Jun 25, 2009
Back home at my home
On Friday, July 10th I'm returning (finally!) to the beautiful Varsity Theater. It has been nearly 6 months since I've played a big local show and almost 9 months since I've rocked with a band!I just sat in at the Ugly Mug downtown with my cats George and Jay and we played impromptu jams in and out of Rose Stained Red and Center of a Kiss and it felt so good to play with them again!
For this show at the Varsity (and on the 16th at The Miramar Theater in Milwaukee) I'm trying something I have never tried before. I'm going to incorporate my full looping show with the band! This should be a great time and some excellent music.
My good friends and favorite locals Greycoats, Dan Rodriguez and Breanne Duren are opening the show.
If you get advance $6 tickets you will get a swag bag at the door filled with posters, CDs, stickers and codes for free mp3 downloads from the bands. Definitely do it!
~Ari
Mar 3, 2009
LIVE FROM STUDIO C
I had an excellent time with Jason Nagel and the people at Cities 97 for my first Live From Studio C performance! I was so honored to be asked to perform in this legendary space and I was quite amazed to see that it was so big! I expected to walk into your typical radio broadcast booth. This was a real music venue - the size of the coffee shops I used to play.To be honest, I was a little nervous performing live on this station because I knew that so many people would be listening - it's the station I listen to when I drive around the Cities! Everything went very well and they even filmed and recorded it!
Both songs are currently up on my Myspace page (limited time) and you can click the link below to watch the videos! I'm going to be getting the full length show soon and we'll get that up here shortly.
Thanks to Jason Nagel and the entire Cities 97 staff for a great time!
Jan 9, 2009
SOLO Live Recording Announced!
On Sunday, March 8th I will be recording a show for a CD/DVD package. The show is taking place at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. They have a beautiful music venue with excellent sound and lighting and the room holds 900 people! Hopefully we'll sell it out! I've had great shows there every year with just the students so now I want to open this show up to the public to be a part of this milestone event in my music history. Come get your pretty mugs on the DVD and get your voices heard on the CD. Advance tickets are now on sale (click the poster below). More details are on the Shows page.
Jan 2, 2009
Happy New Year!
Starting 2009 I feel a sense of accomplishment and humility. In the past couple of years I've had the immense honor of sharing the stage with a few of my idols and musicians I respect such as Ben Folds (wow), Cake, Joshua Radin, Matt Nathanson and now Broadway star Kyle Riabko (check him out in Spring Awakening now on tour!). I've also toured the Midwest, Northern Plains (extensively) and the East Coast twice and will be making it to the West Coast for the first time at the end of this month!
I'm celebrating the one year anniversary of my self employment (no more Starbucks!) and making 100% of my income on music! Thank you all for enabling me to make it to this moment and for relieving me the task of crafting triple tall, non-fat, with whip, no foam, caramel macchiattos :P Not too many 23 year old musicians can say they make all of their income solely on music without the help of a major label. I am very humbled by this fact and at the same time so grateful to all my friends, fans and family who have given me the support up until this point.
This next year brings much excitement. I am beginning to get Proud Honeybee Productions LLC off the ground and build it up as a complete artist development company. I am working to tour as often as possible and to share the stage with more incredible musicians who continue to teach me more and more about performing, songwriting and music in general. I will also be recording a solo, live show for a CD/DVD package sometime in the next few months.
Please stay in touch. Sign the mailing list above; sign up for my street team: The Street Stand, and keep coming to shows and spreading the musical love to everyone you know. Happy New Year!