Crowdfunding Campaign By This Bangalore Based Band Is On Fire!

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The latest crowdfunding campaign by this Bangalore based band called "Perfect Strangers", "BE THE PRODUCER: PERFECT STRANGERS FIRST ALBUM" was launched about a week ago and has already achieved 30% of their target of Rs.10,00,000 i.e. Rs.3,00,000, with the support of 49 unique funders. Crowdfunding your dream has proven to be a fantastic way of fueling your creative endeavors. One of the first few Indian Bands to crowd fund their albums was "As We Keep Searching", Singer-songwriter Tejas recently broke the internet when he achieved his crowdfunding target of Rs. 2 lakhs within 5 hours of launching the campaign for his album, Make It Happen. He has then gone on to achieve the stretch goal of Rs. 4 lakhs as well, with 10 more days of his campaign still to go. Skyharbour, Vasudha Sharma, vocalist of the pop band Aasma, who crowdfunded her debut album, ‘Attuned Spirits’. Even large scale events have been crowdfunded. The best example in this regard is Control Alt Delete. Crowdfunding is a fantastic way to finance your creative endeavors without dragging yourself, your family and/or the owners of the couch that you sleep on through the depths of financial despair that so many starving artists fatefully encounter. Many musicians have turned to crowdfunding to raise money and build a community of fans in support of upcoming albums, tours, recording projects, and more. Perfect Strangers, a rock band from Bangalore, India and they have been making original music for the past 3 years. Without restricting themselves to any genre, they combine elements of pop, blues, progressive and jazz rock to compose their songs. Music and performance have been the only methods for us to truly express ourselves and we've done it entirely out of love.

Watch Their Crowdfunding Campaign Video Here

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THE REWARDS are quite exciting!

The band has kept in mind what could excite their funders, and it seems to be working well. Rewards are very important to attract funders and addressing the need, sometimes even to add fun elements.

Here is a mini preview of the tracks!

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The idea of recording their first album—which has become their dream this past year—is not a new one, but has only now blossomed into a real possibility because of the unwavering loyalty of everyone who has supported us artistically, stood by them and helped them see their musical project through: from their fans who never cease to amaze them, all the way to their families and friends who were the first to witness the seeds of this project when they were barely visible.

The Album

The first album aims to feature 7 songs with a playtime of 50 min approx scheduled to release in 2018. The songs have been drawn from the personal experience of band members, talking about, among other things -- social media obsession, feminism, challenges in the current music scene, support for the queer community.