Blue Footed Boobies
By Sam RB
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NZ $1,220 pledged
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This campaign was successful and closed on 06/07/2015 at 5:00 PM.
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Blue Footed Boobies
Project 2015-06-05 11:24:13 +1200
Kia ora and welcome to my latest Pledge Me campaign!
This year I am focussed on my painting with my first solo exhibition in October at Toi Ora Gallery. But I would like to keep my foot in the music world too, and I thought the best way to do that would be to record and release one song this year. So this project is to contribute to the cost of recording one song - 'Who Will I Be'.
All pledgers will recieve the single before it is officialy released, but the main reward is the chance to win the first ever 'Blue Footed Boobie' painting I did. Its the first of the series and it came about while I was painting with an episode of David Attenboroughs 'Galapagos Islands' in the background. So along with the blue footed boobies (and their prosthetic wings) theres a turtle (or tortoise? I can never remember the difference) and houses for the island wildlife. The painting is acrylic on canvas and is 405mm x 510mm.
Tickets are $10 each. Anyone buying 5 tickets ($50) gets a freebie ticket! International pledgers are welcome, I've checked shipping and its only about $20-$30 to the US, I can pay half of international shipping and all of domestic shipping.
If the target is met, the winning ticket will be officially picked following the campaign
Thank you in advance! :)
xx Sam RB
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Mastering
11/08/2015 at 6:28 PM
Dear 60+ pledgers from the last 2 campaigns, thank you for your patience! 'Myselves' is being mastered later this week/early next week at the latest, so I will be emailing you your personal copy very soon :) I'm SO looking forward to sharing it with all the pledgers and can't wait to hear what you think
My post campaign thoughts...
13/07/2015 at 8:50 PM
Congrats to Audrey, Alison, Kylie and Tracey, I hope you enjoy the paintings :)
i just wanted to keep people that are not on FB in the loop as im aware thats were i post the most! So I posted the following thoughts on FB, check them out below if you want. I also posted photos of the draw at MHF of NZ and results on my art and music page, which you can still access without being on FB :)
https://www.facebook.com/samrbnz
https://www.facebook.com/samrbart
Facebook post - "My post pledgeme campaign thoughts that I wanted to share with pledgers: I found the process hard this time around. I'm very grateful for the help to record this new song and the support ALWAYS blows me away, and the reality is I couldn't afford to do it without your support. It was just hard knowing that I only had 4 paintings for the draw and that the majority of pledgers weren't going to get a painting and will just be receiving the song. I wish I could give everyone a painting, so that I'm giving as I take. I thought I was better at accepting kindness (I even wrote a song about that very thing!) but to be honest I found it hard. So I just wanted to acknowledge all that as I prepare for another pledgeme campaign - as they say, better out then in :) This next campaign will have a lower target (and 4 paintings, including the guitar) as I'm aware it's a lot to ask people, many who have already pledged to support this song. Thank you again to all the pledgers from today's draw and past campaigns xx Sam RB"
oh and the song is sounding really cool, can't wait to share it with you all. Mid week we are adding guitars and BVs, and when Stephen gets back from his Japan gig he'll add keys and then it's off to be mastered! I you have any questions feel free to email me [email protected] :)
Cheers!
Sam RB
Draw is this Monday!
08/07/2015 at 10:46 AM
Kia ora everyone,
Just to let you know that the offical draw is happening this Monday at The Mental Health Foundation of NZ. Judi Clements (CEO) will be doing the honours :) I'm so looking forward to it and will post photos on my FB pages. I have added 3 smaller paintings to the mix to acknowledge the awesome contributions from you guys, so there will be 4 names drawn for the 4 rewards.
Also, I'm in the studio this weekend recording 'Myselves' and I'll be sending a copy to you all just as soon as i can. It may take a couple weeks as the musician on keys has a gig in Japan this weekend, so he'll add keys the following weekend and then it'll be off to be mastered.
