Doug Stone/Amanda Palmer/Scott Pilgrim

Why is it important to be unashamed when asking for support for your art? Two takes that hold strong conviction. First up, my friend and band-mate, Douglas Stone:



Next, my future-friend,

Amanda F. Palmer

If we're looking to make a living as musicians, and re-legitimize the lifestyle as a profession, we need to get organized with the way we do business and take some pride in what we do. When jazz musicians live up to the "good enough for jazz", disorganized, oblivious, attitude we're hurting ourselves and what little amount of community remains around us.

Also, coincidentally, Quintopus is having a fundraiser to get the money back on releasing our first album. Artist-to-artist and fan-to-artist support is the best way to help out, so let me know if you're doing anything like this and I'll support it too!

Quintopus Kickstarter

And lastly, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is awesome. I might get "DRUM" emblazoned on my BD head.

CT

Kickstarter

I just launched a Kickstarter page for the new album that we're looking to get mastered and duplicated in the next month. Kickstarter is an all-or-nothing scenario, so if we reach our goal ($1600) we get the money, if not everyone gets their pledges back. You can get all sorts of great rewards for pledging, ranging from copies of the CD to live performances by the group. It's a great way to reserve the album and help us out a lot!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1977607537/quintopus-debut-album-voyage-to-ornoc

I'll be posting some video blogs this week talking about the album and interview with the band, so stay tuned!