We’re in the final week of our Kickstarter campaign to raise money for Manner Effect’s debut CD & DVD. With only six days remaining we have raised over $7,000 in pledges from over 100 backers. To those of you that have already contributed or checked out the page we say “THANK YOU!”  Your support is the only way we will be able to do this project. In order to receive the pledges we must make our goal of $8,000 in pledges by April 5th. If we don’t then none of the pledges will be processed and we won’t receive any funds to continue with our project. If you are unaware of our project and goals you can check out the kickstarter page for our band Manner Effect(http://kck.st/f0cpwU).

With your help we will be able to go into the studio and record, as well as complete many other important aspects of releasing a recording. If you haven’t yet pledged or this is the first you’re hearing about it, it would be great if you checked out the page and watched our music video (by Nico Curtis). If you’re feeling generous a pledge is appreciated but your support is valuable either way.

Also, my graduate recital is rapidly approaching, I’m excited about it and you can find details on the calendar page.

Jordan Piper recently released his debut CD “Colors” that I’m proud to be a part of, you can find me playing alto saxophone and flute on several of the tracks. Pick it up if you get a chance!

If you head on over to the listen page you can check out a new recording of my song “Heavy Hangs the Head that Wears the Crown.” We recorded it last November and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Also my band Manner Effect (www.mannereffect.com) is raising funds so we can go into the studio and record our first record and live DVD. We’ve set up a page on Kickstarter.com full of great incentives and a new music video! Check out the video and, if you can, some help would be greatly appreciated.