April 20, 2008
Some great shows coming up including one with Goh Nakamura and our first Northwest Tour in years.
Please let any friends in Portland and Seattle know that we're coming up!
In other news, the talented (and also very nice) Vienna Teng has asked me to sing some background vocals for a song of her upcoming CD on Rounder Records.
I'm very excited that she asked me to participate and I can't wait to hear how everything turns out, the arrangement for the song she sent me is gorgeous. http://www.viennateng.com
Also check out her t-shirts with a heart and tree graphic that I designed.
I've been asked to be part of a very interesting musical series called Project Soundwave, (featured on KQED's Spark).
It will be a unique presentation of music involving motion and will be a 3-D installation type of event. Find out more about this exciting series at
http://www.projectsoundwave.com/ The event will be coming up in August.
I will be contributing a cover of one of Goh Nakamura's songs that will be included in a free download Compilation CD. The cd will feature many other local bands and be released in conjunction with the release of Goh's new full length CD sometime this year. http://www.gohnakamura.com
I'd love to ask anyone who'd like to help out to write a review of the Ballad of Paper Ships on CD Baby. http://www.cdbaby.com
Our page there looks rather anemic.
The Ballad of Paper Ships goes green
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The Philippines was amazing! We traveled to some very remote and uninhabited islands in the Palawan, and stayed in a nature preserve there.
I have never seen such beautiful fish, shells, craggy mountains and emerald green lagoons. Staying in an open air hut on the beach and reading in a woven grass hammock…amazing!
The sad part was that some of these islands were covered in human trash, even though no one lives there. The currents brought toothbrushes, bike pedals, glass, plastic, even a child's plastic backpack ashore. It made me think even more about how to make positive changes.
I realized that I forgot to tell people that the Ballad of Paper Ships was printed at Groovehouse Records, who have been involved in green practices for a long time.
They recycle 100% of what they use at the plant, they are FSC certified (which guarantees that any paper used comes from responsible forest operations) and all the inks on press are vegetable based.
Their shrink wrap and poly wrap is made of recyclable LDPE (low density polyethylene.
It costs a bit more, but it's worth it!