Japan

The news from Japan have been leaving me wordless. But I've been also feeling very close to the people there trying to rebuild and start anew. So in face of this double (or triple) disaster, I decided to do my modest share: $5 from each LP sold through Bandcamp will go to the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. I will be donating through the Red Cross.

"Winter always turns to spring"

(Nichiren Daishonin, 13th century buddhist monk)

I've been so busy preparing for this show. Received 6 boxes of records in the mail yesterday!! Buttons, poly sleeves, cards. Rehearsal today. I'm blessed with great people playing with me, come and hear them do their magic if you're in town!

(Poster design based on an idea by Simone Rubi)

Nice press here, here and here! Win tickets here.

Sometimes you just have to tell yourself

(Olly Moss)

The LP cover

I marvel. I hope you do too. Photo by Sherry Heck, design by Simone Rubi.

Releases March 2011!

donations still going on here.

New album pre-order and donation site

The album is now mastered and being given 'brilliant colors' by Simone Rubi!! I've decided to use RTI to press the vinyl - they're the best in the business (plus they have photos of every single employee on their website) - and since it's a little pricier than other options, I'm making the album available for pre-order on this IndieGogo platform to raise a little more green. Click on the photo to read all about it, and please spread the word!

Pre-order The Deer Convention:

(photo by Danielle Rubi, taken in Brittany, France)

And, you can even get a song written just for you!!

Mastering The Deer Convention

Mastering session yesterday. I'm listening on different sound systems now, it's so much better than the unmastered version!

the tape machine we ran all the tracks through, to give them that special flavor.

the yellow blurbs are sound waves. when they're magnified a lot they look like a bunch of little fish bones on a string!

Flying High

Happy New Year! I started the year by experimenting with protools, so here is the result: my cover of a Bridget St John song - to you, in the hopes that you may all fly high this year indeed! I also played around with it and made a little movie, using some images from trains and buses I traveled on this year. You can watch it here.

Fly High (Bridget St John) by wingeddeer