Hey y'all,
Thank you for visiting our blog. I hope you are well and enjoying life.
After six wonderful years of living in the Berkshires (and one in Albany, NY) I am moving to New York City. It has always been my dream to live there. I will continue to play music with my band mates, all of whom have become NYC residents in the past several months. In preparation for city living, I am downsizing, selling or giving away much of what I own. For the first time since probably age 16 I will go car-less… I am selling my car to my parents in Seattle, WA and driving it to them at the end of the month with my new band: xBians.
When I heard that Johnny Kearns of local electronica outfit Electro Bandit was moving to California to pursue his hip-hop dreams I offered him a ride. We thought to keep ourselves entertained on the road we ought to collaborate musically, put some songs together and book some gigs, he with his Akai MPC (sequencer/sampler/drum machine) and I with a Casiotone (tiny synth with cool beats). I recruited my fellow Kripalu yogini and close friend Marie-Helene Larose-Truchon to accompany us on the trip and to lend her sweet voice and ukelele to the mix. We all decided that it would be cool to document our trip with daily updates on a blog featuring pictures and videos of our performances/shenanigans. When my friend, producer Robby Baier (Melodrome), caught wind of the idea he enthusiastically offered to produce a record for us to sell while on the road.
The name of our thrown-together band is inspired by the car that made this all possible: my 2006 Scion xB. With the name tie-in and Johnny's hip-hop influence, we are also intending to attract the attention of the car company itself. Recently, Fast Company magazine featured an article about how Scion is signing non-exclusive deals with up-and-coming hip-hop artists offering vinyl manufacturing, promotion and distribution. Why not? We figure at best we become huge mega commercial pop sensations overnight. At worst, it's a damn fun way to deliver a car across the country.
We have everything in place for a successful tour minus two small details:
BEDS & GIGS
Can you help?
We plan to be in these cities on the following dates:
9/29 Cleveland, OH
9/30 Chicago, IL
10/1 Omaha, NE
10/2 Denver, CO
10/3 Salt Lake City, UT
10/4 Reno, NV
10/5 Grass Valley/Santa Rosa, CA
10/6 San Francisco, CA
We appreciate any help you can give that will support us on this trip!
Thank you,
Jeb
www.xbians.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/xbians
p.s. - our transcontinental adventure begins on Sunday September 28 with a tour send-off celebration at the Dream Away Lodge in Becket, MA at 8pm. CDs will be available for sale.
5 comments:
Go speed racers! Don't miss Uncle Doug Truth & Dorothy in Grass Valley -- we will miss you!
OMG! You guys frikkin rock. What and experience, inquiry and embracing of the moment and energy. I wish you guys a ridiculously interesting adventure. Hope I can make it to the Bon Voyage. Life is art baby! Hope you record something I can use in a Yoga class ;-)
Jeb,
Hello I will get the UWP Alumni group on it. I will hope to have good news and gigs and beds a plenty for you ASAP. You can e-mail at loriebrey@hotmail.com. What are your tech requirements?
Lorie Beth Brey
UWP E 90
Costume Designer
Jeb,
You can defiantly use the UWP warehouse for a show. We have some basic gear. What are ticket prices, CD prices, You could do a two for one "special" your ticket and a CD for $10.00 (smile) Or it could be an UWP fundraiser with a $5.00 at the door a "pass the hat" option. If I have a "real" venue come up I will let you know. But no matter what you have a gig in Denver. HOORAY!!
I heard that you we're actually playing at the Copperworks, in Pittsfield, Not the dreamaway lodge.
I heard it was at the same time.
I also heard the guy who sometimes runs The Copperworks has a beautiful moustache, and is extra handsome.
But these are all things I've "heard"
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