Turbojugend chapters spread across the globe – all the way from Hawaii to Tokyo – and there are over 1700 chapters now. ‘We just want have a good time all the time’ is a documentary of the Finnish chapters and members. Still, this isn’t merely a story for Turbojugend members. It’s a story for everyone who are interested in alternative music and culture and about the fact how these things bring together people around the world. That is we’ll include also a short segment of Turbonegro’s and Turbojugend’s history – told by the band itself and the jugends concerned.

Turbojugend members will obviously be the main stars of this documentary, but it will also include interviews of well known Finnish musicians like Ville Valo from HIM and Tomi Joutsen from Amorphis. Because we also want to have a scandinavian point of view to this story and some of it takes place at least in Oslo, Stockholm and Hamburg, there will also be some interviews with foreign jugends and musicians. Turbojugend activities and events are a major part of the phenomenon and the documentary will be following mostly Finnish events – including various sport tournaments, boat cruises, chapter anniversaries, etc. Every year the main event globally for Turbojugends is hosted by Turbojugend St. Paul in Hamburg during the summer. It is called Weltturbojugendtage and it gathers members around the world together to party for this week long period. The essence of Turbojugend can be found in the title of this documentary. Turbojugend brings together different kind of people who share the love for music and urge to enjoy life.

Filming of the documentary started in November 2015 and will continue until the end of 2016. The production crew is as follows: Jukka Pihlajaniemi (director/producer/editor), Jyrki Rahkola (co-producer), Tiina Hasa & EP Mäkinen (videography) and Jussi Kraft (sound editor). Everyone in the crew are either Turbojugend members or musicians. Pihlajaniemi has directed a lot of music videos and commercials. Rahkola is also the AmbASSador of Turbojugend Finland. So besides the vision this crew also has the contacts needed to give the documentary the depth and perspective it deserves.

The nature of the documentary demands a lot of travelling around Finland, Scandinavia and Germany. This is where your help comes crucial! This crowdfunding is essential for us to cover the travel and possibly some of the post-production expenses also. Your support will define the size of the crew and destinations we can include on the documentary. This an opportunity to help us create something that will last for generations and something that can entertain and serve as a positive example to people around the world!

This approx. 50 minutes long documentary will be finished and hopefully released on Q2 of 2017. Follow the progress of the documentary on Facebook and Instagram.

Instagram: @DeathPunkFinland
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deathpunkfinland/

Contact:
jukka@yellowbucketproductions.com / jurgen@turbojugend.org

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Hello!

My name is Teho Majamäki. I’m a musician, a multi-instrumentalist and a craftsman of music.

The years of hard work have brought me here, where I have finally released my first album for the world to hear. And the great journey continues.

The Background

When I was seven years old, I gave my friend’s new drums a try. Ever since that moment, I’ve found myself constantly connected to music. I’m addicted to the sounds of any given physical object when touched by the musician. Throughout my career, I have had the priviledge of working together with talented and highly creative musicians. During the past 15 years, I have travelled across the world gathering sounds for my fisrt solo release.

My recordings aroused the interest of several music industry professionals and as a musician I was trusted enough to be signed for a record deal in 2013. It seemed as if my dream of releasing a solo album was finally coming together. Then something surprising suddenly happened. My record label, the highly-regarded Exogenic Records, active since 1996, announced that they would cease all of their music releasing and publishing activities in 2015. This happened just as we had agreed upon the schedule for the release of my upcoming album. After discussing the situation with various music industry professionals, I decided to stick to the original schedule, and to try and fund the project with a crowdfunding campaign via Mesenaatti.

My travels in sound began in 2000 and took me through Australia, Tansania, Japan, India, Spain, and back to Finland again. This project, which started taking shape in my mind already during the 1990’s, is deeply characterised by my gratitude to all old and new friends who have given their best in helping me to put this album together. Dear friends, now it’s your time to help us take the next step.

Click here to watch the first video “One Thousand Names of God”

One approaches making music in the same way I approach life: A musician is an explorer on a quest across unknown territory in order to find something new, which hasn’t been heard before. I seek to express the constant state of flux so evident in life. The perfect moment appears and then quickly disappears. But the music captured in the moment remains.

