 


The more the merrier though!

Cheers
DW

    Pledgers 130

    Bg White
    12/08/2017 at 10:31am

    "There had better be some bonnamassa...."

    William Creighton
    12/08/2017 at 9:09am
    Don Deering
    12/08/2017 at 7:39am
    Ben Sinclair
    11/08/2017 at 10:33pm
    Helen Rowland
    11/08/2017 at 6:36pm

    "Met you a million years ago, you impressed me then, nothing's changed. Wishing you well :)"

    JM
    09/08/2017 at 12:25am

    "Go bastard. I'm so pleased to see you do this, despite your utterly indifferent Rockshop setup of my horrible Strat...about 22 years ago."

    RODGER FOX
    07/08/2017 at 10:44pm

    "Go for it Darren - I know how hard it is to do things. Best Rodger"

    Tat Up Cycle
    07/08/2017 at 3:35pm

    "Looking forward to the Darren. Well done mate for successfully making your target!"

    Anonymous pledger
    07/08/2017 at 3:00pm

    "So hilarious to hear about CD being a dead format these days"

    Andrew Bristow
    07/08/2017 at 1:34pm

    "This will be a fabulous album, Darren. If delivery to AUS is a problem, donate my copy to a deserving cause & I'll take the download. Cheers"

    DDM Design
    07/08/2017 at 6:30am
    Kathy peszynski
    06/08/2017 at 8:34pm
    Tracey Butler Dempsey
    06/08/2017 at 2:18pm
    Anonymous pledger
    06/08/2017 at 2:14pm
    Anonymous pledger
    06/08/2017 at 2:07pm
    John Pallister
    06/08/2017 at 9:45am

    "Fingers crossed you make it! Cheers, John :^P"

    Peter Keane
    06/08/2017 at 9:32am
    Eric Medcalf
    05/08/2017 at 9:23pm

    "Good luck with this Darren! "

    Rob Matthews
    05/08/2017 at 4:53pm
    Jeff Ussher
    05/08/2017 at 2:03pm
    Dave W Currie
    05/08/2017 at 1:04pm

    "Go DW!"

    Anonymous pledger
    05/08/2017 at 12:58pm
    Rob McCabe
    05/08/2017 at 10:57am
    Trevor Jeffries
    04/08/2017 at 6:39pm

    "Hope you get over the top with this."

    Matt Hay
    03/08/2017 at 12:56pm
    Clint Meech
    03/08/2017 at 9:54am

    "Good luck DW!"

    Peter Baillie
    02/08/2017 at 10:34pm

    "Best of luck Darren - always a fan, and I'm looking forward to hearing the fruits of your labour!"

    Carlos Espinoza
    02/08/2017 at 10:08pm
    Dan Green
    01/08/2017 at 6:06pm

    "Good luck DW!! "

    Ben Thompson
    01/08/2017 at 11:11am

    Followers 2

    Followers of Darren Watson's First Ever Acoustic LP Project

    Darren Watson's First Ever Acoustic LP Project

    Project 2017-06-25 18:41:23 +1200

    Hi folks! I’m here to ask for your help in making my new album a reality on a good, old-fashioned thirty three and a third, twelve inch vinyl record! My first acoustic solo LP! 

    Limited Edition: Only 180 LPs will be pressed. Don't miss out!

    I’ve written ten tunes I’m really happy with and can’t wait to get ‘em recorded. I may also record a few of my favourite old blues tunes and see which tracks work best over a 35 minute record. 

    I'm talking with the incredible, internationally recognised New Zealand artist Ewan McDougall about a painting as part of the album artwork . . . so it's going to be a beautiful piece of art to look at too! 

    The actual recording time won’t be super expensive but having it mixed and mastered for vinyl and then turned into records overseas will be tres expensive. And it’s frankly money I just don’t have.

    So that’s where YOU come in. You can pre-order your copy of the new album now (NZ$55) and help me to get it recorded and produced. Of course I’m also offering a free quality digital download with each LP, or you can just pre-order a download on it’s own (NZ$20) if that’s more your style.

    A Hard Day's Blues

    I’m also offering a range of merchandise and older albums as downloads, Skype concerts (NZ$300) and in-person house concerts (NZ$550) as rewards for larger pledges. 

