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ALBUM FUNDRAISER UPDATE November 18, 2024.
Hello friends!
What a wonderful experience crowdfunding with you has been. I feel really honoured and supported and I want to thank each one of you for your donations. Every cent has helped me to continue to professionally record new music and has certainly helped me with the massive added costs of publicity for these releases.
Speaking of releases, this Friday, November 22, I will release the second single from my forthcoming album. It is called "Clam Rattler" and it was written after the lovely people following my social media challenged me to write a song in honour of an AI-generated meme about a Clam Rattler 900 which made us all giggle and riff together in the comments for several weeks.
At first I refused but then I thought "Why not? Why wouldn't I give you what you want?"
You all support me to do what I want so I went ahead... and I am so pleased with it! It is a rock and roll banger of a love song and I can't wait for you to hear it.
As delighted as I am, I am unsure if I will be able to afford more releases after this. I will need to pool all of my resources to get the album finished and I think the publicity costs of releasing singles is beginning to cause too much financial strain. Each single costs $4K to record and publicise and in this world of streaming were a spin generates between 0.003 and $0.005 in revenue, I think perhaps I will make Clam Rattler the last single release before the album itself is released (which I am hoping will be within the next year).
EXCITING !
I don't want to spend the coming months writing and recording the record and getting really stressed out trying to find budgets for publicity. Not only is it not good for my health, it's bad for creativity.
So, with that said! I am going to really enjoy this last release process and can't wait to share another taste of the coming record with you on Friday!
If you would like to help me continue, the following actions have really important consequences for this project.
1. If you have a spare buck please do continue to donate to this Go Fund should you be able to. No donation is too small or too large ;)
2. Grab a ticket to the December 21 Clam Rattler Launch Party at Mojos in Fremantle. These events are vital in recouping some of the costs associated with the release and are always such a fun way to celebrate the hard work of everyone involved.
3. Presave Clam Rattler on all of your favourite streaming platforms. This really helps the song to be noticed by the platforms on the day of release and gives the song more traction!
Presave: https://ffm.to/clamrattler
That is it for now! Thank you again, every cent has made a huge difference to both the project budget, to my self-esteem and drive to push forward with the album. I admire your desire to support artists like myself!
You rock.
Love, Abbe x
ALBUM FUNDRAISER UPDATE July 10, 2024
Hello my friends!
What an incredible ride it continues to be funding and recording this album! Your generosity is so heartwarming and is REALLY helping me to push forward both financially ..and emotionally!
We have recently celebrated the release of the album’s first single “BIG PU$$Y ENERGY” with a massive SOLD OUT launch party at the famous Mojos Bar in Fremantle and a very warm “Welcome Back!” Across Australian radio, streaming platforms and media! I am pleased to tell you there are plans to release another single in just a few months!
Each single costs an enormous amount of money to record and release with essential publicity campaigns helping the music to reach a wider audience, the total cost for single releases falls somewhere in the region of $4000 to $6000 every time! And that’s apparently at the lower end of the scale
Sadly, in this era of streaming in which artists are paid as low as $0.003 per stream, it is nigh on impossible to fund recordings without community support through crowdfunding, merch sales and ticketed live events.
So, if you are able to throw a buck or two into the hat it will not go unused! All funding is directed toward recording, mixing, mastering and release publicity.
To all who have donated so far - Thank you. This actually would be impossible without your support.
More on my next single soon - expect it in late October... and if you’re in Freo and surrounds, keep Dec 21 free for a party at my beloved Mojos to celebrate the release!
SO much love and gratitude for you all!
x Abbe x
UPDATE! April 20, 2024
Hello friends!
I cannot thank you enough for your incredible donations so far! This is such a beautiful community effort and I am both buoyed and humbled by the support!
I have finished the first single "Big Pu$$y Energy" and it is due out in May across all streaming platforms with a single launch party at Mojos bar in Fremantle on June 8. I have also decided to name the resulting album "She- Bang!". There is still a lot of work to do and a lot of expense to come so if you can spare a dollar, please do drop it in the hat. No donation is too big or too small ;)
Just so grateful. Thank you! And I cannot wait to show you the new music!
Hello friends!
I finally started the recording of the first two songs destined for my new album "Big Pu$$y Energy"!
The album will have at least 10 new songs!
On December 9, me and Matt Gio, who produced and co-wrote my last album "Fruit", began work on the title track and will soon begin producing live favourite "Diamonds"!
I am planning to release these songs in the first half of 2024 while also recording the rest of the album in multiple small sessions spread out over this time. With your help, Big Pu$$y Energy will be released successfully in the second half of 2024!
As you know, independent artists like myself face unique funding challenges in the aftermath of drastically increased costs of touring and the dominance of streaming platforms like Sp*tify, which have completely demolished vital income sources by making it normal to pay songwriters between $0.003 to $0.005 per stream. It's a completely impossible exchange, considering each song costs between $2500 and $6000 to record, mix, master, distribute, and promote!
In short - it's a bit of a challenge to fund this album's recording and release as an independent artist and I humbly ask for your support where possible.
If you have any capacity to help - please do. Every cent counts in arts funding, no donation is too small. All funding raised will go toward the recording, mixing, mastering, distribution, and promotion of my full-length album "Big Pu$$y Energy".
I am already eternally grateful to you for your ongoing kindness to me - it is truly life-affirming.
I love you!
Thank you!
Every donor will be listed in the thank you notes of the resulting album and I will endeavor to give you unprecedented access to my processes along the way!
Love,
Abbe May
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Abbe May
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Jolimont, WA