http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/ en joel@joelrakes.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-03T03:18:56-06:00 http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/entry/love_in_stereo_interview_and_show http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/entry/love_in_stereo_interview_and_show#When:03:18:56Z Dearest people of the internet(s)... I would like to tell you about a few cool things happening with a great non-profit called Love in Stereo. My friend Bryson, and a bunch of friends at his college recently started up Love in Stereo, and they are doing some really awesome work. In a matter of months, they have put together an incredible website and mobilized a lot of people locally and across the internet. Their organization is all about pulling creative artists of all types together to show and live out social change. They’re just getting started, but there are are already many cool stories on their blog. This weekend, I have the pleasure of playing music at their upcoming “Love in Stereo” Party concert on March 7th. If you’re in the Henderson, TN area… make sure to stop by - it’s going to be a really fun event. I’ll be playing the show with Shaky Voices, and the L-I-S folks will be recording audio and video (in HD… cha-ching) to share later. I also was recently interviewed on their blog about upcoming music, life, and what inspires me… you can check out interview here. Stay tuned for an awesome compilation album to raise money for Haiti from this crew as well that I had the pleasure of being featured along with some other killer artists like Ben Rector, Canon Blue, and Oh Starling. Thanks for listening… be sure to check out Love In Stereo to see how you can get involved! 2010-03-03T03:18:56-06:00 http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/entry/new_website_new_ep http://www.joelrakes.com/blog/entry/new_website_new_ep#When:02:45:34Z Oh hello there. Thanks for stopping by… there are lots of exciting things happening around here at the moment. Well, I just launched this brand new site… and I just released a brand new EP! AHHHHHH! The new website has been in the works for a while, and I am really excited to have it up finally! My buddy Josh Sullivan did a real nice job with the new design if you ask me. (p.s. if you’re in the market for a new website, I recommend checking him out… I’m only slightly biased). The new EP is called “The Philadelphia Session” and it was tracked live-in-studio with a full band. 6 songs in just 5 hours. The outcome was a raw, and unique new batch of songs. I like it. (...I’m VERY biased). Anyway, take a poke around the new site, and then head over to the store to buy a digital download or physical copy of the new EP! 2010-02-16T02:45:34-06:00