The Group

I have played all of the instruments on this album myself, excluding the following:

Verneri Pohjola, trumpet (track 2, 3, 6), Ilmari Pohjola, trombone (2, 3, 6), Kari Hulkkonen, bass (1), Linda Fredriksson, saxophone (4), Jukka Orma, guitar (5).

I am honoured to have the following vocalists on board on the album:

Ismo Alanko, Ville Valo, Johanna Kurkela, Karri Miettinen, Hossni Boudali, Stina Koistinen, Linda Fredriksson, Jenia Lubich, Salla Luhtala, Kanata Okijima, Antonio “El Fofo” Salazar Heredia, Niillas Holmberg and Ulla Pirttijärvi.

Also including the following irreplaceable group of professional talent:

Editing: Tuomas Norvio

Co-writing: Samuli Laiho

Arranging: Okke Komulainen and Verneri Pohjola

Post-production: Samuli Kosminen

Mixing: Riku Mattila, Tuomas Norvio and Samuli Kosminen

Graphic design: Jussi Karjalainen

The stories heard in this music are a result of the various spontaneous encounters during my travels. They are love letters to the places, people and moments I have been lucky enough to meet. I think the most important thing in encounters between people is not its longevity but rather the sincerity and the genuine nature of the situation in that precise moment. It all comes down to the willingness to share something. I have a strong feeling that music is all around us, all the time. We can hear it if we only stop and listen. There has never been a need for a shared verbal language in these moments of creating music. Music is the very language understood and shared by all.

I very much wish that this music filled with the talent of many musicians dear to me would be made available for you and everybody else willing to listen. By listening my Travelogue album, you too can join me on a journey into a clay hut in a small village called Ifakara in Tanzania, onto a wooden pier in Lapland to heir the Sami art of “joiku”, into the Japanese suburb echoing the bright and joyous shouts of small children, into a temple filled with sacred mantras in India, and into the subtropic rainforests of Australia.

Every one of you can be part of this journey.

THANK YOU

Teho Majamäki

ps. You can follow the rest of the journey through my Facebook page and on the internet.

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Haluan julkaista omakustanteisen, kovakantisen taidevalokuvakirjan, joka tulee koostumaan ottamistani surf-aiheisista valokuvista ja lyhyistä mietelauseista, jotka kuvaavat lainelautailijan mielenmaisemaa, ja tarvitsen tukeasi mahdollistaakseni hankkeen.

Meressä viettämäni aika on merkittävän suuri ja vuoden 2010 jälkeen viettänyt kaiken aikani aaltoja seuraten ulkomailla: olen valokuvannut surffausta niin aallokossa uiden kuin rannalta käsin, ja valokuviani on julkaistu alan mediassa kansainvälisesti. Nyt haluan tuoda kuviani esille myös Suomessa, jossa on kokoajan kasvava joukko surf -kulttuurista kiinnostuneita ihmisiä.

Suomalaisena lainelautailijana / surf -valokuvaajana itsensä elättäminen on luonnollisestikin haasteellista, ja riisidieetti on tullut itselleni erittäin tutuksi. Tästä huolimatta olen jatkanut valokuvausta puhtaasti rakkaudesta mereen ja aaltoihin. Toivon tämän yhteisrahoituskampanjan mahdollistavan työskentelyrauhan kirjahankkeen parissa, alkaen huhtikuusta 2016, kuuden kuukauden ajaksi. Loka- ja marraskuun aikana tulen valitsemaan kirjaan painettavat kuvat ja viimeistelemään teoksen. Kirjan laatu tulee olemaan huippuluokkaa ja sisältö painottuu erityisesti maisemaotoksiin täydellisistä aalloista kauniissa valossa.

Kirjaa painetaan pieni 100 kappaleen numeroitu ja signerattu erä, jonka saat itsellesi 99 euron hintaan kotiin postitettuna. Kirjasta tehdään myös pienempi versio (49 euroa/kpl), jotta kaikilla on mahdollisuus osallistua ja nauttia kuvasadosta! Kirjojen toimitusaika on joulukuussa 2016, ja kaikki rahoittaneet saavat rahoituskampanjan päätyttyä kuukausittain tervehdyksen projektin edistymisestä, sillä oletuksella että 2500 euron minimi täyttyy.

