To Do by How Long It Takes To Know [mp3]
[vosotros presents: the lazy susan]

Real Thang (vosotros remix) [mp3]
[Erykah Badu remix contest]

Way to go, Gerald!

Things have been moving quickly here at vosotros HQ, and we needed a little time to get prepared…to bring you-all some exciting new music! 

The Almost Ready!

•The Years

A musical labor of love, recorded in LA, NYC, Chicago, and Macau over the last year (and some change).  Co-produced by Sam Barsh and vosotros, The Years has been a journey in every sense of the word.  Stay tuned!

Enough can’t be said about Monsieur John Wood and his amazing Learning Music.  It seems as soon as I get his latest record I get the next! Every Month!  And to all the musicians out there, get involved!  Remix!  Cover! 

•Bobb Bruno

Everyone’s favorite bunny is tearing it up!

Check him out here @ L.A. Record

and here @ Decider Los Angeles

and here @ In Flight At Night

and here @ LAist

The Bunny Abides!

The Next Step!

Shoulda, NOMRAHLEON, I Think You’re Great!, What If They Met/Rewriting History Project, Gaib + Friends, Collaborations, Parties, Surprises, and who knows?!?        

Thanks for sticking with us, you-all.

Welcome back.

gaib

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!!!!

It sounds like you graduated top of your class, trained hard, became an astronaut, flew to the moon, and then found out it was actually made of cheese. ~ Gabe

If you’re not familiar with Bobb, check him out on MySpace and read this feature from New Angeles Magazine.  The headline ….  What do you get when you mix Disneyland, Paul McCarthy and French black metal? It’s not a riddle, silly wabbit, it’s Bobb Bruno.

Join us on February 21 at Betalevel in Chinatown to celebrate Bobb’s new album.  It’s a free show – booze by donation (courtesy of Beta Level) – and limited edition Bruno EPs on hand.  We’ll kick off the night with some music by vosotros – followed by Bobb Bruno – and then Keenhouse.
And if you’ve never been to Betalevel, follow these directions carefully.

Bobb Bruno – “Dreamt On”  (Dreamt On EP) [MP3]
PRE-ORDER HERE  (shipping next week)

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oh mega super sí shout out to Obi Best, Learning Music, Dream Kids, weyou, B.R.A.M., Mooey Moobau and Max Markowitz for throwing down so hard – the album literally came together in a couple of weeks … a testament to how talented these guys are…

(please send the link to everyone you know who loves america)

[YWP Around The Web]
     • Good Magazine    
     • Tiny Mix Tapes    
     • Creative Commons
     • Soup Greens
     • BHAM.FM
     • Skips On The Record
     • web in front
     • LAist
     • Future Sounds
     • Largehearted Boy
     • Rock Insider
     • Boing Boing
     • Mikey Wally
     • Buzzbands.LA
     • Fly, fly, balloon man. Savor the Void!
     • Twitter (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
     • NOVA (cell phone company in Iceland)

As the new year approaches, Palabra has been wrestling with time, which is to say wrestling with illusion. We know the past only by the things that represent it— by pictures, or stories, or recordings, or by our memories. We know the future only by the hopes and fears of what may become our present. In either case, past or future, what we experience is merely the production of our minds. The representations of the past show us “facts” through the lens of our personality; the hopes and fears of the future show us more about ourselves than about what is. If we think that we live “in time” we are living in a dream because the past and the future trap us in a reflection of ourselves; and if the past and the future are merely dreams then how can time exist? Furthermore, how do we escape the illusion of time, the house of mirrors that we live in when we think time is real? …Only by losing ourselves to the present. When life is at its best, there is no time because we are so swept up into the moment that there is no past, no future, no self. But when there is no time and no self, who or what is acting in these, our best moments? What is playing music, what is painting, what is saying words that are unplanned but resonant in truth? When we are not “self” but only present, what have we become? In The Odyssey, when Menelaus is wrestling with Proteus, he discovers that the “Ancient of the Sea” is a shape-shifter. As Menelaus tries to hang on, his opponent turns into a lion, a snake, a tree, a boar, then water… until eventually the contest is over. When it ends, Proteus gives up and tells Menelaus the truth. When we wrestle with time we must contend with illusions until at last we are left only with the present—and within the present we find the truth we are seeking—the truth that we are. The present isn’t for you all, it is you all.

-Palabra.

He is a wonderful guitarist and total sweedenheart and we wish him all the best.

