New EP Out Now To Be Frank:
Featuring Tracks 1. Golden Rule
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We perform live for you, You're a Star
, our first single off our 3rd album coming soon, Dragonfly:
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It is available for the iOS and Android platforms. It features the complete debut album, Last Words, an app-exclusive that is available offline, along with "Cycle of Destruction", a strategy, retro, sophisticated "Rock, Paper, Scissors" style video game with high difficulty to master.
The Band Famous® app also features their live interactive in-app concerts at the touch of a button, among other features.
The Band Famous (TBF) is a husband/wife collaborative genre-bending music duo; software; and production space and venue formerly in Los Angeles, CA, and now upgraded to 41 acres in Arizona! Jacob Alexander Figueroa (Zander) and Mary Norell Jackson (Norell) make and run the band, the software - The Band Famous website and apps on the iPhone App Store / Android Google Play Store - and formerly, the private venue in downtown Los Angeles, and in downtown Easat Los Angeles, CA. Now they work off-grid, fully solar powered on 41 acres in Arizona where they have converted their energy once put into their “Party for a Purpose” themed Benefit Music Festivals and Events into more focus on animal rescue efforts.
Past benefit shows and festivals have aided LA Food Bank, American Heart Association, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and My Friend’s Place.
Awakening - EP is available as a Special Edition Compact Disc. Order yours:
Awakening - EP is now available on digital format!
Purchase or Stream TBF's Single "Autotune Appreciation", from the Awakening - EP.
Purchase or Stream TBF's Single "Emotional Scatter", from the Awakening - EP.
Purchase or Stream TBF's Single "Promises", from the Awakening - EP.
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Walk on sunshine in these Love Boots! Art by Zander, Design by Norell.
Rock with The Band Famous Graphic T-Shirt! Artwork by Berk Balkaç, Text + Design by Norell.
Rock with The Band Famous in this beautiful T-Shirt that Norell designed featuring fan art that was gifted to the band.
Rock with The Band Famous Graphic Tee #2! Artwork by Berk Balkaç, Text + Design by Norell.
Rock with The Band Famous Escape Tee! Fuck up evil in style. Featuring song artwork from The Band Famous debut album. Photo by Zander + Design by Norell.
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Mermaid Energy
To Be Frank, the EP by The Band Famous was released at the start of this year, and Mermaid Energy
, the third single off this EP, is already worldwide! Shout out to Heatwave! in Brazil! A music blog and radio show that featured and reviewed our very own Mermaid Energy
! Being in the beautiful and giant country of Brazil, the review is written in Portuguese, but many browsers can easily translate it so you can read it in your primary language. :) Newsletter coming soon with the full translation of what they have to say about our song. Check it out! Thank You, Heatwave! music blog & radio for this wonderful feature on Mermaid Energy
! WE LOVE YOU, BRAZIL!
To Be Frank, the EP by The Band Famous is a 5th dimensional journey! Venture into outer space with the far out vibes of “Space Jam”, then travel back in time to the lost city of Atlantis, back at the beginning, with “Mermaid Energy”. Rediscover the meaning of universal laws with “Golden Rule”, then you can be “On Top”. Sounds like indie rock meets alternative, pop metal and industrial.
The time has come to unveil a very special project but to know what that project is you will have to check out this article on Pokémon GO Hub! Thank you to Avrip and all of Pokémon GO Hub, PvPoke, and all of the wonderful people that make up the community! We are thrilled to be a part of it all and can't wait to share this special project with all who are interested.
This is a song Norell did on a live-stream, then later stripped down, layering more vocals, electric guitar, loops and other fun things and what resulted is this kind of splash wave track. There is an extended version out as well. Shout out to Zander for suggesting more underwater vocals and bubbles, which were all too fun to implement into this single! We hope you dig the vibe.
This is an audio engineered cut from a song produced entirely by Zander. Norell jumped on board for fun. This single is not part of any album, it's just for fun, and has been released on Bandcamp and is on the way to every music platform! Check out "On Top" - remixes coming soon! There is an extended version out as well. If you're interested in remixing this track simply email us at [email protected] and if we love it and decide to release it we will share proceeds 50/50!
