Mental health, marathons, and indie rock'n'roll!

A project in Portland, OR by Jessa Graves
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Turn up the volume on women in independent music! Order your copy of Marathon, the debut full-length record from J. Graves.
Backers: 91
Average Pledge Per Backer: $59

Funded: $5,325 of $5,000
Dates: Mar 8th -> Apr 7th (30 days)
Project By: Jessa Graves
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Latest News

WE MADE IT!

April 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
HOLY GUACAMOLE!  what a month It's funded, it's official! HUGE thanks to my family and an angel named Heather for sending this campaign over the top. You'll see updates come from me as we get the lacquer master cut, make packaging decisions, get... (Read More)

FIVE DAYS LEFT!

April 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you! What a WILD RIDE this last month has been - my gratitude grows each day for all of the amazing people that have showed up for this campaign.  We have FIVE DAYS LEFT to raise just about $600  That breaks down like this:  24 $25 shirts!... (Read More)

NEW REWARD + ADD ON!

March 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY! In all of its glory! I posted a picture of myself in a self screen printed version of this shirt and had 5 people reach out to me about purchasing. SO here we have it - the first ever SUPER OFFICIAL J. Graves t-shirt.  For those... (Read More)

Music as Medicine

March 21st - via: kickstarter.com
You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content. Play Replay with sound Play with sound 00:00 00:00 I've had a really strange week emotionally so coming home and playing some music was very necessary. I can't perform and post new songs... (Read More)

A lil' note

March 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Dove deep on this Tuesday and found a new pressing plant that I'm really, really digging. I'm thinking this run might actually be less than 300 pieces, which was the original plan based off of United's minimums. I'll have pricing back tomorrow and if... (Read More)

HOLY HECK IT'S SUNNY IN PORTLAND!

March 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Everything is just so much better when it's sunny in Portland. I snapped some photos of the shirts I printed the other day and had 4 of 5 people reach out to me asking where they could get them. Spoiler alert - I think I'll be creating a reward tier... (Read More)

IT'S SHOW TIME, BABY!

March 17th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

SHOW NIGHT EVE!

March 16th - via: kickstarter.com
I played a neat little open mic at a guitar shop in SE Portland tonight. It was for the PDX chapter of Women Crush Music.  There's nothing more terrifyingly vulnerable than an open mic. I blanked and forgot to mention the Kickstarter. I've played... (Read More)

BACKERS ONLY!

March 15th - via: kickstarter.com
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The best laid plans

March 14th - via: kickstarter.com
I get up each morning at 6:00 AM to work on J. Graves before heading off to WorkStep work. This morning I time lapsed a screen printing video, created a 10 second social media video (my learnings from reading what works across platforms is super... (Read More)

WE JUMPED 25% TODAY!

March 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Today feels like a dream. I settled in about 20 minutes ago to write new campaign backers some love notes for today's pledges. I checked in on numbers to find that the campaign had jumped from just shy of 40% all the way to 65% funded - I'm ecstatic.... (Read More)

WHAT A DAY BACKERS!

March 12th - via: kickstarter.com
RADIO DEBUT! We're at just about 40% and I'm feeling so FRIGGIN' PUMPED! J. Graves' bass player, Barret Stolte and I were on Freeform Portland's Rip City radio today talking about the record, this kickstarter, and things to come in 2019!  The Vinyl... (Read More)

Thanks for a rockin' weekend!

March 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Rounding the 3rd day of this campaign and we are at more than 30% funded! Tomorrow evening I'll be going on local Portland radio station Freeform Portland to radio debut "A Cabin." We'll be talking about the record and our mission to get it pressed!... (Read More)

Backers! I'm floored!

March 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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Early backers! You are amazing!

March 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to all of you for getting this campaign off to such a great start! I'm so beyond grateful for each and every one of you! We have 29 days left to go and are at 6% funded. I just know this will be a success and I appreciate each and every one of... (Read More)

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