February 2012
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Today's chat about Kickstarter
Nick: 9,433
BACKERS
$1,023,972
PLEDGED OF $75,000 GOAL
47
HOURS TO GO
ok
fijne
i guess
me: is this the iPhone dock project
(i love how every time i refresh the Double Fine project, it has an extra $10-50K)
Nick: yeah
me: SHOULD I SET "MARBLED PURPLE VINYL GATEFOLD [redacted album title] ON CELLO"'s GOAL AT 1 MILLION DOLLARS
PLEASE ADVISE
Nick: will it cost $1M to produce?
"yes"
well, then double it.
GO BIG OR GO HOME, WITHERS
me: YESSS
January 2012
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Thanks to DC Rock Live for this nice review of my... →
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December 2011
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Watchofficeoffutureplans:
Happy Holidays-in-Cambodia from your pals Office of Future Plans.
Original AV Club posting (worth reading for background on their “Undercover” series)
This was one of the most incredible experiences. Thanks to everyone at The Onion/AV Club for asking us to play when we were in town earlier this month.
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New album
I will be releasing a new cello tribute album soon. Stay tuned!
November 2011
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October 2011
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Listen to "Salamander", the first track from our... →
Very happy at the positive reception to our first single. Can’t wait for the record to come out!
September 2011
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“It a killer app. Well designed. I like it as a listening platform. But what I...”
– Zoe Keating on Spotify, Apple and Independents (and lettuce) — My Music Thing
Excellent article with well-articulated, compelling arguments. The bit at the end about the niche-artist economy is great, too.
Very conflicted about whether to distribute my music to Spotify or not.
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My top 3 weekly #crapstfm artists
Midi Nickelback (-345)
Netflix Startup Sound (§)
18M Mid-Atlantic Crying Homeowners Bailing Out Basements (1)
August 2011
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Tour!
ylosdospistoles:
We are getting out of Florida for the next several days. If you live in or near any of the following cities, we’d love if you stopped by. Come say hi!
8/5 - The Bleu Pub, Valdosta, GA
8/6 - Broadway’s, Asheville, NC
8/7 - The Lunchbox, Charlotte, NC
8/8 - DC9, Washington D.C.
8/9 - TBA, Durham, NC (nothing like a last-minute adventure!)
These Tampa-based guys (and gal)...
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Boston Spaceships - Let It Beard released today! →
Holy crap, I can’t believe I forgot that today marks the release of Robert Pollard’s band Boston Spaceships’s new epic double-LP, Let It Beard. I am honored to have contributed cello to one of the tracks (“Red Bodies”)! Other guests include J. Mascis and Colin Newman from Wire (!!!). Get it on Amazon MP3 for $8.
July 2011
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thealteregooftrees:
this is the first song from...
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Show 7/14 with Hammer No More The Fingers and... →
officeoffutureplans:
(click through to RSVP on Facebook)
We’re very excited to play with our friends Hammer No More The Fingers and Brice Randall Bickford (formerly The Strugglers) next Thursday at the Black Cat! Even better, this particular show will be a cello-fest, as each band features a different cellist (Hammer = Leah Gibson, and B.R.B. = Emily Wright).
Clearly this show is not to be...
June 2011
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Oh look, I wrote something nostalgic about Jawbox... →
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Summer special on recordings
I’ve decided to run a summer special on cello recording… $100 for cello tracks on your song (normally $150), or $250 for a full-on cello cover of your song or someone else’s (normally $500). The catch is that I only have time for about 10 sessions this summer, between all of my other projects. So if you’ve been wanting to book me for some recording, let me know ASAP!
Rock...
May 2011
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Blog | The Noun Project: Caution: Sloth Crossing... →
thenounproject:
A few weeks ago we received an email from Gabriel Gomez, a graphic designer whose sign “Caution: Sloth Crossing the Road” is used around the streets of Caracas, Venezuela. The work was commissioned by the Baruta Council, with the initial drafts revised by John Moore, one of Latin America’s…
Off topic: a great story about sloth safety. Sloths are my favorite animals.
April 2011
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Cello cover request: Pink Floyd’s...
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Rough mix of a cello version of David...
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March 2011
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Matching pledge to help Japan →
officeoffutureplans:
Like most of you, we’ve been shocked and devastated at the disasters Japan is experiencing. Like most bands, we don’t have a lot of extra money lying around to help, but we’re going to try to do our part.
So, for the next 24 hours, all sales of our digital 7” will be donated to the disaster-relief organization ShelterBox.org. Plus, we’ll match up to $100 in sales from our...
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WatchGreat video from the new record by The Pauses - and this is one of the songs I play on!
February 2011
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First mix of a cello cover of Juno’s...
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House show in DC Friday 2/18
Greetings! I’m excited to be playing a house show at my good friend Ryan Little’s place this Friday in DC. Here’s the info:
Northern Lights 6509 16th St. NW Washington, DC
✖✖✖ SOLO SETS BY ✖✖✖
✧COLLIN CROWE ——- [BLDGS] ✧GORDON WITHERS — [OFFICE OF FUTURE PLANS] ✧RYAN LITTLE ———- [TEREU TEREU] ✖✖✖ FEATURING TRIPPED-OUT VISUALS BY ✖✖✖ ♒...
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I'm playing a house show in DC this Friday. It's... →
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thealteregooftrees:
creating a track for a compilation to benefit jason noble! (rodan-rachel’s-shipping news) very humbled to be asked since rachel’s pretty much made me want to create neoclassical music.
This is my next project. I’m so excited to be helping put together this benefit album!
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Photos from the BELLS≥ set opening for The... →
Last weekend, after playing with Office of Future Plans Friday night in Baltimore, I bussed up to NYC to join Bells≥ for their set opening for The Dismemberment Plan at Webster Hall. Thanks to caspar_v for the photos.
If you haven’t heard Bells≥ yet, go to their BandCamp and stream their debut EP, There Are Crashes, which features my cello on several songs. I highly recommend purchasing...
January 2011
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Our show with The Dismemberment Plan
officeoffutureplans:
(Photo by Tom Bridge)
So, we played with The Dismemberment Plan on Sunday night at the 930 Club. It was an amazing experience. The (sold-out) crowd was enormous and appreciative, the sound was amazing, and the club’s hospitality was great. Who knows if we’ll ever be lucky enough to play there again, but we’d jump at the opportunity.
Also, The Dismemberment Plan are an...
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Pablo Casals - Bach Suites at Vinyl District →
officeoffutureplans:
For Day 3 of the OFP Vinyl District takeover, I wrote about the original vinyl recording of the Bach cello suites, made by Pablo Casals in the 30’s. Check it out.
This was a really fun one to write. Such an amazing artist, such an amazing recording.
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OFP-Vinyl District Takeover! →
officeoffutureplans:
We take over The Vinyl District this week, with a post each day. In today’s post, we talk about Kickstarter, and how we live in a golden age of fan-funded vinyl projects. And for the first time, anyone can listen to “Harden Your Heart”, the A side of our new 7”! Click through for more…
This is, like, the 80th time I’ve written about how awesome Kickstarter is. It...
Great feature on The Pauses' new cd in the Orlando... →
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Here’s a better cello version of The Joy...
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GW Live at the Black Cat on BandCamp →
I (briefly) have a live set available for free download at BandCamp. Check it out and let me know what you think. This will disappear soon.
For those of you in the central-Florida area, I’ll be playing two shows this coming weekend with The Pauses - Fri 1/7 at New World Brewery in Tampa, and Saturday 1/8 at Backbooth in Orlando. I’ll open each show with a solo set and then join The...