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We are excited to announce that Love In Stereo will be part of TEDxYouthDay!
This Saturday November 19, Brad Montague, part of the team behind Love In Stereo, will be speaking at TEDxYouthNashville.
TEDxYouthDay is a series of TEDx events that will happen all around the world on the weekend around Universal Children’s Day, from November 19 – 21. Brad will be speaking on the magic that happens when you combine compassion, creativity and collaboration.
You can purchase tickets to the event here.
You can follow along on Twitter here.
You can keep up with Brad and his TEDx journey here.
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Beautiful things happen when people unite to create something. The above image features just a few of the countless people who came together to create our upcoming album One For The Team.
This project is special to us for a few really big reasons.
First: Special Needs Athletics
They need a field and space to call their own. We want this work to continue and grow. Michael Richerson and his team of volunteers are changing lives on a daily basis. The impact this grassroots sports effort has had on the community in and around Jackson, TN is tremendous. They are working to build a program that brings people together for special needs athletes. It’s a story we wanted to tell and wanted to be a part of.
Second: You
We wanted this to be a collaborative effort. Our friends Deanna, Titus and Andrew helped bring in some musicians. These musician friends then created and shared some amazing music for the project. Artist Nathan Durfee donated his work to the design of the album. We then asked for support via Kickstarter to fund the creation of the album where the hope was to raise enough to ensure 100% of the funds people would spend on the album could go to the actual team. Because of the work of over 60 donors we raised even more and have pre-sold nearly 100 albums already that will provide funds directly to the team.
WE made something. Not me or that one guy – but we. That feels really good to say. It’s something we hope to be able to say more: “we made this.” No longer does “look what I did” have any appeal. It’s all about the we.
Through collaboration, lasting impact can be made. The sharing of ideas, time and talent allow us to do so much more than we could alone. On Thursday when this album officially releases it will be because of the efforts of over 200 people. Isn’t that incredible? Here’s how you can continue to help us create this thing:
Shout it: On Thursday we could really use some help posting it everywhere. Post about it on Twitter, Facebook, your blog or email it to friends.
Purchase it: Buy the album when it releases on Thursday. All funds go directly to Special Needs Athletics. Buy copies for your friends, family, coworkers – even your dental hygienist.
Connect it: Do you know people or businesses who could help support the team in other ways? Do you have people in your community that you could connect to this project? Do you have resources that could propel the work of SNA and this project further?
Experience it: In or around the Jackson, TN area? Join us at the final game of the season and buy the album live in person! Info here.
We can amplify good. Together, we can create change. Together, we’re louder.
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Hey guys. Brad here. On behalf of the whole team I want to say thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes and kind messages! As we prepare to launch forward into year 2 of Love In Stereo, it’s fun to look back at all that’s happened.
Here are a few of our favorite videos that, in their own way, help tell our story.
Art + Change. Jennalyn Krulish is an artist and one of the most love-driven people I’ve had the chance to meet. This is her talking about her exhibit, Artifacts of My Calling. She proves that art can bring change and healing and hope.
The Confetti Song The Love In Stereo launch party was a blast. Joel Rakes and Shaky Voices came out, put on a great show and we all pulled together to celebrate the beginning of this new adventure with a few of our friends. The night also served as a pre-release party for the My Heart Is In Haiti album.
Thank You For our first project we wanted to help our friends at a children’s home in Haiti. We were surprised and excited when the two shirts, My Heart Is In Haiti and Haiti? Me Likey!, were actually purchased by people! We were so excited we made a personal video of thanks to the fine folks who bought them. Then Old Spice took our idea and did it better.
10,000 Shoes Arianne Krulish was a girl driven by a dream. She wanted to make an impact and she did. This story is living proof of our mantra “Together, we’re louder.” May stories like this happen daily.
We can’t wait to see what happens next.
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Today marks the 1 year anniversary of our first blog post. We have come a long way since February of 2010 and we are more than pleased about that. For those of you who are new to LIS and what we’re all about, today’s post is a compilation of some of the awesome articles, interviews and videos we’ve posted in the last 365 days.