    Or you can get a lifetime VIP pass to any and all of my own promoted shows, my eternal gratitude, and an executive producer’s credit (NZ$2500)

    The rough budget looks like this so far:

    • Recording/tracking time 10-20 hours NZ$1600

    • Mixing time 10-20 hours NZ$1600

    • Mastering LP & Digital NZ$1600

    • Album production (incl. printing) NZ$3000

    • Freight of finished LPS to NZ NZ$1000

    • Postage NZ$ 1000

    • Promotion etc NZ$ 3000

    • Pledge Me Fees NZ$520

                                                                           Total NZ$13,320

    So you can see the $9500 I’m seeking here will be a HUGE help towards getting this LP made. In fact without it it just ain't gonna happen. I will top up the balance or find a way. As always so many amazing people will be working for nothing or next to it, and for the love of music to make this album happen. No-one is gonna be getting rich here. 

    If I get money over our Pledge Me target it will ALL go into making the record and getting it out into the world. 

    I hope you can see your way clear to help me making my first acoustic album. At this stage we reckon it'll be out early or mid 2018. 

    Please pledge and tell all your friends about this. 

    Thanks heaps
    DW

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Official Website : www.darrenwatson.com
    YouTube: www.youtube.com/darrenwatsonband
    Facebook: www.facebook.com/darrenwatsonband









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    What a great start!

    01/07/2017 at 11:36 AM

    Blimey!

    Thanks for the great start everyone. That's bloody brilliant!

    I've started a facebook group for anyone who rally wants to help kick this campaign into overdrive. 

    DARREN WATSON FACEBOOK STREET TEAM CLICK HERE

    Y
    ou need to ask to join. 


    The more the merrier though!

    Cheers
    DW

      Bg White
      12/08/2017 at 10:31am

      "There had better be some bonnamassa...."

      William Creighton
      12/08/2017 at 9:09am
      Don Deering
      12/08/2017 at 7:39am
      Ben Sinclair
      11/08/2017 at 10:33pm
      Helen Rowland
      11/08/2017 at 6:36pm

      "Met you a million years ago, you impressed me then, nothing's changed. Wishing you well :)"

      JM
      09/08/2017 at 12:25am

      "Go bastard. I'm so pleased to see you do this, despite your utterly indifferent Rockshop setup of my horrible Strat...about 22 years ago."

      RODGER FOX
      07/08/2017 at 10:44pm

      "Go for it Darren - I know how hard it is to do things. Best Rodger"

      Tat Up Cycle
      07/08/2017 at 3:35pm

      "Looking forward to the Darren. Well done mate for successfully making your target!"

      Anonymous pledger
      07/08/2017 at 3:00pm

      "So hilarious to hear about CD being a dead format these days"

      Andrew Bristow
      07/08/2017 at 1:34pm

      "This will be a fabulous album, Darren. If delivery to AUS is a problem, donate my copy to a deserving cause & I'll take the download. Cheers"

      DDM Design
      07/08/2017 at 6:30am
      Kathy peszynski
      06/08/2017 at 8:34pm
      Tracey Butler Dempsey
      06/08/2017 at 2:18pm
      Anonymous pledger
      06/08/2017 at 2:14pm
      Anonymous pledger
      06/08/2017 at 2:07pm
      John Pallister
      06/08/2017 at 9:45am

      "Fingers crossed you make it! Cheers, John :^P"

      Peter Keane
      06/08/2017 at 9:32am
      Eric Medcalf
      05/08/2017 at 9:23pm

      "Good luck with this Darren! "

      Rob Matthews
      05/08/2017 at 4:53pm
      Jeff Ussher
      05/08/2017 at 2:03pm
      Dave W Currie
      05/08/2017 at 1:04pm

      "Go DW!"

      Anonymous pledger
      05/08/2017 at 12:58pm
      Rob McCabe
      05/08/2017 at 10:57am
      Trevor Jeffries
      04/08/2017 at 6:39pm

      "Hope you get over the top with this."

      Matt Hay
      03/08/2017 at 12:56pm
      Clint Meech
      03/08/2017 at 9:54am

      "Good luck DW!"

      Peter Baillie
      02/08/2017 at 10:34pm

      "Best of luck Darren - always a fan, and I'm looking forward to hearing the fruits of your labour!"

      Carlos Espinoza
      02/08/2017 at 10:08pm
      Dan Green
      01/08/2017 at 6:06pm

      "Good luck DW!! "

      Ben Thompson
      01/08/2017 at 11:11am

      Followers of Darren Watson's First Ever Acoustic LP Project

      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 13/08/2017 at 12:00 AM.