New Album Out! "When I Was Your Age"

We're proud to say our latest album, "When I Was Your Age" is officially out in finer digital stores near you (iTunes, CDBaby, and more).

"When I Was Your Age" is an entire album of upbeat Beatnik Turtle geek-rock that looks back to when we were kids -- back when phones were attached to walls and video games were nothing but dots and lines. You know, songs about eating cereal, going to school, getting bullied, and wondering "are we there yet?".

Definitely one of the best Beatnik Turtle albums to date and worth getting for the kid in all of us!

"When I Was Your Age" Album Off To The Printers

We're proud to say "When I Was Your Age" will be made available for digital distribution ASAP. 

ASAP? What does that mean?

Well, it means we found the time to finally roll up our sleeves and finish all the detailed work up. Our fine album about looking back to when we were kids is now in the hands of "the iTunes" and other fine digital distributors. 

Yep, given some cool turn of events -- most notably two of the band members temporarily moving to Ireland and the writing of the second edition of The Indie Band Survival Guide (hitting book stores Sept 4, 2012!) -- it's taken longer than we thought to get some of our backlog of albums out. 

But that's past us now. 

"When I Was Your Age" will be available soon. It's an excellent, thematic album with incredible, melodic songs that sound incredible thanks to the additional magic our mix-master, Tom Roper, lovingly provided. And it's coming soon to a digital store near you!

We Did It - Album Done

One thing about making an album in a month is you end up crashing hard the day it's over.

That was today.

And now my sleep cycle is completely off. But, we did it. The new album is entitled "When I Was Your Age" as it's a look back at ourselves when we were kids. But then, if you've been listening to the Songs Under Construction Kasts, you know that.



We were able to get everyone's handclaps and vocals into the songs! We ended up running out of time to try the clock intro, so that album just starts with the first song. Also, the kid interviews that were submitted we couldn't get to as well. We were able to sneak 3 kids in the album, however. But it certainly wasn't what we planned to do. We wanted to weave kid dialog throughout the album. But, once again we ran out of time.

Worse, our trombonist came up with a great song called "I Don't Need To Try It To Know I Won't Like It" which we regretted not having time to add to the pile either. So, we're going to spend the rest of March putting the final touches on the album and the album artwork for it's "official" release later this year (just as we did with Sham Rock and All In A Day's Work before this one).

Of course, all 13 songs on the album will all debut at TheSongOfTheDay.com starting next week. So, subscribe to that podcast if you haven't already!

Thanks again to all those who sent in handclaps, singing, clocks, and interviews for the album!

Songs Under Construction 'Kast - Episode #29

We added guitars and bass to the song we're collaborating with George Hrab on - "When I Was Your Age."

As before, this isn't a real mix yet - loud vocals, guitars or other stuff might pop out at any moment so be careful with your volume control!

Join us on this album by joining our Facebook collaboration page.

Subscribe to the feed here. We're now up at "the iTunes".

Songs Under Construction 'Kast - Episode #17

We love working with other musicians and with this album we were lucky enough to get the chance to work with the great George Hrab (indie musician, podcaster, writer, and all around uber-talent). We've been meaning to work together since interviewing him for our book, The Indie Band Survival Guide and DIY Music Manual. And this album seemed the perfect chance, so we called him up.

While describing the concept of the album to George on the phone, he commented on how there's a ton of stuff kids have these days that we didn't have growing up. And, "When I Was Your Age" was born. After the call, I went back to John and Tom and told them about the phrase we all heard while we were kids and how that may make a good album title as it captures the concept behind the album well. We'll see if it sticks...

Anyway, within two days George emailed over the guide track of the song he came up with - guitar/bass, click, and vocal. And it's awesome. It's now up to us to build up, arrange, add instruments, backing vocals, etc. (we're really, really hoping George will sing lead -- as he should!). And, what you'll hear here is the guide and the final drum track.

Subscribe to this podcast's feed here as there's more songs under construction coming down the pike.

P.S. If you're not already subscribed to George's highly entertaining, fun, and thought-provoking Geologic Podcast, by all means subscribe and do so today. You have over a hundred podcasts to enjoy. I envy you cuz you have so many to catch up on. I, however, have to wait now like everyone else until he posts a new one each week.

The George Hrab primer:
Geologic Podcast - http://www.geologicpodcast.com
George's Blog - http://www.GeorgeHrab.com
CDs & Music - http://cdbaby.com/all/geologic (also at the iTunes and other fine digital retailers)

And (just) two must-see music videos:
Video for "The Assumption" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtiUdF4sGY0
Video for "Out of my Mind" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRwFgZAHDOY

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