by Lionhart » Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:38 pm
Hey everyone,
My name's Isaac Paul, and I'm about to launch my first kickstarter to fund the debut album for a band called Lionhart.
By trade, I'm not in the music business, but rather, I'm a filmmaker. I've literally grown up on movie sets my entire life; my Dad is a writer/director, my Uncle is a producer, my Grandmother is a casting director, and so on.. I work for my Uncle's production company now, Crystal Sky LLC, based in Los Angeles, but I've recently started to branch off and I created my own company- Pigeon Tree Productions.
I called my company Pigeon Tree Productions, instead of Pigeon Tree Films, because I didn't want to limit myself to just making movies. I've found that when I'm passionate about something, my creative engine revs up and I just have to make it happen.. In this case, I'm talking about Lionhart.
The lead singer of Lionhart, Marc Schneider, is also an employee of Crystal Sky, he's an aspiring filmmaker, and talented writer, but he also stems from a family of musicians. Music has always been a way for Marc to manage his creative overflow, a pastime of artistic expression to escape the stress of every day life. One day Marc (who by this time, has become one of my very best friends), played me a rough recording of a song from this concept album idea he came up with, and I completely fell in love with it- the sound, the story that the music told, and the heart behind it.
Needless to say, I felt that I had to make it happen, so I rattled ideas around in my head, "producing movies can't be so different from the music world, it's all about making thing's happen, right?", and that's more or less turned out to be true. I've taken what knowledge I have of the film business, and placed that into the world of music. I'm not claiming to be a music producer, that term is very very different than film producer- but I am managing the band, and doing my best to make things happen.
Thus far, we've recorded a single, "Fire in the Sea", which we've been blessed to have play on the radio a few times here in Los Angeles, on 88.5 KCSN. I've managed to partner up with a clothing company, called Rising Sun Jeans, who make everything by hand right here in Eagle Rock, CA. And we just played our first show, at a small venue, but it was nearly sold out.
I couldn't be more proud of what we've accomplished, and I'm very excited to be a part of what these guys are doing. We're all very driven, and it's pure passion all around.
So, we're about to launch our kickstarter campaign and I've been doing lots and lots of research, and I'm feeling good about what we've got. Our video is solid, our perks are appealing, and our goal is reachable.
I've written up a press release and I'm currently trying to figure out if this is something that I'll effectively be able to send out myself to relevant publications/blogs, or if I need a PR company to do it for me. I'm confident in the press release itself, and I feel like I'll be able to hit a good number of websites on my own, but I don't really have any experience in this area, so I'm unsure.
I appreciate any insight. Thanks a lot for reading! Nice to meet you all.
Isaac