10.22.08 - Shelters ROCK!
We are very excited to be a part of The Humane Society's new national awareness campaign, Shelters Rock!
Since 1996, The HSUS has celebrated National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. This year's message is Shelters Rock! And we were invited to help spread the word about the important work shelters do, and to express why we care about animals.
This year, G by GUESS is a proud sponsor of Shelters Rock. For two weeks, beginning October 30, all G by GUESS stores will offer exclusive Shelters Rock t-shirts and tote bags. Participating music artists will be asked to autograph a bag for a celebrity auction to be held in December. G by GUESS will donate $5 with every tote bag purchased and 100 percent of the net proceeds from t-shirt sales to The HSUS, in support of their companion animal programs and Humane Society Youth.
Click here to read the press release: http://www.hsus.org/about_us/celebrity_support/music_artists_say_shelters.html
Support your shelters (and hug your pet),
Calvin
Since 1996, The HSUS has celebrated National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. This year's message is Shelters Rock! And we were invited to help spread the word about the important work shelters do, and to express why we care about animals.
This year, G by GUESS is a proud sponsor of Shelters Rock. For two weeks, beginning October 30, all G by GUESS stores will offer exclusive Shelters Rock t-shirts and tote bags. Participating music artists will be asked to autograph a bag for a celebrity auction to be held in December. G by GUESS will donate $5 with every tote bag purchased and 100 percent of the net proceeds from t-shirt sales to The HSUS, in support of their companion animal programs and Humane Society Youth.
Click here to read the press release: http://www.hsus.org/about_us/celebrity_support/music_artists_say_shelters.html
Support your shelters (and hug your pet),
Calvin
09.18.08 - LIGHTS FANTASTIC - available now!
LIGHTS FANTASTIC now available on iTunes JAPAN, US, UK and AUSTRALIA
The digital release of my new CD LIGHTS FANTASTIC has arrived. It is available to purchase everywhere!
Buy it now. It is awesome.
-calvin
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE on iTunes Japan, US, UK or Australia
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=265540205
The digital release of my new CD LIGHTS FANTASTIC has arrived. It is available to purchase everywhere!
Buy it now. It is awesome.
-calvin
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE on iTunes Japan, US, UK or Australia
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=265540205
09.09.08 - Amazon MP3 Exclusive
http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Fantastic/dp/B001F5EWCQ/ref=sr_f3_2?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1220930712&sr=103-2
Early Bird sale exclusively on AMAZON MP3 - be the first to own the new record LIGHTS FANTASTIC. You can buy the entire album for $8.99 before it gets to iTunes!
Hurry . . . do it now!
Early Bird sale exclusively on AMAZON MP3 - be the first to own the new record LIGHTS FANTASTIC. You can buy the entire album for $8.99 before it gets to iTunes!
Hurry . . . do it now!
09.01.08 - Machines in the Sky - explained
THE STORY BEHIND "MACHINES IN THE SKY"
My family has a history of UFO sightings, perhaps even abductions. I'm never been abducted (that I know of), but I've seen a few lights in the sky. I swear I grew up underneath a major UFO hot spot. These things were not swamp gas, falling stars, Venus on just-the-right-night, weather balloons or anything else made up by skeptics. These were unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. A bit weird, I get it - but 100% real and 100% my experience.
One night in particular involved a late evening walk in the country - not a particularly rare event in my childhood as I spent a major part of my formative years staring up at the sky wishing my real parents would fly down, land in the pasture and take me up to my real home 'somewhere up there.' Yes, I admit, a bit silly and dramatic. But I was a kid and I felt alone and strange. My school was not the place for an artist, a rocker, a sensitive type. Kids in my class were driving at 10, shooting at 8 and were well-versed in the formula for moonshine by the time they squeezed outta their mother's darkest spot. The internet didn't exist and my family couldn't afford to travel, so I couldn't find others like me. So I walked a lot . . . at night. One sighting involved a huge, glowing orb floating in the sky . . . just hovering there, looking at me. It didn't move, it didn't make a sound . . . but it was there . . . glowing red/orange. It was beautiful.
For LIGHTS FANTASTIC, I wrote a song called MACHINES IN THE SKY. A lot of people have been writing in and asking me to explain this song and it's lyrics. I typically don't do this. The only thing I hate more than artists explaining their work are artists that intentionally explain their work . . . prob while simultaneously sipping a venti caramel macchiato, surfing free wi-fi and vociferously proclaiming their detest for popular culture. I admit it; I love popular culture. Does that make me uncool? Fuck you.
So here it goes . . .
