Ted Sirota Music

Great News! We surpassed our base goal and ended the Kickstarter campaign with $25,930! Look for The Scientist vs. Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub recording towards the end of the summer. We will keep you posted every step of the way. BIG THANKS to everyone that supported us in this campaign. It wasn’t easy by any stretch of the imagination, but we did it! Everyone involved should take pride!

We’re down to the final 48 hours of our Kickstarter campaign! Crunch time. Thanks in part to another $5000 pledge from an anonymous fan, we are that much closer to our goal of $25,000. As I write this we have a total of $17,092 in pledges! Remember that Kickstarter is “all or nothing”, so we have to reach $25,000 to collect the pledges. For those of you who haven’t pledged, but have been considering it, NOW’S THE TIME! Friday May 3, is a great day to do it as well, considering it’s my birthday! You could help make it the best birthday ever for me! For those that have already pledged, you can help by continuing to spread the word in any way you can.

• We’ve added a stretch goal to our campaign as well. If we reach $30,000 we will press 200 gram vinyl 12″ records. Backers who pledge, or have pledged, $50 or more will receive an album as well as the rewards that are already in place.

• The Sonor drum kit is still available to the next person that pledges $750 or more!

• Neil Tesser wrote a great article about the campaign here. Check it out!

Thanks again for all your support. I’m REALLY looking forward to not bugging people about this anymore, but for the next 48 hours it’s nose to the grindstone!

I will be available to answer any questions for the next 48 hours via email, phone, or Skype. You can contact me at ted@tedsirota.com and I will send you my phone number or Skype ID if needed.

Best Regards,
Ted

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Thanks to Neil Tesser for writing this article about our Kickstarter campaign.

Here’s an interview I did with DJ Grandpa’s Crib about our Kickstarter campaign. You can hear the entire podcast which features other projects and subjects at his website or iTunes.

MAKE A PLEDGE, RECEIVE A DRUM SET.
EXCITING NEW KICKSTARTER BACKER REWARD OFFER!
THE SCIENTIST VS. TED SIROTA’S HEAVYWEIGHT DUB 
We are down to the last 30 hours of our Kickstarter Campaign. Thanks to the support of our backers, we have $17,956 in pledges! However, we desperately need more pledges to reach our goal of $25,000. Please make a pledge today, if you haven’t already, and help us to make a stellar recording! Every pledge helps!

Starting today we are offering an exciting extra reward that is not listed on the Kickstarter project page. The next person to pledge $500 or more, will not only receive the rewards already listed, but will also be the proud owner of this Sonor Bop Series drumset! These are beautiful drums (in red sparkle) and they sound great too! The kit also comes with the following hardware: bass drum pedal, hi hat stand, snare drum stand, cymbal stand. The snare drum has an upgraded snare strainer installed and all the drums have brand new heads. Cymbals are NOT included. If you’ve been in the market for a drum set, here’s your chance to help out an extremely worthy artistic endeavor AND get a great instrument for yourself or a loved one. Along with the drumset, you will also receive four 30 minute drum lessons with Ted at his studio. If you are outside of Chicago the lessons can take place via Skype.

Restrictions do apply: If you are in the Chicagoland area you must arrange to pick up the drums. If you are outside of the Chicagoland area, you must pay for all shipping costs. NO international shipping. You must maintain your pledge and back our project even if the Kickstarter campaign is unsuccessful in reaching its’ goal of $25,000.

Any questions can be sent to ted@tedsirota.com

Friends,
We are in the final 13 days of our Kickstarter Campaign and we need your pledge! Be a part of recording history by backing this project! We need people to print, post, tweet, instagram, forward, hand out, and generally disseminate this flyer! With your help we can reach our goal. We are at 33% of our goal as of now. Remember, there are great rewwards starting with a pledge of only $10. The world needs a great new Dub record and we’re ready to provide it!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thescientist/the-scientist-meets-ted-sirotas-heavyweight-dub-cd

We are poised to record with the Legendary Jamaican Dub Chemist – The Scientist. Please check out the Kickstarter page to find out all about the project, and then please help us out in any way that you can! This is an awesome opportunity for the band and listeners alike!

I’m thrilled to announce my newest musical project – Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub (Facebook page). We are a live dub reggae band in the tradition of the great Jamaican studio and backing bands amp; producers such as King Tubby, Scientist, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Roots Radics, The Upsetters, Sly amp; Robbie, The Revolutionaries etc. The band will also feature my original music.  (more…)

I’m excited to announce the first gig for my new project. We will be playing some of my originals as well as versions of tracks by King Tubby, Scientist, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Roots Radics, Johnny Osbourne, Hugh Mundell, Mutabaruka, Sly & Robbie & others. The band will be mixed live by K-rAd. Hope to see you there. There is a Facebook Event Page for the show. Let us know if you’re coming!

Related show

• Artist: Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub
• Date: Sunday, March 24th 2013
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub in Chicago, IL
• Venue: Livewire Lounge
• Address: 3394 N. Milwaukee Ave
• Venue phone: 773-756-5363
• Country: US
• Age restrictions: 21+
• Notes: 2 sets starting at 8:00pm.
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The second show for my new band will be at Martyrs’ on 4/10. We’ll be opening up for the Alan Evans Trio (the drummer from SoulLive). Should be a great night of music. Of course Martyrs’ has one of the best sound systems in the city (thanks to Ray Quinn and his staff), so I’m really looking forward to doing our thing there. Just one set as we are the opening act. The great Dan Bitney will be playing percussion on this one with us.Here’s the lineup for this gig:

K-rAd-Dub Chemist
Ted Sirota-drums
Matt Lux-bass
Dan Bitney-percussion
Tom Vaitsas-keys & melodica
Rodney Anderson-guitar
Cameron Pfiffner-sax & flute
Adam Thornburg-trombone
Yanira Marin-vocals

Related show

• Artist: Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub
• Date: Wednesday, April 10th 2013
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Ted Sirota’s Heavyweight Dub in Chicago, IL
• Venue: Martyrs’
• Address: 3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
• Venue phone: 773.404.9494
• Country: US
• Age restrictions: 21+
• Notes: Opening for the Alan Evans Trio (drummer from SoulLive), so we’re only playing 1 set. Get there on time or you’ll miss us!
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