About this project
Two singer/songwriters (Johanna Chase and Tin Santos), an Illustrator (Andress Yourself), a filmmaker (Ryan Maxey), and friends are taking to the road on The I Heart People Tour, a tour with stops at 7 cities along the West Coast that aims to share music, art, and spread the word on urban intentional community living!
On a veggie oil/solar powered bus, our crew will depart from our home in Los Angeles: The BLVD, a community of more than 30 friends in 5 houses, including Synchronicity LA. Recently featured in an article in GOOD Magazine, Synchronicity LA is part of an intentional community in LA that focuses on "generating community through hospitality, intentionality, artistic action, and a dedication to the reduction of harm."
We hope to share the spirit of community by hosting bus-side potlucks in each city before each gig played by Johanna and her band. Bring some food to share, and join us around the bus for music from Tin Santos, live screen printing (tour shirts) by Andress Yourself, photo booth portraits on the front of the bus provided by Maxey Fish and Sea Reels, and you can add some color with your paintbrush skills to the community mural on the side of our bus! Underlying all of the fun, we want share community and original expression!
How it will all go down...
We will update the I Heart People Tour Facebook event before each stop to let you know when we’ll be rolling through and where we will park our bus. All you have to do is bring yourself, some friends, and if you’re feeling the community spirit, something to share!
We've been working hard to plan and prepare this tour for months:
We've got a vegetable oil and solar-powered bus
We've got our skilled vegetable oil mechanic
We've got our crew assembled
We've got the gigs lined up from LA to Seattle
Why we need your help...
The only thing we need to make this tour a reality is your support to keep the bus rolling: $1500
The bus is a machine with many moving parts that will likely require a little maintenance during our trip. We've set aside some personal money, but need a little help obtaining the rest of the funds to make sure we don't end up living on the bus on the side of the Interstate 5 somewhere in Oregon...which could be cool...but not what we're going for on this trip :)
With your generous support, we’ll be able to make it to all 7 stops, share our music, our art and community spirit! Take a look along the right, and you’ll see all of the cool things you could have! For your pledge, you’ll receive one of these very nice gifts and probably feel pretty good about yourself!
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 1, 2011.
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Strictly Music: 2 free MP3 downloads: Made especially for this project, Tin and Johanna will provide your ears with solo acoustic performances from their local studio and send them to you August 1st!
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Johanna's next release, "Live and Simultaneous, An E.P.", is being pressed on a 7" vinyl! The two new tracks, "Girl on the Inside" and "Drunk and Stuck", were recorded live simultaneous at the Synchronicity LA studio and performed by Robert DeLong (drums), Noah Peller (upright bass), Matt Knapil (sax), Tin Santos (BGVs) and Johanna Chase (guitar, vocals). Mixed, mastered and engineered by Robert DeLong and produced by Johanna Chase.
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Translator, Johanna Chase's fifth independent release, was recorded in conjunction with 305e in Azusa, CA. In short, Translator is the manifestation of Chase's collaboration with Robert DeLong, childhood friend and fellow rain expert. Robert DeLong(drums), Matthew Lee(bass) and Matt Knapil(sax) have been Chase's backing band in the Los Angeles area since 2007. The band's contributions of musicianship and alchemy are the magnetism in the motor of sound that helps drive Chase's songs on Translator. The contributions of Huit Kilos, Congolese soukous guitar, are layered throughout the record, as well. Other contributions include, Joey Ryan (on Na Na Na and Flashlight), Jaime Rosas (Jesus Hung), Samuel Pullen (Devils in the Details and Chasing Layers) and Shawn Morones (You). Released 20 August 2011 Executive Producer: Johanna Chase. Produced by Johanna Chase and Robert DeLong. Mixed and Engineered by Robert DeLong at 305e. Masteredy by Patrick "Mundy" Castelein at Mundy Sound Lab. All Songs Written by Johanna Chase.
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Digital Download of Johanna Chase's first ever DVD Documentary. 50 minutes of footage from her Los Angeles "Translator" Record Release show (8/2010), live at the Triple Door in Seattle (11/10), footage from live performances at Azusa Pacific University, Synchronicity LA and the Mezz in Los Angeles as well as interview footage of Johanna. The project was shot by Ruben Russ and Sarah Kealy of 16:9 Productions, Darcey Zoller, Ryan Maxey of Maxey Fish and Sea Reels, Alex Mackenzie of Stranger Than Films and edited by Alex Mackenzie. Capturing Johanna and her band's live performances on video has been overdue! Now it is available! And not only can you have it on your computer and personal DVD collection, but you can purchase it knowing that you are helping fund the I Heart People Tour!
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Andress Yourself is donating a small handfull of beautiful t-shirts and stickers to this kickstarter project. Go here (www.andressyourself.com) and check out the wonderful mantras and designs AY has made available.
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Tin Santos, Ryan Maxey, Andy Michelsen and Johanna Chase all live in or around a little intentional community in the heart of L.A. and have come to find the strength, inspiration and love that comes from community living. One of the key ingredients being the shared meal. You can go to our various websites and learn more about us, but basically we're creative professionals who will be taking time off work to set out on the open road and move closer to our dreams.
