Sam Haycroft

I am DUCKEYE have once again self-produced our 6th ALBUM and we'd like your help to release i,t and eventually tour Australia again with your kind support.

Like us, our story is simple.

I am Duckeye has written and nearly completed the mastering of the 6th album "JUST ENOUGH"
And like always, we excitedly eager to have your help to get it out there!
You've done it before and crikey knows we need your help to do it again!!
After successfully crowd funding the previous 5 albums "HUSBAND", "COMMANDO TOO", "SONGS FROM THE GUNT", "PUCE", and "WELT" we want to do the same thing with YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT once again!!!

THANK YOU KINDLY for pledging your support and encouraging our nongery!

VHS PLAYLIST

To give you a genuine idea of the usual path ahead of an independent band, here is our

"TO DO LIST"

- Sam drives 250kms round trip to Melbourne to jam with the band (usually fortnightly over 9 months minimum)
- basic recording equipment is lugged and set up in the room
- Duckeye writes songs furiously for average 4 hours in stinky room
- Demo songs are later edited and sent via email by Sean to review
- Lyrics are borne of laughter and drudgery of life's experiences
- random gigs occur between major tours to test songs live
- more jamming, more refining, more stinkiness
- album artwork discussed
- Sam graphic designs his paintings into album art work (80 hours approx)
- Sean programs demo drums for guitars & vocal recording @ homes & studio (100 hours at least)
- songs are still refined & basically mixed upon email reviews
- when arrangments are set in stone, Sean hires studio to record live drums
- drums and recording equipment set up, nearly a full day for that
- drums are performed and recorded (another 3 days minimum)
- Sean then sifts through numerous takes to find the best performances of each song
- editing continues constantly (1000 hours easily, no kidding!)
- video clips are being shot, edited and animated (100 hours easily)
-  vocals are tracked both at home on Phillip Island, 200kms away over the months(100 hours)
- during this time, our social media is inundated with absurd posts and images (5 minutes)
- once everything is recorded, mixing ensues (1000 hours by Sean... probably more)
- emails go back and forth with tears and suggestions
- Manufacturers are contacted for album art design specs that are rarely adhered to
- Vistaprint ordering online gets FRIDGE MAGNETS happening! (worth every minute!)
- someone is sent terrible, questionable tshirt and poster designs to build silkscreens in their underground lair
- friends in bands and venue bookers are contacted warning of our impending stinkathon tour to promote the release
- friends are messaged for floor space to crash on and support slots filled
- friends are the best (infinite hours)
- printed posters are rolled up with chocolates and sent to venues (10 hours)
- final mixes of the album are being signed off on
- great debates over song listings rage on (5 minutes)
- final mastering and turd polishing of the album happens (10 hours)
- uploading for manufacture and distribution occurs (a coupla hours)
- art proofs are bounced back and forth
- videos are completed and sent to media junk folders
- crowd funding rewards, from a CD through to large parcels filled with paintings, vinyls etc, are packed and sent out to our wondeully supportive and patient pledgends (100 hours easily)

- without fail, 2 weeks before release, our album ends up on average 50 illegal download sites (true story)

- we plod off in Sam's 2003 Ford "Golden Phoenix" family station wagon for 1000's of kilometres to play numerous gigs around the country to average 20-40 maximum enthusiasm punterlings per show (400 hours..?)

- the tour ends, back to square one...



The biggest challenge we face is raising the WONDER FUNDS within the 60 days whilst bludgeoning you with constant updates and social media shout outs of THANKS!

We know YOU ARE THE GREATEST FANS EVER, but we need you to really dig deep and SHARE the crap out of this campaign and let other nongs know we need them too.

OH! And please note that delivery time is AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The Album is still being recorded and mixed and piddled upon so the songs require a fair bit of Sean "polish de turd".

Sincerely, thank you for patience, understanding and wonderful tolerance of our idiocy. We couldn't do it without YOU!!!

STAY SAFE & TUNED!

COST BREAKDOWN:

- $3000 VINYL PRINTING
- $1000 CD PRINTING
- $1000 POSTAGE & PACKAGING
- $1000 REWARDS MERCHANDISE

Wishful Thinking:

- $3000 NATIONAL TOUR (Flights, car hire, we sleep on friend's floors)
- $1000 BOOKINGS

As you can see we do the far majority of it ourselves, with our community of wonderful friend's help, out of our own collective pocket, like every other independent band ever. We write, rehearse, record, mix, and master our music ourselves. Plus we do all the artwork and graphic design. And we make the silly video clips. All the while we are working full time jobs, raising children and street fighting. So YOUR HELP IS REALLY APPRECIATED. 

Thank you!