MESSAGE FROM RYAN 2/20/2012
Message directly for those that stood with us on KickStarter - Debut Album Will Commence -
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"Im truly speechless for what this select absolutely stunning brigade of loyal friends and fans were able to accomplish here on KickStarter. Are you kidding me? This last 30 days has been nothing short of an online war campaign. I knew it would be difficult, and was prepared to embrace the obstacles that lay before us and overcome. I put my guitar down, and planted myself infront of a PC monitor 24 hours a day. We met soooo many challenges, and my girlfriend Anet-E and I couldn't believe how impossible it was as an artist to actually reach fans on sites like youtube. With multiple millions of views - hundreds of thousands of thumbs up, and tens of thousands of individuals with incredible comments - Youtube was an absolute unequivocal brickwall. Every attempt at contact with our fans there were filtered or blocked - and eventually I had to move on. It truly was devastating to see wonderful supporters, you simply couldn't reach. In short folks, what you are seeing here on Kickstarter is our one to one communications with only 1 half of 1 percent of just the Facebook Fan base alone - The statistical reports back this up - and it expresses two things. 1. YOU GUYS RAISED AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF FUNDING THROUGH INCREDIBLE SELFLESS GENEROSITY. You spoke for tens of thousands of fans 2. WE HAVE AMAZING GIGANTIC POTENTIAL GOING INTO THE FUTURE AS THE REMAINDER OF THE FANBASE ONLINE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS GOING ON HERE ON KICKSTARTER. Just look what you select few have accomplished - look how deeply routed your beliefs run to have contributed in such a way. That same emotion is carried with thousands and thousands of others. If there was ever evidence to display an artists right to be acknowledged in this industry - you guys have made that clear to the public. Our efforts into 2012 had to be big, and bold, and boy have you made a statement with this. This entire last 9 months or so has been crazy surreal - and these last 30 days alone have truly topped that by all accounts. I will never ever ever ever ever forget how challenging it was to get the word out on this project. My family and I, as well as the super amazing RYANATION volunteer Facebook Street Team on www.facebook.com/ryanandreasfans have been pressing this fight forward as if it was a matter of life and death this past month. In all reality - it was that to me - my music is 99.9% of what embodies who I am.
Even with the power of faith - these obstacles faced during this month would not have been overcome without us all taking a PHYSICAL stand to unite for something to be believed in. With every defeat one will encounter in their lives - comes even sweeter victories, and this will be hands down my greatest victory as an artist. It was not a victory with a closure, a gold medal, a bus ride home and a memory of good times, but a victory for future facing STEPS that may smash the doors open in this industry - to help affect change in this world - put emotions back into peoples hearts, and to put Music back in the ears of millions upon millions, literally an entire generation of young listeners - who have simply forgotten what this art really is. There was a time when great vocal artists existed - and their timeless voices lasted well into 50 years after their arrival on the scene That golden age is gone - disappeared, and an art to authenticity is on the extinction list. This was never about a garage band demo - it was never that short sited. This was about the real deal on every level, this was about something that matters. Inspiration through music. You stood with me this day February 20th - I shall stand with you guys till my last breath. God Bless each and every one of you - The fight continues" L, - Ryan Andreas
