Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
The Social Disaster - The Dark Side of the Roller Rink. The Dark Side of the Roller Rink (working title) is the first LP from my band, The Social Disaster, of which I am the lead singer, lyricist and co-composer. We would use the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council funds, our own band savings and Kickstarter funds if necessary to pay for a producer, studio time, the mixing and mastering of the album. Funding would provide a platform to further enhance, develop and mature the complete sound and artistic collaboration of band members.
Erling Ellison: jewelry designer and creator, speech coach and judge, director of Garrison Art Fair; Ken Bloom: Director of Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota-Duluth; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist; Kate Fitzgerald: Program Director North Shore Music Association, writer; Peter Pestalozzi: furniture maker, wood worker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Mark King: actor, theater reviewer, musician; Adam Guggemos: graphic designer, art events promoter; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Tara Makinen: Executive Director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Dana Mattice: Development and Communications Director of The Art Institute Duluth, Shannon Sweeney: stage manager for Duluth Playhouse and former production manager for the Minnesota Ballet; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior.
John Gregor: photographer, art educator, community art advocate; Michelle Ronning: jewelry designer and maker; David Beard: Assistant Professor University of Minnesota-Duluth writing studies; Ann Russ: music performer, community song leader, choir director, workshop leader, past director and founder of North Shore Music Association; Moira Villiard: visual artist and student of arts and communication at University of Wisconsin-Superior; Catherine Meier: website designer, printmaker, drawer, animator; Janeen Carey: vocalist, retired Hibbing Community College librarian and information media specialist.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goal of this project is to record, produce, mix and master The Social Disaster’s first LP, The Dark Side of the Rolling Rink to be released physically and digitally to the general population. This will create a quality product that can represent our band as we continue to grow in a professional environment. We have recorded demos and created a concise framework for the songs that we want to record and release; working with studio professionals and a producer will provide us the basis for honing these songs and making them the best complete work they can be. We want an outside source to engage critically in the work and provide us with feedback and direction to explore the potential of the final album. Alan Sparhawk gave us a verbal confirmation that he will produce the album. Studios we’ve been considering include The Terrarium and The Sound Gallery in Minneapolis, Pacyderm in Cannon Falls, Minnesota and Sacred Heart in Duluth, Minnesota. The first goals are successfully hiring a producer, booking studio time, and tracking the recording. Next, we will select methods of duplication and will also curate release shows to showcase the completed album. The release shows both in Duluth and Minneapolis will be a great way gauge the success of our work and make the album physically available to the public. Outcomes will be measured in our ability to successfully complete all tasks and disseminate our work through physical duplication of recordings, a digital download method and booking and completion of release shows.
Funds from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council Career Development grant specifically paid for the sound engineering, production, mixing and mastering for the debut album of my band, The Social Disaster, entitled ôDark Side of the Roller Rinkö which we released on compact disc and digitally on November 13th, 2015. We were able to hire Nick Tveitbakk at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota to engineer the album and Alan Sparhawk of Low served as the producer of the album. It was mixed and mastered by Jakob Larson at Sacred Heart Music Center in Duluth, Minnesota.
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