This is an audio engineered cut from a live improvised performance by Norell. This single is not part of any album, it's just for fun, and has been released on Bandcamp and is on the way to every music platform! Check out "Golden Rule" - remixes coming soon! If you're interested in remixing this track simply email us at [email protected] and if we love it and decide to release it we will share proceeds 50/50!
Kurt Cobain inspired The Band Famous. That's right! Lead singer/songwriter and co-producer, Norell, made this collage of Kurt Cobain playing guitar under the Wishkaw Bridge in college. It remains a favorite of the artist and fans alike, so by request we have put it on a Tee. Thank you for your support! Check out the Kurt Cobain coffee/tea/beverage-of-choice mug in the shop, too! This art piece and design is in loving memory of Kurt Cobain, 02.20.67 - 04.05.94.
This is an audio engineered cut from a live improvised performance by Norell. This single is not part of any album, it's just for fun, and has been released along with brand new merchandise at The Band Famous Etsy Shop in celebration of Norell's birthday month!
From Solar Soundwaves share on Facebook:
🎉🎤 Happy Band-iversary! Ten years ago today, in a livestream moment, The Band Famous was born, embracing DIY innovation! We talk about that and more in this awesome interview!🎙️🌟
🔗Read: http://solarsoundwaves.blogspot.com/.../interview-with...
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From Solar Soundwaves share on Facebook, "You're a Star" by The Band Famous🌟🎶 is a genre-defying banger that will have you feeling empowered! 💪🏼✨Support their cause and groove to greatness! 🐾🐱🐶🐔🦆🐇🐢 🔗Listen: https://solarsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-band-famous-youre-star.html #indiemusic #musicblog #undergroundmusic #experimentalmusic #altpop
We had the distinct pleasure of chatting with Woody and Friends at KinkyCast! Check out Episode #482 on KinkyCast for their interview with Norell and Zander of The Band Famous aka Action Jackson and Zaddy of KamasutraCandy!
We are so happy to share the news that misc_alt_ is now featured in our humble Hall Of Fame online music collective and TBF Radio! Check out their song "I Don't Care", now playing on TBF Radio:
We have some neighbors that are out of this world! Sometimes they let us document them. Check it out:
We are so grateful to have been invited back for another great interview and series with Authority Magazine and Medium. This series is on "Rising Music Stars". Thank you to writer Edward Sylvan, CEO of Sycamore Entertainment Group for having us!
Thank you to LA Life Times
We are so grateful to have been invited back for another great interview and series with Authority Magazine and Medium. This series is on "Dreamers: They told me it was impossible, and I did it anyway". Thank you to writer Candice Georgiadis for having us!
Tune in and chat with The Band Famous live during the official music video premiere of The Band Famous - "Because" on 12/20/2021 at 11:00pm PST, and 12/21/2021 at 12:00am MST / 1:00am CST / 2:00am EST!
We have not one, but two new productions premiering free on The Band Famous YouTube this month! The first, The Matrix: Because, will premiere on 12/18/2021. Then on 12/21/2021, watch the premiere of the official music video for The Band Famous - "Because"!
We are so excited to share that our recent Queer Talk special guest, Hip Pop Rapper, Singer, and Songwriter, Karmaa is now featured in our growing Hall Of Fame music colletive and TBF Radio! Her hit single "WERKK" can now be heard on TBF Radio. Tune in and rock on!
We are so excited to share our latest episode of "Queer Talk" with The Band Famous featuring special guest, Hip Pop Rapper, Singer, and Songwriter, Karmaa! Check it out, and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe!
The writer of this piece is based in the United Kingdom and reached out to The Band Famous personally to share this article. They wrote this piece on The Band Famous and lead singer, Norell.
The Star Girl Collection and the Maze-Amazed Collection are now available on Mintable, with more NFTs coming soon! Be sure to bookmark mintable.app/u/thebandfamous and keep an eye on our growing NFT gallery!
