Glenn Skuthorpe - See My World
A$18,486
of $18,000 targetyrs ago
Successful on 10th Nov 2015 at 9:30AM.
I'm Glenn Skuthorpe, Nhunggabarra, Kooma, Muruwari man, singer songwriter and storyteller. My music has taken me from the campfire as a kid to stages around the world - from Goodooga to the Pilbara, Woodford to Calgary Folk Festivals, and many places in between.
Whether travelling the world or going back home, I like to write about my journey and the people I meet along the way, to give voice to the stories that must be heard, like shining a new light through an old window.
I’ve penned over 50 new songs that cover a lot of different genres, and one of them is Out West. I guess with Out West you could be west of anywhere, of Bourke or Melbourne, La Glace or Toronto. Everywhere I go, I want to capture where I’ve been. But no matter how far I roam from my home town of Goodooga, through the lyrics in Out West I am always home.
With this new album many of the songs run lyrically like a river through country, connecting the bush, the city and the ocean. Songs like Where is the Ocean and Out West, Down in Calgary and Bullrushes. This album feels different - lighter, exciting and so positive - like songs are flooding out of me and I just can’t wait to start recording them and to share this new album with you all.
When you do a gig, for that moment in time, people come on a journey with you. They buy your CD’s, then they’re gone - out of your life.
But through crowdfunding we can stay connected. You can be part of making my fifth album, from the start to the finish. This new album is going to be a product of all the people who are going to come on this journey with me.
I just can’t wait to make this happen. There’s all kinds of ways you can be involved. Have a look around this page and check out the rewards, how to donate and how to be part of this community - to make the album you want to hear.
This is how good music is made, at a grassroots level. So please stay tuned. We'll be putting up little clips of our progress as the days roll on and we'll add new rewards along the way.
Thanks for being part of this Journey. I guess I'll see you a little further down the road.
Whether travelling the world or going back home, I like to write about my journey and the people I meet along the way, to give voice to the stories that must be heard, like shining a new light through an old window.
I’ve penned over 50 new songs that cover a lot of different genres, and one of them is Out West. I guess with Out West you could be west of anywhere, of Bourke or Melbourne, La Glace or Toronto. Everywhere I go, I want to capture where I’ve been. But no matter how far I roam from my home town of Goodooga, through the lyrics in Out West I am always home.
With this new album many of the songs run lyrically like a river through country, connecting the bush, the city and the ocean. Songs like Where is the Ocean and Out West, Down in Calgary and Bullrushes. This album feels different - lighter, exciting and so positive - like songs are flooding out of me and I just can’t wait to start recording them and to share this new album with you all.
When you do a gig, for that moment in time, people come on a journey with you. They buy your CD’s, then they’re gone - out of your life.
But through crowdfunding we can stay connected. You can be part of making my fifth album, from the start to the finish. This new album is going to be a product of all the people who are going to come on this journey with me.
I just can’t wait to make this happen. There’s all kinds of ways you can be involved. Have a look around this page and check out the rewards, how to donate and how to be part of this community - to make the album you want to hear.
This is how good music is made, at a grassroots level. So please stay tuned. We'll be putting up little clips of our progress as the days roll on and we'll add new rewards along the way.
The journey continues
Thanks for being part of this Journey. I guess I'll see you a little further down the road.
The Journey wall - what supporters are saying
'Hey Butch 'Always listen to the wind'. Good luck and may you get there. The mob is looking forward to the next [album] and here's praying that you will always have our community in your heart and mind wherever you roam. Wishing you well. God bless. Stay strong and true!' Dixie Skuthorpe
'I can always here the soul in Glenn's music. It takes me home - I can picture the land, see the river, feel the fresh air. Being able to support his fifth album is my privilege - not only am I supporting him as an independent artist with his unique sound, but in supporting him I stay true to myself’. Charlee Sue Frail
‘Glenn Skuthorpe’s music is like an out-of-heart experience, a sad-gentle wind that lifts you up, allows you to soar, to coast, to feel the power of the truth carry you along with honest lyrics and heavenly licks – knowing that when you return to your heart: everything will be different. The new album is a ride through country old and new, driving through the hills of hope, and down into the valley of justice.’ Peter Docker. Author: Sweet One, The Waterboys, & Someone Else’s Country.
