Unwoman is creating
Cello-filled cover songs
cellist-singer-producer
342
$694.50
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Stop threatening to find a day job
If I can raise 1500 for each song I make, I can stop worrying about whether I need to get a day job!
About
I'm a full-time cellist-singer-composer working in the East Bay area. I perform mostly at steampunk conventions and house concerts, and my influences are classical, goth, and pop music.
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October 1, 2015: I have now released fourteen cover songs supported just
by my Patreon and Bandcamp backers. If you want to help me reach my
next goal, you'll get access to ALL of those songs plus whatever else I
do, meaning you pay just $1 per song for the upcoming songs and nothing at all
for the existing ones (what a deal!) Those songs are:
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
As the World Falls Down (David Bowie, from Labyrinth)
Cry Little Sister (G Tom Mac, from Lost Boys)
Take My Breath Away (Berlin)
Take Me to Church (Hozier) -- Listen to that one here!
Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey, from The Great Gatsby)
Venus In Furs (The Velvet Underground)
I Know It's Over (The Smiths)
Bad Blood (Taylor Swift)
Cry Me a River (most famously done by the amazing Julie London)
I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
XO (Beyoncé)
Come Take a Trip In My Airship (kickstarter for **wax cylinders** of this coming soon!)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (The Police)
I also posted, in May, a recap with a link to a zip of everything, so new backers or those who missed some of my posts can look for that backer-only post to catch up quickly.
My next goal, which is that I stop threatening to get a day job (it's tempting to make use of my tech skills & the fact that I'm in the Bay, before this current bubble pops) is $1,500 per song. That's a lot more than the amount I get now, but a sensible goal for my actual needs, since this 2015 is light on the live-gig and album-releasing fronts, and I'm intentionally limiting my travel for personal reasons. Until I reach that goal I'll be looking into going back to work for a little while.
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And here is the original pitch I posted when I first started this Patreon:
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Hello dear music lovers!
Many of you have supported me through my kickstarter campaigns and other album releases. Thank you so much for that! Since I started crowdfunding in 2009 I've funded & completed three full-length original albums, two covers albums & an EP, and various other projects, many of which can be seen at my bandcamp page.
I'm trying something a bit different as I experiment with a song-based approach. There are several reasons for that: one, it would represent a steadier monthly income rather than waiting for large projects, and I'm not traveling as much as previous years, for personal reasons; two, I've often felt that individual songs get lost in the middle of an album, and this will give each one its own little fanfare.
So, my first plan is to make cover songs, focusing on cheesy songs (both cheesy-good and cheesy-bad) -- 1 or 2 a month -- and release them (exclusively) to supporters for $1 apiece. Do you remember my cover of Careless Whisper? It'll be like that. Some will be all just cello & voice, some will be fully produced. At the end of a year or so of this I'll collect the best into a CD -- but until that point, my patrons and bandcamp subscribers (if you prefer an annual subscription to Patreon's model, please subscribe on Bandcamp instead -- you'll get the same stuff, possibly more, for $25 a year) will be the only ones with access to them.
The first song, just released exclusively for patrons and bandcamp subscribers, January 12 2015, is Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" -- a song that people have *loved* my live versions of. The beginning is cut off, but here is a rough idea -- you'll see the studio version under "Creations" once you've become a patron. Enjoy!
(photo is by Retro Hawk Productions)
In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
As the World Falls Down (David Bowie, from Labyrinth)
Cry Little Sister (G Tom Mac, from Lost Boys)
Take My Breath Away (Berlin)
Take Me to Church (Hozier) -- Listen to that one here!
Young and Beautiful (Lana Del Rey, from The Great Gatsby)
Venus In Furs (The Velvet Underground)
I Know It's Over (The Smiths)
Bad Blood (Taylor Swift)
Cry Me a River (most famously done by the amazing Julie London)
I'm On Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
XO (Beyoncé)
Come Take a Trip In My Airship (kickstarter for **wax cylinders** of this coming soon!)
Wrapped Around Your Finger (The Police)
I also posted, in May, a recap with a link to a zip of everything, so new backers or those who missed some of my posts can look for that backer-only post to catch up quickly.
My next goal, which is that I stop threatening to get a day job (it's tempting to make use of my tech skills & the fact that I'm in the Bay, before this current bubble pops) is $1,500 per song. That's a lot more than the amount I get now, but a sensible goal for my actual needs, since this 2015 is light on the live-gig and album-releasing fronts, and I'm intentionally limiting my travel for personal reasons. Until I reach that goal I'll be looking into going back to work for a little while.
--
And here is the original pitch I posted when I first started this Patreon:
--
Hello dear music lovers!
Many of you have supported me through my kickstarter campaigns and other album releases. Thank you so much for that! Since I started crowdfunding in 2009 I've funded & completed three full-length original albums, two covers albums & an EP, and various other projects, many of which can be seen at my bandcamp page.
I'm trying something a bit different as I experiment with a song-based approach. There are several reasons for that: one, it would represent a steadier monthly income rather than waiting for large projects, and I'm not traveling as much as previous years, for personal reasons; two, I've often felt that individual songs get lost in the middle of an album, and this will give each one its own little fanfare.
So, my first plan is to make cover songs, focusing on cheesy songs (both cheesy-good and cheesy-bad) -- 1 or 2 a month -- and release them (exclusively) to supporters for $1 apiece. Do you remember my cover of Careless Whisper? It'll be like that. Some will be all just cello & voice, some will be fully produced. At the end of a year or so of this I'll collect the best into a CD -- but until that point, my patrons and bandcamp subscribers (if you prefer an annual subscription to Patreon's model, please subscribe on Bandcamp instead -- you'll get the same stuff, possibly more, for $25 a year) will be the only ones with access to them.
The first song, just released exclusively for patrons and bandcamp subscribers, January 12 2015, is Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes" -- a song that people have *loved* my live versions of. The beginning is cut off, but here is a rough idea -- you'll see the studio version under "Creations" once you've become a patron. Enjoy!
(photo is by Retro Hawk Productions)