Support Richard Rourke in Reaching Next Creative Milestone

Richard Rourke is organizing this fundraiser.

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You care, like I do, about the creation of music.

Expressing our personal life experiences and emotions in a way that others can relate to, or find meaning in, is an art form—just as we do with the work of our favorite artists.

As an emerging artist, it’s a grind... We hustle in booking, practicing, recording, and playing our live performances. We try to get to the point where we have merchandise sales.

Streaming on Spotify produces $0.003-$0.005 per stream, then split between a band...not enough to keep an up and coming operation running smoothly.

Navigating these headwinds is intense work, all the while facing the expectations of life to “keep pushing for the craft” with the limited resources emerging artists tend to have.

As the music industry continues to rely on algorithms and its gatekeepers, you are part of the solution for emerging musicians like me, who face the challenges of today's industry.

As a singer, songwriter, and keyboard player, I lead a 5-piece soul and R&B band in New Orleans. Since forming in 2017, we’ve consistently written, recorded, released, and performed original music around the country.

From being inspired by artists like Stevie Wonder, Vulfpeck, David Bowie, D'Angelo, Bill Withers, and the Allman Brothers, we feel that it’s our obligation to continue to make music from the soul.

Building on the momentum from releasing our three most successful works in 2023, we’ve gotten back in the studio in 2024 and, with the help from our community, are looking to continue recording into the early months of 2025.

We’re seeking community investments through our GoFundMe campaign to move our music forward:

$2,500: Record four to five new songs at Marigny Studio in New Orleans.
$500: Implement marketing and promotional strategies, ad placements, and Spotify campaigns, to get the music heard.
$500: Merchandise creation to give fans something to remember
$1,500: Film the in-studio creative process and music videos, sharing it on our YouTube channel once the recordings are completed.

We are calling on our beloved fans and community to support however they are able. Thank you, as always, for your continued support.

In gratitude,

Richard Rourke

P.S. — you can help our music move forward:

Facilitate connections to people we should know (radio show hosts, music writers/bloggers, managers, booking agents, influencers etc!)
Share our music from Spotify with friends, family, and social media — easy and fun!
Demonstrate your commitment to our music with an investment to the GoFundMe.

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