On the morning of my eighteenth birthday I sang with the birds.  As the sun rose over my parent’s back yard I ran in circles with the perfect knowledge of why the birds were singing. It may be true that I had eaten a small piece of paper that completely changed what I heard, what I saw, what I smelled…but I don’t think I was living a delusion (and Aldous Huxley, who is deeper than anyone I know, doesn’t think so either). I sang at the top of my lungs knowing what the birds knew: that the morning was a miracle, that the dawn was god, that the air around me was a plenum vibrating with life and knowledge. Since then I have learned that the whole world sings. The music of birds follows inherent and predictable patterns; the songs of whales reach across the depths of the seas; the oscillations of the earth on its axis can be rendered into music and it’s beautiful! Our very speech is music and I believe that one day a genius will run a staff across the heavens and demonstrate that the stars are the notes to a symphony. Poor Prufrock cried, “I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each./ I do not think that they will sing to me.” But that doesn’t have to be your fate. You choose my friends. Either the world is a silent cacophony, or there is song ringing through the soles of your feet, melody in the eyes of those you love, and harmony in the rhythm of your days. The music of the universe is for you all.

-Palabra.

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)

[Listen to the top 25 remixes]

Gabe, Gene, and Barsh get back from China today!  Join vosotros this Monday evening for our first show in the States in over 2 months! Thanks to jess (aka cellogirl) for putting this together. Donation at the door. BYOB. Directions. Call Laura at 323-839-8894 when you arrive … she’ll let you in!!

Vosotros – 8pm

WeYou – 8:45pm

VOCO – 9:30pm

Calder String Quartet – 10:30pm

B.R.A.M. was just interviewed by Kevin Bronson on his new blog, buzzbands.la.  Check it.

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Hello!

The Roots are having a remix contest – and vosotros is in the competition!  Round 1 is all based on fan voting … and WE NEED YOUR HELP!  The polls close on Nov 21 at 12pm Eastern Time.  At that point, the top 25 remixers advance to round 2.  Finalists will have a week to prepare another remix – and members of The Roots will pick the winner!!!  And the winner gets to record a song with The Roots!!!

Our remix uses some instrumentals from the upcoming vosotros release entitled “The Years” – featuring Sam Barsh (keys), Gene Coye (drums), and Gabe Noel (bass).

To listen and vote, visit:

www.peanutbutter-toothbrush.com

You don’t have to register with the site – but you DO need to confirm your vote via email, so please don’t forget this crucial step.  You can only vote once.

Please help us stay in the top 25.  Voting only takes a second – and your support will make a difference.  Please spread the link around!!!!

YES WE CAN!

:: vosotros

• Have you seen Shazam? It’s the much talked about iPhone app that can identify what song is playing by recording a short clip and sending it off to the Shazam mothership for analysis… impressive stuff. But get this – Shazam is keeping data on what is being shazamed! A friend of mine in London told me about a new Shazam-chart in the UK showing the most shazamed songs … and apparently a+r folk have started using it to spot unsigned talent – a very cool intersection of music, culture, and social media in my opinion. But how valuable can this data be if Shazam can’t even recognize masunday ….

• In other news, I spotted my first euro taco truck at a market in London! A valiant effort – but it remains pretty clear to me that TZONE would crush daddy donkey in a cookoff. I bet you 10£ Señor donkey hasn’t even heard of Suadero … But in his defense, the European market probably isn’t ready for those flavors …

COMING SOON: Harold EP, guest bloggers, vosotros goes to CHINA…

In other news, I want to give a massive shout out to Cord Phillips, an incredible recording engineer and close friend of vosotros. Cord engineered the current #1 song on the country charts – “Do You Believe Me Now” by Jimmy Wayne. ¡Boo yaaaaa! Cord’s tearin’ it up on the Nashville studio circuit right now, so hit him up if you’re looking to do some work down there. [He's also a good candidate if your Twisted Sister cover band is looking for a drummer].

Finally, John Wood’s Learning Music continues their residency at Tangier this Sunday. Joining Learning Music will be vosotros cohort Bobb Bruno, Tom Brosseau, and …. vosotros. plus … the show is FREE if you know the password …. “your glasses match your hair”.

see you-all in a few weeks…. johnG

•Mooey Moobau tonight!!