MACHINES IN THE SKY is a love story that takes place during an alien invasion. Not a nasty invasion where we all become slaves, but an invasion nonetheless that will ultimately change how we operate and live as a society. It's the point in our history where we know for a FACT that things will never be the same. Maybe this event happened long ago and it's been wiped from our written record? Maybe this will happen in the future? Regardless, when machines in the sky float down from space . . . I promise it won't last long. So don't hide your eyes, embrace the chaos, let's not waste this chance to witness the ending of the ages. We've past the point of no return. So c'mon . . . grab my hand, slam your eyes closed and take a breath . . . you're going out with me tonight to watch the world end!
Let's not waste this chance to witness
Ending of the ages
We've no hope at all it's gone
Don't hide your eyes from machines in the sky
I promise this won't last long
There's no hope at all it's gone
When the world ends
C'mon! You're going out with me
Out with me tonight
C'mon! You're going out with me
Out with me tonight
One last time
We've past the point of no return
Now let's call it quits and watch it burn
Most are angry, some stoked
We've no hope at all it's gone
I know it's hard to comprehend
That our time has come and soon will end
now slam your eyes closed, take a breath
Nothing matters
Nothing's left
When the world ends
My family has a history of UFO sightings, perhaps even abductions. I'm never been abducted (that I know of), but I've seen a few lights in the sky. I swear I grew up underneath a major UFO hot spot. These things were not swamp gas, falling stars, Venus on just-the-right-night, weather balloons or anything else made up by skeptics. These were unidentified flying objects, or UFOs. A bit weird, I get it - but 100% real and 100% my experience.
One night in particular involved a late evening walk in the country - not a particularly rare event in my childhood as I spent a major part of my formative years staring up at the sky wishing my real parents would fly down, land in the pasture and take me up to my real home 'somewhere up there.' Yes, I admit, a bit silly and dramatic. But I was a kid and I felt alone and strange. My school was not the place for an artist, a rocker, a sensitive type. Kids in my class were driving at 10, shooting at 8 and were well-versed in the formula for moonshine by the time they squeezed outta their mother's darkest spot. The internet didn't exist and my family couldn't afford to travel, so I couldn't find others like me. So I walked a lot . . . at night. One sighting involved a huge, glowing orb floating in the sky . . . just hovering there, looking at me. It didn't move, it didn't make a sound . . . but it was there . . . glowing red/orange. It was beautiful.
For LIGHTS FANTASTIC, I wrote a song called MACHINES IN THE SKY. A lot of people have been writing in and asking me to explain this song and it's lyrics. I typically don't do this. The only thing I hate more than artists explaining their work are artists that intentionally explain their work . . . prob while simultaneously sipping a venti caramel macchiato, surfing free wi-fi and vociferously proclaiming their detest for popular culture. I admit it; I love popular culture. Does that make me uncool? Fuck you.
So here it goes . . .
MACHINES IN THE SKY is a love story that takes place during an alien invasion. Not a nasty invasion where we all become slaves, but an invasion nonetheless that will ultimately change how we operate and live as a society. It's the point in our history where we know for a FACT that things will never be the same. Maybe this event happened long ago and it's been wiped from our written record? Maybe this will happen in the future? Regardless, when machines in the sky float down from space . . . I promise it won't last long. So don't hide your eyes, embrace the chaos, let's not waste this chance to witness the ending of the ages. We've past the point of no return. So c'mon . . . grab my hand, slam your eyes closed and take a breath . . . you're going out with me tonight to watch the world end!
Let's not waste this chance to witness
Ending of the ages
We've no hope at all it's gone
Don't hide your eyes from machines in the sky
I promise this won't last long
There's no hope at all it's gone
When the world ends
C'mon! You're going out with me
Out with me tonight
C'mon! You're going out with me
Out with me tonight
One last time
We've past the point of no return
Now let's call it quits and watch it burn
Most are angry, some stoked
We've no hope at all it's gone
I know it's hard to comprehend
That our time has come and soon will end
now slam your eyes closed, take a breath
Nothing matters
Nothing's left
When the world ends
07.31.08 - Stream CD at MTV Soundtrack!
LIGHTS FANTASTIC - debut cd coming FALL 2008
For a limited-time only, stream the complete album exclusively at MTV Soundtrack!
http://soundtrack.mtv.com/profile/calvinyordy
For a limited-time only, stream the complete album exclusively at MTV Soundtrack!
http://soundtrack.mtv.com/profile/calvinyordy
06.02.08 - Recording Update
Recording Update
Holy smokes.
Where to begin? We are in Austin recording our full-length album with Dave Percefull and oh the stories to tell. Dave fucking rules; the sessions are going incredibly smooth and we are ahead of schedule. The songs are sounding amazing. This is going to be a helluva record! Dave can take a band of drunk chimps and make a killer record . . . oh wait . . .
