May 31, 2010

Tour Blog Part 2

Filed under: Tour Blog, Uncategorized — Amanda @ 2:44 pm

Its been two weeks on the road and we’re still alive! ha. Only one encounter with the police since we last spoke (no biggie ;P). Lessons learned:
Getting people out to shows is NOT easy. Just making a facebook event and inviting people to it IS NOT ENOUGH. With all the junk that goes on the internet these days its rare for people to really filter through all the invites. You have to make invitations PERSONAL. That’s the gift of the internet! To bridge the gap between people sitting in front of their computers and whoever is providing the entertainment.

Also, do what you can to remind the people without being annoying. For example, I update my status letting people know that I have a show that day, maybe the day before, but instead of shoving it down peoples throats repeating the same information, I hide it in new information. I’ll post a new video showing us on tour, then mention that I have these dates still going on. Or I’ll post pictures as I’m on tour, to promote the show… Give more content to promote whats already been said. Be creative!! Use your creativity that you already have in your art, and apply it to your marketing campaign!

Well there’s two more Amanda cents. Here’s another video blog!!!
Show in San Francisco TONIGHT (details here),
Davis June 1st, then back down to San Fran and Petaluma. Details here.

Follow our minute by minute progress on our respective twitters:
http://www.twitter.com/AmandaHolmes
http://www.twitter.com/JuliaJara

Read Julia’s blog here


May 22, 2010

On TOUR, Day 4!

Filed under: Tour Blog, Uncategorized — Amanda @ 2:30 pm

Life is best when I’m on the road :) There’s nothing better than meeting new people, playing music, and traveling up the PCH. I may have lost my car keys yesterday in the gazillions of sand grains that make up Pismo Beach’s coast line…. BUT. Every tour I’ve done, there’s been some kind of car trouble. Tour #1, locked keys in car. Tour #2, car window broken and ipod stolen. Now, tour #3, lost car keys had to have it towed to get new ones (see picture here). Only this time, it happened right at the beginning of the tour (day 3) instead of at the end. I’d like to think that we just had to get it out of the way earlier than later :P

Shani is getting her Masters this summer so I couldn’t tour with her again :( BUT, we are having a reunion show at Genghis Cohen June 9th (details here). Instead, I got my roommate of the last four years, Julia, to come on the road with me! We made our first video blog, pretty entertaining if I must say so myself ;) Check it out:

We will be on tour until June 9th in Los Angeles so come out to see us live!! Tour dates/locations/times here. Or you can go to my myspace.

To follow our random adventures on a daily basis, you can follow us on twitter at:
@AmandaHolmes or
@JuliaJara


May 17, 2010

Mini Acoustic Tour

Filed under: Performances — Amanda @ 9:23 pm

Hey hey :)

I’m going on tour again! This time its a quick few dates from Los Angeles to Davis and back down.

Check out the Facebook event here

You can follow my day to day adventures on my twitter at www.twitter.com/amandaholmes

Let me know if you’re planning on coming! Here are the dates:

Wed 5/19: Java Jones 5pm
6560 Pardall Rd, 
Isla Vista CA (Santa Barbara)

Thurs 5/20: The Porch 6:30pm-9:30pm (A couple artists playing!)
22322 El Camino Real, 
Santa Margarita (Near SLO)

Fri 5/21: The Ugly Mug 6pm
4640 Soquel Drive
Soquel, CA 95073 (Next to Santa Cruz)

Sat 5/22: Somewhere on the street in downtown Santa Cruz :)
Follow my twitter to find my location: www.twitter.com/amandaholmes

Thurs 5/27: Orchard Valley Coffee
349 E. Campbell Ave,
Campbell CA 95008 (South bay)

Fri 5/28: Barefoot Coffee Roasters (TBA)
5237 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA (South Bay)

Sunday 5/30: Northgate Mall (Foodcourt!!) 12-2pm
5800 Northgate Mall 
San Rafael, CA 94903

***Mon 5/31: Rockit Room 8pm***
This bar is 21 and up, but its definitely one of my fav’s from last tour!
Other performers include:
Chantelle Tibbs: http://www.myspace.com/chantelletibbs
Joshua Thorton
406 Clement Street (between 5th and 6th ave)
San Francisco, CA 94118

Tues 6/1: Delta of Venus 6pm-8pm
Guest performer http://www.MartinPurtill.com (He’s fricken brilliant. come)
122 B Street
Davis, CA

Fri 6/4: It’s a Grind- (TBA)
1800 Polk St (between Jackson St & Washington St)
San Francisco, CA

Sat 6/5: Whole Foods (I LOVE playing here. Great tips ;)
621 East Washington Street
Petaluma, CA

Wed 6/9: Genghis Cohen************ Last SHOW! w/ guest Shani Shousterman! 8pm
$5 Cover (All ages)
740 N. Fairfax Ave,
LOS ANGELES. 90046