A letter from our Smooth Feather brother Adam Mastrelli,
“Si, Amazing! So just to review what happened. 30 days ago we put a project online in the hopes of sharing it and raising $20,000. 182 different backers came together and it happened. Thanks for helping me to continue to see what's possible.”
First off, to the 182 people who contributed, we’re all so humbled & honored to have you a part of the “Dakota 38” family.
In the midst of the final hours of the kickstarter campaign on November 18th, I was working with both Jay McKay and Jay Parrotta on the latest soundtrack for Dakota 38. Working with these two musicians has led to some of the most inspiring times of my life on planet earth :) And because of all the amazing generosity through the kickstarter campaign we've been able to take the score to the next level. For instance, a few weeks back we purchased some instrument samples for the music editing program we use called Logic Pro. The samples (Symphobia & True Strike) are actual recordings of string instruments and orchestral drums which Logic then triggers through the keyboard. Essentially you get an orchestral sound without getting 75 musicians in the room. And this software is normally out of our budget yet with the support over the past 30 days we’ve been able to order that software and as a result taken the soundtrack to a whole new level.
Yesterday I spent a couple hours putting together some videos from those recording sessions.
Also we did an interview with Jay Parrotta who just recently signed on to Co-Compose “Dakota 38” with Jay McKay. How Parrotta got involved is an amazing story which he talks about in the second video below.
“Dakota 38” tells the story of the original ride from Crow Creek, SD to Mankato Minnesota in 2008. Since then, the ride continues to happen annually. Tomorrow, December 10th, the riders will be gathering once again to embark on the 330 mile ceremony. Our thoughts and prayers are with this year’s riders. For more information about this year’s ride you can visit the following websites,
http://dakota382008.com/dakota38.htm
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