Help Dust City Opera Finish Our Next Album, "Alien Summer"

A project in Albuquerque, NM by Dust City Opera
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We're creating a new, bizarre, and fantastic record "Alien Summer" and we need your help to bring it to life the way it's meant to be!
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Backers: 153
Average Pledge Per Backer: $136

Funded: $20,811 of $20,000
Dates: Aug 2nd -> Sep 1st (30 days)
Project By: Dust City Opera
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Latest News

8/20 backers... Zoom Q&A Starting Now!

August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Reminder: If you pledged before 8/20, the exclusive Zoom Q&A Happy Hour is starting now! Check your messages for the link.  :) -DCO   (Read More)

WE DID IT!

August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
It's day 27 and we just reached our $20,000 goal!  Thank you all for being on this journey with us, backing us, sharing our project, sending us messages of support, and more--you are the reason we are here right now. We are absolutely overjoyed!... (Read More)

1 week left! Plus some major news (hint: ever heard of Dave Matthews Band?)

August 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Friends and Fans, Holy cow! The Alien Summer Kickstarter campaign has just 1 week left and this has been both a crazy and exhilarating ride so far! Coming into this, I thought people would mostly be motivated by the rewards and it has been a surprise... (Read More)

Violence, sadness, & humor: DCO's origin story - Part 3

August 20th - via: kickstarter.com
With the help of our friend, writer and music editor, Mel Minter, we are honored to share this as the final post in our origin story series. Thank you Mel for spending time with us and distilling our story into this beautifully written bio. We... (Read More)

The story of DCO - Part 2: Hallways of My Memory

August 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Most bands spend a lot of time together. Like a LOT. Like enough to have a lot of laughs and maybe get on each others nerves a little, so you start to wonder if Paul’s latest murder song is actually about you... (Actually, it’s mostly a lot of... (Read More)

The story of DCO - Part 1: It’s all strange.

August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We are sharing this here for anyone who may have stumbled on our Kickstarter and doesn't know us yet, and for those of you who are already fans and want to get to know us even better. If you're in our email club, you probably already have a copy of... (Read More)

Halfway there!

August 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Over the weekend I got a text from Clara: "DUDE. We just broke $10k!"  I cried. My kids were standing next to me and we all cheered and then I messaged the rest of the band with the news. When we set out on this journey, I didn't know what to... (Read More)

40% funded! Plus: a song preview for you!

August 9th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Friday Challenge with Travis!

August 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi folks! Who wants to have a little fun? :) Travis has just upped the stakes before we start the weekend! If we get to $8,000 by midnight tonight, Travis is going to do a hot wing eating challenge on live video! If we get to $10,000 by midnight... (Read More)

25% raised on day 1!

August 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Holy cow! We're one day in and already a quarter of the way to our funding goal! Thanks to each of you, we raised over $5,000 on the first day! This is a massive milestone and we are grateful to have you on this journey with us. THANK YOU!  I... (Read More)

Incredible start! Already hit 10% of our goal!

August 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all so much! I can't describe what I am feeling right now, I want to cry! We are off to an amazing start! Thanks to each of your pledges this morning we are already at 10% of our campaign goal and it's barely 10am local time! Please... (Read More)

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