Everyone dreams of making something bigger than themselves…. We’re a band of 4 kids who have been lucky enough to live this dream locally, gaining the attention of a few thousand fans and playing some famous venues. Because of this, we’ve been able to use our success and resources to help fund organizations such as X hunger, Knoxville Area rescue missions, and the boys and girls club.
Over the past few years, the 4 of us have been providing equipment, marketing, advertising, merchandising, public relations, as well as finances for recording, mixing, mastering, production, photography, and videography on our own. This is on top of creating and performing the music we love. As our ambitions grow, and as we develop future projects, we are no longer able to solely rely on the resources of 4 teenagers working on their own.
The main venture we’ve been tackling over these past few months has been the development of our 3rd album, “Vena Cava”, which is a thematic exploration of change, anxiety, and hope. It is an energetic take on pop and rock that uses themes and ideas from our own experience as well as from history.
In order to sound as authentic and raw as possible, and make the best album we can, we are recording in better studio, and taking the time to record real drums and piano, as well as experimenting with lots of analog amps and synthesizers. We are working on music videos, a documentary, and other accompanying content. Because this album is the biggest project we’ve attempted as a band, we simply can’t take on all the expenses on our own, and this is why we’re asking for your support. Recording an album is an expensive and exhausting process, which we all have to balance with our school schedules. Your support alleviates some of that stress as well as giving us the opportunity to strive for more creative ventures such as making music videos, creating merchandise, and further developing our own shows.
Although crowdsourcing had us nervous at first, the opportunity to make an album without the stress of funding looming over us will prevent us from being stretched too thin. Your support lets us focus on the music we love.
This project has exciting potential and supporting this kickstarter has a ton of fun exclusives and incentives for you!
This album is already underway and we are planning on releasing it as soon as we can. However, in order to make this album as good as we believe it can be, we need your help! Without your support of this kickstarter, we won’t be able to have the creative freedom necessary to create the best product possible. Share this kickstarter on facebook, instagram, twitter, even tell your friends to help out! STONEFISH was built on a community and can only grow if the community behind it grows too!