Thursday, February 17, 2011

Help Alphanaut Complete New Album For Canine Cancer Charity



Alphanaut is raising funds on Kickstarter.com to help raise funds for the followup album to "Out of Orbit".

The new album titled "Little Sun" is a collection of songs inspired by the life of my dog Dingo. Unfortunately, we lost Dingo at the age of six after he fought a valiant battle with canine lymphoma. Dingo was truly an amazing creature who entered our universe for too short a time, touching all around him in ways I never thought possible. He was a daredevil, lover of life, pals with every human he met, best friend and star of the neighborhood. He taught us all a great deal, and when he was gone, he was greatly missed by all who had met him. The songs are are fictionalized accounts of key points in Dingo's life forming a concept album of sorts.

My goal with my campaign on Kickstarter.com is to raise $5,000.00 to pay for a small orchestral section to play on the album, as well as hire the other remaining musicians needed to complete the project. With Kickstarter and your help I can make that goal a reality. Check out my campaign, donate and receive cool pledge gifts as a way of me saying thanks for your support. I have 30 days from today to pull off my goal, and unfortunately if I don't reach my set amount the project won't get funded.

Once the album is completed my goal is to donate a portion of the proceeds from album sales to a charitable organization working on the issue of canine cancer. I'm still doing research as to who I want to reach out to to achieve this goal, but hope to make that announcement once the project is ready to be released.

Thanks for your help in bringing "Little Sun" into the light.

Share this link to promote Alphanaut's "Little Sun" campaign http://kck.st/dKy4hb

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Alphanaut Blog Has A New Home

As of January 2011, the official Alphanaut blog has been moved from this blogger account to Wordpress on my main domain. Just wanted to give a heads up to any fans, friends and family following me here so you can update your bookmarks.

Here's the address for the new blog http://planetalphanaut.com/blog

Thanks again to all for your continued support and stay tuned for news on the second Alphanaut full length due out summer 2011.

Mark