Another great idea is to buy two copies - one for yourself and one to give as a gift. We've got a cheap option to do this - for $20 you get 2 copies of the CD. That's a great deal, but you can save even more by using coupon code: DEC15 when you check out! Just use the link below and once on the Brave New Surf website page, click the "2 for $20" button:

Purchase 2 Brave New Surf CD's For $20 From Double Crown Records

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About 7 hours left on the kickstarter project! Help out the project and get some cool premiums.

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Brian wrote:

Wow! 34 BACKERS! $1,211!

Danny Snyder

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Got my two copies in the mail yesterday (but didn't see the 2 for $20 deal in time, take advantage of that)...one to keep and one to send to the papers. In the words of the Fabulous Thunderbirds..."Powerful stuff!"

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Kudos to all involed! We sure apreciate being included on this!
Ivan, Brian, Sean, Danny. Y'all are Surf music prophets!

The Thunderchiefs

Thanks for posting that Warren. I agree this is an amazing comp. I can say that without being immodest because I had nothing to do with it's conception. I only came in when we decided to do a kickstarter campaign.

It is dismaying how little actual surf music discussion there seems to be on this forum.

Danny Snyder

"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo

Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta

Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party

Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF

Ron-Rhoades wrote:

"It is dismaying how little actual surf music
discussion there seems to be on this forum."

Very well put....some of these silly threads just go on
and on and on.

IMO this may be because so many SG101 members feel like their opinions about surf music aren't as valid as the opinions of the musicians on this CD, and not even as valid as the opinions of other unrecorded musicians who at least play out in public.

I'll use myself as an example. Believe it or not, I keep most of my opinions to myself. Why? Well, what do I know? How does what I think I know compare to the experience, skill, knowledge and understanding of the musicians on this CD?

I've worked very hard since picking up a guitar going on three years ago to learn as much as I can, fitting it in around my wife and kids and other more important things and even having to stop for a month each summer for my daughter's vacation. But if all I know about surf music is what I've learned here, then all I'm doing is feeding that back to the people I've learned it from. It will take a long time and much more experience for me to absorb everything and make more of it than it is already.

The second-last thing I want to do is put in print how uninformed I am about music, performing, recording, post-production, etc. The last thing I want to do is hurt the feelings of anyone who puts so much talent, time, experience, thought and heart into making surf music. That leaves me with discussions about guitars, amps, effects and playing techniques. The dreaded and endless gear discussions.

So, this is a landmark CD. It's opened me up new ideas and sounds I hadn't heard before in surf music. Just one example, and it touches on a couple of threads running concurrently about performing what you record and recording what you perform. I've listened to the Bambi Molesters on YouTube since joining SG101. Sound great live and kind of traditional surf music in an Eastern European folk music kind of way. Great stuff. I just didn't hear their track on this CD coming. As the Dark Wave Swells totally changed my opinion about this band and what surf music can be.

It's not the only track that caught me off guard. El Palmero, 7 Mares and La Caja del Meurto were also genre altering listens for me. I might have picked something else off The Tomorrowmen's and The Deadbeats CDs, because I think other tunes were a bigger stretch musically for the genre. But that takes me back to the beginning of my comment; what do I know compared to the people who assembled this CD? Or who wrote, recorded and mixed the tunes on it? Or who get up and perform for audiences?

This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.

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Sorry, I'm still waiting for my copy to arrive...

Is it a good excuse ?

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DreadInBabylon wrote:

Basically - who the f*** am I to judge stuff and why
should my opinion matter.

We aren't asking you to judge anything... and you don't need credentials, we just want some good conversation!

All I can say is that this CD is awesome to the
awesomest, I enjoy it so much. One thing that sticks
out for me, is the amazing versatility in sounds and
approaches. Surf music has come a long way.

See! This is exactly what we need! Keep doing this. Don't be silent.

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Brian wrote:

This greatly saddens me. The point of this site is to
discuss surf music. Opinions are welcome from everyone.

Speak up! Contribute to the conversations! Make the
site interesting! Participate with your online friends
talking about the most amazing thing called surf music!
I challenge everyone to do this.

This! This! This! This is what we want. You are doing
it! Talk about the music and how you feel about it.
Perfect.

I have to completely and thoroughly second Brian's comments here. There are no wrong opinions! I think we are all mature enough around here to understand that it's all subjective. Just talking to some of my close surf music friends I've already gotten a great deal of variety of viewpoints on BNS, which tracks they like and which they do not - in some cases, they are polar opposite views! I know and fully expect that not everyone will agree with all my choices of the tracks for this comp, but that's where the fun comes in! Agreements are dull, disagreements are interesting. As long as they do not become disagreeable. So, post your opinions, don't be shy. Certainly if you have something positive to say, please do. Surf musicians, as we all know, don't make much money, so it's nice to see that at least our music matters to someone and has impacted them, maybe even greatly. If you have something critical to say, that can be trickier, but as long as you're not rude or brutal about it, I think that people can take it. I personally love to see the different perspectives on music, and read about why a particular song really speaks to someone - or why it doesn't. I think that's faaaarrrr more interesting than dicussing the minutae of picks and strings, etc.

Thanks for the comments you did make, Warren, Noel and DreadInBabylon! I'm really glad to see you're enjoying the CD so much.

Ivan
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