Norell's birthday is September 25th! In celebration, we have minted a new NFT! "Share a Coke with Band Famous" is now available on Mintable! Now with any NFT by The Artist Zander and The Band Famous that you add to your collection, you will have your choice of three complimentary items from The Band Famous Etsy Shop - shipped anywhere in the world - as a token of our appreciation for supporting The Band Famous NFTs!
Norell's birthday is September 25th! In celebration, we have minted a new NFT! "Share a Coke with Band Famous" is now available on Beta.cent! Now with any NFT by The Artist Zander and The Band Famous that you add to your collection, you will have your choice of three complimentary items from The Band Famous Etsy Shop - shipped anywhere in the world - as a token of our appreciation for supporting The Band Famous NFTs!
We are so excited to kick off the month of September by being a featured guest on Freddy's World Podcast! Listen to it now on iHeartRadio, Spotify, Apple podcasts, and more! If you leave a review for Freddy's World Podcast on Apple and mention The Band Famous episode, send us a screenshot of proof and we will send you a little thank-you swag as a token of our appreciation!
We are so excited to share our latest episode of "Queer Talk" with The Band Famous featuring special guest, Gamer, Photographer, and Pokémon GO Community Leader, CarloTheAce! Check it out, and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe!
We are so grateful for this opportunity. Several fans have told us how the music video for "Promises" is like a "feature film reduced to a music video", so in early celebration of Norell's birthday on Sept. 25th, we have submitted the music video production to a film festival for the first time ever! We are excited. Wish us luck!
We are so grateful anytime we are on the radio, and we couldn't be more grateful to hear "Because" in regular rotation on Radio Wigwam in Cardiff, United Kingdom.
You can shop online via the Shop page, or check out our new Etsy shop for some incredible new merch designs, or view our portfolio of designs available on Red Bubble. Thank you for supporting small businesses and independent music duos!
We are so grateful anytime we are on the radio, and we couldn't be more grateful to Radio Wigwam for playing "Because" on their radio station in Cardiff, United Kingdom.
We are so grateful anytime we are on the radio, and we couldn't be more grateful to Radio Lantau, the #1 radio station in Hong Kong, for playing "Because" on their radio station in China!
We are so grateful anytime we are on the radio, and we couldn't be more grateful to Fasching Web Radio for playing "Because" on their radio station in France!
"Because" is playing in Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove and Newcastle, United Kingdom AGAIN! Thank you so much to 6 Towns Radio and Simon Edwards for your continued support of The Band Famous! We are most grateful. Each and every time a song of ours is played on the radio is a dream come true.
We are so excited to share our latest episode of "Queer Talk" with The Band Famous featuring our first special guest, NYC-based actress & storyteller Emeline O'Hara! Check it out, and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe!
We have minted our Awakening EP album cover artwork on Mintable and it includes an unlockable track when you add this NFT to your collection! Check it out:
Shop NFT artworks we've minted from Zander's art archives, including some of his earliest body painting works, and more NFTs coming soon! These NFTs are available on the Rarible platform, which from our experience works best with Chrome browser. Check it out!
We had the absolute pleasure of doing this extensive interview with Thrive Global. Check it out!
At the close of 2020 we launched a weekly podcast, “Queer Talk”, commencing every Hump Day / Wednesday at 11:11pm PST; however, since expanding to 41 acres and adapting to the new space, we have had to pause weekly episodes. We hope to resume soon with your continued support!
Check out some 2020 Highlights by The Band Famous!
We were interviewed by Tyler Gallagher with Authority Magazine and Medium, and he asked us some very big, important questions. We cover just about everything. If there were only one interview to read about The Band Famous, this would be the one!
We are so grateful to have been invited to collaborate on this article with Avrip, writer & editor of Pokémon GO Hub: The Potential of Pokémon GO PvP Becoming an Esport
Check out the link for the full story!
Thank you to the 360 Magazine for sharing our story. We appreciate your support!
Please vote for Kid for America's Favorite Pet!
Check out 2019 Quarter Maxim Cover Girl Finalist Norell, featured on the home page of MalibuStrings.com. Check out her 2020 winning gallery on MalibuStrings.com!
