Friends, it’s hard to believe that it’s been a whole year since we launched our Patreon page in Oct 2019. Some of you have been with us from those first few days last fall when we were touring the West Coast and Midwest, talking about this exciting new platform and crossing our fingers that a few of you would want to go on this Patreon adventure with us.
It seems only fitting that we honor our Patreon-iversary with you by launching our next big venture: OF HARD TIMES & HARMONY
We are officially starting our Indiegogo campaign tomorrow (igg.me/at/WindborneHT), but we wanted to share it with you a day early, and (most importantly) make sure you know about the SECRET PATRONS-ONLY PERK! This perk is a small token of our gratitude for your support, and is only accessible through this link (NOTE to folks who are patrons at $27 or higher: your Patreon tier includes a copy of our new album already, but you still can use this secret perk if you’d like, and we’re always grateful for your support!): https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/2631241/x/4607462?secret_perk_token=47fe7add
This Patron-only perk is a discounted rate for the *Signed Limited-Edition* tier, and features (unsurprisingly) a signed and limited-edition numbered copy of the album, which is something we’re really excited about–we found a company that will emboss a small run of books with gold foil numbers, so you will have the one and only copy with your edition number! It also includes early access digital downloads and VIP tickets to our online album-release concert (date TBD).
Indiegogo campaigns that get an influx of support early on usually do better, so if you are considering Of Hard Times & Harmony, we’d be so grateful if you became one of our first project backers!
The video you see above is our Indiegogo campaign promo, and we hope you enjoy hearing some new songs as well as seeing little snippets of our touring life from the past few years. It brought back so many delightful memories to go through all our footage to find clips of workshops and concerts, and we know many of you were at the various events featured in this video!
We have lots of other great perks on our Indiegogo page, including some offerings we’ve never had before such as online lessons or a Zoom house concert or workshop, so check that out if you’re interested: igg.me/at/WindborneHT
There is one favor we’d like to ask of you: will you share our Indiegogo campaign with your family and friends and say something about why you are a Windborne fan? Send an email or post on social media with this link: igg.me/at/WindborneHT We’d love it if you wrote a little testimonial or recorded a short video saying why you think our album is worth supporting! THANK YOU SO MUCH for helping us meet our lofty goal and bring this vision of another book and CD to life!
It’s been an honor to have this community for the past year. What an adventure it’s been! When we first launched, we had a few hopes for Patreon: we wanted to have a place where we could share the stories behind our songs, bits of our process in arranging, works in progress, the issues we wrestle with as we perform topical and political music, as well as some of our sillier moments. We wanted to create and share more music videos and recordings, and we wanted to be able to say yes to more charity and benefit gigs that we otherwise couldn’t afford to take.
We have been blown away with the response we’ve gotten from this community. You have helped us achieve all those goals in many varied ways, and with the unforeseeable roller coaster of 2020, your ongoing support has been a lifeline for us. We are truly, profoundly grateful to you for believing in and contributing to our music and mission.
Most importantly, Happy Patreon-iversary!!
Big hugs from all of us,
Lauren, Lynn, Jeremy, and Will
