Don’t call the cops just yet. Oh! Speaking of calling the cops…. Have you gotten a copy of Jake Newton ‘s new record yet? Don ‘ t delay! I’ll make it easy for you. GO HERE: http://jakenewton.com/fr_killthepastishere.cfm

We have some dates together this week. Check them out below, and please join us. We’ll be playing with band at Zoey’s and the Hotel Cafe and solo at the house concerts listed.

TOUR DATES W/ JAKE NEWTON:

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012

LOS ANGELES, CA

THE HOTEL CAFE

www.thehotelcafe.com

SHOWTIME: 10:30pm (shared set and full band w/ jake= FUNNNNNN!!!)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2012

VENTURA, CA

ZOEY’S CAFE

www.zoeyscafe.com

SHOWTIME: 8pm (full band)

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

KC TURNER HOUSE CONCERT SERIES

RSVP To Attend: kc@kcturnermusic.com

SHOWTIME: 8pm

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2012

SACRAMENTO, CA

HOUSE CONCERT IN ELK GROVE

EMAIL: GARRISONSTARRBOOKING@GMAIL.COM for details

SHOWTIME: 8pm

You can keep up with all things Garrison Starr at www.garrisonstarr.com, including the European dates newly announced with Jay Nash www.jaynash.com.

Thanks to all for your support, and thanks to all the pledgers!

That was from the newsletter sent out mere moments ago.

On a personal note, I just returned from the slopes of Vail, CO, where I skied my ass off and had a wonderful time with my mom, aunt and our very good friend Juan Pablo from Venezuela. Oh, you gotta meet JP sometime. What a character. He sells furs and he skis… there’s really nothing the dude can’t do. I only fell down when I was afraid. Mostly I was fearless. That’s the key, right? To ACT AS IF.

I’m very excited about the coming year… please stay tuned to gstarr.com, and keep checking tour dates. I’ll be joining forces with David Berkeley, Jay Nash, Maia Sharp and Adrianne Gonzales over the coming months for some great shows, and they’ll vary in configuration. So come to all of them!!!

Most likely, we’ll be putting “Amateur” up for sale early, at least to those of you who are lucky enough to be on the mailing list, so make sure you sign up NOW! Yeah, it’s right up there in front of your face, the upper right hand corner. Theeeere you go. Click that shit.

More to come soon.

Happy Monday!

garrison

Today is all about announcing dates with Jay Nash overseas in April! See all info below.

Europe Tour Dates April 2012

Date                  Showtime    Location                  Ticketlink

04-apr-2012     20:00         Utrecht – Emile’s           [tickets]
05-apr-2012     20:30         Ottersum – Roepaen     [tickets]
06-apr-2012     20:30         Waspik – LRC             [tickets]
07-apr-2012                       TBA
08-apr-2012     20:30         Amsterdam – Paradiso  [tickets]
09-apr-2012     15:00         Etten-Leur – LRC         [tickets]

Denmark:
April 11 – Copenhagen – details TBA

Germany:
April 12 – Hamburg – details TBA
April 13 – Berlin – details TBA
April 14 – Cologne – Klub der 40 at Christuskirche

UK:
April 16 – Liverpool – The Shipping Forecast  tickets:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4Q5MDVTT7LQCC

April 17 – Leeds – The Royal Park Cellar – tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152984

April 19 – Kelvedon – The Institute – tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/151909

April 20 – London – The Silver Bullet – http://www.musicglue.net/earmusic/eventdetails/20-apr-12-jay-nash-the-silver-bullet/

Thank you all again for your support! It means the world. I think this year is gonna be a good one.

Stay tuned!

love,

garrison

hey gang!

here’s what’s in the news this week:

1. If you missed the FREE ACOUSTIC EP , download here: http://bit.ly/vJCLOp

2. At www.pledgemusic.com , you can get a FREE download of “The Train That’s Bound for Glory” from my upcoming release AMATEUR .

3. I’m doing an acoustic tour with my buddy Jake Newton up the west coast in FEB. Here are some highlights:

Wednesday, February 8, LOS ANGELES

THE HOTEL CAFE  ( www.thehotelcafe.com)

10:30PM until….

Thursday, February 9th, VENTURA, CA

ZOEY’S CAFE  ( www.zoeyscafe.com)

8PM  (W/ BAND)

Saturday, February 11th
Garrison Starr & Jake Newton – 7pm
KC Turner House Concert Series
San Francisco, CA
RSVP To Attend: kc@kcturnermusic.com

more to come real soon, and thank you so much for your support!!!

garrison

Happy 2012! I have decided that 2012 is gonna be all about me.

Here’s what’s new on the horizon as of January 4, 2012.

WE DID IT! Thanks to all of you who PLEDGED on my upcoming release, “Amateur“, we’re into the new year with some legs. I’m hiring a publicist to help me spread the word about the new music, and I’m making tour plans.

I’m stoked to be playing the 30A songwriter festival in Florida Jan. 12-16. Michelle Malone, David Berkeley, Angel Snow, Antingone Rising will be there… my buddies!! They haven’t announced the venue info yet, but stay tuned. Come see us if you’re near Ft. Walton!