Yellow DOG Studios is located in the West Hills of Austin. Lots of trees and wild life surround us. I feel like I'm in rehab. I'll wake up and shuffle around a bit. Do some recording, then shuffle around some more until King of the Hill comes on. I guess Mike Judge lives around here somewhere. The weather has been beautiful and we've had some time outdoors.
Dave Percefull has also done lots of work with David Cook. It was a little bizarre being out here in yellow DOG Studios recording our sessions and then taking a break to watch David Cook win American Idol. David Cook rules and he's gonna do huge things.
We've been taking some video and pics of the entire experience and will be posting them here on the ol' myspachay page very soon. I've been eating nothing but veggie corndogs and room temp water. Don't get me wrong . . . the veggie corn dogs F N rules, but they get old after about the 4th box. They also have some nice carrots and beer down here. The local grocery store is called H.E.B., but the best place to get a breakfast taco is at Grandpa's down here on the corner of 71W and Bee Creek Road. Grandpa rocks asses with his tacos. He does things with the breakfast taco that modern taco-makers only theorize about in text books.
We partied on Saturday and I was scared to death. Lots of the dudes down in the party scene are 9ft tall and can outdrink me 10:1. The girls were checking us out, but our rock-aura was too intense to handle so they didn't speak to us much. Our rock-aura . . . I'm sure that was it.
I about died too. In the shower. No, I didn't trip over myself. I was attacked by a scorpion. I have a theory that scorpions are alien visitors from the moons of Jupiter. Little tiny robots sent to spy on our civilization and beam back messages to their home moon. They have claws and stingers to protect their data. If you could crack their quantum computing code, you'd find eons of video and stats on the human race. Well this week they captured a grown man screaming like a baby that just spilled scalding coffee in its diaper. It wasn't pretty. I had body parts flailing everywhere and it just sat there . . . and stared at me . . . collecting data and beaming it up to space. I bet those fuckers are still laughing. Laugh it up. Laugh it up moon men.
Watch the stinger,
Hugs and kisses,
Calvin
Where to begin? We are in Austin recording our full-length album with Dave Percefull and oh the stories to tell. Dave fucking rules; the sessions are going incredibly smooth and we are ahead of schedule. The songs are sounding amazing. This is going to be a helluva record! Dave can take a band of drunk chimps and make a killer record . . . oh wait . . .
Yellow DOG Studios is located in the West Hills of Austin. Lots of trees and wild life surround us. I feel like I'm in rehab. I'll wake up and shuffle around a bit. Do some recording, then shuffle around some more until King of the Hill comes on. I guess Mike Judge lives around here somewhere. The weather has been beautiful and we've had some time outdoors.
Dave Percefull has also done lots of work with David Cook. It was a little bizarre being out here in yellow DOG Studios recording our sessions and then taking a break to watch David Cook win American Idol. David Cook rules and he's gonna do huge things.
We've been taking some video and pics of the entire experience and will be posting them here on the ol' myspachay page very soon. I've been eating nothing but veggie corndogs and room temp water. Don't get me wrong . . . the veggie corn dogs F N rules, but they get old after about the 4th box. They also have some nice carrots and beer down here. The local grocery store is called H.E.B., but the best place to get a breakfast taco is at Grandpa's down here on the corner of 71W and Bee Creek Road. Grandpa rocks asses with his tacos. He does things with the breakfast taco that modern taco-makers only theorize about in text books.
We partied on Saturday and I was scared to death. Lots of the dudes down in the party scene are 9ft tall and can outdrink me 10:1. The girls were checking us out, but our rock-aura was too intense to handle so they didn't speak to us much. Our rock-aura . . . I'm sure that was it.
I about died too. In the shower. No, I didn't trip over myself. I was attacked by a scorpion. I have a theory that scorpions are alien visitors from the moons of Jupiter. Little tiny robots sent to spy on our civilization and beam back messages to their home moon. They have claws and stingers to protect their data. If you could crack their quantum computing code, you'd find eons of video and stats on the human race. Well this week they captured a grown man screaming like a baby that just spilled scalding coffee in its diaper. It wasn't pretty. I had body parts flailing everywhere and it just sat there . . . and stared at me . . . collecting data and beaming it up to space. I bet those fuckers are still laughing. Laugh it up. Laugh it up moon men.
Watch the stinger,
Hugs and kisses,
Calvin
05.06.08 - Recording with vet producer
Recording with vet producer Dave Percefull
Hi silly geese,
We're going to Austin next week to eat some great food . . . and oh by the way . . . to record a killer full-length record with an amazing producer that goes by the name of Dave Percefull.
Dave has worked with some incredible artists and his talents are beyond measure. I believe that Dave's ears and his inherent ability
to craft sounds will bring an entirely new dimension to the songs. We are going to make an amazing record together.
We'll also be uploading random road trip pics and videos. So be sure and stop by myspace.com/calvinyordy and youtube.com/calvinyordy to get a peek into the process!
