New Florian Rumpf Album Kickstarter

 If you've chatted with Lou about mandolins for very long, I'm sure you've heard him sing the praises of Florian Rumpf, an up-and-coming classical German mandolin player. Lou and Florian also share a mentor, Chris Acquavella.

The classical mandolin world is smaller than some would like to acknowledge, so producing new albums can be tough, especially for younger players.  Florian is running a Kickstarter to press his new CD, a solo album of his mandolin, baroque mandolin, liuto cantabile, and octave mandolin work.  You can hear some of his previous work on YouTube, for example last year on Mandolin Mondays or earlier this year supporting his yearbook series.

If you're not familiar with Kickstarter, it's an on-line fundraising operation that collects money for artists and entrepreneurs to reach predefined goals.  If the project doesn't achieve its fundraising goal, Kickstarter returns your money.

You can fund projects at different levels depending upon your level of enthusiasm, which also correspond to products you receive.  Re Florian, he's an accomplished sewer, so some of the gifts include custom made mandolin-case quilts and hand-sewn pick envelopes, in addition to his recorded work.  It's worth visiting the Kickstarter page just to check out the case quilts.