by A/B Duo
We are finally recording a full-length album!
We have commissioned and performed some fantastic music since forming as a duo in 2013. It’s time to record them professionally so that we can share this great music with a wider audience!
Variety Show will feature compositions by Drew Baker, Brooks Frederickson, Brendon Randall-Myers, Ian Dicke, Zack Browning, Andrea Reinkemeyer, and Ned McGowan.
The Drew Baker piece is already recorded and mixed. We will be recording the rest of the compositions this month at Fantasy Studios, in Berkeley, CA. We plan to release the album in CD and digital download formats in early October 2016 on the Aerocade Music label.
Your contributions will go towards studio rental, paying for mechanical licenses, manufacturing CDs and publicity for the album.
Every backer will get a hand-written thank you postcard in the mail.
Compact Disc
The CD will be in a lovely digipack designed by Adam T. Davis (the same artist who designed Meerenai’s latest solo album “Pheromone”).
Drink Coaster
We are making custom A/B Duo beverage coasters! It will be like the thick paper coasters from your favorite pub, except it will have a drawing by Meerenai on one side and the album cover on the other!
T-Shirts
We have a new t-shirt design! Meerenai’s drawing (above) will be printed with white ink on Navy shirts. You will have Women’s and Men’s sizes to choose from:
A/B Duo Jersey
When we perform more informal shows, we often wear matching baseball jersey style shirts. You can see the back of Chris’s shirt below. You can see the front of the shirts in our video above. The personalized A/B Duo Jersey will have your name and the number of your choosing on the back, just like ours!
Signed Drum Sticks and Drum Head
After we finish recording the album, we will sign the drum sticks and one 10″ drum head used to record the album and mail it to you. The drum head will come off of Meerenai’s drum kit that Chris is using on the record. The drum sticks are the same pair that Chris is holding in one of our older photos:
The release can be delayed if the mixing process takes longer than we anticipated. Since almost every percussion instrument (every triangle, drum, etc.) gets mic’ed separately, it can take a long time to mix.