Once again thank you. Your generosity has made the recording of this song possible xx
If it's of interest to anyone, I'm going to be doing another campaign to try and fund some of the other half of the costs. I have been working hardout on the following 2 pieces and will add 2 smaller ones as well
1. The Blue Footed Boobies guitar. I'll be adding the lyrics of 'Myselves' to the back of the guitar. I got the stringless guitar at an antique shop in Cambridge many years ago and had been using it to draw around for the guitar shape on canvases up until I realised it was itself a canvas!
2. A frameless canvas that can literally be pinned to the wall! - The Treehouse, including lap pool. I still have Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) to finish and a 'home sweet as home' sign to go on the door :)
xx Sam RB
http://www.samrb.com
https://www.facebook.com/samrbnz
https://www.facebook.com/samrbart
Added rewards for the draw! :)
30/06/2015 at 6:01 PM
Kia ora all
Thank you so much for your pledges. I have the studio time and musicans booked for July 11th! I'm super excited to record this new song, i think its one of my best. So thank you for being a part of making it possible. The funds raised (minus fees) will pay ~1/2 of the cost of making this single.
I also wanted to let you know I am adding 2 mini paintings to the draw for the 2nd and 3rd tickets drawn following the end of this campaign.
Here is the first one ive started (12.5cm) i hope you like it :)
One other thing! I wasnt anticpating being able to run another campaign, but have been stoked by the response and feedback. So I am giving it a shot to fund the other half of the recording costs. This will be much the same as this campaign except i will be painting a guitar and there will be 3 other paintings as rewards, so 4 in total. Below is an example of a guitar ive done recently, so if this is something youre into, then keep an eye on me and my paints :) https://www.facebook.com/samrbnz
x Sam RB
Pledgers 37
06/07/2015 at 4:44pm
"Love your work, awesome Sam!"
06/07/2015 at 4:42pm
"Go do it Girl!"
05/07/2015 at 3:46pm
30/06/2015 at 1:51pm
"Wooohooo - boobies pledge!!! U r awesome Sam!! Xxxx"
29/06/2015 at 5:47pm
27/06/2015 at 4:20pm
"Love you to the moon and back. Kat and Chas xoxo"
27/06/2015 at 12:15pm
"fingers crossed!"
27/06/2015 at 7:09am
"Pledge number 30 for $30 see's that you make it. Good luck"
26/06/2015 at 2:30pm
24/06/2015 at 7:11am
"Doesn't matter what you do Sam, its just awesome. You make the world a little bit more colourful "
23/06/2015 at 3:51pm
"Best wishes!"
22/06/2015 at 5:05pm
18/06/2015 at 10:36pm
18/06/2015 at 10:33pm
"I love your visual style Sam, glad your'e enjoyed another artform.."
18/06/2015 at 6:52am
"Good luck Sam"
17/06/2015 at 11:20pm
"pick me please Sam !!! X"
17/06/2015 at 9:43pm
17/06/2015 at 8:51pm
17/06/2015 at 10:09am
"Hope you get there Sam, will be looking forward to the release, Donz"
17/06/2015 at 9:18am
"Wishing you the absolute best of everything! The Wells' fans. xx"
17/06/2015 at 8:37am
16/06/2015 at 9:56pm
"I love your art Sam"
16/06/2015 at 8:18pm
"Go Sam. Singing, painting. It's all magic to me."
16/06/2015 at 7:07pm
"Awesome Sam - keep up the brilliant work.."
12/06/2015 at 9:20pm
12/06/2015 at 7:36pm
"Happy Birthday Sam, enjoy your time in Nelson, lots of love & best wishes Lloyd Rose & Zach xxx"
12/06/2015 at 5:50pm
"Fingers crossed we hang this painting next to out existing one ;)"
12/06/2015 at 12:59pm
"Happy Birthday, Sam."
12/06/2015 at 12:32pm
"Sam RB-a true artist in every sense of the word!"