Here’s a list and some links to their interviews and videos of some incredibly talented and giving artists:
Paper Route
Joe Kwon of the Avett Brothers- Part 1 – Part 2
Needtobreathe
Fun.
Ben Rector
Ben+Vesper
Mother Falcon
Danielson
Sherwood
The Very Best
Steel Train
Ian Axel
Joel Rakes
Zach Williams
Surfer Blood
Ben Solle and Daniel Martin Moore
When it comes down to it, Love in Stereo is all about building charitable projects. Here’s some posts on all of the things we’ve done this year:
My Heart is In Haiti Compilation Album
The Love Your Neighborhood Project
One for the Kids Compilation Album
Simple Differences
We’ve also put together some exclusive video performances from some awesome bands:
Love In Stereo Sessions with The Apache Relay
Live At Grimey’s
We even put on a few events (and helped with others) with a few of our friends:
2 Invisible Children Tour Stops – Photos Videos
A LIS album release show
HumanKind Thrift Shop Show – Video 1 - Video 2
This is only the beginning. We are proud of our accomplishments and you know we could not have done it without you! We still need all the help we can get. We are always looking for artists to interview, non-profits to support and ways we can all help create a lasting impact. Please contact us if you have a way in which you can contribute to our growing efforts. Thank you!
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This month we’re celebrating a full year of Love In Stereo! What an adventure it’s been! We have great things to celebrate, profound lessons we’ve learned, good friends we’ve made and some really exciting things to look forward to.
Thank you. Seriously. When we started this we weren’t sure what would happen. We were just a group of friends who wanted to be a part of something that made a difference. Since then we’ve found that we weren’t and still aren’t alone. You inspire us. You encourage us.
Love In Stereo works to increase collaboration between artists, causes and everyday people on projects that make the world a better place. We do this through work in neighborhoods all over the world. What started as an idea on a napkin for a kind of non-profit record label (and other dumb ideas) has since grown into more. We are no longer content to just raise awareness and funds. We want to really meet the needs of people all over the world. It can only be done together.
Stay tuned in the coming weeks as we celebrate all that’s happened and all that’s about to happen. Celebrate with us!
Together, we’re louder. Do you believe it?
Tags: Birthday, Happy 1st Birthday To Us!, love in stereo
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We have a ton of people to thank. The past few weeks have been exciting as we’ve watched the entire Love In Stereo community come together to help start off a project we really feel will be something special.
The above video features two awesome kids: Robbie and Alexia. They have Osteogenesis Imperfecta, often times referred to as “brittle bone disease.” These kids are just two of the countless who’ve been impacted by Special Needs Athletics in Jackson, TN. Here they says thanks (in their own way) to all the people who gave to help make this happen!
We want to say a quick word about how awesome Kickstarter is. This past summer we started talking about doing the project. We came really close to launching it in July. Thankfully we didn’t. They sent us some notes on ways to improve it that would help make it more effective and get more people involved. We listened and it worked. They know what they’re doing.
In case you’re fresh to the site and aren’t sure why we’re even thanking people, check out this original post.
The bottom line: Special Needs Athletics in Jackson, TN is impacting lives. They need funds to help build a sportsplex. It’s going to take a lot of people. We want that to happen. We’re putting out an album called ‘One For The Team’. It features artists like They Might Be Giants, Katie Herzig, Lauren Zettler, Bess Rogers, Shaky Voices, Supercute, Snowglobe, Jason Trachtenburg and more. Through Kickstarter and other efforts (including an incredible fundraiser put on by students in Texas — more on that for another post) we were able to raise over $3,000 which will enable us to more than cover the cost of printing and allow the entire album profits to go to the team.
The album releases in February. We want it to spread the love, joy and amazing story of what’s happening with the special needs community here in West TN all over the globe.
So . . . thank you. Thank you to friends, old and new, who helped. Because of you even more great things are about to happen. In addition to helping the crew at Special Needs Athletics, you’ve pumped us up. We’re fully enlivened by this whole project. You’ve encouraged us. Thank you.
