To
pre-order, please send a check to Abi Tapia, PO Box 43352, Austin, TX 78704 Include
the following info with your order: - 1.
Your shipping address (Fall '07) (If you plan to move soon, you can still pre-order
now and tell me your new address later)
- 2.
E-mail address
- 3.
Alternate address and instructions for gifts
- 4.
Who should the personal autograph be made out to?
- 5.
T-shirt size (S M L XL) and style (Unisex or Girly) (for $150 or more)
- I'd
prefer you pay by check, but let me know if you want to use a credit card, this
can be arranged, no problem!
Pre-Order
Levels - $25
- What
it pays for: 5
seconds of music on your CD. I need about 3000 seconds!
- What
you get: a signed
copy of the new CD in limited edition artwork. Once again, ONLY for those who
pre-order, I'll be hand-crafting covers. This is something you can't get on iTunes
or at your local record store. I'm not sure what form they'll take, but I promise
it will be crafty and fun!
- $50
- What
it pays for: 30
minutes of my photo shoot.
- What
you get: Signed
CD with limited edition artwork AND a limited edition EP. I've put together a
collection of live recordings and demos of unreleased songs that I can send you
right away when you pre-order at the $50 level.
- $150
- What
it pays for: Two
musicians for 1 song.
- What
you get: 2 Signed
CDs with limited edition artwork, 5 song EP, and T-shirt.
- $500
- What
it pays for: A
day of studio rental.
- What
you get: 5 Signed
CDs with limited edition artwork, 5 song EP, 2 T-shirts and super-fan status (free
shows!)
- $1000
- What
it pays for: 1
month of radio promotion to 200 of the coolest, most eclectic stations in the
country.
- What
you get: 10CDs
with limited edition artwork, 5 song EP, 2 T-shirts, super fan status, and a House
Concert. Once again, I'm available to perform at your house this summer. Want
to host a backyard BBQ, or evening concert for your friends? Invite as few or
as many people as you want and I'll entertain!
Dear
Friends and Fans- Last
week I had a great meeting with Chris Gage at MoonHouse Studio and we booked 3
weeks in May to record a new Abi Tapia album! I'm
eager to embark on another whirlwind journey of creation, promotion and performance.
I've got a collection of new songs that I'm really proud of. Many were written
in the car, one was scribbled out on a plane, and lots of the editing happened
in motel rooms. Some come from reminiscing about my younger days and others are
about the current state of my life and the world. As always, I'm trying to describe
the moments when things make sense, life's tiny revelations. I hope a few will
make you smile and there might even be a tear-jerker in there. Now, I get to create
some musical magic in the studio so you can feel just what I mean.
I'm ready for all the work that's ahead of me. Chris and I will have several meetings
to create arrangements and discuss the instrumentation and personnel we'll use
in the studio. Then there are the long, but thrilling, days of recording, mixing
and mastering. Photo shoots, graphics and printing decisions, booking a tour,
planning radio and print publicity campaigns, getting the discs to stores and
digital retailers and performing and on and on... All
of these elements are crucial and none can be ignored if I want to release the
best record I can. For independent musicians like me, fundraising is another item
on the to do list, and without it, none of the others can happen. For my last
recording, which was on the Top 40 Americana chart for a month, pre-orders generated
$6,500, a major portion of the money I spent. That allowed me to have control
over the creation and presentation of my music. This time, I'll raise a good chunk
of the money by selling the CDs I have out now, playing shows, and working my
extra odd jobs, but I'm also coming to you with the opportunity to be a part of
the process and help me make this music available. I want to triple the number
of people who hear this new music, but I want YOU to get it first. It's pre-order
time! I know
that many of you are fans of lots of indie artists and find yourself pre-ordering
more CDs than you buy at the store. You are angels and should be proud! Thank
you so so much for helping us stay out of the red and showing your support in
such a symbolic and real way. I want to give you all big hugs of thanks and knit
you sweaters. I probably don't have time for that, but I am going to offer some
other gifts just for you generous folks. I hope you can contribute to this project,
but most importantly, thanks for listening, in the past and future. -Abi
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