Gardening, Not Architecture is a DIY/EIY solo recording project started by Sarah Saturday in 2003 in Baraboo, WI. The first official release under the “Gardening, Not Architecture” project name was a four-song EP in 2007, entitled “The First EP,” which was available for free on the G,NA website and in a limited run of 49 CDs in hand-sewn, numbered/signed paper sleeves. In 2009, Sarah completed her first tour as G,NA: 19 self-booked shows in 21 days on the west coast. In the fall of ’09, Sarah self-released the first full length album, entitled “First LP” — available on iTunes and in a limited first pressing of 500 CDs in hand-sewn screenprinted canvas fabric sleeves (now sold-out), followed by a limited second pressing of 1,000 digipak CDs. To support the release of her album, Sarah embarked on a self-booked 75-day US tour at the end of 2009. In 2010, Sarah went full-time with the project, moving into storage, couch-surfing, and playing nearly 150 shows including a Canadian tour, the entire Vans Warped Tour, and a solo North American tour over the course of ten months.
At the beginning of 2011, Sarah moved her home base from Los Angeles to Seattle, where she currently works two jobs to support both Gardening, Not Architecture and her not-for-profit music advice/resource website www.earnityourself.com.
Check out an excerpt from Sarah’s “About This Project” below and be sure to check out her Kickstarter page HERE.
I have the chance to go into the studio this fall with the incredibly talented Steve Choi, from Rx Bandits, to co-produce my second full-length album, which I’ll be self-releasing by the end of the year. But without a savings account to dip into, and without a full band of people working to save money in a hurry, I am at the mercy of either working the two jobs I currently have long enough to raise the funds — and who knows when that will be? — or trying to raise the funds on my own through something like Kickstarter.
I’ve hosted my own fundraisers on the G,NA website in the past, and I’ve always offered limited edition and/or handmade items as incentives for those donations. I have a running list of “Official Sponsors” on my website: people who have donated to the G,NA fundraisers over the past two years to keep me on the road and help me stay afloat. For this Kickstarter campaign, I’ve put together what I think is the most valuable collection of G,NA-related collectibles I could think of: limited edition merchandise, handmade items, exclusive new music, unreleased music, and even some memorabilia from my year on the road! I think that everyone who donates, new fans or old, will get something in return that they’ll be able to truly enjoy — not to mention my everlasting love and gratitude.
www.gardeningnotarchitecture.com