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Playing baseball is something every kid should be able to do. Being part of a team is an experience ever kid deserves. Michael Richerson believes this. It’s clear from the quote on the back of his shirt:
“There is no room in baseball for discrimination. It is our national pastime and a game for all.” – Lou Gehrig
It’s clear from what he’s doing, too. He and I met while he was getting a game underway. The stands were filling up with parents and other supporters as the dugout and field became full of kids and volunteers. He had a big smile on his face and said, “I think I get more out of this than the kids sometimes.”
A few years ago, he had a vision for providing kids and adults with special needs the opportunity to play ball. He created Special Needs Baseball. It’s now grown to Special Needs Athletics – offering the chance for bowling, basketball and more. It’s powerful, too, because it’s about so much more than just sports. It’s about team. It’s about cheering each other on. It’s about uniting their families. It’s about healing. It’s about fun.
To experience a Special Needs Baseball game is to see the world as it should be.
They’ve seen incredible growth over the past few seasons, but it hasn’t all been easy.
Just this past season they had several games cancelled due to rain, some major field issues – even having a large portion of their equipment stolen. Michael is trying to raise funds to develop their own synthetic rubber field. It’s an ambitious project, but it’s not impossible. They need our help. They need a field to call their own.
Help us release a special kids album. It’s called ‘One For The Team’. All proceeds from the album will go to Special Needs Baseball in Jackson, TN. Artists include: They Might Be Giants, Katie Herzig, Jason Trachtenburg, Snowglobe, Lauren Zettler, Jess Penner, Shaky Voices, Bess Rogers, Supercute and more!
You can become a ‘One For The Team’ producer.
1. Go to our Kickstarter page.
2. Pledge anywhere from $5, $10, $15, $25, or $75.
3. Get something cool with each pledge.
4. Tell everyone you know.
We have just over 30 days to get this done, so let’s get moving! Help bring this album to life. We need you and everyone you know to play a part in helping the amazing kids of Special Needs Baseball! CLICK HERE!
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Today we are excited to launch Love Your Neighborhood.
We’re calling on YOU. It’s a call to action for all of us in our communities. We’re inviting you to contact us with needs in your communities. We want to hear what is being done to meet these needs. We want to invite others to help meet the needs in your town. It’s all about collaboration.
A group is already hard at work on a beautiful project in a neighborhood. We can’t wait to share it with you and how you can help! So stay tuned!
Visit this site. Spread the link. Share the love. Together we’re louder.
http://www.loveinstereo.com/neighborhood
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It all started because we wanted to help our friend Roberta feed kids in Haiti.
We thought it’d be cool if we could put together an album that could help raise money for the Nutrition Center she runs in Port-au-Prince. We honestly weren’t sure it’d even be possible. Would artists donate their music? Could this album even come together? Our answer quickly came as we saw that we had 16 passionate and talented artists who were quickly willing to donate to the cause. They all gave without question and each not only gave songs, but also their full support and encouragement to help Love in Stereo.
They are our friends.
You are also our friends and we need your help. We want to get this album into as many hands as possible. The more we sell – the more people that can be fed. The more albums that get out there – the more people who will hear the amazing story of Roberta and how one person can make a difference in their community. Help us do this.
Today we announce the launch of MyHeartIsInHaiti.com. Go there. Spread the link.
Buy an album. Feed kids.
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The site has been going for just a handful of weeks and it’s been an exciting handful.
There are so many things we’re looking forward to creating and so many things we want to do, but our first mission has been to build a network of friends. We’ve found some passionate people in Nashville and Boston and Brooklyn and Chicago. We now have friends in places like Texas and California and Oregon who are ready to make some noise. It’s exciting to think about.
We’re really going to need your help in the coming weeks. Soon we’ll be sharing some ways you can help us make a difference. We can’t wait. Right now we still need your help getting the word out about Love In Stereo. Share us with your friends. Post links on blogs, Facebook, Twitter or any other social networking site. Spread our videos around. Do whatever you can because we’re going to need a lot of hands for our upcoming projects.
Together, we can make a difference. Together, we’re louder.
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