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LauriT
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2012-04-23, 18:38 |
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Chris Hülsbeck wants to make a new soundtrack album that contains all Turrican music. He writes:
It’s been almost 20 years since I released the acclaimed Turrican Soundtrack Album and I have been thinking about a worthy follow-up for quite some time now. I would love to create an awesome and extensive new edition, with all new recordings, but I can’t do it without your support! Creating and producing any new album and especially one of this magnitude is a very time consuming and budget-hungry matter--but counting on you and all my other fans out there, it can be made possible!
I'm personally very fond of Turrican music and it would be great to see this project become reality. The early video games have some of the catchiest synth music ever produced. I think this campaign is worth supporting.
Turrican Kickstarter campaign page
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2012-04-23, 20:59 |
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| I find something very wrong about it... Funding a scientific research, big software development or some live event - those sound logical, but gathering funds for composing one-man album? That's an abuse of funding idea, IMO. |
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LauriT
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2012-04-24, 12:52 |
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I'm very happy to see crowfunding projects popping up at Kickstarter such as the forthcoming point'n'click adventure game by Tim Schafer or Wasteland 2. If people want these but there's no other way to fund the project then I think this is a good way to make things happen.
Considering that I get a signed CD box for around 40 euros (which was my donation) I can't lose anything. Unless the music is crap of course. But knowing the artist that won't happen.
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2012-04-24, 15:24 |
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I don't understand why he is doing it for money! Why he doesn't do it for free! OK thats the deal: I want to make super spacesynth album but I don't have the mony for equipment, so please donate me!
That's the same reason like his 
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2012-04-24, 17:00 |
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gilo, he makes music for living. Do you expect a project of such magnitude can be made for free?
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2012-04-24, 18:19 |
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OK , but it's redickiless...
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2012-04-24, 19:24 |
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| LauriT wrote: | | I'm very happy to see crowfunding projects popping up at Kickstarter such as the forthcoming point'n'click adventure game by Tim Schafer or Wasteland 2. If people want these but there's no other way to fund the project then I think this is a good way to make things happen. |
Computer games are software development, which requires cooperative work of many people, which means necessity of hiring people. Crowdfunding it sounds fine. But when it comes to music, it's shifting the responsibility from the artist towards the listeners.
Hey, we had a similar issue here with Karel Post, who also wanted to have his effort "backed up" in the form of fund before he starts to make his spacesynth album... this idea didn't look good to me before, as it doesn't now. But perhaps I'm old-fashioned  |
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LauriT
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2012-04-25, 16:13 |
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Well, if you think about it this is also a cooperation of several people. There's the artist, an orchestra, graphician and different producers. If he could do it all by himself then I don't think he would ask for funding.
I also see your side, Krizz but personally I feel I'm just pre-ordering the product. If it doesn't become reality then I don't have to pay anything. I'm sure the artist have looked for other ways to fund the project. I have waited for a long time Chris to remake some of the old tracks and if there's no other way then I'm totally fine with this option.
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2012-04-25, 17:08 |
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| LauriT wrote: | | Well, if you think about it this is also a cooperation of several people. There's the artist, an orchestra, graphician and different producers. If he could do it all by himself then I don't think he would ask for funding. |
I only hope that graphician and producers isn't just an excuse for making the project need a crowdfunding, since when it comes to music itself, he doesn't need any extra people. What I mean that it seems to me that he builds a big, sophisticated project music itself is small part of, and all that stuff around it is just for show. Expensive show.
| LauriT wrote: | | I also see your side, Krizz but personally I feel I'm just pre-ordering the product. If it doesn't become reality then I don't have to pay anything. |
You mean that you're getting your cash back if the project fails to reach pledged amount? What if it does exceed it, and the Huelsbeck somehow fails to finish it? That's the responsibility I'm not into taking as a listener. It should always be on the side of artist.
But times are changing, and if this approach succeeds, perhaps something good will emerge in future. |
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2012-04-26, 8:04 |
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| Krizz wrote: |
I only hope that graphician and producers isn't just an excuse for making the project need a crowdfunding, since when it comes to music itself, he doesn't need any extra people. What I mean that it seems to me that he builds a big, sophisticated project music itself is small part of, and all that stuff around it is just for show. Expensive show. |
So basically he should just stick to a simple concept like the original Turrican cd from '93? I think at this point of career he wants more and people expect more.
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You mean that you're getting your cash back if the project fails to reach pledged amount? What if it does exceed it, and the Huelsbeck somehow fails to finish it? That's the responsibility I'm not into taking as a listener. It should always be on the side of artist.
But times are changing, and if this approach succeeds, perhaps something good will emerge in future. |
If I didn't know the artist and his background well I wouldn't take part. If he failed to finish the project it would probably be a career suicide.
http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/backing%20a%20project#Acco
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