July 10, 2013
Hold Your Horses - First album
Hold your Horses ! is a band that is full of love. After two EPs, we are getting ready to record our first LP. For that we need your help!
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Hold Your Horses - First album
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Hi!</p>
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We’re <strong>Hold Your Horses! </strong>a polyphonic pop band from Paris. We’re on a mission to record our first studio album.</p>
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For this we need your help.</p>
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Up until now, we’ve remained independent and unsigned. Rather than wait for a record deal, we want to move forward on our own… But making an album is expensive. You may not know it, but there’s wide range of costs that add up quickly. We’re going to record in July in a wonderful studio called Mikrokosm in Lyon.</p>
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On top of the cost of actually recording, we need to practice and pay for transportation. After that comes the tricky and expensive mixing and mastering phase. Then we have to press our album onto CDs and vinyls and pay for complicated sounding things like “mechanical reproduction rights”. Last, but not least, we want to hire a press agent to promote our album and help spread the love.</p>
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We’ve done the math and all this will cost us upwards of 12,000€ (or roughly $15,000)</p>
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We’ve already saved up some money…but we want this album (our first) to be the best in the world…</p>
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AND THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN!</p>
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<strong>We need to raise 10,000 €.</strong></p>
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Any donation big or small will be greatly appreciated. By donating, you help us…but you’re also a winner! Check out the sidebar on the right to see the gifts and goodies we’ll give you in exchange including pre-ordering our album! Just think: you’ll have our music before everybody else! If by some miracle we raise more than our target, the CD will look even better and we might even be able to make a new music video, so don’t hesitate to keep on giving!</p>
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Thanks a lot for your support!</p>
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We really appreciate it!</p>
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Love,</p>
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Hold Your Horses!</p>
Allocation of funds
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The funds we manage to gather thanks to you will be used for many, many things…</p>
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<strong>To record a beautiful album:</strong></p>
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Renting the studio in Lyon – 5 010 €</p>
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Transport to Lyon – 400 €</p>
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Additional recording in our living rooms – 1200 €</p>
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Mastering the album – 500 €</p>
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<strong>To deliver a beautiful object to you:</strong></p>
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Pressing 500 CDs – 820 €</p>
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Pressing 200 vinyls – 1 000 €</p>
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Mechanical Reproduction Rights – 394 €</p>
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A beautiful artwork – 300 €</p>
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Postage costs to send you your rewards – 200 €</p>
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<strong>And to lend a successful life to our brainchild:</strong></p>
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PR efforts – 800 €</p>
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A new video – 1 000 €</p>
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We also need to factor in Kiss Kiss Bank Bank’s 8% commission: 800 €</p>
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Man that’s a lot of dinero! </p>
Rewards
€1
- 2 contributions
A gift to us!
€5
- 7 contributions
One of our two prior EPs (digital copy), 'Sorry! Household' or 'Apologize'
€5
- 4 contributions
An unreleased live EP (digital copy) and a postcard of thanks signed by us!
€10
- 12 contributions
The unreleased live EP + one of our prior EPs (all digital) + a postcard
€15
- 30 contributions
A digital copy of OUR NEW ALBUM !!! and the digital live EP
€20
- 72 contributions
A physical copy of OUR NEW ALBUM (CD, shipping costs included)!!! and the digital live EP
€25
- 53 contributions
The vinyl of OUR NEW ALBUM (shipping costs included) !!! and the digital live EP
€40
- 20 contributions
The new CD (shipping costs included)and a spot for two at any of our gigs (come play a song with us!!!)
€50
- 17 contributions
The new CD (shipping costs included) and a small private gig for you in our rehearsal space: come have some beers with us!
€50
- 1 contribution
The new CD (shipping costs included) + FOOTBALL or BASKETBALL ! Let's go to the most beautiful spots in Paris and have fun challenging the Hold Your Horses Team !
€60
- 3 contributions
The new CD and a class of the instrument of your choice with one of us: drums, piano, guitar, bass, the choice is yours
€60
- 3 contributions
The new CD (shipping costs included) and a shopping session with our very own Robin, who has been featured in several street style blogs and knows all the spots in Paris
€80
- 2 contributions
The new CD (shipping costs included) and a dinner in Charles' home for two people, with all the band members who can make it
€80
- 7 contributions
Send us your favourite love song and we'll send you our CD (shipping costs included) and a cover of the song for your ears only - what a great gift idea for loved ones!
€300
- 4 contributions
The new album and a private acoustic concert in your apartment for 15 people (Paris only!)
€1,000
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The new album and a show wherever you want in France if you have couches for us to sleep on!
€2,999
The new album and a show wherever you want in Europe if you have couches for us to sleep on!
€9,999
Sky Is The Limit.
We will play worldwide for you. If you are Steve Nash, you'll have the 50$ Sport Pack for free.
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€80
- 5 contributions
The new CD (shipping costs included) + Send us your favourite song, and we'll do an acoustic cover version for your ears only
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- 3 contributions
The new CD (shipping costs included) and a dinner in Fabien's (Keys) home in Paris for 2 people, with all the band members who can make it.
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€100
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The new CD (shipping costs included) and a short personalised animated film by Gabriel, who did this project's animated presentation