Promising Newcomers: The Jeffersons

50K MM: Who are you, where do you come from, ...? Please tell us something about The Jeffersons.
The Jeffersons: We are Lisa Brokop and Paul Jefferson. For the past 15 or so years we have been recording and performing as solo acts, but we got married in 2008 and just had a baby in August of 2009...so we thought, why not perform together as well?! We currently live in Nashville, TN, but originally I (Lisa) am from Vancouver, BC, Canada and Paul is from San Francisco, California. Here is a blurb from our promo materials: Since Lisa Brokop burst onto the scene in the early 1990s, she has been a fixture on the country scene. With seven albums and an impressive resume of writing credits, Lisa has earned her place as one of Canada’s most respected singers and songwriters. She has practically grown up in front of her fans and has garnered an incredible 15 nominations for the Canadian Country Music Association’s Female Artist of the Year. Born in San Francisco, Paul Jefferson followed his heart to Nashville where he soon made a name for himself with the hits “Check Please” and “I Might Just Make It” from his 1996 debut self-titled album. He has toured with artists such as Trisha Yearwood, Dwight Yoakam, and John Berry and is also an accomplished songwriter, having penned songs for Keith Urban, Buddy Jewell, and the #1 hit from Aaron Tippin, “That’s As Close As I’ll Get to Loving You.”

50K MM: How did you discovered SellaBand?
The Jeffersons: We came to know about SellaBand through a good friend, Ajay Agrawal. He is a professor of business at the University of Toronto and is actually studying SellaBand. So he introduced us to Johan, the CEO of SellaBand, and the rest is history - here we are. As soon as we heard about the concept we loved it. Both Paul and I have had major label record deals in the past and this seems like such a great way for us, as artists, to retain full control of our careers.

50K MM: How are you going to convince people to believe (and invest) in you?
The Jeffersons: Hopefully with great music. I think our track records speak for themselves. We both have a lot of music out there from our solo careers that people can listen to and get a sense for what we will be creating together. We are also going to work hard to make sure that people know what we are doing and how Sellaband works and also through our blogs, we want to try and connect on a more personal level too.

50K MM: You have raised about 2% of the budget so far. Have you thought about the time after reaching the goal of 50k yet? What are your plans then?
The Jeffersons: Of course, the end goal is always in our minds. We are excited about recording this album and can't wait to get started. We are just in the process of talking to a few a great producers and are continuing to write songs for the album. The goal of $50,000 is a little daunting, but we are happy to have raised 2% of our budget after only 1 day on SellaBand.

50K MM: And last question: How can we support you to speed up raising your budget?
The Jeffersons: The biggest way you can help is to continue to get the word out. To tell our story and to tell the SellaBand story. Thanks for everything you are doing!

sellaband.com/projects/thejeffersons