Here is an excerpt from the two-hour archive of Monday, June 29th's episode of Loose Canon with Simon Edwards:
The Band Famous is playing in rotation on FM Radio in the UK! Special thanks to Simon Edwards and 6 Towns Radio!
The Band Famous is now in rotation on FM Radio in the United Kingdom as of Monday, June 29th, 2020 on Loose Canon with Simon Edwards! Special thanks to Simon Edwards and 6 Towns Radio for sharing our music and our EP!
The Band Famous made a Bandcamp! You can now purchase the Awakening - EP at 50% the price you'll find the digital EP anywhere! There are also many never-before-heard unreleased tracks available for purchase, proceeds of which will help support the music and the movement.
Listen to "Half of It", featuring Musiq Soulchild, now playing on TBF Radio.
Listen to "Caviar Dinner", now playing on TBF Radio.
"Give Light, And The Darkness Will Disappear Of Itself." We are so happy, grateful, and honored to see and hear our song "Escape" from our debut album Last Words [app-exclusive] in unison with our favorite artist, Olek, and her wonderfully multidimensional and psychedelic artwork.
For the time being all of our events are live-stream only. We look forward to sharing the future dates when guests will be able to join us in person at our intimate venue. Until then, we welcome you to tune in to the live streams we will be doing through The Band Famous apps, and on our website on the Home page, as well as at twitch.tv/bandfamous and Mixer, the next live stream dates being March 27th and March 28th. Thank you to all of our sponsors, and to those interested in sponsoring The Band Famous, we need you now more than ever and appreciate your support. Thank you to every body donating as well.
"Meet Jacob Alexander Figueroa and Mary Norell Jackson of The Band Famous". A very special thanks to VoyageLA for this wonderful opportunity. We talk about our beginnings, our struggles, and more. Thank you to all who have accompanied us on this journey called life.
Listen to "Could it be", now playing on TBF Radio.
Zander and Norell will be live streaming on March 27th and 28th, and will open up a Q+A session. Fans can tweet @TheBandFamous or email questions in advance that they have to [email protected]. We're still celebrating "One Love Fur All", but amid public health concern this and all future events will be live-stream only until further notice. Due to the corona virus pandemic, we are adapting our upcoming benefit music festival to a live-stream only and will be rescheduling the full two-fold benefit music festival with the Los Angeles LGBT Center + Los Angeles Animal Services as beneficiaries for a later date and time. Get tickets to donate: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tbf-presents-one-love-fur-all-a-lgbt-pawsitive-benefit-music-festival-tickets-93218600343
This March 27th and 28th: join us in person or tune in to the live stream. We are hosting, producing, and performing in "One Love Fur All", a benefit music festival helping the Los Angeles LGBT Center and Los Angeles Animal Services! Save the date and party for a purpose with us. For details / tickets visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tbf-presents-one-love-fur-all-a-lgbt-pawsitive-benefit-music-festival-tickets-93218600343
We couldn't have celebrated our EP release in a more magical way than as part of the "Live + Follow Your Dreams" Benefit Music Festival. Awakening - EP is available everywhere including Apple Music, Google Play Music, Spotify and more. All links at the TBF Shop page! We still have some limited quanity of physical CDs of our EP - featuring six songs from our upcoming full-length 2nd album - it is the first CD we have ever made! Get a copy of Awakening for yourself or for a friend, you can order from our online shop!
We are grateful and excited to be planning our next Benefit Music Festival with new TBF team members: Holly aka PkmnMaster Holly as our official eSports Manager, MC & Co-Host; Alexis aka Astrolex who is now helping as HR, DJ, & Artist; Gabriel Diggs as Tour Manager, DJ, & Bookings and Jesus as our official Food Truck & catering for TBF benefit festivals and events. We are excited to be having Tee Time and Moon Channel with us for future events as well. We have so much love and gratitude for the artists in our Hall Of Fame who have banded together to help make these shows possible, as well as for all of the beautiful souls who have banded together to party for a purpose with us.