For FEBRUARY, I’ll be hitting the road with my buddy Jake Newton. www.jakenewton.com. We’ll be doing a solo acoustic tour up and down the WEST COAST, and most of the venues will be house concerts. Keep checking www.garrisonstarr.com for dates to be added throughout this month. IF YOU WANNA HOST A HOUSE CONCERT OR A SHOW, EMAIL GARRISONSTARRBOOKING@GMAIL.COM.

On that note as well, I’ll be selling the new record at shows, so even more of an incentive for y’all to make your way out to see us.

**We wanna play Portland, Oregon and were really stoked about doing Mississippi Studios, but they blew us off. If you wanna organize a rally and call them, we wanna come play in Portland!!!

3939 N Mississippi Ave  Portland, OR 97227

I’ll be hitting the road in April with my good buddy Jay Nash www.jaynash.com. We’re gonna head over to Europe together… hitting Amsterdam, Germany and the UK. Stay tuned for the announcement coming soon with all the dates!

If you missed the link for the FREE EP, “Not for Nothing” that I recorded especially for you, get it right here:

http://bit.ly/vJCLOp

Please share it and enjoy. It has all different songs on it than the record, and it’s mostly acoustic.

That’s the immediate scoop. I’ll keep you posted on that and everything else!

Love and gratitude,

g

i  hope this FRIDAY finds you well. isn’t it great to hit the weekend mark? even for us musicians who really never know what day it is, friday feels pretty damn good.

here’s what’s happening in the Garrison Starr enterprise heading into the weekend.

PLEDGE:

we’re kicking ass, folks, which is awesome because i have lots of press and radio to pay for on my own in 2012. keep talking this whole thing up and helping as you can- i need you. to those who have pledged, i appreciate you so much. thank you for your support. we’ve added some new exclusives, so check back with us!

you can still contribute here: www.pledgemusic.com/garrisonstarr

we’re also raising money for charity which you can check out here: www.itgetsbetter.org

SHOWS:

DECEMBER 5, 2011

ROOM 5 LOUNGE

TIX: $12

SHOWTIME: 9pm

w/ MAIA SHARP, ADRIANNE GONZALEZ, DAWN THOMAS

www.room5lounge.com

DECEMBER 6, 2011

STAGE IT- online!!

TIX: pay what you can

SHOWTIME: 6pm PST.

http://www.stageit.com/garrisonstarr

DECEMBER 12, 2011

ROOM 5 LOUNGE

w/ MAIA SHARP, ADRIANNE GONZALEZ, DAWN THOMAS

TIX: $12

SHOWTIME: 9pm

www.room5lounge.com

lastly, i’m making an EP at my house right now that i’ll be giving away for free to all those signed up for the mailing list. it’ll be delivered to you on christmas day! so, sign up before then! hurry hurry!!! www.garrisonstarr.com

thanks to all of you for caring, and i hope to see you real soon!

love,

garrison

Happy Wednesday. It truly is a beautiful day in LA….

Here’s what’s happening in the world of Garrison Starr.

FIRST, the pledge campaign is trucking along. THANK YOU SO MUCH for all your support. There is still time to get involved! We’re keeping this thing going until Christmas, fulfilling the first week of the new year!! yay!! Go here to jump on board: www.pledgemusic.com/garrisonstarr. We’re now trying to raise money for charity!

I’m playing a couple shows coming up that I wanted to let you know about.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, LOS ANGELES, CA

ROOM 5 LOUNGE w/ Maia Sharp, Adrianne Gonzalez and Dawn Thomas (raaaaaaaaaad)

9:30PM SHOWTIME

http://www.room5lounge.com/

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, VENTURA, CA

ZOEY’S CAFE w/ Kyler England

SHOWTIME 8pm

http://www.zoeyscafe.com/

That’s what’s cooking for now. I’m working hard, making shirts and mixes…. it’s busy over here!! Also, my new record, entitled “Amateur” is being mastered as we speak!! So exciting.

More soon, and thank you all again!!!
love,

garrison

Thank you for all your support out there. Here’s the scoop for the week:

The pledge campaign is rocking. We met our target number, which is awesome!!!!, but now we are pushing on to see how much more we can raise for charity and promo. So, keep checking in with us, and pass the word around. The campaign will stay open until the end of the year! Yay!!!

www.pledgemusic.com/garrisonstarr

www.itgetsbetter.org

I’m playing this THURSDAY night at the HOTEL CAFE in LA, opening for my buddy Rob Giles. Here’s the deets- come on down.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6

THE HOTEL CAFE, LOS ANGELES

10PM

www.thehotelcafe.com

Hope to see y’all again real soon.

g

This Thursday, September 29, everybody who has pledged to my campaign for my new record, “Amateur”, is invited to a FREE show ONLINE on U-Stream. There will be one more update that goes out on Thursday with all the info for the pledgers up to that point to login! Cool, yeah? I think so. We’ve reached our target, but we will be leaving the campaign open for another couple months to raise as much money as we can. The more we raise from this point forward, the more we can give to my charity, “It Gets Better”. http://www.itgetsbetter.org/

Here’s the link again to my pledge page:www.pledgemusic.com/garrisonstarr.

