Hey rockers!
I hope you're ready to hit the rails again, because the 2014 Josh Urban Rail Tour is gearing up, and man oh man, it's going to be epic! Here's the official press release that just came out about an hour ago:
For
Release 6/25/14 or later
Musician
Josh Urban set to ignite Planetary Jam Session, take World on Tour.
Washington,
DC: Us people will talk.
Now, for the first time, we can – to anyone, anywhere. We are the
pioneers in an era of ultra-connectedness. Friendships are formed
halfway around the planet, and translation software breaks down
language barriers. Yet much division and strife remains. Enter
musician Josh Urban with an idea: Instead
of arguing – let's jam! “When
you look at it one way, we're really all in the same 'band'” states
Urban, making the point that most people are after similar goals of
happiness and a fulfilling life. Kicking off an international
project on the 4th
of July, Urban aims to highlight the unity of humanity instead of the
division so commonly seen. His goal: a worldwide “jam session”
and tour for everyone, musician and non. His strategy: a
collaborative music video.
The
Rail Tour
Building the video in
several phases, Urban will be touring east coast cities by train,
much like a blues musician of olden days, playing street corners and
subways, filming the journey, hosting impromptu jam sessions on the
street, and taking the
world on tour with him through
collaborative social media. He'll be playing his new song We're
in the band , available for
download from iTunes and JoshUrban.com. People in each city are
invited and encouraged to come to the jams and appear in the video.
He'll be using a home-built guitar converted from a broom – tying
into a special theme of the music video.
It's
sweeping the world!
People
the world over, musician and non, are invited to video themselves
playing “broom guitar” (air guitar with a broom) to Urban's new
song We're in the band. They
would then post it to social media using the hashtag #JURT (Josh
Urban Rail Tour) to jump on the global stage, tagging it back to the
tour and including it in the official video. Don't want to shoot a
video? No problem! Post a photo of yourself or a friend playing
broom guitar back to the tour to show that you're in the band. No
matter where you are, you're on tour – invite your friends! The
worldwide jam is sweeping the planet!
Diversity
As
a counterpart to the unifying theme of brooms, Josh suggests that
participants include something in the video to illustrate who they
are, such as auto enthusiasts appearing in front of their car, animal
people with their pets, etc Additionally, musicians are
invited to send in music parts
for the We're in the
Band, adding to the
existing song. Urban
will be collecting sound samples of his rail journey, and mixing that
with guest artists' contributions for the soundtrack to the final
video. “Music has
shown me such respect for people I formerly considered enemies. I'd
like to scale that up to the international. If we start seeing each
other as “band-mates”, maybe we can realize that like good
musicians, we can listen and learn from each other. Instead of
arguing – let's jam!”
Schedule
Kicking
off on the 4th
of July, a symbolic day of unity and freedom, and running through the
14th,
the tour will make stops in Washington, DC, Alexandria, VA, Waldorf,
MD, Charlottesville, VA, Charlotte, NC, Richmond, VA, Philadelphia,
PA, and New York, NY, as well as online concerts and venues TBA.
Everyone
is invited to participate, either at the in-person jam sessions, or
by posting a video or photo of themselves dancing to the new song,
playing that broom guitar, of course! Use the hashtag #JURT (for
Josh Urban Rail Tour) to show the world that you're
in the band!
