The money will be used to cover the costs for producing and shipping the physical records, as well as mastering.
Last year in July I played my recital concert at my music school in the Netherlands. It was such a special evening that I decided to release the whole concert as a live album, not only digitally but also on VINYL! The first three singles "DIMENSIONS", "SUPERHIGHWAY" & "QUEEN BEE" have already been released and met with great response!
The recording, mixing and video edits are already done, so the only thing left ist mastering and the physical production of the vinyl records.
The vinyl will be released as a beautiful white double LP (with a blank D side so you don't have to flip the record too often). It will be printed in the world's eco-friendly pressing plant Deepgrooves in Leeuwarden, Netherlands (powered by green energy, recycling, carbon neutral shipping...).
The goal is to gather enough money with the crowdfunding in order to pay the costs for mastering and physical production of the vinyl LP's. With your support, the album will be released digitally and on vinyl by September 2023!
The album is aimed at friends of Mario Kart music, jazz fusion lovers, Casiopea fans and people who love adding way too many chords into songs!
Through my posts on TikTok and Instagram, I learned that there is actually a huge, young audience that is interested in jazz fusion music! Probably everyone has already heard it at some point growing up, in video games like Mario Kart, Persona 5 or F-Zero, but didn't know that there are actually a lot of artists and bands who play this kind of music. So with this album, I want to bring people closer to this genre that I love so much! Nowadays, projects like this and its publishing are only possible with the support of music lovers like you!
The money of the funding goal goes into:
- Mastering
- Physical production of the records (eco-friendly)
- Shipping of the records
Included in the goal are also the costs for the crowdfunding campaign (transaction fees, Start Next provision, postage for rewards etc...).
If we don't reach the funding goal, you will of course receive your money back!
I would not have been able to record this album without my amazing band, that played with me. They are the absolute best musicians I know and also the sweetest people ever!
Also huge thanks to the ArtEZ Conservatory Arnhem and Dennis Spee & Ivo Welten who did the live sound and recording. The video was filmed by Fleur van der Heijden (Moonset Media) and Terence from DIKKE X ILLY.