Valokuvaus- ja lainelautailuintohimostani pienellä resoluutiolla varustettuja todisteita voit tirkistella Instagramissa www.instagram.com/niko_soikkeli/ ja www.instagram.com/singlefinn

Tue kirjan julkaisua ja saat ainutlaatuisen, suomalaisen surf -valokuvakirjan ensi jouluksi!

Koot:
– pienempi kirja: 20cm x 25cm, 40 sivua
– suurempi kirja: 30cm x 40cm, 50 sivua

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Moi!

Yhtyeemme Ukkosmaineen edellinen studioalbumi Pallosalama julkaistiin keväällä 2013. Tuolloin toteutimme levyyn liittyen omilla sivuillamme onnistuneen yhteisörahoituskampanjan. Kun keväällä 2014 viimeistelyn alla oli Salamaponin selässä -kymmenvuotisjuhlakirja, laitoimme puolestaan yhteisörahoituskampanjan pystyyn Mesenaatti.me-sivuston alle. Tuokin kampanja onnistui ja saimme kirjan julkaistua tavoitellussa aikataulussa.

Nyt viimeistelyn alla on kuudes studioalbumimme ja pyydämme jälleen apuanne.

Olemme työstäneet uutta levyämme vuoden 2015 aikana rauhalliseen tahtiin. Suurin osa tekoprosessista on ajoittunut syys- ja joulukuun välille. Pari levylle tulevaa biisiä äänitettiin ja julkaistiin tosin jo keväällä 2015: Mattolaituri-single on kuultavissa esimerkiksi Spotifyssa tai Bandcamp-sivullamme.

Tällä levyllä korostuu aiempaan verrattuna yhä enemmän yhdessä tekeminen. Olemme tehneet kaikki kappaleet alusta loppuun yhdessä niin sävellysten kuin sanoitusten osalta, kun aiemmin tilanne on ollut useimmiten se että työstäminen on alkanut jommankumman aihioiden ympärille.

Lopputuloksena on levy, joka kuulostaa väkevästi Ukkosmaineelta ja tarjoaa samalla paljon uutta erityisesti sanoitusten osalta. Mukana on paljon teemoja, joita emme ole aiemmin käsitelleet ja joihin moni ei varmaan odottaisi meidän tarttuvan. Oma fiiliksemme on, että tämä levykokonaisuus on tähänastisista vahvin. Toteutuksessa spontaanin kokeilemisen riemu yhdistyy vuoden varrella karttuneisiin biisintekotaitoihin.

Olemme tähän asti rahoittaneet levynteon itse. Suurin osa on rahoitettu niin sanotulla hartiapankilla, eli tekemällä itse: suurimpana työnsarkana tietenkin itse äänittäminen. Konkreettisia juoksevia kuluja on toki ollut myös, muun muassa käyttämämme studion kuukausivuokra.

Pyydämme nöyrimmin apuanne, jotta saisimme saatettua lähes valmiin levyn ihmisten ilmoille toivomassamme aikataulussa: tavoitteenamme olisi, että levy näkisi päivänvalon jo maaliskuun puolivälissä.

Nykyisinä levymyynnin aikoina ei voi olettaa enää edes sitä, että levyn julkaistuaan saisi siitä omansa pois. Edelliset hyvät kokemuksemme yhteisörahoitukseen liittyen valavat luottoa siihen, että tähänkin projektiin löytyisi kiinnostusta ja tukea yleisön puolesta, jolloin levy saadaan julkaistua ilman pelkoa siitä että pitkän työn päätteeksi joutuu vielä maksumieheksi.

Haemme tukeanne saadaksemme katettua levyn julkaisemiseen liittyvät kulut, joita tulee muun muassa levyjen painatukseen, studiokuluihin, masterointiin ja kansitaiteeseen liittyen. Minimisummalla levy saadaan julkaistua, maksimitavoitteella saamme pakollisten kulujen lisäksi tehtyä levylle kattavamman tiedotuksen. Mikäli maksimitavoite ylittyy, pääsemme maksamaan itsellemme levynteosta palkkaa.

Emme pyydä tietenkään tukeanne vastikkeetta, vaan tämä sivu toimii samalla myös ennakkotilauksena tulevalle levylle. Osallistumalla tällä sivulla levyn rahoitukseen, saat sen itsellesi kotiin kannettuna julkaisupäiväksi. Mikäli levynjulkaisu ei rahoituksen puutteesta johtuen toteudu, saat luonnollisestikin rahasi takaisin.