The third installment of the Obi Best residency at Tangier is tonight, and Mooey Moobau will be performing alongside Readers and (naturally) Obi Best.  I would describe Mooey’s music as David Byrne meets Picasso.  It’s wild! Joe is a super-talented, super-creative cat. He is also a noted speech pathologist. His most recent record, entitled “All Murmur of Our Mother’s Waters” is a sonic journey and definitely worth checking out.  Order it here!!!

And stay tuned for a mooey moobau/vosotros collab affectionately refered to as moosotros…

•First Bass!

Last October, Vosotros was hired to score a short film about a young bass player and Chicago Cubs fan, and her audition for a prestigious music school. Naturally this movie hit close to home personally (bass! Chicago!). And little did we know that the creators were submitting the short to festivals all around the U.S.A.!!! And now we’ve been nominated for an award!!

DC Shorts Film Festival- we are nominated for best song “Zoom!” register here and vote for us!!!

until then, you-all.
gaib

“Sampling, remixing, and repurposing other people’s work has resulted in some of the greatest art of our times,” says Eric Steuer, Creative Commons’ creative director. “With this project, we want to make the statement that this sort of creativity should not only be legal, but also explicitly encouraged.”

If you’re not familiar with Creative Commons, visit their website and get to know them a little bit.  We’ve been supporting them since we started vosotros – and I continue to believe their ideas are shaping the future of music on the web. [CC interview with vosotros, Feb 2008].

i was excited to discover that a handful of tracks from the lazy susan have been added to the genome.  noelsson schmoelsson was tagged as “featuring jazz influences, heavy use of vocal harmonies, acoustic sonority, intricate melodic phrasing and use of a string ensemble”.  this gave me a lot of faith in the service … these guys are really taking the time to listen.  next I created a station around “PB&J … and g” … and I think gabe would be happy to know that they played me a T-Pain song because of its “modern r&b stylings, electronica influences, a subtle use of vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation and extensive vamping.”  anyways, check out pandora – type in one of your favorite artists – and see where it takes you…

in other news, learning music continues their monthly residency at tangier tomorrow night at 10pm.  they’ll be playing for the next 3 wednesdays – go see this band!!!

:: John G (jay gee AKA J GILLA) 

Barsh and Gabe will be in the studio most of this week completing The Years, an album inspired by the music of each decade – starting in the past and ending in the future ….  [the core band for the years features Barsh on keys, Gabe on bass, and Gene on drums - and Gabe + Gene will be playing in Sam's band on Thursday, so expect to hear some songs from this new project].

what’s that address again?

but in light of today’s big news, it seemed appropriate to post the kxlu finale on its own – the remix of the remix …R. Kelly – “I’m A Flirt” (grande iced bossa, unsweetened)

and speaking of john wood, learning music returns to tangier this sunday … don’t miss this show!!! after recording 12 consecutive monthly albums (all available for free download), juan wood’s learning music army is gearing up for a series of shows in the coming months…

Sunday June 16 @ Tangier – 9pm, $5

Charlie Wadhams (8:30), Learning Music (9:30), Colorforms (10:30)

and mark you calenders …. vosotros returns to LAND in little tokyo on June 26 for a special evening with Sam Barsh and The Lady Tigra …. details soon!

The lazy susan was a year long collaborative effort, and features 32 musicians on 12 songs written by bassist Gabe Noel. The album introduces music by Noelsson Schmoelsson, Someone’s Piano, First Good Feeling, PB&J …and g, masunday, Saltar, My Moon Boots, The Carrot and Stick, Touhy, ump-off Pause Tape, How Long It Takes To Know, and Our Song.

Order the physical CD direct from vosotros!! Each album is handmade for you-all. Includes custom letterpressed packaging and a beautiful 28-page booklet with photos and lyrics. The album comes in 100% recycled, non-plastic packaging and is wrapped in biodegradable wood cellulose. Can you taste that piano?

On the digital front, we are excited to announce a partnership with one of our favorite Chicago labels, Thrill Jockey Records. They’ve built their own digital download store, offering high quality, DRM-free albums from a select group of independent labels. Visit FINA to see our catalog.

The Lazy Susan is also available from these fine digital retailers: Amazon | eMusic | iTunes

In other news, vosotros was recently featured on the Creative Commons blog.

Y en más otras noticias, LAZY SUSAN LISTENING PARTY at FOUND GALLERY in Silver Lake …. March 23rd … details at foundla.com.

And special thanks to Charles Altura, Aaron Arntz, Sam Barsh, Gene Coye, and PONG for playing on Thursday … kap kun krap…