'One of the best writers and singers I know is making another album. He's looking for some help to get it out. There's a beautiful movie of Glenn's Australian home accompanied by some of Glenn Skuthorpe Official's songs. Check out the link below to get a copy of the record. LaGlace residents - Glenn tips his hat to you in his writeup. Would be great to get him out here sometime to play for us in person.' Matt Patershuk
'We are the change we want to see in the world. We are motivated, capable and wanting. We are gifted. We are willing. We are ready. We are now. Love your work Glenn and Katie et al!' Kerry Arabena
‘Glenn’s music and words touch something very precious, our deeper humanity, our connections. His songs breathe hope, pain, joy and empathy and tell stories of being in this life'. Tony Morison
‘Glenn, your stories, your lyrics, your voice, your music, is worth a million pledges. Having your music to listen to and lose ones self in is therapy worth a million pledges. Thank you for sharing your world through your music and making our world rich and our hearts happy. Very excited about the new album'. Jo Weaver
'A heartfelt thanks for a lovely evening of great music'. Mallacoota community
'I admire your resolve in remaining true to the stories you tell through your music. More power to you from Mallacoota.' Jan Symes
'I now have the full collection of Glenn's amazing works. I have also jumped on pozible.com/seemyworld to reserve the new album. Suggest we all pledge our support to keep this talented Aboriginal writer and performer on the go. Well done Brother'. John Riley
'We all have 'our thing' that is our release from the hassles of life. I have two...running and music. Sometimes they go together and sometimes I am unable to run, but I can always listen to music. Even when I am not travelling anywhere, music can take me so far 'out west' that I can lose myself and be in a place of love, peace and harmony. We need our musicians and we need Glenn Skuthorpe music in our collection, on the radio, in our ears and on the stage. Glenn's lyrics and music are true to life, they take you on a real life journey, they are his stories, they are his world. Glenn's fifth and double album that he is working on is 'so far out west' it is going to be 'out of this world'....PLEASE support Glenn, let's travel the road with him, lets all head 'out west' with him, let's help him make music. ' Jo Weaver
'Good music and good wine are made for each other. Look forward to a night of bringing the two together. All the very best with getting the new album released.' Shawn and Briony, Laughing Jack Wines.
'I can always here the soul in Glenn's music. It takes me home - I can picture the land, see the river, feel the fresh air. Being able to support his fifth album is my privilege - not only am I supporting him as an independent artist with his unique sound, but in supporting him I stay true to myself’. Charlee Sue Frail
‘Glenn Skuthorpe’s music is like an out-of-heart experience, a sad-gentle wind that lifts you up, allows you to soar, to coast, to feel the power of the truth carry you along with honest lyrics and heavenly licks – knowing that when you return to your heart: everything will be different. The new album is a ride through country old and new, driving through the hills of hope, and down into the valley of justice.’ Peter Docker. Author: Sweet One, The Waterboys, & Someone Else’s Country.
