About This Offer As a Silver Participant, you will be prominently credited on the recording you will have so generously helped create. I look forward to staying in touch with you about the project, and sharing all that’s to come, a journey that I’ve learned is always unpredictable, but exciting.

I’ll share a few special things that inspired the music on The Thompson Fields. A significant part of my childhood was spent at the beautiful Thompson farm in Windom, Minnesota. The title piece of this album looks to this special landscape, and to the community and people that are so meaningful to me. In recognition of those who are making this project possible, we’re creating a commemorative marker, that will include your name, on the silo I climbed when I caught the extraordinary view that would inspire The Thompson Fields.

Many people are learning about the magnificent birds of paradise through the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Ornithologist, Ed Scholes, together with photographer, Tim Laman, made numerous trips to Papa New Guinea and photographed all thirty-nine species. The variation and behavior of these birds are beyond description, and Ed and Tim’s book is simply stunning. I look forward to sharing that with you. The title of my piece Arbiters of Evolution, comes from when I heard Ed explain how the females of these particular birds, became the arbiters of evolution.

In ArtistShare fashion, you'll get to follow all that we discover as we record. There will be a little download surprise for you, too. Oh, and let’s not forget the t-shirt. This is a first for us. You’ll be credited on the back. We will discuss sizes and even style directly with you. We aim to please. A participant like you shouldn’t get just any humdrum t-shirt. We’ll give you a t-shirt you’ll wear with pride, along with an experience you won’t forget.