11/06/2015 at 9:37am
"Always so much fun to share in Sam RBs creativity."
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Blue Footed Boobies
Project 2015-06-05 11:24:13 +1200
Kia ora and welcome to my latest Pledge Me campaign!
This year I am focussed on my painting with my first solo exhibition in October at Toi Ora Gallery. But I would like to keep my foot in the music world too, and I thought the best way to do that would be to record and release one song this year. So this project is to contribute to the cost of recording one song - 'Who Will I Be'.
All pledgers will recieve the single before it is officialy released, but the main reward is the chance to win the first ever 'Blue Footed Boobie' painting I did. Its the first of the series and it came about while I was painting with an episode of David Attenboroughs 'Galapagos Islands' in the background. So along with the blue footed boobies (and their prosthetic wings) theres a turtle (or tortoise? I can never remember the difference) and houses for the island wildlife. The painting is acrylic on canvas and is 405mm x 510mm.
Tickets are $10 each. Anyone buying 5 tickets ($50) gets a freebie ticket! International pledgers are welcome, I've checked shipping and its only about $20-$30 to the US, I can pay half of international shipping and all of domestic shipping.
If the target is met, the winning ticket will be officially picked following the campaign
Thank you in advance! :)
xx Sam RB
Comments
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Mastering
11/08/2015 at 6:28 PM
Dear 60+ pledgers from the last 2 campaigns, thank you for your patience! 'Myselves' is being mastered later this week/early next week at the latest, so I will be emailing you your personal copy very soon :) I'm SO looking forward to sharing it with all the pledgers and can't wait to hear what you think
My post campaign thoughts...
13/07/2015 at 8:50 PM
Congrats to Audrey, Alison, Kylie and Tracey, I hope you enjoy the paintings :)
i just wanted to keep people that are not on FB in the loop as im aware thats were i post the most! So I posted the following thoughts on FB, check them out below if you want. I also posted photos of the draw at MHF of NZ and results on my art and music page, which you can still access without being on FB :)
https://www.facebook.com/samrbnz
https://www.facebook.com/samrbart
Facebook post - "My post pledgeme campaign thoughts that I wanted to share with pledgers: I found the process hard this time around. I'm very grateful for the help to record this new song and the support ALWAYS blows me away, and the reality is I couldn't afford to do it without your support. It was just hard knowing that I only had 4 paintings for the draw and that the majority of pledgers weren't going to get a painting and will just be receiving the song. I wish I could give everyone a painting, so that I'm giving as I take. I thought I was better at accepting kindness (I even wrote a song about that very thing!) but to be honest I found it hard. So I just wanted to acknowledge all that as I prepare for another pledgeme campaign - as they say, better out then in :) This next campaign will have a lower target (and 4 paintings, including the guitar) as I'm aware it's a lot to ask people, many who have already pledged to support this song. Thank you again to all the pledgers from today's draw and past campaigns xx Sam RB"
oh and the song is sounding really cool, can't wait to share it with you all. Mid week we are adding guitars and BVs, and when Stephen gets back from his Japan gig he'll add keys and then it's off to be mastered! I you have any questions feel free to email me [email protected] :)
Cheers!
Sam RB
Draw is this Monday!
08/07/2015 at 10:46 AM
Kia ora everyone,
Just to let you know that the offical draw is happening this Monday at The Mental Health Foundation of NZ. Judi Clements (CEO) will be doing the honours :) I'm so looking forward to it and will post photos on my FB pages. I have added 3 smaller paintings to the mix to acknowledge the awesome contributions from you guys, so there will be 4 names drawn for the 4 rewards.
Also, I'm in the studio this weekend recording 'Myselves' and I'll be sending a copy to you all just as soon as i can. It may take a couple weeks as the musician on keys has a gig in Japan this weekend, so he'll add keys the following weekend and then it'll be off to be mastered.
