YesMeansMaybey by Suburban Utopia Projects Presents "Summer Bandcamp Series: Session 1"
Suburban Utopia Projects Presents:
"Summer Band Camp Series, Session 1: YesMeansMaybey"
Project Manifesto:
Let’s face it, as we get older it is hard, hard to balance the demands of work, life and family. Where we suffer is that we loose the connection to the formative communities that helped shape us by finding our place, our voice and people.
When I moved to Wisconsin in 2001 from the bay area, I struggled to connect with the community, and found solace in recording solo projects. When I moved to Washington State in 2005 I encountered the same constraints and in the 20 plus years since I have continued to write, record and produce by myself.
As I advance into my life, I realize that being an adult is lonely. Now don’t get me wrong, I have always embraced the solitary path I have chosen as freedom, and in many ways I still do. But, the more I have learned about making music it become clearer to me that it is about connecting and collaborating to cultivate a spirit - or magic that happens when a group of people gather to create vibrations that synthesize to fill a space - be it personal or shared energy with a crowd is amazing.
In 2023, a good friend and musician I collaborated with for almost a decade reached out and invited me to visit and jam. He dubbed this Summer bandcamp! In the middle of the summer, I went down to the Bay Area and we jammed in his practice space. It was the first time in almost 20 years I had consciously created analogue frequencies with an adult musician. It felt great!
Inspired, I invited JoJo to my home the next summer to shape our jams into ideas into recordings. There were many things to learn - like how to communicate, how to share, how to collaborate and most importantly remove ego from the experience and focus on finding joy in the process of creation.
What for me was most exciting was to hear another voice and appreciate a different approach to ideas - inspired, I think we created something to be proud of.
Enjoy! ( . . .or not!)
Tracklist
| 1. | Back Into the Bed (Put Those Monkeys) | 3:19 |
| 2. | I Need You | 5:59 |
| 3. | Unravelling | 1:57 |
| 4. | Victory | 4:17 |
Credits
Guitar, Vocals - JoJo
Bass, Vocals - Anon73
Recorded at Normieville Studios July 2024
Mixed and Mastered by Anon73
SUP # 22
theuncivilsociety.com/suburban-utopia-projects
Thank You:
Dagmara, Alex and Sara
Priss-illa, Jack and Max the Animator
NoMeansNo - Rob and John Wright,
Andy Kerr and Tom Holliston
License
License varies by track. See the invidual track pages for details.
I do, because I love to do it. I understand that I am a hack musician, a terrible vocalist and a sloppy graphic artist. I don’t care about achieving perfection, because I am happiest while being engaged in the exalted messiness of my creative process. I don’t worry about capturing the perfect take. I am satisfied by the pure joy I derive from expressing myself without filter or restraint.