Former Kamloops musician Anita Eccleston — who now makes Vancouver her home — has been busy in the recording studio, working on a new CD.
But, it’s not an easy or inexpensive project to take their work and turn it into something others can acquire.
Eccleston hopes to have the album of her own original creations, called So It Goes, ready soon and has turned to an online music platform for help, hoping fans here in her hometown will support her.
She’s using Pledge Music (pledgemusic.com), a direct-to-fan music platform, to pre-sell the album.
There are other crowd-sourcing programs out there, but she said she chose this one because it focuses on musicians.
The company’s concept is not to provide another way to buy, but a reason, offering fans other options than acquiring the music, letting the musician offer extra perks or exclusives.
There are a variety of perks. For example, $20 gets the donor the CD and a stick of the album art while $50 gets a trumpet lesson with Eccleston, who plays that instrument.
Big spenders can get a house performance in Kamloops for $1,000.
And, once the musician’s fundraising goal is reached, a portion of any additional money goes to a charity. Eccleston has chosen UNICEF Canada, “a charity I believe has a real impact helping people in the most desolated parts of the world.”
There’s a time limit, of course, and she has to reach her goal by the third week of February.
If she doesn’t make her goal, any pledges made aren’t collected and she gets no funding.
“I am sure we can inspire the community of Kamloops, my beloved hometown, to get behind me by pledging me through to my goal,” she said.
When she does reach her goal, the album will be released.
For more information, go online to pledgemusic.com/projects/soitgoes.
