Hello and thank you for dropping by to read this,
My name is Allan Bird and I am a 71-year-old pensioner, who is also a veteran songwriter, singer and former music teacher living in Cape Town, South Africa. I don’t receive any pension from previous employment as I was a missionary for the last fifty years and lived by faith.
Due to very kind gestures of financial help, a few friends surprised me on my 60th birthday with my first-ever Yamaha keyboard. Within hours I had written 3 new songs and composed 15 more a week later, which I produced and released my 1st instrumental album that same month.
I was able to compose, record and release a new means of generating some extra income to support myself and I released my 2nd instrumental album (music for film) a few months later.
But sadly, 8 months ago, I was forced to pawn my beautiful Yamaha as donations dwindled and my rent had to urgently be paid.
Although I don’t have rewards or anything of value to repay whoever donates towards my request, I would gladly arrange free downloads of my two albums thus far (if they enjoy laid-back instrumental music). And every music album I compose and release in the future, you would naturally receive free copies as well.
I would be ever so grateful and over the moon if donations could help me purchase the Yamaha PSR- SX900. Even though that model has been discontinued, I don’t need the latest keyboard (that costs five times as much) just to compose and release albums to help me generate an extra income to survive.
If it is not too much to ask, the Yamaha PSR-SX900 keyboard and a small i5 laptop to record, edit and mix the music would only cost around US$ 2,600.
I am leaving my Facebook page to verify who I am, as well as a SoundCloud link, so whoever wishes to hear my music before they decide to donate, there are 12 instrumental songs to listen to. And naturally my YouTube channel is where I have filmed a few music videos of my own music for film producers to watch.
Thank you ever so much just for dropping in and reading my story. And in advance, a thousand blessings upon whoever feels the need or desire to help a struggling pensioner/songwriter across the ocean – to compose and hopefully touch millions of folk out there, with a song or two (from my future donated Yamaha keyboard) played in a movie or two.
Allan
https://paypal.me/ABird1973?country.x=ZA&locale.x=en_US
(Jesus was a Teenager Too)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwKBzLBebHQ
‘Raine Studios (Sound Cloud)
https://soundcloud.com/raine-studios
Allan Bird: (Facebook)
https://web.facebook.com/allan.bird.75/