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Bemis Family Start Kickstarter

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Melody Bot, Sep 4, 2018.

  1. Melody Bot

    Your friendly little forum bot. Staff Member

    This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply.

    Max and Sherri Bemis have started a Kickstarter to release four albums:


    This isn’t just about one album even in the literal sense. We want to give the world FOUR albums and stream them for free regardless of who backs this Kickstarter. One full length LP, two e.ps and one of indeterminate length. All created by the Bemis family. So that would be the Perma album, the first solo Sherri Dupree-Bemis album, my first solo album (the first release by me since Say Anything recently stopped), and the first release by our girls’ indie rock project, which they’ve titled FLOWER PETAL FLOWER ROSE.

     
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  2. tobytobes

    Regular

    So I'm horrible with figuring out Kickstarter pricing plans and what they give out.

    Is there a certain bundle (bundle level) that gets you all the music they're planning on doing for this? It's the only part I'm super interested in, and I can't tell which level gets you all of it. Whether it's digital, physical, etc.
     
  3. Piercalicious

    Regular

    Third sentence of the release makes it sound like they'll be available for anyone for free regardless of backing.
     
  4. tobytobes

    Regular

    So I just re-read the whole thing again, and you're right, it does seem like the albums are free no matter what.

    Do you take most of the rewards then as "Hey, just throw us some cash and we'll give you some random items for fun"?
     
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  5. red8ge

    Regular

    some of these rewards are ridiculous lol
     
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  6. Dog Fish

    Mutt

    /r/sayanything doesn't seem to be too happy about some of these rewards/starting another kickstarter before Max's other promises are fulfilled.
     
  7. Brent

    Trusted Prestigious

    Haarrrrrrrrd pass. Dudes kickstarter history is already sketchy.
     
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  8. jorbjorb

    7 rings

    Well it's going to cost them $200 to throw four records on Spotify.

    So they need $111,258 to record four albums?
     
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  9. SmithBerryCrunch

    Trusted Prestigious

    wtf?

    Pledge $5,000 or more
    Signed Sun Studio Guitar and Video
    During an amazing show in Dallas, Max was gifted with a guitar by a kind fan.

    The guitar was supposedly retrieved from Nashville's historic Sun Studio from a relative who used to clean the place. It's been a mainstay of the Bemis household for years and has had many-an-angsty-song written on it. Considering Max's obsession with Johnny Cash, it will come as no surprise that this is a special guitar to him whether its history is accurate or if that dude was basically a sick sadist messing with a naive and sincere emo boy who projects himself onto a dead country singer more than he should.

    Max will sign and send you the guitar itself as well as film an individualized 30 minute acoustic set played on it. You'll receive the pretty lookin' video of the set, which will be recorded somewhere in Tyler, Texas, via email.
     
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  10. GageStillAlive

    Still Alive Supply Co. Supporter

    Those rewards are weird. Have a Perma wedding for 10K and you have to pay for their travel and hotel?
     
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  11. red8ge

    Regular

    have been having a laugh in my group chat today about what the minimum accommodations they would demand are
     
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  12. nsgob22

    Newbie Supporter

    what else has he done on Kickstarter?
     
  13. eboo

    Newbie

    it's so poorly written are the four albums - the Perma album, the first solo Sherri Dupree-Bemis album, my first solo album (the first release by me since Say Anything recently stopped), and the first release by our girls’ indie rock project, which they’ve titled FLOWER PETAL FLOWER ROSE?

    Also I thought he was quitting music? Also having a reward on kickstarter of songs that people paid you personalize is kind of lame in my books.
     
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  14. sammyboy516

    Trusted Prestigious

    Based on reddit his fans do not like him lol that sub is LIT UP about this, and there are some problematic portions that I hadn’t really thought about until reading peoples’ thought a there.
     
  15. red8ge

    Regular

    yeah, took me a second to realize he's selling a guitar someone gave him as a gift for $5000
     
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  16. Kingjohn_654

    Longtime Sunshine Prestigious

    Did he ever get caught up on that backlog of song shop songs?
     
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  17. Arry

    it was all a dream Prestigious

    30 bucks for a used ecig is a steal!!
     
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  18. chilllll

    Regular


    lol re-gifting game strong
     
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  19. seimagery Sep 4, 2018
    (Last edited: Sep 4, 2018)
    seimagery

    instagram.com/thekissingglow/

    This is a little weird. I hope the people who donate are satisfied with what they receive, but reselling a guitar that a fan gave you and offering your children to be flower girls in your very own wedding is strange.
     
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  20. HueyLewis

    Regular

    I see Sherri is still terrible at kickstarting.
     
  21. Dog Fish

    Mutt

    We need to start a kickstarter to buy the guitar back for the fan.
     
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  22. Dog Fish

    Mutt

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  23. Eclipse

    Regular

    I mean its pretty valid for people to be concerned over lack of communication of a product they bought months ago, selling your kids drawings or having them be flower girls, and regifting something special and as someone who ended up in a lot of debt as a result of a bipolar breakdown myself that twitlong sucks
     
  24. I Am Mick

    @gravebug Prestigious

    Yeah fuck this
     
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  25. okayibelieveyou

    Tam Rogic CSC Prestigious

    Reading through the reddit sub on this reminded me of the $100k tour bus fiasco with Eisley. Ridiculous.

    There's some real awful tiers of this kickstarter.
     
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