Just occasionally we receive something special here at work which makes us all warm and fuzzy, or excited, or indeed curious.

Yesterday we received Tristan Allen’s special edition CD which he produced at the behest of a squllion ustream fans, after jamming with Amanda Palmer (of Dresden Dolls fame).

There’s a whole story connected to how Amanda randomly discovered Tristan outside of Berklee College, he persuaded her to hear him play, she invited him and friends to her apartment, they live streamed the performance, she tweeted about it…..a lot.

The response was such, added to Amanda’s own excitement for Tristan’s music, that she felt compelled to help him out and so organised a kickstarter project to release his first CD.

They offered nice incentives for people to invest in the project :

• $5: digital download (delivered via our other good friends at bandcamp, so that you can get the album in all sorts of schmexy geek-friendly formats…and yes, they do MP3 too. plus we’ll send out the download codes to the kickstarter supporters before the EP’s available anywhere else)

• $15: limited edition tristan allen debut CD (yes, the very one you’re paying to help me & him make) + download code (sent to kickstarter supporters before anyone else)

• $25: limited edition tristan allen debut CD SIGNED by me and tristan with a thank-you card from us + download code (sent to kickstarter supporters before anyone else)

• $100: your name in the CD (under a special “thank you” section), a copy of the CD (signed and personalized by me & tristan), a thank-you card, download code (sent to kickstarter supporters before anyone else), AND an invitation to the recording session THIS WEEKEND (more on that below)

Awesome!

They quickly acheived their sponsorship goal, and for this the world is a better place.