Hello, The Future! is a nerd-folk band whose only permanent member is Nicole Dieker. She has been performing as Hello, The Future! since May 2010,The Search for Geek: Hello, The Future!, ''Debs and Errol'', June 17 2013
when she recorded and uploaded one song a week to YouTube for 100 consecutive weeks. The band has released several albums and often performs at pop culture conventions. Although usually introduced as a solo act ("My name is Nicole, my band is Hello, The Future! and I am the only person in my band"), Hello, The Future sometimes performs and/or records with other performers or even a full backing band; ''Giant Robot Album'' was a collaboration with the band The Long Holidays.

Mink Car Cover

In 2011 Dieker organized a charity project called "Mink Car Cover" (based on the

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album '' Mink Car'') in which 19 different artists (including

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, Marian Call,

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) recorded covers of the original TMBG tracks to release a new version of the album. In addition to providing project management, ''Hello, The Future!'' recorded one of the tracks. The new album was released on September 11, 2011 (the tenth anniversary of the Twin Towers attack) to raise money for the FDNY Foundation; over $5000 in donations were raised from sales.Mink Car Cover: A project to benefit the FDNY Foundation
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Kickstarter

In August 2012, Dieker ran a successful kickstarter campaign to support the development of ''Geek Girl EP'' and ''Giant Robot Album''.

Band members

Nicole Dieker studied composition as an undergrad at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio (where she performed with the Miami University Choraliers) and attended graduate school at Illinois State University.

Discography

Albums available on CD

* Infinity Right Now (Nov 2010) * Sidekicks and Other Songs (May 2011) * Hello, The Future! Gets Her Filk On at Philcon (Jan 2012) * Geek Girl EP (July 2012) * Mink Car Cover (Sept 2011) * Giant Robot Album (June 2013)

References

External links

Hello, The Future

Mink Car Cover

I Tried To Be A YouTube Star And All I Got Were These Horrifically Embarrassing Videos
{{Authority control American singer-songwriters Nerd-folk musicians 1981 births Living people 21st-century American singers