Rabbit!

band photos by: the talented John Logan

Almost all of the music that has been used in the video work that I post around here, including the new book trailer for Design Sponge, has been written by my friends in the band Rabbit! It is the same friend who wrote the song Magic! for Cole that is featured in her maternity series video. That friend is Devin Moore who has been my good buddy since we were little kids, and he was the one friend who said he wanted to grow up and be in a band for a living, and he actually made that possible. So he remains one of my biggest heroes for his determination, and stubbornness, and drive, and it's people like Devin that keep me driving toward my goals.

**This post is for anyone around the United States that might know of opportunities for the band to help out communities, camps, schools, art centers, anywhere that funding has been zapped from arts and music programs. Let me explain how you can help and get involved with the band and what they are doing.

I wanted to spread the word about the bands tour going on this summer, (the dates are posted above in their poster) because there might be some great opportunities for some of you to get involved. When Rabbit decided to tour this summer, it began like any other band discussion about touring: where they should go, where they would play, how nobody knows who they are so who will actually show up? They have toured in various projects countless times, and had the same great experiences on the road, so when they designed this latest tour they wanted to do something different, and they made the decision to dig deeper into the communities they were stopping in. Rather than simply show up, play a show and move on, the band wanted to take the opportunity to spend their days doing what they could for struggling and strapped music and arts programs for kids. So as much as they have been able to do on their own, they have booked shows at art centers, and day camps, and have a show and program that they put on just for the kids. They are doing what they can while they are out on the road to help where they can.

So this post is a call for help to anyone that might be involved in any programs along the bands tour stops that they could get involved in. You can get in touch directly with the band and see about scheduling a show for them to play. It's an awesome fun show that will expose your kids to a hands on music experience that they will always remember. So if you work at a community center, or day camp, or school, or you are involved in any kind of arts and music program and would like to have the band come in for the day. Check out their tour schedule and if they are coming to your city, or near your city, please reach out to the band and see what they can do. Get in touch with them HERE! and write to Ashton or Devin and say hi, get a conversation going. Or give them a shout on Twitter, they are watching their stream for any opportunities to help out and get involved.

If you are not familiar with the band, you can visit their site HERE and listen to some songs. ALSO you can read their ownBLOG and see what they have been doing on the road so far, they have interviews, and videos of their show, and loads of good info about what they are doing.

Here is what others have said about the band: Rabbit!, a Florida-based indie-pop band, has figured out that mixing guileless, endlessly hooky songwriting to throbbing rhythms and toy keyboards is a masterful key to success. This is not profound music (the band seems to make that clear with its cover of The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling”), but the alternating male-female vocals and infectious energy, even on the slower numbers, pushes both band and audience along by sheer, sugary-sweet melodic pop goodness. And sometimes that’s all that matters. K. Petersen Columbia Free Times

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**For anyone in the NYC/Brooklyn area I am going to be in the city on Wednesday the 13th and will be going to see the band play at Union Hall in Park Slope. HERE is the info for the show. Who is coming with me?! Anyone? It will be good fun.

So check out the poster that is sitting at the top of this post for tour dates and if you have any interest at all in getting the band involved in your community please reach out. Also i am sure the band would be happy to do any interviews for any bloggers looking for something cool to write about this summer. So just reach out.

ANYONE that might know of friends, or family, or fellow bloggers that could use an opportunity like this for a camp, or a program, please spread this post around. Get the word out. And thanks a bunch.

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