We couldn't have celebrated our EP release in a more magical way than as part of the "Live + Follow Your Dreams" Benefit Music Festival. We have a limited quanity of physical CDs of our EP - featuring six songs from our upcoming full-length 2nd album - it is the first CD we have ever made! Get a copy of Awakening for yourself or for a friend, you can order from our online shop!
Moon Channel, DJ and electronic music producer, will be DJing some original sets including some NUDisco and a variety of House music genres on Friday, January 17th, and again on Saturday, January 18th as part of our benefit music festival for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and My Friend's Place. Get your tickets in advance for the pre-sale and to guarantee your spot is secure!
DJ Tee Time, who you may know from Power 106, Young California, or Beats 1 Radio with Apple Inc., will be DJing on Friday, January 17th, and again on Saturday, January 18th as part of our benefit music festival for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and My Friend's Place. Get your tickets in advance for the pre-sale and to guarantee your spot is secure!
Gabriel Diggs, as a producer as well as DJ, has remixed highly acclaimed artists Idina Menzel, John Legend, Steve Aoki, Sarah McLachlan and Usher and has DJed internationally in Ibiza, Brazil, Berlin, and more. Gabriel Diggs will be DJing on Friday, January 17th, and again on Saturday, January 18th as part of our benefit music festival for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and My Friend's Place. Get your tickets in advance for the pre-sale and to guarantee your spot is secure!
Maw Kitty, whom you may know from America's Got Talent, or Tom Green's Webovision, will be performing some comedy on Saturday, January 18th as part of our benefit music festival for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and My Friend's Place. Get your tickets in advance for the pre-sale and to guarantee your spot is secure!
Braxton Herda, whom you may have seen in the movies "Long Shot", or "Arrested Development", will be performing some comedy on Saturday, January 18th as part of our benefit music festival for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and My Friend's Place. Get your tickets in advance for the pre-sale and to guarantee your spot is secure!
Listen to "Black Wizard Wave", now playing on TBF Radio.
Listen to "Temptation", now playing on TBF Radio.
We are proud to welcome two-time Billboard-charting artist, Ranna Royce, to our Hall Of Fame and TBF Radio! Listen to "Money Rose", now playing on TBF Radio.
Slug aka Sean Daley of Atmosphere is a gent! He shared our benfeit show we had planned for 11/30/19. Sadly old man Winter has forced us to postpone the show as our headliner got snowed in and all flights were cancelled due to the weather. Zander and I also lost our voice, so we will be rescheduling the "LIVE" benefit show concert. Stay tuned! Thank you for the love, Atmosphere, we love you!
We decided to give you another music video on our seven year wedding anniversary, featuring actual footage from our wedding and starring now Mayor of Minneapolis, our friend Jacob Frey:
Our favorite comedian, Tom Green, shared our music video thread on Twitter! We love Tom, he's such a great guy. The Tom Green Show Gnome stars in "Emotional Scatter"!
Mark your calendars for November 30th:
Dakotah Faye, Korynn OC, Pye Luis and yours truly, The Band Famous, invite you RSVP to LIVE! Where? In Los Angeles at a private location near downtown, an intimate venue with limited capacity, but we will be live streaming the show as well! Location will be emailed after tickets purchased. Tickets must be purchasd in advance. VIP entry - those who show The Band Famous app - will be eligible for $10 cash back OR two complimentary drinks at our donation-based bar. Join us for our next benefit concert! We will be honoring and remembering our beloved friend Eyva Kid Cash, and raising awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
We are grateful to have been interviewed by Blue Eyed Emperor. He is down-to-earth and a positive guy. We enjoyed talking about how we met, art, music, and other good things with him.
A very special thanks to City Pages for including "Emotional Scatter" in Local Frames this week! We are so grateful to be included and for the consideration.
Listen to "Billy Milly", now playing on TBF Radio.
Get ready for live music by Korynn OC, Pye Luis and yours truly. LIVE November 30th in LA. Join us for our next benefit concert! We will be honoring and remembering our beloved friend Eyva Kid Cash, and raising awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Due to scheduling conflicts, Devata Daun is no longer able to join us for this event. More details coming soon!
