Hi. My name is Levi, and I'm a human.

I live in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I have a wife named Brandi who loves Crossfit and a cat named Gilbert who loves food and a dog named Francis who loves fetch and I love all of them in entirely different and not even close to equal ways.

I created The Fraction Club because – crazy as it seems to me – a bunch of people regularly ask my wife and I how they can support us, and how they can support Levi The Poet, so that I can keep on writing, Brandi can keep on lifting heavy things, Gilbert can keep putting on weight and Francis can keep running around in circles.I love to write and I love to perform and I love to make people feel as valuable as I know that they are. I love to create lyrics and albums and invite other people to listen to them.

Not a few noteworthy authors have said that, "We read to know we're not alone."

I believe we write and share and practice vulnerability and community and dance for much the same reason.

I've been doing all of that, and more, for the past ten years, all over the place, and now I’d like to invite you to do it with me, here.

In 2009, I started a one member "band" called Levi The Poet which included... me.

I sort of just yelled a lot in between the other bands I loved (who also yelled a lot, but to music). I started touring all over the country and lived on the road for 8 to 10 months out of the year, performing... everywhere.

In 2011, Brandi and I got married, and she joined me on the road, where we've pretty much stayed since then. Now it's 2019, and by some miraculous grace of God and the gifts that people are, we're still kicking.

I have been writing poetry, recording records and touring more of the globe than I ever thought I’d see in my life – let alone play shows in – for a full decade now, and your membership in this subscription-based club will help me continue to create and grow this project.

“Fraction” means a part of the whole, and that’s what I’d like to invite you to be.

When you sign up, I’ll send you an invitation to our private Discord server, where you can get access to a ton of exclusive writing, a private club store, and so much more… read all about it below!

Web Tools.

Whether it's hosting a site, domain fees, email service platforms, graphic design tools, creative subscriptions, Google for work – you name it – it adds up.

Video & Photo & Illustration & Music.

Photographers or videographers ain't cheap. Illustrators too often get the shaft. The musicians and producers who have helped us create what we have thus far deserve fair compensation. We've always tried to create an aesthetic of excellence that LTP followers have come to recognize... we hope to get even better at it.

Marketing & Promotion.

Advertising through agencies has never been a possibility, because it costs a lot of money to run anything through them, and the majority of indie artists simply don't have it. We certainly haven't. We'd love the chance to explore more creative ways of getting upcoming releases in front of folks.

Recording, Packaging & Production.

In times past, we have used Preorder Packages & Kickstarter to make "big asks" of people when we have new things coming out. I hope that, through smaller, more consistent support, we can create a more sustainable method based upon our Patron support.

Being Alive, and Time, and Home.

Brandi and Gilbert and Francis I would love to eat food, and sleep under a roof, and wear clothes (well, Gilbert doesn't wear clothes – we're not those kinds of pet people). We have learned to live a life characterized by minimalism.

Excess doesn't define our long-term goals, but sustainability does.

Through The Fraction Club, we hope that this can become a bit more realized beyond the necessity of being separated by the road for half of the year, as I continue to write and create what I hope you will continue to love.

The thing about being one man band is that there's only one of you.

If you're an independent artist, then you're also:

• the label

• the promotional team

• the creative director

• the distribution company

• the booking manager

• the tour manager

• the day driver

• the overnight driver

• the accountant

• the tax filer

• the merchandise buyer

• the store manager

• the shipping station

• the email responder

• the customer service rep

• the copy writer

• the marketing team

• the social media manager

• the website builder

• the campaign manager

• the connection builder

• etc...

And also, every now and then, you get to do what love, and create.

We want to keep on keeping on. And, if we are to believe what so many of you as LTP Family and fans have said, so do you. In my wildest dreams, I never would have imagined that I'd be able to do this for the past eight years. Brandi and I still believe that this project holds value and potential for the future, but as times change, we are continually re-imagining how to provide art for you who have made this possible. Is it shows? Is it records? Is it books? Is it weekly letters and conversation? Is it all of the above? So many people – throughout the years – regularly ask how they can be of support to us in this endeavor, and Patreon seems to have been created as a specific answer to that exact question.

We want LTP to grow... and growth requires helping hands. Here's the thing, I don't really like wearing every hat in the company. Though I've learned a lot, the gifts that I long to cultivate are not administrative – they're creative. Throughout the years, we have been able to hire different friends and take small steps toward pushing past what we're able to do on our own, but the truth is that without the resources to give workers their wages – we are limited.

We want to push past the ceiling and create a sustainable model for growth and consistency. I want to be able to spend my time cultivating the work that I love, and what others have actually come to value, and certainly that which I am best at – which is writing, creation and performance.