Routes & Whereabouts: A New Album by Grace Pettis

A project in Austin, TX by Grace Pettis
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10 new, original songs, recorded in Austin, Texas with producer Dan Barrett at the helm.
Backers: 350
Average Pledge Per Backer: $69

Funded: $24,010 of $20,000
Dates: Jun 30th -> Jul 31st (31 days)
Project By: Grace Pettis
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Latest News

WE DID IT!!!!!!

July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Cue the champagne and confetti- WE DID IT!!!!!! We just hit our goal and THIS ALBUM WILL BE RECORDED NEXT MONTH.  In a matter of months, a copy will be in your hands. Words cannot express how grateful I am for your support.  You are the reason I am... (Read More)

Ruthie Foster Covering TWO Grace Pettis Songs on Upcoming Album

July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
I'm proud to announce that Ruthie Foster, one of my musical heroes and the best singer I've ever heard, is recording TWO of my songs on her new album, currently in the works.    In case you weren't aware, Ms. Foster's last two albums received "Best... (Read More)

LAST WEEK!! BONUS REWARD - 5 EXTRA CONTENDER SONG DEMOS

July 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
82% Funded - $16,595 Pledged - 7 DAYS TO GO! This is the final stretch, y'all! I made you this iPhone video from my literal sick bed- no makeup or fancy editing- to tell you how grateful I am for your support and to ask for your help with this last... (Read More)

Contender Song - "Good Sailor"

July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
I recorded this a few days ago...when I was out in the Georgia woods with a group of teens from our church, chaperone-ing for their summer camp. I'm just now getting around to posting it. We're in Louisiana now, en route back to Austin tomorrow.... (Read More)

Thank You Video - First 2 Weeks!

July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
I am somewhere in Georgia... volunteering with my husband Cris for a summer camp the amazing teens at our parish go to. So just ignore the dark circles under my eyes, my general dirtiness and the not awesome cabin lighting. I wanted to take a minute... (Read More)

Contender Song - "The Next One"

July 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We are at $14,905 and 74% funded with only 18 days to go!! Contender Song: "The Next One."  I'm still at summer camp, volunteering with the kids from our church. My time to make music videos is pretty limited... Also, I'd look pretty... (Read More)

Contender Song - "Wouldn't You Say"

July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
We are at a whopping $14,710, 73% funded! I wrote this one with my good friend Haley Cole, a Texas songwriter and singer and recent transplant to Nashville. When we wrote it, I was coming off not one but two rejections from national TV shows. It's a... (Read More)

Contender Song - "Everybody Dies"

July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
It's way more uplifting than it sounds. This is a contender song I write with Taylor Powell, with my grandfather Pierce Rayvon Pettis II in mind.    https://youtu.be/TDFVX9EXCmw ‪ #‎routesandwhereabouts‬ ‪#‎contendersongs‬  (Read More)

Contender Song - "Any Kind of Girl"

July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
As the Monty Python boys say, "And now for something completely different!" Another contender song, called "Any Kind of Girl."  I wrote this song after ranting on Facebook about how I was harassed on the street one day (many days). A bunch of you... (Read More)

Contender Song - "Four Wheel Hotel"

July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Don't know if you've seen the numbers lately... but in 5 days, you guys have pledged over $12,000 to my Kickstarter campaign! I'm starting to feel like a broken record saying over and over how amazed and humbled I am... but I truly can't get over... (Read More)

Happy 4th of July

July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
For the 4th, and as an antidote to this crazy election stuff, and because I needed it too, here's Paul Simon's immortal "American Tune." Song swapping on Wyatt Earp's (yes, that's his real name) back porch with Brian Pounds.... (Read More)

Contender Song - "Alabama Girl"

July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
  Hey! So to celebrate reaching $8,000 and 40% funded (WOW!!!) in just 2 days, I wanted to post an impromptu video of a brand new song: "Alabama Girl."  It's a strong contender for the album (the lyrics are in the youtube description box). Here's... (Read More)

36% Funded in the First 24 Hours!!

July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Ignore the rats' nest hair and the slightly glazed expression... I've been staying up late with this Kickstarter stuff lately!  I am so overwhelmed with gratitude I don't know what to do.  WE'RE ALREADY A THIRD OF THE WAY THERE AND IT'S ONLY THE... (Read More)

30% and Climbing! #2 on Kickstarter's "What's Popular" - Music!

July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
WHOO HOO!!!! Because of you guys, we were listed at #2 on Kickstarter's "What's Popular" list for music today! Right below the Cantina song from Star Wars, which happens to be the most popular song in the galaxy… So not too shabby!! ‪ We are... (Read More)

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