The Story

This project aims to shed light on what happens from a music fans perspective. The story will be told in a documentary, which will focus on the band 100 Monkeys and will follow their fans throughout their journeys. True to 100 Monkeys and their chosen name, it will showcase the "100th Monkey Effect" that happens alongside their music. The Hundredth Monkey Effect describes the instant, paranormal spreading of an idea or ability to the remainder of a population once a certain portion of that population has heard of the new idea or learned the new ability.
 
Kat Wojtylak, the Assistant Director to the Official 100 Monkeys Street Team and Fanclub will be producing and directing this project with full support of 100 Monkeys and their management. She brings her enthusiasm for music which has been fueled since an early age due to her mother's jazz background, and her own involvement in bands and ensembles since she was nine. Through this project she is wishing to shed light on a language that speaks across continents and fuels a passion deep within all of us: music.

 
What It All Means

Being the sole driving force on a project can sometimes mean that person is limited when it comes to fundraising or setting their own money aside. Allowing for adequate funding to be raised means the opportunity to even further spread the Hundredth Monkey Effect regarding a passion for music and ideas. The end goal is to share the completed documentary with music fans, but also to gain a new appreciation and how music changes peoples daily lives.

The profits from any videos sold over and above the initial contributions would go directly to the Spencer Bell Memorial Fund to help support adrenal/orphan cancer research.


What We Need & What You Get

The reason this hasn't come to light before now is because, in this day and age, liability risks can effect someone on a personal level if they are not adequately prepared. Being prepared means having an LLC setup to open countless doors and make sure the story is told honestly, genuinely, and, most of all, passionately. Fundraising efforts would go towards the following: LLC Setup and Initial Filing Fee (Standard LLC Fee, State Filing Fee, Tax ID Obtainment, Licensing), Staffing Fees, which will mainly be done on a volunteer basis except with it comes to Sound Direction/Soundtrack and Editing, DVD Pressing, and Supplies for filming such as memory cards and backup drives. 

If the end fundraising goal is not met, every effort to get the initial LLC up and running will be made from personal finances which will be the brunt of the cost; it is, after all, the "make or break" of the project. If needed, presale of the documentary will be done to cover pressing and fees associated with hard copies.


Other Ways You Can Help

Whether or not 100 Monkeys are in your current iPod rotation or CD player, their fans' passion for music is what allows for the Hundredth Monkey Effect to be spread further with each and every listen. Fans worldwide, and in countless other languages bridge together seamlessly and form a place where everyone is brought together. Without this collective group, none of this would be possible. 

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it does it make a sound?

Every recommendation of this project allows for a new opportunity for a story to be told.