Mikäli tahdot tukea isommalla summalla, saat vastineeksi enemmän. Sivun oikeasta laidasta löytyy erilaisia ja erihintaisia kokonaisuuksia, joista osaa on myynnissä vain rajoitettu määrä. Suuri osa tarjolla olevista vastikkeista on saatavana vain tämän Mesenaatti-kampanjan ajan tältä sivulta, niitä ei tule myyntiin myöhemmin.

Lopuksi konkreettisia faktoja tulevasta levystämme, jotta tiedät mitä olet hankkimassa: Ukkosmaineen tuleva kuudes studioalbumi sisältää 10 biisiä ja on kestoltaan noin 32 minuuttia. Levy on pakattu hienoon pahvikoteloon, jossa on myös runsas vihkonen, joka sisältää kaikki levyn sanoitukset.

Toivottasti koette hankkeemme tukemisen arvoiseksi. Tervetuloa mesenaatiksi!

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Sointi Jazz Orchestran debyyttialbumi Syntymä ikuistaa yhtyeen kaksivuotisen historian aikana hioutuneen ohjelmiston helmet. Sävellykset on räätälöity soittajien vahvuudet huomioiden, mikä luo kokoonpanon ainutlaatuisen soundin. Perinteistä big band -kokoonpanoa monipuolistamassa ovat mm. tuuba, käyrätorvi, oboe ja huilut. Albumilla vierailee mm. Color Dolor –yhtyeestä tuttu laulaja Stina Koistinen, jonka esittämä Syntymäseudulleni on Unkarin kansallisrunoilija Sándor Petofin runon suomennokseen tehty sävellys. Sävellyksistä vastaa kokoonpanon kapellimestari Rasmus Soini.

Tuore big band -tulokas on saanut vakiinnutettua toimintaansa avustusten puutteesta huolimatta. Oman ohjelmiston esittämisen lisäksi Sointi Jazz Orchestra on mm. toteuttanut uudelleensovitetun version perinteisestä Tiernapojat-kuvaelmasta yhdessä neljän laulajan kanssa. Tiernapojat sai ensiesityksensä jouluna 2014 ja suuren suosion siivittämänä kokonaisuus toteutettiin uudelleen seuraavanakin jouluna. Syksyllä 2015 Jouluradio tilasi sovituksen Hoosianna-hymnistä – Sointi Jazz Orchestran solistiksi saapui saksofonisti Jukka Perko. Hoosianna ja Tiernapojat ovat olleet Jouluradion soiton myötä koko Suomen laajuisesti tavoitettavissa.

Sointi Jazz Orchestra pyrkii tekemään yhteistyötä myös muiden taiteenlajien edustajien kanssa. Esimerkiksi vuonna 2015 kokoonpano toteutti kokonaisuuden nimeltä Juhlat, jossa näytelmä ja konsertti yhdistyivät täysin uudella tavalla. Osa Juhlien sävellyksistä löytyy myös yhtyeen debyyttialbumilta. Lisäksi kokoonpano on tehnyt yhteistyötä mm. tanssijoiden, graafikoiden ja kuvaajien kanssa.

Mesenaatti-kampanjalla rahoitetaan miksauksesta, masteroinnista ja painatuksesta syntyviä kuluja sekä äänityspalkkioita. Tukemalla kampanjaamme autat saattamaan elokuvallista, uutta suomalaista big band -musiikkia päivänvaloon sekä tuet nuoren kokoonpanomme toimintaa

Jätetään yhdessä jälki, joka elää ikuisesti. Kiitos tuestasi.

Debyyttialbumilla soittavat Petteri Hietamäki, Pekka Seppänen, Frans Thomsson, Janne Saarinen, Max Zenger, Teemu Mattsson, Tomi Nikku, Jose Mäenpää, Jasmin Afaneh, Ilkka Hongisto, Mikko Haanpää, Panu Luukkonen, Matti Vuolahti, Kenneth Ojutkangas, Aleksis Liukko, Kaisa Mäensivu ja Siiri Partanen. Äänityksestä ja miksauksesta vastaa Mikko Renfors.

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“2.000 euros Audience Award is internationally a remarkable encouragement in the field of dance film festivals. That sum allows you to do a lot! It could be start for the next short film production. It would be wonderful to be able to concentrate just on filmmaking for a whole month and not to worry about other things.”

