After Hours – Paper Moon (Sponsored by Scott Ventura) Artistic License – When I Fall In Love (Sponsored by Peter Frank) ClassRing (SAI) –Climb Ev’ry Mountain (Sponsored by Helen Giallombardo) Forefront – If (Sponsored by Aaron Powell) Flipside – How High The Moon (Sponsored by Danielle Ethier) GQ (SAI) Almost There – (Sponsored by The McAlexander Family) Hot Air Buffoons –The Religious Medley (Sponsored by Justin Downey) Instant Classic – Dear Hearts and Gentle People (Sponsored by David & Linda Mills) Lemon Squeezy – So Much In Love(Sponsored by Nicholas Serrecchia) The Newfangled Four – I’m Gonna Live Till I Die Quorum – Daydream (Sponsored by Illustrator Jimmy) Signature – Change Is Gonna Come (Sponsored by Jamie Sharp) Trocadero – Crazy Little Thing Called Love
What is Kicking Back 2 Barbershop? Kicking Back To Barbershop started in 2015 when I wanted to help the Youth Barbershop Quartet Competitors get to International. I got 11 Quartets together and recorded 11 non-contest songs and sold the album for $5 with an infinite donation ceiling. Kicking Back To Barbershop raised over $1850 for Harmony Foundation’s Scholarship for Youth competitors. Now this is the line up for this year’s album with 12 Quartets singing.
Funds: This year since there are more quartets, that means there are more songs to be licensed. Which also means that the production of the album will be higher. Last year I helped fund about $200-$300 to start the album with the help of Song Sponsors paying for the processing fee for royalties.
$198.25 in Processing Fees
$295.75 in Royalty Fees (9.1 cents per song download x 250 albums)
$160 for custom hand drawn album artwork
$654: Total
This year I’ll do Album Sponsors instead of Song Sponsors since the cost is greater this year. 12 Album Sponsors of $50 will financially start the album so that the rest of the album donations will be given to Harmony Foundation International. Last year we were able to donate over $1850 to Harmony Foundation, let’s try doubling that this year!