day 27..."the making of......"

wow, can't believe it's nearly 4 weeks since i started this! well, unfortunately, this little bug took me down a bit longer than i wanted it to. but such is life on planet earth. slowly feeling better. prepared some song files for someone who has a label today that wants his artists to do some of my songs. that seemed like hard work cuz i wasn't feeling up to par. so, have been assuming the position of: "gee, I feel great!" with a huge plastered on over the top smile on my face :-),,,ha ha. so, onward and upward, since for now that is the only place to be.
tomorrow, i will contact jp and then the band to give a start time for the recording. it's getting closer. in fact, as soon as i've done this little "bloggett" i'll email john with a request for a start time.
and now, i'm going to divulge a little secret :
originally, my plan was to do this recording with the help of my fans, or rather supporters. I was going to ask for donations and in return, offer some sort of reward, like i'd put your name on my cd, give away free songs, merchandise. i was going to do that if i was doing an entire album, following the example of my friend janet robin-who, by the way, was able to raise over 14k dollars to do a whole album, pretty good. but as i'm not doing an album, let alone, no physical release as of yet, it would be hard to put anyone's name on a digital download! maybe there's a clever way of doing that, who knows???? do you??? but now, since i'm just going to do an ep, taking it one step at a time, i'm looking into other options. i do already have a company lined up to do an online release. this could possibly turn into physical sales depending on numbers sold. all in all, i think i will keep going in this direction. i also have been approached by someone else, could also be very interesting and promising.
of course, if anyone is actually reading this, I'd like to hear your feedback on the idea of taking donations, i.e., raising money to record and also any suggestions for what I could offer in return for donations: free mp3's of unheard or unpublished material, a sliding scale of merchandise, or rewards, depending on the amount of the donation? [oh, no sexual favors, in any way shape or form!!!]
I'd love to hear any feedback. cuz, the internet is potentially full of many onlookers, but right now, for all i know, I could really be in this alone!! :-)

love always;

marcy x