John Vanderslice’s album Dagger Beach came out this week. Backers were so excited to download it they crashed his servers. As John put it on Twitter, “Dear Kickstarter folks: we crashed server 1. I am proud of you.”
John Vanderslice’s album Dagger Beach came out this week. Backers were so excited to download it they crashed his servers. As John put it on Twitter, “Dear Kickstarter folks: we crashed server 1. I am proud of you.”
Today in Kickstarter, Monday March 25th 2013:
- A look inside the Elder’s Corner recording sessions in Nigeria
- Introducing our newest tag, #Arctic
- Play GAIAttack!, the 2nd of 6 new games from Retro Game Crunch
- If you’re in Seoul, check out this Kickstarter-funded taco joint
- Say hello to Broken Age, the game formerly known as Double Fine Adventure
Today in Kickstarter, Monday March 18th 2013:
- Incredible image from You are (on) an island’s tour (above)
- Life Begins at Incorporation unveiled its awesome cover
- Pitchfork reviewed The Punk Singer, which just premiered at SXSW
- 9th installment in Zen Dog’s amazing pre-production vlog
- Vulfpeck, a new music project from Funklet creator Jack Stratton
still of my #TED2013 talk by @daddybetes. totally wondering if TED will airbrush my insane pit stains for the final cut. they might. they have SCIENCE.
Love seeing all these creators on stage at TED. Can’t wait to see the talk, and we really hope they don’t photoshop AFP’s pit stains.
Nataly Dawn’s new album How I Knew Her comes out today, which reminded us that we made this long playlist of Kickstarter-funded albums on Spotify. Hit us up if you want us to add any albums you funded!
In with the new.
Tristen is a Nashville-based singer/songwriter with a second album just waiting to cut loose. In her charming and surreal project video, Tristen casts her “old record” aside and makes the case for her new music.
Doc Watson remembered.
Legendary bluegrass musician Doc Watson passed away this year at age 89.
With dozens of records, seven Grammys, and an encyclopedic knowledge of American traditional music, Watson left behind an unmatched legacy. Now his family is working to produce Doc Watson Family Milestones, an intimate, multimedia portrait of a musical hero.
Doc Watson by A. Maxwell
Do it together.
Kevin Devine wondered if he could fund his next two records on Kickstarter. His fans said yes.
Thank you. I’m speechless. You are an amazing audience, supportive, generous, loyal don’t cut it. Thank you for an absurd & validating day.
Songs in the key of yellow.
Have you played MaKey MaKey’s banana piano yet? Please note: No bananas were harmed during the making of this piano.
Look what you did.
It’s been an inspiring year.
We’re celebrating the most creative projects and memorable moments on Kickstarter in 2012. Looking back, we couldn’t be prouder of this community or more excited for the future. Thanks to all the creators and backers who make it happen — here’s to 2013!
Back to the roots.
Phil Madeira is the renaissance man of Nashville.
A multi-intrumentalist who’s worked with everyone in town and written songs for artists ranging from Garth Brooks to Keb’ Mo’, Madeira is turning now to a new solo recording. Having sucessfully funded a collaborative album on Kickstarter last year, Madiera is reaching out to his backers once again to fund an even more personal project.
This sweet slice of American roots music is our Project of the Day.
Sound lightning.
A DIY electronics kit designed by two MIT undergrads, oneTesla transforms sound into artificial lightning.
Use simple tools and a soldering iron to construct the singing Tesla coil in a weekend, then connect a keyboard or computer to trigger two-foot-long musical sparks. This high voltage sound machine is our Project of the Day.
Purr.
Congratulations to Archipelago! Backers are helping to bring the band’s new album into the world stat.
WE DID IT!!!! http://kickstarter.com/projects/1257421910/archipelago-album-and-music-video/posts/379361