Hello everyone!
My name is Gaelynn Lea
and I'm a violinist and a singer
and a disability rights advocate
from Duluth, Minnesota.
Well in 2016 I was lucky to have won
the NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest
and ever since then
my husband and I decided to take the opportunity and run with it
we sold their house and quit our jobs and bought a van and hit the road and I've toured all over the country and
the world. We've done 43 states and like 450 shows in seven different countries
and we've been everywhere and it's been very very fun and a rewarding experience.
Now we're about two and a half years into the traveling and the touring and
at this point I need to find a way to balance life a little more so that I can create. So,
you know, every song I've written up to this point has been
recorded and I want to make new music and not only that I want to write a book about, not just my travels as a
disabled touring artist but the culture of disability in general and the way that it's changing
and what we can do as a society to make the arts and the world in general more accessible to people with disabilities.
I really believe that if we get a Patreon going like this where
people that support the work that I do can make a small monthly donation and we can build that up
to an amount that allows us to kind of choose when to be gone and rather than feeling
compulsively like we have to be on the road all the time.
I will be able to create more art
and write more meaningful work, and in the long run have more of an impact than
I could in the situation that we're in now. And so I know that
Patreon has done great things for other artists and I've met and I I'm really excited to begin a journey
with you. If you sign up for my Patreon, I will make sure to
update you regularly on the book and the albums that I create and
also just kind of keep you informed on my day-to-day life and then also people who want to be more involved
I'll make sure that tickets to shows and
the things that we're creating, they can get them early and signed and all sorts of fun things.
So I hope it will be worth it to you and I know that your support will be invaluable to me.
So thank you so much for listening. And I hope that we can do this Patreon journey together... Thanks!!!
