Learning Music Monthly is subscription based album-a-month series featuring the music of John Wood and the Learning Music band. Starting March 1st, subscribers will receive a brand new full-length album of original music every month. You can choose to receive your monthly issues on CD (delivered to your mailbox in beautiful handmade packaging, with cover art by a different artist each issue), or in downloadable high-quality mp3 format. Subscribers also receive unlimited access to the online archive of music, including twelve re-mastered albums from the original album-a-month series. Additionally, you are invited to collaborate in the creation of Learning Music Monthly, with remixes, covers, and sound donations, regardless of whether you are a subscriber or not.

Visit the new Learning Music Monthly site to learn more about the project, preview the first issue, subscribe to the series, and explore ways you can contribute creatively to LMM.

Upcoming Learning Music Events:

• Friday Feb 27 – John Wood joins Kevin Bronson (Buzz Bands) live on Little Radio for an interview, 10am-noon, littleradio.com (Buzzbands.la feature on LMM)
• Sunday March 1 – Learning Music’s Music Learning Workshop – Machine Project in Echo Park, 1200 D North Alvarado LA, CA 90026 – doors at 8pm – FREE – everyone attending will receive a copy the first Learning Music Monthly album – bring a small instrument to participate in the workshop portion of the evening (culminating in a massive group performance!) (Flavorpill) (LA Weekly)
• Monday March 2 – Live Performance on KXLU – 5pm – 88.9 FM Los Angeles – kxlu.com
• Tuesday March 10 – Learning Music @ Silverlake Lounge – 10:30pm – $8

Learning Music Monthly – Free Podcast on iTunes

Learning Music – MySpace

See you at Machine Project on Sunday!!!!

Celebrate the holidays with Thrill Jockey – they’ve created an advent calendar (with some stunning snow flake graphics!) to give away an mp3 every day until the Christmas!!  TJ distributes a lot of great independent music … so you’re likely to find some gems.  vosotros listeners should be especially excited about DOOR #4.  The triumphant return of My Moon Boots … the perfect soundtrack for this holiday season!!!  [and while you're there, check out the vosotros catalog in their FINA download store]

The extended vosotros family got some serious love on Indie 103.1’s “check one, two” on Sunday evening.  Mark Sovel played “Messages” from B.R.A.M. and “A Window”, a song off Learning Music’s “The Greatest Hits So Far EP” [out now on vosotros - available from FINA for $5  and AmazonMP3 for $4.45! ].  Pick up this EP now – and catch Learning Music in full force on December 20th at pehrspace…

As you-all may remember, Gabe advanced to the finals of The Roots Remix Contest (thanks to your voting!!).  Well the final round is coming to close – you can listen to our submission on Indaba’s site – and please vote if you’re so inclined – but the winner of this round is up to the judges.  Gabe’s mix once again features The Years (gene coye -drums, sam barsh – keys, gabe – bass).

What’s up with cash only restaurants?  Taco truck … I get it.  Sit down restaurant that serves booze?  Not okay.  The other day I picked up a roll of quarters to do my laundry (it was so overdue that I was taping into the archives … clown pants, my smash mouth t-shirt, the whole 9).  Anyways, I was driving home from work and had a serious craving for some Pho … they’ve got no love for the visa/mastercard … but their soup is soooo good.  I decided I could rock the clown pants for one more day ….

:: JohnG

(ps. bruno is coming)

• RCRDLBL.com is featuring Learning Music on their site today!  They’re offering 4 exclusive downloads from the band’s recent “Greatest Hits So Far” compilation, so grab em all … ps they are FREE…

“these experimental sound scientists don’t just make a pot-and-pan racket … the output is energetic but soothing … and it’s cheaper than Tylenol, folks”

• intoinfinity.org (read my previous post about the project) just added our audio contribution to the site.  The loop was produced by Gabe Noel and features the smooth vocal stylings of Mooey Moobau … ¡viva moo-sotros!  

[vosotros @ intoinfinity] (click refresh to see new art each time)
[learning music @ rcrdlbl]