'One of the best writers and singers I know is making another album. He's looking for some help to get it out. There's a beautiful movie of Glenn's Australian home accompanied by some of Glenn Skuthorpe Official's songs. Check out the link below to get a copy of the record. LaGlace residents - Glenn tips his hat to you in his writeup. Would be great to get him out here sometime to play for us in person.' Matt Patershuk
'We are the change we want to see in the world. We are motivated, capable and wanting. We are gifted. We are willing. We are ready. We are now. Love your work Glenn and Katie et al!' Kerry Arabena
‘Glenn’s music and words touch something very precious, our deeper humanity, our connections. His songs breathe hope, pain, joy and empathy and tell stories of being in this life'. Tony Morison
‘Glenn, your stories, your lyrics, your voice, your music, is worth a million pledges. Having your music to listen to and lose ones self in is therapy worth a million pledges. Thank you for sharing your world through your music and making our world rich and our hearts happy. Very excited about the new album'. Jo Weaver
'A heartfelt thanks for a lovely evening of great music'. Mallacoota community
'I admire your resolve in remaining true to the stories you tell through your music. More power to you from Mallacoota.' Jan Symes
'I now have the full collection of Glenn's amazing works. I have also jumped on pozible.com/seemyworld to reserve the new album. Suggest we all pledge our support to keep this talented Aboriginal writer and performer on the go. Well done Brother'. John Riley
'We all have 'our thing' that is our release from the hassles of life. I have two...running and music. Sometimes they go together and sometimes I am unable to run, but I can always listen to music. Even when I am not travelling anywhere, music can take me so far 'out west' that I can lose myself and be in a place of love, peace and harmony. We need our musicians and we need Glenn Skuthorpe music in our collection, on the radio, in our ears and on the stage. Glenn's lyrics and music are true to life, they take you on a real life journey, they are his stories, they are his world. Glenn's fifth and double album that he is working on is 'so far out west' it is going to be 'out of this world'....PLEASE support Glenn, let's travel the road with him, lets all head 'out west' with him, let's help him make music. ' Jo Weaver
'Good music and good wine are made for each other. Look forward to a night of bringing the two together. All the very best with getting the new album released.' Shawn and Briony, Laughing Jack Wines.
In the studio
I can't believe we're in the studio, and it's thanks to all the See My World supporters who got us here! So grateful. Seven days in and fourteen songs recorded.
How The Funds Will Be Used
To record a double album. The funds raised will pay for producer, musicians and mixing costs (fees and travel) and production costs (album artwork, printing and pressing) -
EXPENDITURE
$21,800 - Producer, musicians, mixing
$1,200 - Album mastering
$5,000 - Album artwork, printing and pressing
$28,000 - Total expenditure
The overall project budget is $28,000. I need to raise a minimum of $18,000, which will leave the project with $16,200 after we deduct costs. Arts SA have generously provided $4,000 to the cost of mixing and mastering the album and I'm contributing my own money earned from gigs and workshops and getting my hands dirty in the garden to meet the shortfall of $7,800. The project team is donating significant time and resources - not only to project manage 'See My World' but also for film clip production, promotion, media, marketing and distribution to get the album out to you all.
INCOME
$16,200 - Pozible crowd funding campaign (after deducting costs)
$4,000 - Arts SA funding
$7,800 - Own funds
$28,000 - Total income
Why a double album? The songs have been flooding out of me. I now have more than 50 new songs. I’ve been listening to the songs and shortlisting with my producer, musos friends and family, and we’re in complete accord! Most of these songs can’t be separated - they belong together - each song a living part of the whole. And in thinking about it, at this point in my life, making a double album just makes so much sense.
Recently coming back together after a ten year break with long time friend Steve Francis who produced Out of the Darkness (2001) and Restless Souls (2004), we sat down in Steve's studio to lay down the Out West single. In that moment, I realised how important it is to work with a Producer that I respect and connect with, a man who I admire greatly and who understands my music.
And Chris Parkinson (The Yearlings, My Sweet Mule Production and Recording) who played on Out of the Darkness is on board! It'll be great to work with Parko again.
I really want to make this happen and I would love you all to be there with me from start to finish.
EXPENDITURE
$21,800 - Producer, musicians, mixing
$1,200 - Album mastering
$5,000 - Album artwork, printing and pressing
$28,000 - Total expenditure
The overall project budget is $28,000. I need to raise a minimum of $18,000, which will leave the project with $16,200 after we deduct costs. Arts SA have generously provided $4,000 to the cost of mixing and mastering the album and I'm contributing my own money earned from gigs and workshops and getting my hands dirty in the garden to meet the shortfall of $7,800. The project team is donating significant time and resources - not only to project manage 'See My World' but also for film clip production, promotion, media, marketing and distribution to get the album out to you all.