Thank you all so much for being a part of this process with me! I couldn’t be more excited about this music and the year to come.

For anyone who books a house concert for the campaign, everybody in attendance will get a free record or tshirt. everybody.

Thank you all for caring, and there will be more soon!!

garrison
Check out the upcoming shows:

Wednesday, Sept. 28, LOS ANGELES, CA

Room 5 Lounge  www.room5lounge.com

9pm in the round w/ Adrianne Gonzolez, Maia Sharpe, Dawn Thomas

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, LOS ANGELES, CA

THE HOTEL CAFE http://www.hotelcafe.com/

10PM w/ ROB GILES (gstarr opens)

Good afternoon from about 36000 feet up on American Airlines, where I am happy to report I have achieved GOLD status after a busy year of commuting all over the damn place. YAY!!! I have to say, having status does about as much for you as having the iPhone. What I mean is, your life gets better.

Let me get straight to it today: We are kicking ass on PLEDGE MUSIC!!! Thank you so much for your support for my music and all your enthusiasm… You can’t imagine how much it means to me, and I feel very encouraged by your responses as well as the possibilities for the record. This is an empowering time for me, and I really couldn’t do any of this without your help. I mean it.

We have about 2 WEEKS LEFT until the PLEDGE campaign closes, so let’s kick this baby into high gear.

I have been sending this link around, but in case you missed it, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJmVL9az3CM. Please share this! I love what my friend Heather Holty put together here- it’s kind of a mini “making of” the new record video, plus it highlights one of my favorite songs on there, “The Train That’s Bound for Glory”. This song seems to be striking a strong chord with people, which is awesome. You may even see somebody you know in the video- I’ve had some pretty incredible artists participating here and there. I feel blessed and lucky in that regard as well.

In case you need the PLEDGE link again, here it is: www.pledgemusic.com/garrisonstarr. Share that as well- once we reach 100%, I will do a FREE show on U-STREAM for all the pledgers. (Don’t worry- there will still be a different show for those of you who have purchased a U-STREAM concert. That one will include some different stuff.)

Also, if you pledge for a house concert, solo or band, I will give a record to everybody there. Thanks again to all of you who have been carrying the torch. This shit takes a village, people!!! hahahahaha. But seriously.

Lastly, here are the remaining tour dates of the year. Hope to see you out there! Thanks to all in Zumbrota, MN and Des Moines, IA for coming out over the weekend- what cool shows and cool folks. RADtown, population: YOU.

That’s about all for now, y’all. Thank you for everything.

See you down the road, and I’ll check in with you again very soon.

garrison

I hope this email finds you all well and happy. Here’s what’s in the news in the world of GARRISON STARR this week. Thanks for being a part of the magic.

1. We are up to 63% on the PLEDGE CAMPAIGN front!! That’s really great news, since we do have only 3 weeks left to get to 100%. In case you missed the announcement, when we reach 75%, everybody who has contributed up to that point will receive a first mix of “The Train That’s Bound for Glory” from the new record plus a “making of” video compiled by my friend Heather Holty. Pretty cool, y’all, if I do say so myself. If you haven’t had the chance to contribute yet, you may do so here: www.pledgemusic.com/garrisonstarr.

2. Speaking of mixes, Bryan Cook begins mixing “Amateur” this week!!! Very exciting for us over here. I’m dying to play this music for you!!

3. Check out these upcoming dates for SEPTEMBER:

Friday, September 9, 2011 Crossing at Carnegie w/ NATALIA ZUKERMAN
320 East Ave, Zumbrota, MN 55992
Set: 8:00 PM
18+
Tickets: $16.00
507.732.7616
WWW.CROSSINGSATCARNEGIE.COM

Sunday, September 11, 2011 The Vaudeville Mews w/ NATALIA ZUKERMAN

212 4th St., Des Moines, IA 50309

515.243.3270

**SHOWTIME 6:30PM
All Ages
Tickets: $10 Adv. / $12 Door

Saturday, September 17, 2011 Antigone Rising CD release party @ Mercury Lounge w/ GARRISON STARR
217 E Houston St., New York, NY
Set: 8PM
21+
Tickets: $12 | $15 @ door

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 ROOM 5, Los Angeles
in the round w/ ADRIANNE, MAIA SHARPE and DAWN THOMAS
Set: 8PM
tix: tbd
www.room5lounge.com

www.garrisonstarr.com

4. My great friends, Adrianne Gonzalez and Natalia Zukerman, have started an art series called Art Is Song. You can check out their website: www.artissong.com. They have offered to paint a piece inspired by my song “The Train That’s Bound for Glory”, which will be offered for a $300 pledge toward my new record. I’m excited to support them in support of my record!! Check out their work and get involved. Thanks, guys!!

Ok, team- that’s it for now… you can always email me here: garrisonstarrbooking@gmail.com for any comments, questions or requests. Thank you all so much for your support, and I will hope to see you soon.

love,
garrison

**there is a new single up on iTunes that will not be on the new record, so go get it here: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/more-of-you-single/id462811584?uo=4

yay!