With the help and support of our fans and friends - our family - Norell has advanced into the Semi-Finals! From Monday, October 14th, 2019 and onwards, please continue to vote every 24 hours, or more with Warrior Votes. We hope you will vote for free every day that you can at minimum to see The Band Famous on the cover of Maxim magazine! Thank you for your votes, shares, and support! Thank you to our Warrior Voters!
Get ready for live music by Devata Daun, Pye Luis and yours truly. LIVE November 9th in LA. Join us for our next benefit concert! We will be honoring and remembering our beloved friend Eyva Kid Cash, and raising awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
More details coming soon!
The month of November for featuring The Band Famous in the first two main images on their homepage of their website. We are so grateful for Malibu Strings. They're the best.
Check out 2019 Quarter Maxim Cover Girl Finalist Norell, featured on the home page of MalibuStrings.com. Check out her 2019 winning gallery on MalibuStrings.com!
Thank you to our sponsor - the sexiest swimwear on earth - Malibu Strings, for featuring The Band Famous in the first two main images on their homepage of their website. We are so grateful for Malibu Strings. They're the best.
Norell was #1 in her group for a while, but is currently #2 in her group. The next cut is on Septebmer 19th, which will eliminat the Top 20 down to Top 15 of every group, then more voting until Top 10, Top 5 and so on. Vote daily for free to see The Band Famous on the cover of Maxim magazine! Thank you for your votes, shares, and support! Thank you to our Warrior Voters!
Vote daily for free to see The Band Famous on the cover of Maxim magazine! Thank you for your votes, shares, and support!
Listen to "Weakening", now playing on TBF Radio.
We are so grateful for our Malibu Strings sponsorship, and are proud to represent the sexiest swimwear handmade here in the United States.
We are humbled and so touched to have received the sweetest surprise package and announcement from Tor Sweeney, President of Malibu Strings. We are grateful beyond words that our band, @the_band_famous, is now being promoted with every order that goes out from Malibu Strings headquarters. The images on the postcards are photography by The Band Famous's Zander. Thank you, Malibu Strings! We love you! Your support means the world to us.
06/30/2019 - Welcome Pye Luis!Listen to "Roland Garros", now playing on TBF Radio.
The Band Famous on TV in China! 谢谢
February's benefit was a love-buzz. Before the performances went down, The Band Famous interviewed one of the featured performers, DRYX. Check out the interview here:
Following January's benefit show, The Band Famous interviewed Korynn OC:
Enjoy a peak at the "Follow Your Dreams" Benefit Show with LA Food Bank as beneficiary, and feel the good energy. We showcased several amazing artists that night, here is one of the entertainers, Crown, a hip-hop artist from Daytona Beach, FL. Enjoy an excerpt from the benefit show that we hosted and broadcasted live through our apps and on our twitch.tv. Check out: Crown LIVE in LA:
Following January's benefit show, The Band Famous interviewed Dakotah Faye of Money Stackz:
Listen to "Conversations at Dinner", now playing on TBF Radio.
Listen to "Swing My Way", now playing on TBF Radio.
Join us in a "Love Affair", event with the American Heart Association as charitable beneficiary, with live music by Korynn OC, DRYX, and Exxy. Get your tickets in advance for treats! One free drink and surprise gift to the first 20 people who buy tickets on Eventbrite, redeemable upon admission. For details see: bit.ly/TBFLoveAffair.
Listen to "I Don't Regret It", now playing on TBF Radio.
Listen to "Into You", now playing on TBF Radio.
We're happy to report that The Band Famous "Follow Your Dreams", event with LA Food Bank as charitable beneficiary, with live music by Crown, Korynn OC, Dakotah Faye, and K-Doh was a huge success. We raised money and food for the LA Food Bank and are STILL collecting clothing to be donated to My Friend's Place supporting homeless youth. We had people tuning in to the broadcast via the TBF apps and on Twitch. We are working on a video archive of the whole wonderful experience so stay tuned! To see images from the show in the meanwhile checkout our Instagram feed: @the_band_famous.