Once again thank you. Your generosity has made the recording of this song possible xx
If it's of interest to anyone, I'm going to be doing another campaign to try and fund some of the other half of the costs. I have been working hardout on the following 2 pieces and will add 2 smaller ones as well
1. The Blue Footed Boobies guitar. I'll be adding the lyrics of 'Myselves' to the back of the guitar. I got the stringless guitar at an antique shop in Cambridge many years ago and had been using it to draw around for the guitar shape on canvases up until I realised it was itself a canvas!
2. A frameless canvas that can literally be pinned to the wall! - The Treehouse, including lap pool. I still have Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill) to finish and a 'home sweet as home' sign to go on the door :)
xx Sam RB
http://www.samrb.com
https://www.facebook.com/samrbnz
https://www.facebook.com/samrbart
Added rewards for the draw! :)
30/06/2015 at 6:01 PM
Kia ora all
Thank you so much for your pledges. I have the studio time and musicans booked for July 11th! I'm super excited to record this new song, i think its one of my best. So thank you for being a part of making it possible. The funds raised (minus fees) will pay ~1/2 of the cost of making this single.
I also wanted to let you know I am adding 2 mini paintings to the draw for the 2nd and 3rd tickets drawn following the end of this campaign.
Here is the first one ive started (12.5cm) i hope you like it :)
One other thing! I wasnt anticpating being able to run another campaign, but have been stoked by the response and feedback. So I am giving it a shot to fund the other half of the recording costs. This will be much the same as this campaign except i will be painting a guitar and there will be 3 other paintings as rewards, so 4 in total. Below is an example of a guitar ive done recently, so if this is something youre into, then keep an eye on me and my paints :) https://www.facebook.com/samrbnz
x Sam RB
06/07/2015 at 4:44pm
"Love your work, awesome Sam!"
06/07/2015 at 4:42pm
"Go do it Girl!"
05/07/2015 at 3:46pm
30/06/2015 at 1:51pm
"Wooohooo - boobies pledge!!! U r awesome Sam!! Xxxx"
29/06/2015 at 5:47pm
27/06/2015 at 4:20pm
"Love you to the moon and back. Kat and Chas xoxo"
27/06/2015 at 12:15pm
"fingers crossed!"
27/06/2015 at 7:09am
"Pledge number 30 for $30 see's that you make it. Good luck"
26/06/2015 at 2:30pm
24/06/2015 at 7:11am
"Doesn't matter what you do Sam, its just awesome. You make the world a little bit more colourful "
23/06/2015 at 3:51pm
"Best wishes!"
22/06/2015 at 5:05pm
18/06/2015 at 10:36pm
18/06/2015 at 10:33pm
"I love your visual style Sam, glad your'e enjoyed another artform.."
18/06/2015 at 6:52am
"Good luck Sam"
17/06/2015 at 11:20pm
"pick me please Sam !!! X"
17/06/2015 at 9:43pm
17/06/2015 at 8:51pm
17/06/2015 at 10:09am
"Hope you get there Sam, will be looking forward to the release, Donz"
17/06/2015 at 9:18am
"Wishing you the absolute best of everything! The Wells' fans. xx"
17/06/2015 at 8:37am
16/06/2015 at 9:56pm
"I love your art Sam"
16/06/2015 at 8:18pm
"Go Sam. Singing, painting. It's all magic to me."
16/06/2015 at 7:07pm
"Awesome Sam - keep up the brilliant work.."
12/06/2015 at 9:20pm
12/06/2015 at 7:36pm
"Happy Birthday Sam, enjoy your time in Nelson, lots of love & best wishes Lloyd Rose & Zach xxx"
12/06/2015 at 5:50pm
"Fingers crossed we hang this painting next to out existing one ;)"
12/06/2015 at 12:59pm
"Happy Birthday, Sam."
12/06/2015 at 12:32pm
"Sam RB-a true artist in every sense of the word!"
11/06/2015 at 9:37am
"Always so much fun to share in Sam RBs creativity."