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1May/100

New 2MERICA Video: The Cop(s) + Lego(re)

Hey folks I think you'll dig this one --- (not toddler safe!):

Film: "Lego(re)" by Raman
Music: "The Cop(s)" by 2MERICA

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19Apr/100

Mashing for Alfie

New 2merica video, this one a mashup of a classic Roman Polanski movie and the epic track "Alfie" from the 2nd 2merica LP. Hope you like it! The song was written by J. Ravia, J.Trocheck, and L.Paulic, and the video was edited by me. Post and share away!

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16Apr/100

An augmented future starring Headtronics

I've been peddling myself around town since the weather broke and damn what a beautiful city Cleveland is. The near east side by bike has to be one of the finer urban rides in America: Wade lagoon, university circle, Little Italy, Case, Rockefeller Park, Lakeview Cemetery, up the hill to Forest Hills Park (formerly the home of the richest man in the world!), Cain Park, Shaker Lakes, back down the new Euclid Avenue bike lanes to the new CSU then down to the Rock Hall and the Inner Harbor.... Give me a sunny day and my Raleigh and I'm good on the northside. See we started our recession 40 years ago so we are getting good at bein poor.

So with all this hopeful optimism (Obamaism?) I have to tell you about 2 new developments. First off the always funky Freekbass has joined forces with 2 others for his first "supergroup side project". Called Headtronics and featuring a killer lineup of Freek on bass, Steve Molitz from Particle on Keys, and DJ Logic on everything else, they are finally playing Ohio next weekend so you know I will have to check that out. Been a big fan of Dub Trio for a bit so I can't wait to see the Headtronics Trio put their shingle out.

On the homefront, The Flux-adel Recording Division (also in the heart of the northside) has been active lately, doing both final mixes on 2new 2merica tracks for Scherzo Elskorpion, and starting preliminary writing on new material with the very talented Dakota "chief" Stonerock.

Finally -- Last summer I was part of my own wannabe supergroup sideproject that managed to write and record a single song before disbanding. The track is called "Stares 2020" and is currently hanging around on the HD waiting for it's parents to work chit out. I hope you readers will get to hear it sometime, it's probably the hardest thing I've ever produced, like way up in your face, you know, HAVE SOME! Production.

Ezzy

Ps Anyone see Roy Ayers sitting in with The Roots on Fallon last night? Hot damn I hope the roots are recording all those commercial break jams that we miss on tv for us to dig on forever after.

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15Mar/101

Vidya vidya vidya !!!

Another winter week, another video. This one features all original artwork from the President of the Bored of Directors for 2MERIC@RP himself, Jaimeson "7m":

You make me stay inside and quiet, mother nature and neighbors, and you get no bike and no drums. What's a boy 'sposed to do? Yes..... I do plenty of that. And that. But my baby brother and I can get visual too, all cramped up and quiet. But the buds are just below the surface, the buds are just below the surface.

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10Mar/100

A Rollerskating Jam (not named Saturday)

It's only Wednesday but it's 61 degress and sunny on the Northside of 2merica, so it's time for some rollerskating! Check the moves on this 2merica video for our 2005 song "Male Performance Issues".

I'm off to buy some new wheels and then I'm gonna pedal all over the damn place tonight.

-raz

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1Mar/100

A very special New video from 2merica…

WE HAD TO HIT THE REMIX button for some youtube love. More 2merica visualizations, this one featuring a hot track from the 2nd LP called "Extraordinary Rendition". Turn it up and let it rip:

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25Feb/100

Print that plastic!

So I broke down and had to do a promo version of the new 2merica single on CD. I was trying to stay digital only on the single, and then put the whole LP out with 5 tracks and full packaging goodness on all relevant formats, but the best laid plans of mice and men....

Seriously I just go with the flow on this stuff. And since "Never Met Tomorrow" is the hottest track I've ever produced (that's been released yet, hasa!) I am down with printing a few hard copies for eternity's landfill. The CD is still barely holding on as the standard format so I'll play along. Plus DiscMakers is finally doing short-run for a reasonable price!

The point here is if you are looking for a hard copy for radio or other promotions, and you are too cheap to buy one from cdbaby, I can ship you one of these extra special rare promo only releases in about 2 weeks. Gonna put this track "Never Met Tomorrow" out there a bit, see if anyone bites. Have you heard it yet?

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22Feb/100

Donations accepted ’round here

2010 :: 5 souls, 1 night :: who will survive?
"Never Met Tomorrow" :: the hottest 2merica yet

2merica: Never Met Tomorrow

2007 :: Panfunktual Bonobos :: Alive In the Sugar Triangle
Stretch out your Sensors & Switches & Buttons

2merica: Sensors & Switches & Buttons

2005 :: Half Truth Half Consequence :: We Are Everywhere You Are
The classic debut messtastic masterpiece :: Record Profits?

2merica: Record Profits
22Feb/100

Hard copy what?

So I'm a bit surprised to see that a small percentage of music services (radio, blogs, other promotional media) continue to want submissions of physical cd's and press kits. They seem to do most of their music related business online, but when it comes to adding you to a playlist some still want a hard copy shipped to them regardless of what digital format you have already provided.

It doesn't make much sense to me, other than to think these types still want freebies, or they just continue to work in a very pre-digital way. Maybe they hold stock in FedEx.

I will never attempt to get rid of physical formats but I'm surprised this is still a requirement some places. I love getting something physical, with vinyl being my favorite. I see the benefits of most formats. But we are talking promo here, indie style, and forcing printing costs on artists, when not needed is silly (especially in this economy, thanks W!).

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16Feb/102

Scary new 2merica video online now!

Hey blogadelics -- guess what there's gonna be lots of 2merica on the Youtube! We just debuted a new video for a track from our 2nd album. Peep it:

The song is called "The New Guest Who..." and is the intro to LP#2, "Sensors & Switches & Buttons". Youtube is a killer platform for watching but if you really like the track please buy the song online somewhere. We do notice ;-) .
Oh yeah, the video is frightening but you'll have to watch it to learn why.

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8Feb/100

Online clicks and traffic — the new radio?

Since commercial radio is another world, almost completely inaccessible to independent artists, has the internet completely replaced it by this point?
Are clicks, views, plays, comments, reviews, and general traffic building online the new version of requests and radio buzz? I'm not sure because I don't have any stats correlating radio plays to record sales in the old days. But I know that it feels as though the mass communication of music is over and we are all searching for that narrow market of people that patronize our art.
5Feb/100

The Merch Shop (has not been forgotten)

FYI- There's a collection of 2merica and WFNK.com merchandise for sale at our Merch Store. You can rock some funky gear, something custom and homespun (by alcoholic bull-weevils ).http://www.cafepress.com/wfnk

Also, the new 2merica video is up on youtube and getting some positive responses so far. Check it out on Channel Ezrazski: http://www.youtube.com/user/ezrazski

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