Support The Band Famous "Follow Your Dreams", event with LA Food Bank as charitable beneficiary, with live music by Crown, Korynn OC, and Dakotah Faye. For details see: bit.ly/TBFSHOW.
Support The Band Famous "Follow Your Dreams", event with LA Food Bank as charitable beneficiary, with live music by Crown, Korynn OC, and Dakotah Faye. For details see: bit.ly/TBFSHOW.
The Pre-Release Party for "Emotional Scatter" was a success! Thank you to everyone who attended and who tuned into the livestream. We did a private screening of the current progress of our music video, and look forward to sharing it when it is complete. Until then, enjoy our new single "Emotional Scatter" on TBF Radio!
New song, "Emotional Scatter", from our 2nd album Awakening coming soon. Pre-release on 11.17.18 for The Band Famous VIP. Are you are on our newsletter yet?
We were on the radio ladies and gentlemen! We would like to thank every single atom in the Universe that got us here, this is a huge milestone for us. We are so incredibly grateful. Thank you to DJ Mark Bensen and everyone at Van 92.7 FM in Holland, Michigan!
Mr. Zero's, a vinyl record store, with games, and collectables, invited The Band Famous to sing for their commercial. Listen to The Band Famous on Mr. Zero’s official commercial for their location at 1744 Lexington Ave. N. in Roseville, MN, 55113. Check it out:
TBF was invited to attend the ESPY Awards! Zander and Norell were inspired by the red carpet event. For more photos of The Band Famous at the ESPY Awards 2018, be sure to follow @the_band_famous on Instagram. There are also photos on The Band Famous Tumblr.
Norell has proudly modeled her sexy Malibu Strings swimwear, handmade in the USA, for years. We are very excited to share that Malibu Strings is now an official sponsor of The Band Famous!
Listen to "Derek Jeter", now playing on TBF Radio.
Check out this recent blog post which summarizes what TBF has been up in Los Angeles.
Listen to "Finally It Rained", now playing on TBF Radio.
Listen to "Suicide", now playing on TBF Radio.
Listen to "Echoes", now playing on TBF Radio.
Listen to "Coast to Coast", now playing on TBF Radio.
Color Theory is now playing in TBF Radio!
Happy Birthday, Prince. This one's for you.
Listen to their new track, "Changes", now playing on TBF Radio.
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No autotune was used in the creation of this song.
"Promises" is featured on Coast 2 Coast Mixtape #EDM Edition Vol. 24.
TBF Featured and Interviewed by The Crazy Mind!
TBF hangs out with Tom Green, he's a fan!
TBF is included in the home of exceptional artists, featured by Slurry Artist Emporium.
06/29/16 - New Single"Promises" is TBF's first commercial release off TBF's upcoming 2nd album Awakening. Buy it on iTunes!
Tastes like a Grammy!
TBF talks psychology and technology with App Masters.
Aporia eSports and Aporia Customs sponsors TBF!
A follow-up article on TBF was published in print and online in their April 2016 issue.
03/15/16 - Inet Solutions
Doncho Karaivanov, founder of Inet Solutions published a piece on marketing experts, including TBF for "innovation".
02/11/16 - Tom Green - Episode 21: Is Tom Mean?Is Tom Green a nice guy or what?
Norell modeled for celebrity hair stylist Ted Gison in January 2015, her image is now used for his promotions.
01/12/16 - Norell on Ted Gibson Flyers
Norell modeled for celebrity hair stylist Ted Gison in January 2015, her image is now used for his promotions.
12/10/15 - Celebrity Stylist Ted Gibson Features Norell
Norell modeled for celebrity hair stylist Ted Gison in January 2015, her image is now used for his promotions.
10/08/15 - Tom Green - Episode 5: UFO's & Bigfoot!
TBF talks aliens, UFOs, and more on Episode 5 of The Tom Green Radio Show on CBS Radio.
Our leading lady Norell is featured in Minneapolis-based artist Suzann Beck's first solo art show at the Metro Gallery right next to Walker Art Center.
Norell was interviewed by Erik Jarvis with MusicPage.com and featured in an article titled "Final Contest Winners", published by Music Industry News.
