Ky Vöss Tour Van Fund

Hi friends! Ky here!

2022 holds many incredible opportunities that I'm so excited to embark on including the release of my third full-length record "The After" and a touring slot opening for Beach Bunny on their North American "Revenge of the Riffs" tour this spring (ticket/event links here).

This upcoming tour is an incredible opportunity that I am so grateful to have been offered- 25 show dates over the span of two months at historic venues all over the country that I never even dreamt of having the opportunity to perform at. With this opportunity come many challenging logistics that have proven to be difficult to take on alone as an independent artist, which brings us here.

My last (significantly smaller scale) tour experience in November 2021 proved to be incredibly rewarding but a bit of a challenge nonetheless - just me and my partner Sam on the road for a week in a packed Scion XB, we stayed at the cheapest motels we could find and sustained primarily on instant microwaveable mashed potatoes and trail mix. It was a great time! But alas- substantially less doable on a larger scale tour. This time around I'm happy to announce I'll be bringing along a band of my own- my beloved Sam on the drums and his brother (and good friend of mine) Brendan on guitar/synth backing my vocals and typical setup. Both Sam and Brendan are incredible musicians and I'm honored to have them on board! These will be the biggest shows I'll have played to date and I'm so excited to get to share the stage with some of my favorite people and closest pals.

Because of this, we're now a bigger crew with substantially more equipment than my previous setup and we no longer fit in the small vehicle we were able to take on the last mini-tour. We're still working out the specifics of how we're gonna make it around this time- the options in rotation include things like renting/buying an enclosed cargo trailer and using the same small vehicle we used last time around, renting an entire van, or simply biting the bullet and buying one. No matter what- it's gonna cost more upfront than I'm able to afford on my own, and despite the fact that I spend most of my time working on this project in all its forms (creating and selling visual creations /making the music itself) being an independent musician is far from a well-paying occupation at this level and I'm not sure I'm able to come up with enough money to fund this tour without asking for help.

I cannot express how grateful I am for the amount of support I've received from you all over the past few years of making this project a reality- whether it be in the form of Patreon subscriptions , sharing my music with people around you , buying merch , even just streaming my songs online - all of it is more than I ever imagined, and I'm blown away by the love I've been shown by you all. Thank you so much.

much love,

-ky, sam, and brendan <3