The album will go live on all major digital services Summer//2008.
Stay tuned.
As Ever,
Calvin
We're going to Austin next week to eat some great food . . . and oh by the way . . . to record a killer full-length record with an amazing producer that goes by the name of Dave Percefull.
Dave has worked with some incredible artists and his talents are beyond measure. I believe that Dave's ears and his inherent ability
to craft sounds will bring an entirely new dimension to the songs. We are going to make an amazing record together.
We'll also be uploading random road trip pics and videos. So be sure and stop by myspace.com/calvinyordy and youtube.com/calvinyordy to get a peek into the process!
The album will go live on all major digital services Summer//2008.
Stay tuned.
As Ever,
Calvin
03.15.08 - National College Radio
National College Radio
Why hello there!
I'm on a mission . . . and you are more than welcome to join me.
We're taking Lost in the Dirac Sea CD/EP to National College Radio on April 8 - going out to 400 stations across the country! Each college station will get a copy of our limited edition package, numbered in red letter ink - only 1000 made. Don't forget to call, e-mail or visit the stations and request CALVIN YORDY.
If you are a station and need to be serviced, please reach out to radio@calvinyordy.com.
And don't forget . . . new CD/LP coming this year!
Forever yours,
Calvin
I'm on a mission . . . and you are more than welcome to join me.
We're taking Lost in the Dirac Sea CD/EP to National College Radio on April 8 - going out to 400 stations across the country! Each college station will get a copy of our limited edition package, numbered in red letter ink - only 1000 made. Don't forget to call, e-mail or visit the stations and request CALVIN YORDY.
If you are a station and need to be serviced, please reach out to radio@calvinyordy.com.
And don't forget . . . new CD/LP coming this year!
Forever yours,
Calvin
02.25.08 - ALPINE Underground - TOP 50
ALPINE Underground - TOP 50
Calvin Yordy is a TOP 50 artist on ALPINE's RockTheDash.com Underground Music Competition. Visit the site and vote for Calvin Yordy everyday!
Vote for Calvin Yordy at www.rockthedash.com!
No registration required. Vote daily.
Click 'enter' on the remote control.
Scroll down on the controller until you find 'Calvin Yordy.'
Skip through the artists on the controller until you select 'Calvin Yordy.'
Click 'enter.'
Vote for each song every day!
Yours,
Calvin
Vote for Calvin Yordy at www.rockthedash.com!
No registration required. Vote daily.
Click 'enter' on the remote control.
Scroll down on the controller until you find 'Calvin Yordy.'
Skip through the artists on the controller until you select 'Calvin Yordy.'
Click 'enter.'
Vote for each song every day!
Yours,
Calvin
02.05.08 - Featured Artist on Cyqo.com
Featured Artist on Cyqo.com
Calvin Yordy is a featured artist on the homepage of CYQO.com!
Be sure and stop by the site and check out what those guys are doing. They also produce a great podcast that features new artists! Catch Calvin Yordy's song "Fossil Jaw" on their new podcast.
www.cyqo.com
www.cyqo.com/calvinyordy
Be sure and stop by the site and check out what those guys are doing. They also produce a great podcast that features new artists! Catch Calvin Yordy's song "Fossil Jaw" on their new podcast.
www.cyqo.com
www.cyqo.com/calvinyordy
01.14.08 - College Radio - Going for Adds
College Radio - Going for Adds
GOING FOR ADDS AT REGIONAL COLLEGE/SPECIALTY RADIO FEB11/FEB12.
Lost in the Dirac Sea (PART 1) - CD/EP
Visit the myspachay page for a complete list of radio stations and their contact information. Don't forget to reach out and request a few Calvin Yordy spins. A wider radio effort is planned for Spring 2008 - stay tuned.
If you are a station and need to be serviced, please e-mail calvin@calvinyordy.com.
Yours,
Calvin
Lost in the Dirac Sea (PART 1) - CD/EP
Visit the myspachay page for a complete list of radio stations and their contact information. Don't forget to reach out and request a few Calvin Yordy spins. A wider radio effort is planned for Spring 2008 - stay tuned.
If you are a station and need to be serviced, please e-mail calvin@calvinyordy.com.
Yours,
Calvin
12.19.07 - New Website Launches
New Website Launches
A big THANK YOU to the Otterball guys! They swooped down and pinched their talons into a big pile of nothingness and carried it to the sky where it ultimately became the new Calvin Yordy Homepage.
These guys do amazing work and we are very happy with the new site. Please check back often as this will be the first place to learn of new shows, rare pics and exclusive promotions.
Hugs and Kisses,
Calvin
These guys do amazing work and we are very happy with the new site. Please check back often as this will be the first place to learn of new shows, rare pics and exclusive promotions.
Hugs and Kisses,
Calvin