Sometimes the world seems deadset against moving the culture forward. But we’re sticking with the plan, and we have a secret weapon. You!
We need money so we can do SōSI and commission and record and collaborate with heroes like Becca Stevens, Helado Negro, Kate Stables (This Is the Kit), Olivier Tarpaga, Jad Abumrad, Ji Hye Jung, Kaoru Watanabe and Caroline Shaw and Ringdown – and that’s just for starters…the next few years will be full of marvels, if you can just believe in us through your gift.
Nearly half of the videos that we made for our 25×25 Box Set are already out. You can watch everything we’ve released so far (got a few weeks/videos to go!) and every bit is free, the streaming, the videos, the good vibes.
But let’s be real for one second. This all costs money. From the commissions, to the rehearsals, the schlepping of gear, the engineers and producers, the video artists, the amazing folks who perform alongside us and did we mention overhead and payroll taxes? We have productions staff, an incredibly utilitarian home loft studio in Brooklyn that we share for free with many and at super low rates with others. We run a Summer Festival (SōSI) where so many of our new heroes once attended. In a word, we stay busy.
If you don’t think we keep busy, maybe watch some of these? The rest are coming out every week for the foreseeable future!
Here’s Adam to tell you about the 8-CD 1LP 25×25.
His essay digs into the why of it all!
