Happy Spring from BA!

Hi there!

Happy Spring! Tennessee is in bloom right now and it couldn't be more beautiful. I hope you're all experiencing some new growth this season.

As promised in my last update, there is much to report. My main project, Friendship Commanders, completed the recording of our first full-length album about two weeks ago. It's currently being mixed by Don Gunn in Seattle, and so far we love what he's doing with the songs. We're not yet sure about the release plan, but I'll be sure to post it as it unfolds. In the meantime, we'll be touring later in the Spring and throughout the Summer, so I hope to see some of you out there on the road. We're also going to release a shorter, rougher project before the album drops. 

One week from tomorrow, on April 17th, I'll be performing at the Re-Visioning Justice in America conference at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. I will sing two of my own songs to open the conference, directly before the introductory presentation by Bryan Stevenson of the Equal Justice initiative. We will be at Benton Chapelon the Vanderbilt Campus, and the evening will start at 6 pm.

Lastly, What You Can Do, the social activism organization that I have been providing music for since 2013, has just been nominated for a Webby Award in the category of Online Film and Video: Public Service and Activism. I love working with their team and I celebrate this acknowledgment of their loving, generous mission. Vote for them in their category, please!

Thank you for stopping by, and for supporting work with purpose.

Rock,

BA

a note from BA

Hey dudes!

How about the fact that it's already THE HOLIDAYS? Not sure where I've been, but this season has totally snuck up on me. I guess I've been busy making stuff, which is never a bad thing.

This year has been one of total dedication to Friendship Commanders, which is why I've been so quiet on the solo front. There's not a lot of solo action these days. . . none, really. I write the occasional song that gets filed away for a rainy day, but the majority of my time, energy, and music goes to the band now. I have to say, I couldn't be happier. 

FC toured this year, we wrote and demo'd a full-length album that we'll record this winter (!), and we released some music, too. We joined forces with Cassette Store Day and released our first three-sided-single, "TSS001." It's only available on cassette, of which there are one-hundred and fifty copies. Total. Each cassette does come with a free digital download of the songs, but the release isn't available digitally on its own. We wanted make something that was actually limited, in this unlimited world of ours. It was released on CSD, which was September 27th. Order a copy today, and give someone a really loud stocking stuffer!

After that, we released our second annual Halloween single last month. This time around we covered "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains. The proceeds from our single all go to aid addiction research in memory of LayneStaley. We just made our first donation yesterday; it felt great. 

We have January set aside for making the record, and I'll be sure to post about it when there's news. Until then, we have new t-shirts and pins, and stuff for you to listen to. Hope to see you at an FC show in 2015! Long live Trimming The Shield!

Thanks for checking in.

Rock, 

BA

what goes on

Buick has had a full year like none before.  She released an EP and a single with her main project, Friendship Commanders. She completed, mixed and released an album and single with her long-distance side project, They Rule. She made sixty of her own demos public for streaming. She joined forces with Chuck Treece and McRad for a few songs, one of which was released on the new McRad album, The Begin. Lastly, she collaborated with Boey Russell on a single, "Genevieve." 

The year ahead will hold a lot of music, and subsequent TTS releases for her. Happy new year, and thanks for stopping by.

-TTS