Amie Brûlée

Well hello there, are you hungry?

I always have an appetite for good food and good music, and right now I’m trying a new recipe. I’m rolling the two together like a coffee scroll and making a food and drinks themed album. It’s an idea I’ve been tossing around for a while and now it’s ready. Like a well-aged wine or a bread dough …

I’ve trawled the archives to find a wonderful selection of songs that are all about eating and drinking. They’re mostly songs from the middle of the twentieth century, things like I Want A Little Sugar in my Bowl, Peel Me A Grape, The Coffee Song, and Frim Fram Sauce. There are a few bluesy ones in there too, and a cheeky bossa nova.

I’m delighted to have two fine musicians joining to me record the songs and to take them out to into the world – Ben Calderazzo on guitar and Rob Gador on double bass. They’ve got that magic vintage swing in their bones and are great to work with. We’ll be recording at Pughouse studios in Melbourne and I might add a little piano and ukulele to the recipe here and there.

The album artwork is underway already. My photographer friend, Ed Riley, is making one photo for each song – the ones I’ve seen so far look fabulous. So the booklet will have lots of photos, stories and a couple of my favourite recipes.

I would be thrilled if you would join us in the kitchen to help cook up this album. I’m asking for your help with the costs of recording, mixing and mastering - the most important parts of an album. There are lots of rewards to choose from over there on the right hand side of the page. Whichever one you choose, thank you – your help is greatly appreciated!

I’ll keep you updated along the way with how it’s progressing and it should be pressed and coming your way in October.

As you can see from my goal, this is not a huge production, but it’s going to be a good one. Most of the project costs are recording, mixing and mastering (the genius of a sound engineer in a good studio!).

Here’s the nitty gritty breakdown:

- Recording: $1200

- Mixing & Mastering: $820

- Pozible Fees: $101

- Pozible Credit Card Fees: $47

- Rewards Postage Costs: $160

- Total Project Cost: $2328

Your postage to wherever you are in the world is included in your reward.

***UPDATE! Stretch Goal***

Now that we've reached our initial goal, any additional funds raised will help with the cost of pressing and printing CDs and booklets. Pressing and printing 300 albums will cost $1435 so any help with that will be the icing on the cake.