Tumbleweird
A project in Seattle, WA by Paul Kwinn000days
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Puzzlebox is finally releasing another album!
Backers: 124
Average Pledge Per Backer: $63
Funded: $7,849 of $7,500
Dates: Aug 25th -> Sep 24th (30 days)
Project By: Paul Kwinn
Backers: 124
Average Pledge Per Backer: $63
Funded: $7,849 of $7,500
Dates: Aug 25th -> Sep 24th (30 days)
Project By: Paul Kwinn
$7,849
current pledge level
Last Updated: September 24 @ 22:06 -0400 GMT
104%
of goal
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Latest News
1 more day 
September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick note: Our Kickstarter campaign ends tomorrow, Tuesday 9/23, at 6:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time. 22-ish hours from now. Last chance for goodies, including add-ons. (Read More)
WE MADE IT!! THANK YOU!!
September 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
What other words are there to say, other than THANK YOU SO MUCH from all of Puzzlebox for your generous support of our Kickstarter! WE MADE IT, all thanks to each and every one of you amazing donors. Tumbleweird is happening!!! To wrap things up,... (Read More)
Germany after 9/11
September 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Over all these years, Puzzlebox has had some interesting adventures and been to some really interesting places. One of my favorite adventures is FilkContinental. And I tell you what, it was an adventure! Puzzlebox was the guest of honor at the German... (Read More)
Alisa shares her feelings on Persian Rose
September 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Recording an album when you are not a professional musician (by any stretch!) and haven’t made performing music a priority in years means fitting in this project around your ‘real’ life…your more-than-full-time job, family, volunteering,... (Read More)
In the Game
September 20th - via: kickstarter.com
So as you may have guessed from our tier rewards, or our video, or earlier Updates, the members of our band have gaming as a common interest. In fact, 4 of the 5 of us have worked in the videogame industry, with Alisa meeting Taunya, Beckett, and I... (Read More)
Jeff Bohnhoff's Take on all these Goings-On
September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Puzzlebox and I go way back. I mean really way back. In 1995, at Baycon in San Jose, Maya and I met Paul for the first time. We had just played our first ever filk concert, and afterward we were in our first filk circle. Late in the evening, Paul... (Read More)
The Final Week! And stretch goal upgrade!
September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
On September 24th, one week from today, our Kickstarter campaign will end. We’re doing well, and we keep moving closer to our goal, but we’re not there yet. If you’ve been waiting to put in your pledge, the time has arrived: please help us get... (Read More)
Retribution
September 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey ho, music travelers! Bringing you a story today about our song, Retribution. For those of you who’ve been following the album updates closely, you are already aware that this is one of Puzzlebox’s four D&D character class songs,... (Read More)
Kristoph Klover, half of our engineering team, waxes semi-poetic
September 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We started out, just the three of us. Paul, Luis and myself. Going forward early and setting down the road that Puzzlebox would soon travel. First walking, then jogging, then running out of control downhill like we were being chased by something that... (Read More)
Stop Singing Ose, part 2: Singer and (non-)accordion-player’s perspective
September 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Ah, Stop Singing Ose…what can I say about this one?! I have to admit it has never been one of my favorites to perform with how polka/oompah it is and soooo repetitive. (Shhh….don’t hate me…just being honest!) But, Paul has won awards with... (Read More)
Stop Singing Ose or I’ll Kill You, Part 1: Writer and Contest Entrant’s perspective
September 11th - via: kickstarter.com
When I attended my first Ohio Valley Filk Festival in 1993, I didn't know there was a song-writing contest. Since then, I've entered the contest every year I've attended the convention, with one exception: 2006, when I was the Toastmaster, and was... (Read More)
Step-by-step for adding Add-ons
September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
For those who, like me, found the processing of adding an add-on to your pledge somewhat counter-intuitive, it turns out you need to: 1) Click "Manage your pledge"2) On the next page, click "Change your pledge"3) You should now be looking at a list... (Read More)
Add-ons now available!
September 8th - via: kickstarter.com
You asked for them (well, at least one of you did), so now we've got them!ADD-ONs!So if you got the coloring book, but really wanted the tote bag too, now you can create your own custom package using add-ons! Once you've become a backer for any tier... (Read More)
Luis on Merlin
September 7th - via: kickstarter.com
I have an affinity for spooky songs that tell a story. That’s one of the reasons I love Iron Maiden (don’t care what you say, Bohnhoff!) for their ability to weave amazing stories with their songs. One of the few cover songs on our album is... (Read More)
Rambliin' Time
September 4th - via: kickstarter.com
In the early Puzzlebox days, Taunya, Alisa, and I (Paul) wrote a few songs in an interesting fashion, as a group. One person would start with a piece of paper, write down one line, and pass it on to the next person. Eventually we had some verses,... (Read More)
The Genesis of “Skin” and How I Pwned Paul Kwinn...once.
September 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
So I’ve entered exactly one song writing contest to date. The year I turned 40 I was dating this wonderful 25 year old, over 6 foot tall, red headed snowboarder. (*cough* cougar *cough*) Wonderful except for the usual things that happen with that... (Read More)
Beckett talks about Tumbleweird art
September 1st - via: kickstarter.com
When Puzzlebox was talking seriously about doing a new album (after a hiatus of about 25 years!) I think everyone in the band assumed from the get-go that I was going to do the album art and the layout and such for the actual CD packaging. I did the... (Read More)
The Character Class Suite
August 30th - via: kickstarter.com
(Editor’s Note: This article was composed by Paul and Taunya, alternating writing a sentence or two. Paul goes first.) Taunya and Paul have a group of 4 songs they've written which they refer to as The Character Class Suite. (Ed.: For the... (Read More)
Luis reflects on his song Friend
August 29th - via: kickstarter.com
FriendAs a child I only had one dog growing up. His name was “Pinky” and I only had him for a year or two before he went to that “Farmer” in the sky. I didn’t have another dog until I moved in with my lovely bride, Alisa in 1999. She had... (Read More)
A Certain Kind of Magic
August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
A Certain Kind of Magic (or how do you keep a band of diverse people together for 25 years, from the understanding of one Taunya Gren)Today one of Puzzlebox’s key members goes in for surgery. It’s got me a bit misty worrying for her so...here’s... (Read More)
Evil Kristoph
August 28th - via: kickstarter.com
At a certain point in the album, you will hear the phrase “Evil Kristoph: Multi-instrumentalist Devil”. Do not be alarmed. There is not actually a devil in the recording studio. Well, not a credentialed devil, as far as we know. The phrase comes... (Read More)
We're off! Excellent first day! And Alisa talks about Caledonia.
August 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! 24 hours in, and 27% funded! Thanks folks! And keep it up! Please spread the word about our Kickstarter campaign.For our first update, we've got a story from Alisa about one of the songs on our album, which is one of the first we played as a... (Read More)
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