• Personalized bound book of photos from "Flow" with "bloopers" exclusive to this offer (Delivery Date February 1, 2008)
• Silver Participant credit listing on the Flow CD
• VIP treatment for two (2) to any one public events/appearances during the "Flow" project
• The Limited Edition Flow CD - #7-16/10,000, autographed, personalized and ArtistTracked (Delivery Date May 31, 2008)
• A framed one-of-a-kind copy of the cover artwork from "Flow" (Delivery Date February 1, 2008)
• An exclusive, personalized welcome video created by myself for the participant
• Exclusive quarterly video project updates
• Personalized and autographed remix CD EP "Alternate Routes"
• Personalized and autographed by my mother, Toshiko Akiyoshi, and myself of our single "Hope"
• Personalized and autographed live DVD "Routes Live in Japan"
• Includes all content, services and privileges of the "Flow" Bronze Participant (see content description in the "Flow" Bronze Participant Offer)
• My "Flow" Project Experience (i.e. the creative process as it happens)
• Unreleased live recordings
• And More!

Welcome to my Silver Participant Package for the "Flow" project! This special package is designed for the person who is interested in not only getting in on the action and seeing a new project being created, but for that special fan who wants a little extra as well as to help contribute to the funding of the record in a highly personalized way. I'm excited to share with you the unfolding of my new album from the conceptualization, all the creative processes from writing to demos and the recording, to the final product, the album itself.

To begin with, you will receive an introductory video personally welcoming you to the project and my initial concepts and ideas for "Flow." As the months progress and the ideas begin to...well, "flow," you will get quarterly updates via videos, newsletters and blogs, ideas behind my lyrics, compositions and arrangements/productions, as well as picture galleries showing various stages of the project. I anticipate some tours during the project where I hope to be able to try out my new songs live, so there's sure to be rehearsal tapes and live performance cuts showing the development of the songs. During the recording itself, you'll get a chance to see and hear my demos and how it metamorphoses into the final track, get downloadable charts from the new recording, hear commentaries from the musicians, engineers and others involved in the project, as well as check out the mastering and packaging process. Once the album is complete, you will not only get a personalized and autographed limited copy #7-17/10,000 of "Flow" with your credit as a Silver Participant on the CD booklet accompanied by a personalized, handwritten thank you letter, but you'll also be able to access a pre-release copy via download. While waiting for "Flow" to be completed, enjoy the remix EP "Alternate Routes" which features 5 very cool remixes of material from my "Routes" album as well as an original track previously unreleased. And as a bonus, I'd also like to give you a personalized and autographed copy, by myself and my mother, of our recent single of her composition, "Hope," which came out exclusively in Japan on December 4, 2006, as well as an insiders' blog I kept during the recording period which took place in the Fall of 2006. But wait! (Why do I feel like one of those commercials?!!) There's more goodies in store:

-- Personalized bound book of photos from "Flow" with the bloopers, exclusive to this offer
-- A framed copy of the cover artwork from "Flow" (one of a kind)
-- a live performance from the past that has been hibernating in my closet;
-- my live DVD "Routes" that came out exclusively in Japan in July, 2006
-- radio interviews (via audio stream)
-- V.I.P. pass for you plus one to any one (1) performance during the duration of the project (just let me know which one in advance)

Click "add to cart" on top of this Silver Participant Package listing, or see what other offers may suit you. Whatever you choose, I thank you for contributing and making this recording and project possible -- your support means a lot!