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Gravity Mission Kickstarter Campaign

Posted date:  March 25, 2012

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Hello friends,

Today I have exciting news to announce to all of the interwebs.  My band Gravity Mission has launched our Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for our debut album “Before The Spoken Word.”  Our goal is to raise $1,700 by April 24 to print 1,000 exceptional CD copies of this album for distributional purposes.

If you or others you know would be interested in becoming a backer of our project, please visit the following link: http://kck.st/H2Y7Y4.  We appreciate your support in helping us to make our dream a reality!

To listen to our three singles, please visit our SoundCloud page.  We invite you to follow us on facebook and visit our current website.  I am currently working on a new Gravity Mission website design that will be launching in May, in alignment with the anticipated May release of our album.

Thanks for your gracious support and loyalty to our vision!  We hope you enjoy the synthesis of music and artwork that is Gravity Mission.

SW

Official Gravity Mission Announcement

Posted date:  January 23, 2012

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This spring, under the artist name Gravity Mission, Ruben Erazo of the Denton-based Colombian band Subito Pianno and I will be launching our first full length collaboration album entitled Before the Spoken Word, spawning an arguably new niche genre entitled “Electronic Chillout Consciousness”.  Ruben and I began working together on this project back in February 2011 while I was the creative director for his Subito Pianno album Paisaje Mental (Mental Landscapes).  Gravity mission is comprised of two individuals; Ruben is the Director of Music and I am the Director of Visual Arts and Lyrics.  Together, we have combined our backgrounds,  talents and visions to discover new and exciting musical territory that we can’t wait to share with the universe.

Gravity Mission’s unmistakable sound is filled with spacey synthesizers, cosmic kicks  and deep house bass-laden beats, topped with classical piano elements and melodies.  Our inspiration has materialized from numerous artists spanning different generations of music.  I have drawn from current artists including LA-based house artist Samantha James, Norway chillout-powered Röyksopp, and Kaskade-fused lounge masters Late Night Alumni.  Twenty years the wiser, Ruben’s musical influences range from the worldwide renowned 70′s psychadelic rock group Pink Floyd, 80′s/90′s English pop singer and producer George Michael, and 80′s Canadian synth-pop disco group Lime.

Ruben has recently announced that he has finished the masterization stage of our album.  Next on the agenda: our visual arts component, including album design and fine art photographs.  We hope to hold an exhibiton in local galleries for this fine art fusion of music and sound.

A kickstarter fundraiser will be created in February to raise money for CD production and independent hardcopy/digital distribution.  Our current release date is planned for late spring/early summer 2012.

Please visit www.gravitymission.com to learn more about our mission and to hear several track samples.  If you dig our concept and style, please like us on the Gravity Mission Facebook Page.  More exciting details to come!

SW

Letter to Local Representatives; January 19, 2012

Posted date:  January 19, 2012

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From: Scott Werley

To: Michael Burgess, Kay Hutchison, John Cornyn (local representatives)

Subject: Protect Artists, Vote Against PIPA

Message: Dear [Recipient],

My name is Scott Werley, and I am a constituent reaching out to my elected officials who represent me politically. I am a North Texas graphic designer, photographer, and web designer by trade and love the work that I provide to the world.

I am writing on behalf of the artists within our country who rely on the progression and open nature of the internet to promote, inspire, and share our works with our surrounding American culture at large. Not only does the internet allow us to communicate our ideas with others, but it unifies our capabilities to be unified as human beings, as an entire species.

By voting against PIPA on Tuesday, January 24th, you will be protecting the invested interests of artists, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, writers, musicians, film makers and other creative professionals much like me who rely on the power of the internet to have their messages heard, be it visually or audibly.

Please vote “no” on PIPA and protect the interests of this nation’s artists and those who develop new perspectives for others to benefit from. Art forms shared through the internet pushes us intellectually, challenges our views, and reminds us to think like we might be wrong.

To many folks, the internet means possibility, and to eliminate innovation from this equation will bring stagntation to this country. The future of many individuals is riding on your vote. Together, with your help, we can defeat PIPA and preserve our nation’s creative integrity.

We employ you to remember our voices as Tuesday, January 24th approaches. This nation’s artistic future depends upon it.

Thank you for your time and reading this important message.

Sincerely,

Scott Werley