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MY STORY:
My name is Gardner Fenton Goetze, I am an actively performing musician, writer and visual artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. I am headed on an inspiration quest/music writing/performance trip to Argentina on January 16th 2016 until the end of February. I have been planning it for months. In my heart, for years. However, I was recently hit with a few major blows that took away all of my funds for this trip. These multiple unforseen family traumas come on top of an already existing dead stop of inspiration, under which I have created nothing new for entirely too long. With your help I will travel to South America for my first time, shake off all of the dust, document the experience through the creation original music, collaborate live with one very talented musical family, and return home to record a WICKED new album with my crew.
THE MISSION:
Where I am headed for most of the trip is a community called San Marcos Sierras way down in Argentina. My great old friends who live here now have a very cool classic band called Mucho Axe (Salsa/Reggae/Cumbia), but its also the whole city, community, and surrounding landscape/soundscape that I'll be headed for. These are great friends that I haven't seen in 10 years since they moved back to Argentina after living in the Bay Area for some years. They inspire the best in me, thats for sure. My mission is to travel down here, refresh the soul, restore the creative production drive and put a killer new product on the shelf and stage. I will translate the heavy influences of cumbia, salsa, tango, reggae, the music of the southern stars, the rain, the first people, the ladies, the goofballs, the dance, the drums and other regional rhythms into my new sound. This will come with new ideas for live performance and set design (which will involve bands and teams) and will also provide new perspective on political history, human responsibility for conservation, citizenship, community, and country. Of course we will play the Blues as well :). I will create a demo when I'm down there and then professionally record the new music back here in California.
Behind me lies the most challenging year of my entire life, in front of me hopefully lies the most inspired and creative one.
FUTURE SUCCESS:
While writing this new body of music I will surely be learning new forms of everything, including guitar playing, composition, rhythm, and general life drive. I plan to return and record this in 2017 resulting in a whole new era of performance, touring, and merchandise sales. A full circle return indeed.
So, my friends and family...I present an invitation for your financial help on any level you are inclined to reach! Your donations will allow me to bring this to life. Some rewards are offered after this album is done. Check em out. This is the first time I have ever publically run a crowd-funding campaign, so I am nervous! I leave for this journey on January 16, 2016. Funds needed ASAP. I realize my departure is very nearby, but this idea just came to me after very unexpected expenses set my budget back to basically nothing. My people, the show must go on!
YOUR DONATIONS:
Your donations will help in covering any of the following before and during this 1.5 month trip:
-Transportation expe
nses in Argentina (bus travel, charter airfare)
- Some hotel accommodations and food when necessary
-Travelers insurance (Health care abroad, lost/stolen compensation, and a myriad of other coverages)
-Mobile Recording equipmen, travel guitar repair and case,
-Art and musical instrument supplies.
- Unknown expenses that may arise, which surely will
- Any Additional funds above the goal will be fully assimilated into this creative project, as the initial $3,000 goal set here is pretty much all for travel. But there is ohh so many other elements to a project like this that these funds can help with!!
ITINERARY:
And here is a small list of known and possible stops on the trip itinerary:
-Buenos Aires and surrounding sights, including a unique food tour with a chef who will be accompanying me on this journey.
-San Marcos to drink mattes and play multiple shows with Mucho Axe (Salsa, Reggae, Bachata Band) and whoever else I discover!
- A possible jump to Iguazu Falls
-Along the way I will find myself doing any number of amazing things not yet determined because the trip is open ended when I get there. Thats the point. To follow something brand new
CONCLUSION:
What I know how to do best is nourish creative nature. Every day try I to make this place more colrful, humorous, and funky. Recently I have been entirely unable to realize this, the skill set is gone right now. It has been tennis-racqueted away somewhere. I need to fly far away to this land and find it, simple as that. Do to all of the major blows from the recent events, rust and dust have built up a creative wall so high I can no longer see over it. This journey will be an airplane flight and a summer season right over that wall, and we can get going again! Travelling is one of the best ways to heal, release and grow up from tradjedies and trials of our life, and move on. Documenting it all into a musical story is my goal.
This inspiration quest/writing/performing trip to Argentina with my great friends will be the beginning of a healthy new era in my life and creative career, which I share with everyone by nature. You will all get to dig it in the form of a RIPPING new album, a new era of live performances, and a re-awakened new-old friend :). Can ya dig it?!
Thank you like no other thank you before to one and all for any help you can be!!
Sincerely
Gardner Fenton Goetze
BANDS!
The Right Time:
https://www.facebook.com/therighttimeband/?fref=ts
Soul Ska
https://www.facebook.com/soulskamusic/?fref=ts
Isreal Matos and The Outsiders
https://www.f
acebook.com/Israelandtheoutsiders/?fref=ts
Mucho Axe!
https://www.facebook.com/Mucho-Axe-46304727429/?fref=ts
LOVE TO ALL!!!
