hello friends. warning: what follows is a blatant pitch for cash, albeit in exchange for some interesting goodies and a noble sense of patronage.
i am just about to start making my new record, This Riot Life. it’s a big project, with 14 songs and 12 great musicians. we’re all working together in the studio, with 2 drummers, bass, strings, horns, a small choir, and ford pier who is his own category. it has the makings of an epic project, and i’m raring to go.
there is a small problem though; I don’t have enough money to entirely realize this album the way i would like to. i will find a way, of course. part of that way-finding is offering you a chance to “get involved”. what does that mean? why, that means that for the low low price of $99.95 you can be a member of the Life Support System! here’s what you get:
-one of the very first copies of This Riot Life when it is complete*, signed and numbered.
-a special limited edition live version of Field Study, recorded january 28.07 with a 7 piece ensemble, also signed and numbered.
-a 5 song ep of songs from This Riot Life (studio demos and live recordings), available almost a year before the album comes out.
-a prize ribbon, handmade by me.
-and wait, there’s more! as a bonus, you get one other veda hille record of your choice. if you choose one of the early or out-of-print records it will be a burned copy with approximate artwork (drawn by me!).
and all for the low low price of $99.95! we are only making 100 of these packages, so act now! just send an email to payment@vedahille.com giving us your mailing address and choice of bonus record. we’ll send you a paypal invoice** and bingo! you’ll be in The System!
below is a rebroadcast of plants, as part of the Field Study Life Support Album. thanks for listening, and have a lovely day.
x veda
*The planned release date for This Riot Life is spring of 2008, so your copy would be mailed to you early in 2008. The rest of the Life Support package will be mailed out in July of 2007.
**you can also mail a cheque along with a letter detailing your request to ball of flames, box 4763, Vancouver BC, V6B 4A4. vive le snail mail!
That list of players sounds (already) very interesting…
…and yes, I need some Life Support Package!
Hmm, any of these 100 left? (Even if the album is apparently well underway.) ‘Cause that Field Study performance was one of my favourite concerts ever.
Will check back…
hi daniel and any other interested parties. we do indeed still have room in the life support system if you’d like to join up. just send an email to payment@vedahille.com, and i’ll hook you up.
thanks, v
[…] She does, and she’s working on something else that sounds like it’s going to be amazing. If you click that first link you will find that Veda Hille’s childhood interests included “plants, books, microscopes, science fiction, and psychiatry.” Among other excellent work, she has done a song cycle about the painter Emily Carr and another about the Yukon. There’s a music player on the site. Go, listen. […]