Wednesday, September 1, 2010
SPECIAL ALBUM PROMOTION (LOTS OF FREE MUSIC)
I thought you might want to check this special promotion I'm running from my facebook page. You certainly don't have to be on facebook to get on board. here are the steps below to pay for my new album AND receive two other works of mine for FREE.
Who doesn't like new music?
If you're on face book go here-http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=127744527272716&ref=ts if not, disregard the first step.
1. take five minutes and invite all your facebook friends to this event- everyone likes free music, and if they don't they don't have to join!
2. Buy my new record "The Blanket Wanderer" on Itunes here http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-blanket-wanderer/id384324107
3. Write a quick review about it on itunes.
4. Send an email to russbarrnett@gmail.com titled "The Blanket Wanderer"
5. I send you my first EP. "You Don't Have to be Scared" and the Wyldlife EP "Nicotine" for free.
That's it!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
NEW RECORD OUT NOW
I've been a terrible blogger folks, I know it. But I can attest most of my absence from being so busy over the past few months. My New Record titled "The Blanket Wanderer" is out TODAY, you can download it from ITunes for a very reasonable price, please check it out and if you like the tunes please buy it. So much work has gone into the making of this record and we're trying to get it into as many hands as possible. You can help by spreading the word to all of your friends and family.
Thank you and enjoy the music, future, more timely posting on my end.
Russ Barrnett & The Mission Bells
Get "The Blanket Wanderer" off from Itunes here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/russ-barrnett-mission-bells/id384324108?ign-msr=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fl.php%3Fu%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fartist%252Fruss-barrnett-mission-bells%252Fid384324108%26h%3D0db98#
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Heat Seeker
Monday, April 19, 2010
"If your not in the audience tonight, something is wrong with you."
Appreciate talent like this because in fifty years when computers really take over, and our moves, love and music are purely mechanical; mystic bards in the shrinking areas of underpopulation are going to tell stories of a time when things were made of feelings. Music like this is going to be their greatest example
Friday, April 9, 2010
Get Me Kickstarted!
Well folks, the recording for my record is done, and now I need your help! I'm looking to raise $1,000 for the pressing and distribution of the record. Any contribution you can make is a crucial one. You can help me by spreading the word too! Fellow bloggers, tweeters and facebook gurus, heed the call and make my dream come true!
Monday, April 5, 2010
The Best Matchup Ever
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
A Sneak Peak!
Here's a video of me doing a tune from my upcoming album! This is from a long time ago, one late night when I was a guest on my friend Sam Schacter's radio show. The video quality is not that great but I thought it would be cool to show some of whats to come. The tune on my album will sound much different but the general progression and lyrics are the same- the rest you'll just have to wait and find out about for yourself...
here's the lyrics to "Iodine"
you had a lot of faith
but you're walking away from it
your city's big
I never got used to it
you're a China doll
in a sea full of mines and blunt objects
you're a wishing wall
laziest days full of unfinished projects
all we know, on our feet
it hurts our feet when we walk away
and if things don't change we'll be walking away again
at the sink
wash the worlds dishes you swallow your pride
its unsettling
you might have lived cause somebody died
if you give it up
nothing more than a shadow tucked under a light
you're a ticking bomb
a mixture of chlorine and iodine
all we know, hands and knees
it hurts them please, don't crawl away
all we get is a look at days
mistakes we made and bread we wasted
and if things don't change we'll be crawling away again
all we know, on our backs
the books are stacked and slowly falling
all we get is the spit we make
don't tell me about breaks that will never happen
if things don't change we'll be running away, if things don't change we'll be running away and if things don't change we'll be running away from it.
Friday, March 5, 2010
And now, one for the gearheads
My Taylor 5-15 ce grand auditorium. This is one of the nicest sounding guitars I have ever played. Although its so sensitive to humidity it is my pride and joy and I'll have it around forever. In this picture I'm playing it on the Shack Attack radio show
Here's my 1972 reissue Fender Telecaster Deluxe. Its a bit of a Frankenstein guitar. Mexican body, with an American Strat neck. Outfitted with tex-mex pickups. this ones a screamer. I think I'm on tour with the boomerangs in Danbury, CT in this pic.
1990 Gibson SG. I really don't play her much anymore she appears during recording sessions when I need that ballzy sound. This guitar is such a powerhouse. I'm pictured here with my good friend Reid, sometime in High School
All bark and all bite. The Fender Deville 2X12 180 Watt tube amp. I will never play through anything else so long as I am alive
Finally here's me on my Gretsch Catalina birch. This picture is way back from highschool jazz band, and yes this is the kit I play with in Wyldlife. I use DW hardware, Zildjian new beat hats, and a Sabian 22inch Manhattan crash/ride. Yes for simplicity.
That's my gear! any questions or comments hit me up! I'll hopefully be posting videos of me rocking this stuff soon.
Monday, February 22, 2010
LIVIN THE WYLDLIFE
I joined a new band recently! Its called Wyldlife. We an indie rock n roll band from NYC with some major punk and glam influences. I hopped behind the drumset a couple weeks ago after their previous drummer took off, and now I'm an official part of the band! We had our first show last Friday at the purchase Co-op where we played a three song set for the "drop records not bombs" compilation charity release. The crowd was so insane, and it really hyped me up for joining this new band. I haven't played in a band that caused a mosh pit in years... We've got some cool shows coming up including one at the famous Webster Hall in Manhattan on March 25th! Stay tuned
WYLDLIFE
Monday, February 8, 2010
Goodbye Blue Monday, Hello Good Brooklyn
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Musicup ltd
I decided to sign up with this group called musicupltd. They are a UK based crew that is pretty heavy into independent artists. Being an independent artist I decided that it would be best if I signed up. From there you can listen to my music, and purchase it. It feels cool to have my stuff available for download with a "euro" sign next to it. Check out the sight and while your there have a listen to the other artists on the page, some pretty cool interesting stuff, most from overseas. Check it out, I'm under the "country" section
MusicUP!