INCOME
$16,200 - Pozible crowd funding campaign (after deducting costs)
$4,000 - Arts SA funding
$7,800 - Own funds
$28,000 - Total income
Why a double album? The songs have been flooding out of me. I now have more than 50 new songs. I’ve been listening to the songs and shortlisting with my producer, musos friends and family, and we’re in complete accord! Most of these songs can’t be separated - they belong together - each song a living part of the whole. And in thinking about it, at this point in my life, making a double album just makes so much sense.
Recently coming back together after a ten year break with long time friend Steve Francis who produced Out of the Darkness (2001) and Restless Souls (2004), we sat down in Steve's studio to lay down the Out West single. In that moment, I realised how important it is to work with a Producer that I respect and connect with, a man who I admire greatly and who understands my music.
And Chris Parkinson (The Yearlings, My Sweet Mule Production and Recording) who played on Out of the Darkness is on board! It'll be great to work with Parko again.
I really want to make this happen and I would love you all to be there with me from start to finish.
The Challenges
I really want to get my music out to you all. I love being on the road, connecting with my listeners and playing live. My project team and supporters also know what it means to me to be able to take my music beyond a live performance and into the studio to bring my songs to life, and let them live on.
Through crowdfunding, together we can make an album that we all connect with, that we are all part of, and we can continue on this journey together.
I am just so excited to have my project team on board. I know that they're the people who can bring the music to life in the studio and engage music-lovers who want to see this double album made and in their hands. The interest in this project is just so powerful and building everyday. And it's only early days.
I just can't wait to make this double album!
Through crowdfunding, together we can make an album that we all connect with, that we are all part of, and we can continue on this journey together.
I am just so excited to have my project team on board. I know that they're the people who can bring the music to life in the studio and engage music-lovers who want to see this double album made and in their hands. The interest in this project is just so powerful and building everyday. And it's only early days.
I just can't wait to make this double album!
A shout out on Facebook
I'll post you a personalised shout out at www.facebook.com/glennskuthorpemusic acknowledging your generous support and we can stay in touch
1 chosen / 499 available
Est. delivery is Dec 15
A3 signed poster
Take home an artist signed A3 poster complete with album artwork. Stay tuned for design concepts
0 chosen / 50 available
Est. delivery is Feb 16
The new album
Be one of the very first to have in your hands, a freshly pressed and personally signed copy of the new double album
18 chosen / 182 available
Est. delivery is Feb 16
Album choice pack
You get to choose. Take home all four of my earlier albums or receive an artist signed copy of the freshly pressed new album as well as two of my earlier albums
2 chosen / 98 available
Est. delivery is Feb 16
Appear in music film clip
In the making is a music film clip featuring a song destined for the new album. Come and join me at one of several locations soon to be announced and appear as an extra in the clip
1 chosen / 19 available
Est. delivery is Feb 16
A song for you
I'll write a song about you, someone or some place special in your life
2 chosen / 2 available
Est. delivery is Feb 16
Time in the studio
Spend some time in the studio with me and my producer Steve Francis
2 chosen / 3 available
Est. delivery is Feb 16
In the garden
I've studied horticulture and when not writing songs I spend my time growing healthy food and also geraniums! Let's spend an afternoon working in your garden.
0 chosen / 3 available
Est. delivery is Apr 16
Around the campfire
Spend an evening having a yarn and jam around the campfire playing three chords - and if you don't know three chords I'll teach you!
1 chosen / 2 available
Est. delivery is Apr 16
Deluxe house concert
Host a house concert in your own home and enjoy an intimate night of music with family and friends. I'll share some stories about back home and being on the road, and play two sets including a special selection of my earlier songs and many of the songs destined for the new album.
3 chosen / 3 available
Est. delivery is Apr 16
Host a community workshop
Host a two hour Gidgeeburra songwriting workshop in your local community. Compose and record a song with Glenn Skuthorpe and Katie Symes, and take home a copy of the recording as well as photographic images from the day.
1 chosen / 2 available
Est. delivery is Apr 16