Guardian launches Kickstarter campaign for new full-length record

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Guardian launches Kickstarter campaign for new full-length record

Veteran Christian rock band Guardian has launched a campaign for a new album on Kickstarter.com–the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects.

“It’s been exciting to see the amazing outpouring of support that some musical artists have been able to generate through Kickstarter” says bassist David Bach. “It’s a new and unusual way to raise funds for creative projects–but our fans are great…so we’ve humbly decided to ask our Guardian friends worldwide for their help”.

“Making the “Three To Get Ready” EP this past fall was very energizing for all of us, adds vocalist Jamie Rowe. “It was great to find out that the band chemistry is still intact and that the Guardian engine is still running strong. We’re really excited at the hope of making a new record. The days of record deals for bands of our era are long gone. The idea of being “signed” to our fans–instead of a record company–is an exciting thought. We are grateful for the support of all of the long-time friends of Guardian. Hopefully, they can help us bring the dream of a new album to life”.

“In our true goofy style, we’ve tried to have fun with this Kickstarter campaign” says Bach. “We call this the Cat Starter Project–because our guitarist Jamey Perrenot has this amazing black cat named Kirbee–who only has 3 legs. He’s kinda been there and back…but is still at it–just like us!! He’s the Guardian mascot…he’s a very rock & roll cat!

Guardian’s Cat Starter campaign will run from February 21 through April 21. The band is attempting to raise $30,000 USD to record a full-length album and related promotional expenses. Donations begin at $1.

Link – full and shortened:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/guardian2012/guardian-the-cat-starter-project
http://kck.st/z7Bllk

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Reflection at 1:30 AM…

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Sitting here after finishing up some work. I’m tired. I tend to get reflective before I go to bed. I dunno’ why..but I just seem to do it. Tonight I’m thinking about the hopes & dreams that I’ve carried my whole life. I have been able to achieve a lot of them. But some I haven’t.
My awesome wife and I had a conversation about this just yesterday. I can get into a “blah”, discontent mood and she’ll rattle off a list of victories (large and small) from over the years that fastlanes me back into gratitude mode. I’m truly thankful.
I’ve never been scared to take a shot at a dream or a goal. Sometimes I hit, sometimes I miss. But I’ve never wondered “what if”…I take the shot. And when I do, Sometimes just to hear the gun go off is the reward.

I’ve been blessed with a life saving wife and incredible children. I have the best friends and church family anyone could ever want. I’ve been blessed with music. I still suck at things like handyman/yard work/auto repair, etc. But I can code you up a nice Facebook app and website and write a song about it. :-)

The thought that’s running through my mind right now is this:

Be Still and know that I am God.

 

Goodnight friends,

 

jamie

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Being a light in the darkness…

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A simple flicker of light easily tears through darkness…
-jamie

“There are no strippers on stage at our shows and we watch what we say onstage – it’s important to us that we deliver a great rock show, with production values and songs we’re proud of, but that we also deliver something that everyone can enjoy – everyone.” -John L. Copper of Skillet on Noisecreep http://atlr.ec/xyowul

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New opportunities…

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I posted this on my facebook page this morning:

Ok folks, here’s my good news for the day: This morning I accepted a marketing position with Visual Sound in Nashville. Visual Sound is a guitar pedal effect company that boasts some of the best pedals in world! Folks from U2, Keith Urban, Metallica, The Fray, many more use their products. I’m pretty stoked. I will remain in Indiana but will work a few days a week in the Nashville office. I will also be working with the sister company Southern Blues Denim Co. which offers cargo jeans and is expanding it’s business. It’s a great situation for me and I get to flex my creative muscles to take them to the next level!

I’m really excited! I’ll start in March to be able to finish up my current Spark Media projects.

Ready for the adventure!

jamie

If the above video doesn’t show, you can see it here: http://youtu.be/zRwV3iTtIdE

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Music…

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My whole day today has had music poured over it non-stop. There’s a lot going on right now that excites me.

Adele’s 21 continues to DESTROY on the album sales chart. Still selling 100,000 copies A WEEK since it’s Feb 11, 2011 release. That’s just in the USA. Last week, as usual, she had the #1 album moving 123,000 units. The #2 release was Drake’s Take Care album which sold 43,000 copies. A respectable amount in this climate, but nowhere near Adele. It’s truly a phenomenon.

What I love about Adele is that she is real. It’s that simple. No auto-tune, no studio tricks, no marketing stunts. Just authentic, heartfelt performances. While the music industry continues to push the latest sexed out singing cheerleader, Adele is trumping their best efforts. Beating them badly in fact. They wonder why no one is interested in their processed, disposable novelty acts.. I hope that there are more Adele quality artists out there that we’ll be hearing from soon.

Jeff Irizarry and Christian Rowe chillin' backstage


I was able to attend WinterJam tonight in Evansville, Indiana. For those uninformed, WinterJam is a multi-artist tour that doesn’t do tickets; they charge a suggested 10 dollar offering at the door. They typically fill the building… and I do believe that tonight’s show was the newly opened Ford Center’s first “sell out”. It was great to see some friends that I hadn’t seen in awhile and even my sometimes jaded self really enjoyed the show all around. Pete Furler is sounding great with a solo band with some old friends. I met Kari Jobe who I had worked with but never met face to face. To sum it up, all the artists that I saw were great at what they do.

But the OMG of the night was Skillet.

How a rock show is meant to look and sound!

It was the first time I had seen Skillet since they became a “mega-band”. I was rocked! Watching them pour themselves into the show (along with a healthy dose of old school pyro to keep you energized) was inspiring to me. I consider it a sincere honor that vocalist John Cooper is a Guardian fan and he’s doing things at a level that we never came close to. No doubt there is someone in tomorrow’s next big thing watching them on tour right now and feeling that call to “get it done”! It certainly hammered down my thought that Guardian next record needs to be an absolute stellar album. We owe that to the audience and to ourselves. We owe that to God.

Anyway, it’s after 3:00 am, I had some work to get done from my “sick day” yesterday. It’s time to unplug.

Good night friends!

Let’s be a light!

jamie

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Hard Pop…

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Legends.

jamie

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Drive by post…

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  • Been working my tail off the past two weeks. Truth be told, It’s been tough. On the positive side, I learned some new skills and made a new friend. Props to Stephen Roberts who has mad skills in web programming. He’s also a killer jazz musician!
  • I’m both nervous and excited about making a new Guardian album. Details real soon. I want it to be our best album ever. I know better than to compete with our legacy, but I’m gonna’ give it a shot!
  • I am considering a job offer. A gig that is right up my alley. I’d be super stoked to have it. But it’s going to disrupt life as we know it in the Rowe house. It’s a major decision that I’ve gotta make soon… It keeps me up at night.
  • I wish Google had been invented when I was young. Right now I’m thinking of a specific anti-rock sermon I heard as a teen. I could have went home and googled the claim and found out it was urban myth. But the evangelist passing through told it as fact. I love that you are a google search away from separating fact from fiction.
  • Heather is pretty sick right now. Insanely strong flu bug got her.
  • I need to go to sleep

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    Beauty for all!

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    Watch this…

    Fotoshop by Adobé from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.

    You’re welcome! :-)

    jamie

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