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Hey breadheads: Sorry it has been so long since our last newsletter, but we’ve been working on some really cool stuff so have no fear! We are still big, bad, and ready to throw down. First, lets get you some info on some tasty shows we have coming up. 

We’ll be getting real friendly with Providence over the next couple months with some killer shows lined up. On May 3rd we will be making our triumphant return to the Fete lounge to play the classiest show we’ve had yet. They were amazing to us for our album release, and this time we are getting “classy” to show them some love. This show is a suit & tie affair, where we are asking all of you to dress up to the nines, break out the shoe shine, throw on your best, and together we are going to make this town look good. And to kick it up a notch, we are going at it unplugged style: that means uprights, fender rhodes’, and those oh so silky smooth soulful vocals you know and love. We have new arrangements you haven’t heard, and some tasty covers we know you’ll enjoy. Also with us will be an excellent DJ from Providence, Goldmine. He always spins good stuff, so plan on getting down big time. The music starts at 9pm, and the cover is a mere $5! What’s better than suiting up and vibing to great music? You’re right, I can’t think of anything either. 

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What’s happenin’ breadheads?! Sorry that it has been so long since we last wrote, life has been very busy in the Milkbread camp. As you all may well know by now we have had the great pleasure of recording and releasing our first full-length album! As we’ve said before, many many thanks to Chris Piquette at No Boundaries Studios for helping make our vision a reality and for recording these ten songs we have spent the better part of three years playing and honing. And thanks to 32 very amazing and giving people, we were able to turn the audio into a physical product in the form of 1,000 beautifully printed and pressed albums. The whole process from our first day in studio until the CD release show atFete has been a true blessing for us; the outpouring of support, the ease to which it all came together, and the excitement surronding what we have loved playing for you all. There will never be words that we could find to express our love and thanks to all you out there who helped make all this possible, but thank you all so much.   We’ve almost hit the end of 2012, but that doesn’t meanthere isn’t still time to get in one last Milkbread show. In fact, we have two more shows remaining for this year. OnDecemeber 12 we make our last appearance in Providence at the PVD Social Club as part of local band showcase presented by Bridging The Music. This show is actually part of a larger contest that if we are blessed enough to win we will get a slot at Sound Session Music Festival, a headlining show at PVD Social Club, open for a National Touring Act at PVD Social Club, and 20 hours of recording studio time at Saucer Sound. So obviously, we would really love it if you all would come out and help us tear the roof off this sucker and show Bridging The Music that breadheads come out in force! Our very last show of the year will be at one of our favorite spots in Boston, theRosebud. Our friends over at Electric Lighthouse Recordings are having us come by for their show onDecember 15, along with other great bands like Giantist, The One and Only’s, and Lowman. Since it’s our last show of the year, there may be a few surprises in store for any breadheads who make the long trip to beantown!Before we go, we just want inform the people out there who donated to our Indiegogo project not to fear! We have gathered all the information and resources neccessary to start distibuting your well earned perks to you all. We promise that by the end of this month, all the stuff will be on its way to you. Thank you all again so much, there is absolutely no way we could have printed this album without your support. THANK YOU!!!

What’s happenin’ breadheads?!

Sorry that it has been so long since we last wrote, life has been very busy in the Milkbread camp. As you all may well know by now we have had the great pleasure of recording and releasing our first full-length album! As we’ve said before, many many thanks to Chris Piquette at No Boundaries Studios for helping make our vision a reality and for recording these ten songs we have spent the better part of three years playing and honing. And thanks to 32 very amazing and giving people, we were able to turn the audio into a physical product in the form of 1,000 beautifully printed and pressed albums. The whole process from our first day in studio until the CD release show atFete has been a true blessing for us; the outpouring of support, the ease to which it all came together, and the excitement surronding what we have loved playing for you all. There will never be words that we could find to express our love and thanks to all you out there who helped make all this possible, but thank you all so much.
 

We’ve almost hit the end of 2012, but that doesn’t meanthere isn’t still time to get in one last Milkbread show. In fact, we have two more shows remaining for this year. OnDecemeber 12 we make our last appearance in Providence at the PVD Social Club as part of local band showcase presented by Bridging The Music. This show is actually part of a larger contest that if we are blessed enough to win we will get a slot at Sound Session Music Festival, a headlining show at PVD Social Club, open for a National Touring Act at PVD Social Club, and 20 hours of recording studio time at Saucer Sound. So obviously, we would really love it if you all would come out and help us tear the roof off this sucker and show Bridging The Music that breadheads come out in force! Our very last show of the year will be at one of our favorite spots in Boston, theRosebud. Our friends over at Electric Lighthouse Recordings are having us come by for their show onDecember 15, along with other great bands like Giantist, The One and Only’s, and Lowman. Since it’s our last show of the year, there may be a few surprises in store for any breadheads who make the long trip to beantown!

Before we go, we just want inform the people out there who donated to our Indiegogo project not to fear! We have gathered all the information and resources neccessary to start distibuting your well earned perks to you all. We promise that by the end of this month, all the stuff will be on its way to you. Thank you all again so much, there is absolutely no way we could have printed this album without your support. THANK YOU!!!

Social Media For The Do-It-Yourself Musician

Why? How? Huh?!


  As I’m sure everyone is well aware, internet social media is one of the most important tools that we possess as musicians trying to forge a career by our own devices. One of the most common issues that is prevalent in all the blogs and articles I have read seems to be that they are just too many sites and too many profile possibilities to differentiate from one another. While one band member tweets, the other is posting a Facebook status, while another records a video of all this to put on YouTube which will eventually go to six other different sites, and on and on. Overall this process becomes a noisy congruence of pictures and catchy words where nobody knows what to post and how to put things in order. However, after reading through tons of articles and hours of scrolling through blogs I’ve come up with a list, a hopefully helpful guide, of what appears to be common threads on a smart social media plan of attack.

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