MUSIC NEWS - A landmark in music, Moonalice, the Bay Area band that features musical all-stars including GE Smith and Barry Sless, is going where no band has gone before – a real-time Twitter concert. Always at the forefront of the latest digital developments, Moonalice will post their upcoming CD release (see MNN cd contest info below) show and party on April 3 from San Francisco. Immediately following each song during the show, Moonalice’s sound team will take that song's audio, digitize it, upload it and “Tweet” about its availability — all before the group finishes playing the very next song. This is the first time that any artist has broadcast a concert in real time on the Twitter platform.
Evan Williams says, “We are amazed by all the new ways people are using Twitter, and what Moonalice is doing exemplifies this to the core. Twittering a live show is a new and profoundly cool way for a band to reach its fan base and beyond. We hope to see more of this as bands see the value of connecting to their audience in new ways.”
In addition to Smith (Saturday Night Live house band, Hall & Oates, Bob Dylan) and Sless (David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh & Friends), Moonalice includes veteran players Pete Sears (Rod Stewart, Jefferson Starship), Ann McNamee (Flying Other Brothers, Ann Atomic), Jimmy Sanchez (Boz Scaggs, Bonnie Raitt), Roger McNamee (Flying Other Brothers) and occasional seventh member Jack Casady (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna).
On April 14th, 2009, Moonalice will release their self-titled debut studio release. The band enlisted legendary producer T Bone Burnett to help transform the highly regarded Moonalice live sound into a recorded project. Burnett recently won both “Record of the Year” and “Album of the Year” Grammy Awards for his work on Robert Plant & Alison Krauss’ Raising Sand, and just wrapped up Elvis Costello's latest. You're sure to notice the sound quality of Moonalice, due to its sterling musicianship by the and T Bone's exceptional production, but also because it features Burnett’s innovative new XOΔE (CODE in Greek letters) mastering technology. In addition to the CD, the DVD-V is packed with a high-resolution stereo version (24-bit/96 kHz), as well as optimized MP3, AAC and FLAC formats, plus two music videos. In addition to their Twitter CD release show, Moonalice is embarking on a nationwide 2009 USA tour (see itinerary below).
MOONALICE 2009 Tour
04/2/09 19 Broadway Nite Club Fairfax, CA
04/3/09 Slim's San Francisco, CA
04/4/09 Red Lion Hotel & Casino Elko, NV 775-738-7178
04/10/09 Don Quixote's Felton, CA
04/11/09 Little Fox Theatre Redwood City, CA
04/17/09 Spring Jam 5 Salem, MO
4/18/09 Spring Jam 5 Salem, MO
04/25/09 Virginia Brewing Company Winchester, VA
04/27/09 IOTA Club & Cafe Arlington, VA
04/28/09 Sellersville Theater Sellersville, PA
04/29/09 River Street Jazz Cafe Plains, PA
04/30/09 Sullivan Hall New York, NY
05/1/09 Mexicali Live Teaneck, NJ
05/2/09 Narrows Center for the Arts Fall River, MA
05/23/09 Bella Madre Festival Geneva, MN
05/24/09 Summer Camp Festival Chilicothe, IL
06/5/09 Wakarusa Festival Ozark, AR
06/6/09 Wakarusa Festival Ozark, Arkansas
08/7/09 Dead on the Creek Willits, CA
08/9/09 Main Street Festival Arcata, CA
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