My name is Gardner Fenton Goetze, I am an actively performing musician, writer and visual artist from the San Francisco Bay Area. I am headed on an inspiration quest/music writing/performance trip to Argentina on January 16th 2016 until the end of February. I have been planning it for months. In my heart, for years. However, I was recently hit with a few major blows that took away all of my funds for this trip. These multiple unforseen family traumas come on top of an already existing dead stop of inspiration, under which I have created nothing new for entirely too long. With your help I will travel to South America for my first time, shake off all of the dust, document the experience through the creation original music, collaborate live with one very talented musical family, and return home to record a WICKED new album with my crew.
THE MISSION:
Where I am headed for most of the trip is a community called San Marcos Sierras way down in Argentina. My great old friends who live here now have a very cool classic band called Mucho Axe (Salsa/Reggae/Cumbia), but its also the whole city, community, and surrounding landscape/soundscape that I'll be headed for. These are great friends that I haven't seen in 10 years since they moved back to Argentina after living in the Bay Area for some years. They inspire the best in me, thats for sure. My mission is to travel down here, refresh the soul, restore the creative production drive and put a killer new product on the shelf and stage. I will translate the heavy influences of cumbia, salsa, tango, reggae, the music of the southern stars, the rain, the first people, the ladies, the goofballs, the dance, the drums and other regional rhythms into my new sound. This will come with new ideas for live performance and set design (which will involve bands and teams) and will also provide new perspective on political history, human responsibility for conservation, citizenship, community, and country. Of course we will play the Blues as well :). I will create a demo when I'm down there and then professionally record the new music back here in California.
Behind me lies the most challenging year of my entire life, in front of me hopefully lies the most inspired and creative one.
FUTURE SUCCESS:
While writing this new body of music I will surely be learning new forms of everything, including guitar playing, composition, rhythm, and general life drive. I plan to return and record this in 2017 resulting in a whole new era of performance, touring, and merchandise sales. A full circle return indeed.
So, my friends and family...I present an invitation for your financial help on any level you are inclined to reach! Your donations will allow me to bring this to life. Some rewards are offered after this album is done. Check em out. This is the first time I have ever publically run a crowd-funding campaign, so I am nervous! I leave for this journey on January 16, 2016. Funds needed ASAP. I realize my departure is very nearby, but this idea just came to me after very unexpected expenses set my budget back to basically nothing. My people, the show must go on!
YOUR DONATIONS:
Your donations will help in covering any of the following before and during this 1.5 month trip:
-Transportation expe
nses in Argentina (bus travel, charter airfare)
- Some hotel accommodations and food when necessary
-Travelers insurance (Health care abroad, lost/stolen compensation, and a myriad of other coverages)
-Mobile Recording equipmen, travel guitar repair and case,
-Art and musical instrument supplies.
- Unknown expenses that may arise, which surely will
- Any Additional funds above the goal will be fully assimilated into this creative project, as the initial $3,000 goal set here is pretty much all for travel. But there is ohh so many other elements to a project like this that these funds can help with!!
ITINERARY:
And here is a small list of known and possible stops on the trip itinerary:
-Buenos Aires and surrounding sights, including a unique food tour with a chef who will be accompanying me on this journey.
-San Marcos to drink mattes and play multiple shows with Mucho Axe (Salsa, Reggae, Bachata Band) and whoever else I discover!
- A possible jump to Iguazu Falls
-Along the way I will find myself doing any number of amazing things not yet determined because the trip is open ended when I get there. Thats the point. To follow something brand new
CONCLUSION:
What I know how to do best is nourish creative nature. Every day try I to make this place more colrful, humorous, and funky. Recently I have been entirely unable to realize this, the skill set is gone right now. It has been tennis-racqueted away somewhere. I need to fly far away to this land and find it, simple as that. Do to all of the major blows from the recent events, rust and dust have built up a creative wall so high I can no longer see over it. This journey will be an airplane flight and a summer season right over that wall, and we can get going again! Travelling is one of the best ways to heal, release and grow up from tradjedies and trials of our life, and move on. Documenting it all into a musical story is my goal.
This inspiration quest/writing/performing trip to Argentina with my great friends will be the beginning of a healthy new era in my life and creative career, which I share with everyone by nature. You will all get to dig it in the form of a RIPPING new album, a new era of live performances, and a re-awakened new-old friend :). Can ya dig it?!
Thank you like no other thank you before to one and all for any help you can be!!
Sincerely
Gardner Fenton Goetze
BANDS!
The Right Time:
https://www.facebook.com/therighttimeband/?fref=ts
Soul Ska
https://www.facebook.com/soulskamusic/?fref=ts
Isreal Matos and The Outsiders
https://www.f
acebook.com/Israelandtheoutsiders/?fref=ts
Mucho Axe!
https://www.facebook.com/Mucho-Axe-46304727429/?fref=ts
LOVE TO ALL!!!
Organizer
Gardner Goetze
Organizer
San Rafael, CA