what does it cost
to be yourself
the cultural rebellion
Art doesn't happen in a vacuum. It happens because someone—usually against all logic, against all odds—refuses to let the song die inside them. When you support independent artists, you're not just buying access to content. You're investing in cultural rebellion. You're funding the stories that won't get told unless someone stands up and demands they exist. In 2025, when AI can generate ten thousand songs in an afternoon, supporting human artists is a vote for irreplaceable. For messy. For real. It's choosing the song written at 3am in a truck parked behind a Legion hall over the perfectly optimized playlist designed to keep you clicking. Every dollar you invest in art creates ripples you'll never see—it funds the tour stop that changes one kid's life, it pays for the edit that makes the story sing, it buys gas for the journey that proves to a generation it's not too late.
the defiance
Supporting independent art isn't charity. It's defiance. It's saying the world needs more than what corporations decide is profitable. It's participating in the preservation of human creativity in an age trying to automate it. You're not funding my dream—you're protecting the idea that dreams like mine still get to exist. You're keeping alive the dangerous notion that purpose matters more than profit, that authenticity is worth more than algorithms, and that fifty-year-old dreams still deserve oxygen. This is a vote for culture made by humans who've lived something, not machines that simulate everything. This is choosing irreplaceable over infinitely replicable.
the ripple effect
Every painting, every album, every film you've ever loved exists because someone chose creation over comfort—and because people believed before the world did. Your support creates ripples you'll never see: it keeps the mobile studio rolling, it honors the mother who forgot everything except the music, it builds proof that mattering isn't reserved for people who figured it out at 22. When you invest in independent artists, you're funding the documentary filmed on a shoestring over the celebrity fluff piece with a seven-figure budget. You're saying: I want stories that bleed truth, not content optimized for engagement. You're choosing the messy, beautiful, human risk over the safe bet. That's not a transaction. That's a stand.
the human choice
In an era when algorithms decide what you see and AI generates what you hear, supporting independent artists is the most radical thing you can do. It's choosing human struggle over digital perfection. It's saying fifty-year-old dreams deserve the same shot as twenty-year-old ambitions. It's keeping alive the idea that art should come from lived experience, from scars and survival, from 3am realizations in the back of a self-built mobile studio. You're not supporting a product—you're investing in proof that purpose can outlast practicality, that authenticity still matters, that the songs worth singing are the ones that refuse to die. This is culture as resistance. This is art as evidence that we're still here, still fighting, still believing in things that don't make sense on a spreadsheet.
the legacy vote
Every dollar you put toward independent art is a vote for what survives. Not what's most profitable—what's most true. Not what algorithms recommend—what humans need. You're funding the stories corporations won't touch, the journeys that don't fit templates, the proof that it's not too late to become who you were supposed to be. This isn't crowdfunding. It's cultural preservation. It's saying that in 2025, we still need art made by people who've lost everything and kept going, who built studios with their hands because they had no other choice, who document the real cost of pursuing purpose. You're protecting space for messiness in a world demanding polish. You're keeping the door open for late bloomers, for second acts, for songs that waited forty-eight years to be sung.
dreams don't expire
they just wait for courage
$10
ROADSIDE SUPPORT
Buy me a meal. Literally.
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Digital thank you
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Name in documentary end credits
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Behind-the-scenes email updates during the tour
$25
FUEL FOR THE JOURNEY
Help fill the tank
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ROADSIDE SUPPORT PLUS:
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Digital download of "Forgotten Songs" album (upon release)
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Exclusive tour diary entries
$50
KEEPER OF MEMORY
Guitar strings and picks
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EVERYTHING BEFORE PLUS:
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Digital download of "Forgotten Songs" album (upon release)
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Exclusive tour diary entries
$100
BELIEVER
You believe in second chances
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EVERYTHING BEFORE PLUS:
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Executive Producer credit in documentary
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Invitation to private online screening before public release
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Exclusive Q&A session with me after premiere
for everyone who chose responsibility over risk
and now wonders if they made the right call
$250
CAREGIVER CHAMPION
For those who understand duty and honour
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EVERYTHING BEFORE PLUS:
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Physical signed CD + documentary DVD (when complete)
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Your loved one's name included in "In Memory Of" section (if desired)
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Personal video message from me thanking you
$500
ROAD WARRIOR
Keep the mobile studio rolling
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EVERYTHING BEFORE PLUS:
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Associate Producer credit (larger font, featured placement)
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Signed photo from the road
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Choice of one exclusive unreleased track (digital)
$1,000
LEGACY BUILDER
This is about more than music
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EVERYTHING BEFORE PLUS:
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House concert or private performance (if within BC/Alberta; otherwise virtual concert for you & 20 guests)
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Producer credit with custom thank you message in documentary
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Monthly video check-ins during tour (6 total)
real economics and the
personal toll of pursuing purpose
$2,500
TRUE PATRON
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EVERYTHING BEFORE PLUS:
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Spend a day in the mobile studio with me (if geographically feasible) — record a song, hear the stories, see how it all works
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OR: Virtual recording session where I produce one song for you remotely
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Prominent "Special Thanks" credit in all festival screenings
you're making this possible
$5,000
CO-PILOT
You're in this with me
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EVERYTHING BEFORE PLUS:
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Associate Producer credit with story consultation — you'll see rough cuts, provide input, shape the narrative
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VIP invitation to documentary premiere (travel not included, but you're on the list)
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Permanent acknowledgment in all distribution formats
when does the world
get to say you're done
$10,000+
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
only 3 available
let's build something together
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EVERYTHING SO FAR PLUS:
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Executive Producer credit — your name appears immediately after mine
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Meaningful creative input throughout post-production
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First look at all materials before release
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Join me for one tour stop (your choice of location, travel on you)
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Lifetime access to all future "60 Miles Out" content & projects
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Partnership conversation: How can we collaborate beyond this project?