(A filmmaker, Loikka Dance Film Festival 2016)

Loikka Audience Award

Loikka festival program’s over 50 dance films consist different dance styles from breakdance to ballet from all over the world. Audience Award is an important encouragement for the filmmaker both financially and as recognition. The award shows the appreciation of the audience can help to get international attention for the film. A Successful crowdfunding campaign would prove that dance film has a dedicated international audience who wants to show their support for the art form.

More information: http://www.loikka.fi/loikka-audience-award.html

Join the movement and take a leap for dance filmmakers!

We hope that this campaign brings joy for you as much as it brings it to us and the dance filmmakers! You can support the cause by entering the mesenaatti campaign page and choose your favourite from our rewards. Is it the ticket package for the festival or perhaps a private dance film screening in your living room curated especially for you? What ever suits you the best. For the very first time we also offer a possibility to pre-vote your favourite dance film online! This works if you can’t visit the festival or if you just want to give an extra vote for your favorite film or filmmaker.

The actual voting takes place on Loikka festival in April. The winner of Loikka Audience Award will be announced on 10th of April at Loikka Awards.

Loikka Audience Award, collected by crowdfunding campaign, is a remarkable acknowledgement for the filmmaker directly from the audience

Our campaign’s minimum target is 1000€ and the maximum is 2000€. All the income will be directed to the monetary award. To be so lucky to exceed the target, all the money over 2.000 euros will be transferred to Loikka 2017’s Audience Award.

Please feel free to spread the word! Tell your friends, family, colleagues and neighbours. It means a lot to us. Thank you for your support.

To keep up with all the news and turns of the campaign check out Loikka on Facebook and Instagram @loikkadance.

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The ecosystems and cultures of the Arctic are beautiful and inspiring – yet at the same time fragile. We believe that we have a lot to learn from people living in the Arctic, in closer connection to the world around them. That the Arctic is so much more than just an empty, icy landscape – it is alive, fascinating, full of stories.

We passionately believe the Arctic is an inspiring place, and we want to share this with you.

So we put together this festival.

Like a snowball turning into an avalanche, artArctica festival is a small idea grown big: we’re now hosting photography exhibitions, installations, dance and music performances, feature films and short film selections – and we are lucky to have participants from every corner of the Arctic: Greenland, Canada, Russia, Norway, Finland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands.

In the final stages of production, we have come a long way – and now we need your support to ensure we produce a high-quality event, for both artists and audience.

We still need to cover certain travel expenses for the artists, as well as production expenses like printing large-format photographs and securing royalties rights for the films. By supporting this project, you are directly supporting grass-roots art-making in the Arctic.

We are lucky to be supported by cultural foundations and grants, as well as various independent groups and
organisations – and we need one last nudge, and that’s you. It’s the person we’re making this festival for: the
Arctic enthusiast (even if you don’t know it yet), the artist, the admirer, the traveller, the story-teller. You. We
need you, because without you our festival is just a private show.

So help us make this festival a beautiful and unforgettable get-together – and be part of something bigger. Whether you can visit the festival, or live far away, but think this is the kind of thing that is worth happening, you can support us in one way or another.

The festival is partly funded by Kulturkontakt Nord and Letterstedtska föreningen.

It is happening in collaboration with the following organisations:

Global Music Centre (FI)
City-Sámit (FI)
Walhalla Film (FI)
Finnish Arctic Club (FI)
Arctic Museum Nanoq (FI)
Skábmagovat Film Festival (FI)
Uummannaq Polar Institute (GL)
Arctic Arts Institute (RU)

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Uusia ystäviä -group (ENG New Friends) was established on 25.11.2015 to Facebook based on “Looking for new friends” add made by Anne Palomäki. Uusia ystäviä -group was and still is meant for people that experience loneliness or are looking for new friends. Amount of people grew rapidly to 1000 and as days rolled by, all the way to the current 2300 people. Events were set up based on interests and one of the events was started by Maisa Ojanen. Event was meant for people interested photography and modelling. From this group formed up a team that is working on a charity calendar for year 2016.

