Kickstarter Projects Are Fun – 13 Days to Go!
Kickstarter Projects are fun – they are also full-time jobs to run. As I type this, I have 13 days, 8 hours and 40 (now 39) minutes left in mine to get Pomodoro Penguin into print – and the best news is that, together, we have reached 45% to goal!
I would be fun to have a billboard like this someday!
If you haven’t visited, shared, liked, tweeted, and or made your pledge to help get Pomodoro Penguin into print yet – please consider doing so now… I promise, I’ll wait – and thank you profusely when you return!
Visit the project here
In true “Throwback Thursday” fashion, I looked back recently at my first Kickstarter project where we recorded a CD of a cycle of Schubert Lieder. I launched the project with no prep work, had a larger goal…and set the time frame for 71 days instead of the 31 that I did this time.
Last time I went into the project completely blind. I had researched what things would cost, but things were all over the map… and with delays in the recording process and the editing process (due to weather , illness of the piano tuner – and added travel expenses) things ran behind.
Still, in the end, I have a CD that I’m proud of which people enjoyed and which got a nice write-up in Gramophone magazine.
Fast forward back to this Kickstarter project. Using what I learned from the first time, I am actually really far ahead of the game. The books are written (so the “recording” part is already done). Now what is left is the editing and the printing. The editing should go pretty smoothly, as I’m just converting my digital versions into print-ready versions.
I learned to be really ready to roll. I’m proceeding right now as if the project WILL get funded. And that’s the biggest difference. I could never believe that the CD was possible. The recording project taught me that ANYTHING is possible if you want it badly enough and are willing to work hard to get it!
So thank you to everyone who has been a part of either or both of these stories. I am so honored that you are a part of the story. Yes, Kickstarter projects really are fun!
