Shabby Road Beatles Bash

Well, after the super sweet involvement from musicians across the globe with the Johnny Cash Bash, we had to do another one...hence the Shabby Road Beatles Bash: a cover song challenge for any type of artist out there to record a Beatles cover tune.

Why include the word "Shabby" in the title, you ask? Check out the picture & watch the video for instructions (or read below if you like reading).

HUH? HOW DO I GET INVOLVED?
1. Decide on a BEATLES cover tune you'd like to do and record it using 1 mic / 1 video / 1 take with the instrument of your choice (no edits for musicians but if you're a visual artist or dancer etc., you can be more creative)

2. Upload your video to Youtube and include the word TRIBEHOUSE in the title. (Eg. Tribehouse Beatles Bash "yellow submarine")

3. Hop on over to our Tribehouse Facebook event page and click on "ATTENDING".

4. Brush your teeth and hair. (optional)

5. Post your Youtube link on this event page and watch the comments soar in like a flock of eagles but watch your ego batman.

On July 4 we'll post all of the Youtube vids in a blog post. Don't worry, we'll send ya a link and post it here as well.

It'll be a fun little way to see people from all over the galaxy posting their versions of Beatles tunes and who knows, maybe we'll even have some posts from some visual artists & belly dancers.

Have phun.

Blideo #2 - Gabrielle Papillon and Ambre McLean

by Nico Boesten

A few weeks ago I had the pre-show privilege to catch up with indie folk road warrior artists Gabrielle Papillon and Ambre McLean who shared 3 great little secrets about how they survive (& succeed) at being an indie artist:

1. How to book a tour
2. Where to print cheap, short run CDs and
3. How to stay sane on the road when (or if) things don't go as planned.



They played the Streaming Cafe on April 16, 2011 so you can check out their performance(s) out here for Ambre McLean & here for Gabrielle Papillon. Thanks for the interview guys (and by guys I mean gals).

Blideo #1: Carrie Harper makes iPhone 4 covers from original art

By Nico Boesten
Every once in a while I win stuff. Not the Lotto or anything, but a free Tim Horton's coffee or a vaccuum consultation.

Well, the other day, I got a Facebook message from a rad local visual artist (Carrie Harper from the Pear Workshop) saying "You won an art skin for an iPhone 4". Sick.

It was such a creative idea and way for a visual artist to make money that I had to interview her and find out some more about who she is and what she does. I had met her at Artwalk last year and was super impressed with her unique style but this latest idea was brilliant.

We are now talking about collaborating on an idea that would combine a fundraising event with art, iPhone skins, music, and beverages. More to come, but for now just watch the vid and then check out her site or go and buy one of her iPhone art skins here.