Down to the Wire
The Voice & Sound Artist Tour 1.0 - April 15th, 2012 @ The Curtis Theatre, Brea, California
What can I say? It's down to the wire again. After completingthe Songwriter's Association of Canada's 9 Week Social Media Challenge, I was ready for a breather. But, as they say, it never rains, it pours.
I'm very excited to announce that not only do I get to perform as a guest artist at a concert featuring jazz musician Ron Kobayashi, I also will be featured at the Fullerton Art Walk at the Eden Cafe two days later (April 6th), and the following week, I've just been added to the Artist Tour 1.0 (See above) singing with celeb musicians Del Atkins (Dr. Dre, Patti LaBelle) and Ricky Z (Lauryn Hill, Jessica Simpson), and singing a sampler of all my new original material with these greats as my live band!
So, you might wonder why I feel down to the wire? To perform at this event will cost me $700 unless I can come up with two businesses who are willing to sponsor this event in that combined amount.Not only that, I have the unexpected cost of recording, mixing and duplicatingsome CD samplers to sell at the event. If I can't come up with the cash or the donors, the money will come out of my own savings which were supposed to be used to fund my own full-length album.
I had a conversation with my number one fan last night (aka my husband), who encouraged me to start a crowd funding campaign, like Kickstarter. At first I was hesitant, considering the response to my new newsletter has been underwhelming. I felt like it was me against the world (and maybe it is). But he encouraged me, prayed with me, and we agreed that I'll never know unless I try, so I'm planning on putting out a campaign in the next few days. And then I will pray that somehow the provisions will follow.
A good thing that has come out of this is renewed clarity that I am not in it alone. I was trying so hard to earn all the money for this music project on my own, because I felt selfish asking my husband to use our household income, and money that was supposed to go to savings, for my album project. Even though I KNOW that this album is a long-awaited step in obedience to what I felt God has been telling me to do for years, somehow I still feel selfish putting our family resources toward it. My husband reminded me that we are in it together. What's mine is his, and what's his is mine, and he has been trying so hard to help me out... and I haven't been allowing him to.
So now I'm going to decide to trust him, trust God, step aside, and do whatever it takes to get the job done.
And maybe you will want to help me out... so if you feel like you want to contribute, send me a message - [email protected] or Facebook me: www.facebook.com/adriannesoundslike , and I'll let you know how to do it.
Love & Music,
Adri-Anne