Uskalla -calender 2016

Calendar “Uskalla” (Dare) tells about what we all should sometimes do: dare. We should dare to get excited, to dare to be inspired, dare to indulge in with an open mind to new things, dare to put between ourselves on the line and take risks and dare to be ourselves – just as we are. Calendar team decided to do just this: dare to do this project, even that the schedule was tight and we didn’t know each other beforehand.

Theme of the calendar is touch & closeness which every person should get regularly. Closeness usually is something else than physical, it’s friendship, companionship and feeling trust. With these goals in mind we chose our charity: HelsinkiMissio, which works towards getting rid of loneliness in Helsinki. HelsinkiMissio aims it’s work to people of all ages and they interview and train new volunteers all the time to work as support for a young person or a family mentor not to forget about morning phone which is aimed for people over 60-year of age. “Uskalla” calendar is done totally by volunteers and financing is gathered through crowdfunding (Mesenaatti) and also with possible support from business cooperation. In order for the calendar to reach its target audience we market it in Facebook, our own profiles as well as the projects own page, in all the articles and interviews about the “Uusien ystävien” group and by HelsinkiMissio in their own channels.

Calendar will be sold through a webshop and in some small shops in Helsinki. Profits after printing and delivery costs will be directed fully to charity. Profits per (1) calendar are estimated to be 10€.

You also have an opportunity to order outstanding postcards, which you can send out as a hello to a friend, cheer up lonely, Valentine’s day card or a birthday greeting! Awesome cards will be delivered as a package and the profits (5€ per pack) will be directed fully to the charity.

Idea of the calendar was put together in one evening and the team was together on the very next day. First pictures were taken within a week. Calendar was put together within a month. First envelopes and deliveries will reach your mailbox right after New Year. Let us all DARE to work for a worthy cause – TOGETHER!

Rewards

“Uusien ystävien” postcards 12 per packet/ 15 €
Order here New friends Uskalla/Dare -postcards. In the packet there is 12 different pictures. These awesome cards can be used as: Greeting to a friend, brighten up lonesomes day, valentain’s day card or as a birthday greeting. Profits from the card, approx. 4€ is guided directly to the charity.

“USKALLA” wall calendar 2016
Order this volunteer made USKALLA/DARE-wall calendar for year 2016! Profits made by the calendar are guided fully to charity: HelsinkiMissios activities. Calendar is fully done by volunteers. Pictures have been taken volunteer photographers and all the people in the pictures have been brought together by this project.

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ENKEL is a traditional music girl band from Finland. We started playing together two years ago at the airport of Porto. At the time we found out that all of us have fairly relaxed travelling habits and decided to have a band with the idea of the best touring band in the world. Besides that we share the great passion towards traditional Finnish music, social folk dancing and storytelling.

The debut album of ENKEL, Wedding Night at the Vicarage will be released in January 2016. The album consists of traditional Finnish melodies and songs as well as own compositions in style of traditional music. In the band we like to concentrate in finding great but forgotten melodies from the Finnish archives and make them alive. The album is one step further in this project.

Our crowdfunding campaign is primarily aimed at mixing and mastering the album, and the album covers. The total budget for that is 5300€. At this point we are still missing 2500€. You can help us to get our album out there by ordering some ENKEL items which can be seen on the right. Thank you for your support and see you!

www.enkelband.com
www.facebook.com/enkelband

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Our elegant semi-acoustic band consists of singer Shirley Sparks, guitar player Mika Marjeta, bass player Matu Kormano and percussionist Markus Kallio.

Vintage American Songbook

We are working on our first album called Travellight which contains the following classics: I Got Rhythm, Sentimental Journey, Fly Me to the Moon, Summertime, Bei Mir Bist du Schön, If I Give My Heart to You, I’m Beginning to See the Light, Nature Boy, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Caravan, So in Love, Perfidia and The End of the World.

In addition to our energetic basic combo, the CD features talented musicians on piano, Hammond, cello, saxophone, clarinet, flute, violin, accordion and mandolin.

Fund Me to the Moon

The vintage-style layout of the CD will have a touch of glamour, beautiful images and information on the songs and their backgrounds.

Also released is a professionally produced DVD featuring rehearsal and recording session material, artist interviews and other additional “behind the scenes” footage.

The Travellight-CD release gig takes place in December in Helsinki. Stay tuned for more info at www.shirleysparksmusic.com

The album is self-published and we need your help

– Welcome to our production team!

Best regards,

Shirley Sparks & The Red Band

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