At last. That’s all I can say. Mixing for Exile ended yesterday just days away from mastering. We’ve been working on this record on and off since April/May of ’09. Writing it started in January ’09 and we kept writing right on through recording. First it was a Double A side single. Then it was an EP. Then after a meeting it became a full-length. It’s come a long way and a huge weight will be lifted off our shoulders on Wednesday. You see on the 21st Dan, Henry and I will be visiting Jeff Lipton at Peerless to master this thing. It’s the last process for the sound/music part of this adventure. Jeff is a wizard and we couldn’t be happier about having him reprise the role he played on Fan the Fury.
But getting back to that weight on the shoulders… Finalizing the music means we can concentrate our efforts on the other huge projects we’re working on namely the 10,000 mile national tour and the Kickstarter campaign. These projects need our attention. The record will be out on October 5 and we’ll be heading to CMJ a few weeks later. After a week in New York we head out for Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Washington and California. We’ll spend some time in San Fran, LA and San Diego and then we’ll start making our way back playing shows in New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana and who knows where else. This is something we’ve been thinking about doing for a while and can’t wait to embark on. Mind you of course it is going to be a lot of work putting it together. Annie’s been working on dates, Henry’s been working on colleges and I’ve been emailing bands and now venues in Seattle, San Fran, Denver, etc. This will all be a lot easier when we don’t have to worry about finishing the record!
Many of you know about the Kickstarter campaign we’ve started. Many of you have already donated. THANK YOU! Really it means so much to us. For those that don’t know, basically it’s a way to pre-order Exile and the money helps us promote this record and make this tour a reality. We’ll be buying a new van, launching a national press campaign and traveling all around this country to get Exile out to music lovers, but of course that will all take money. In an age where the record label is kind of non-existant, Kickstarter is an amazing way to bring music appreciators and music makers together. There’s also a bunch of fun rewards we’ve attached to the different levels of pre-orders ranging from bonus material to to half price tour tickets to songwriting sessions to private performances. Our goal is to raise $5000 and the way Kickstarter works we’ve got to raise the whole $5000 by August 9th in order to receive any pledges at all. If you’re able to, we encourage you to pre-order. 
We’ll also be making Kickstarter updates throughout the course of the campaign. In the last update you’ll notice we’ve released details for the Boston CD release. Mark your calendars: Thursday, September 23, 2010 @ Church of Boston. Relax, it’s the one day that week there’s no Sox game, so enjoy the free parking in back. St. Claire will be joining us along with another group TBA. Of course, we’re planning lots of special goodies for this show. There’ll be more video updates to come and more importantly Henry and I will be recording some acoustic performances for songs off of Exile to be shown exclusively to Kickstarter backers. It’s a little thank you to everyone who’s donated, so if you’d like to see those be sure to check out the page.
Well I’m off to do more booking.
Cheers,
Jen