Norell talks to Tom, B. Rich & Steve on Tom Green's Webovision. She comes on around 42:25:
Norell demos in-app concerts and more on the Ben Seidman special on Tom Green's Webovision. She comes on at 11:11 in the archive. Here's a clip:
Also in this episode, Tom Green invites TBF to come play live on the show:
TBF is on the Harland Williams special on Tom Green's Webovision. Here's a clip from the archive:
TBF is on Episode 5 of the Tom Green Podcast.
An article titled "Native Apps" was published featuring TBF app.
01/15 - Celebrity Stylist Ted Gibson with Norell
Norell modeled for celebrity hair stylist Ted Gison in January.
11/30/14 - JCT tv
The Band Famous was a special guest on JCT tv, broadcast at 10:00pm Eastern Standard Time on Channel 13 (Comcast) & Channel 96 (AT&T).
The Band Famous was interviewed on Thanksgiving Day by JCT92.G Radio. Listen to Archive:
The Band Famous was interviewed on Monday, November 24th, by WeekONLA Radio. Hear them at 01:19:00 - Listen to Archive:
Jay Gabler talks about The Band Famous on The Local Show with host, David Campbell, at 01:14:26 into the show on Sunday, November 23th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm CST. Listen to Archive:
Jay Gabler interviewed Norell of The Band Famous and wrote a wonderful feature on TBF on 89.3FM The Current | Local Current Blog | Minnesota Public Radio on Thursday, November 20th:
I Love Body Art interviewed Zander of The Band Famous and did a wonderful feature on his artistry on Friday, July 11th:
05 & 06/14: Lavender Magazine
Lavender Magazine printed our debut live performance and App Release (EP Release) Party on Page 19 of their May 29-June 11 2014 issue:
Poster design by Nicole Leer.
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The Band Famous®
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Darlene Dreamer
The Droids
Kari Tribble
Desdamona
Victor Mariachi & [izo]
Color Theory
Man Behind the Machine
Korynn OC aka Mikara
Dakotah Faye
Kashy
Elliott Roche
Crown
Dryx
Exxy
Saint
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Pye Luis
Devata Daun
TuiDaShark
Ranna Royce
Quaesar
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Tufawon
Andre Mariette
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Those featured in our Hall Of Fame music collective may be heard on TBF Radio. In addition, for those that also have some or all of their music on Bandcamp, we have them in our Hall Of Fame collection on Bandcamp.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Hall Of Fame is an online music collective brought to you by The Band Famous®.
Along with being the founding, active members of the music group The Band Famous® aka TBF, Zander and Norell are also the developers behind this website you are on, both TBF apps, and the Hall Of Fame.
The Hall Of Fame acts as a portal by connecting new fans to music across multiple genres they've been waiting to find. There is so much good music just waiting to be discovered, and we like to think that we are doing our part by accepting submissions to be featured in the Hall Of Fame for free promotion indefinitely.
TBF Radio is our online radio station where we feature music sampling the Hall Of Fame roster, as well as some improvised and other B-tracks by TBF, some that are heard no-where else, like "Autotune Appreciation".
TBF Radio requires no sign-up or account login of any kind, and is commercial-free!
Well, hopefully you!
Also some very inspiring people, including the co-creator of Adobe After Effects (think special FX in all your favorite movies) and the hover-board program, Greg Deocampo;
Or maybe you're familiar with the movie Guardians of the Galaxy?
Five Time Grammy Winning Artist BJ Thomas has one of his most famous songs in that movie's soundtrack. He downloaded our app and left a review for us on the iPhone App Store, is connected to us on social media and is very supportive.
Familiar with the old Nickelodeon show, Hey Arnold!? Arnold's best friend Gerald was voiced by actor Jamil Walker Smith. Smith has also been on popular television shows Sister, Sister; Girlfriends; Bones; The X-Files; and The Bernie Mac Show.
We can't forget about Tom Green, who you may remember from The Tom Green Show on MTV; Charlie's Angels as "The Chad"; Freddy Got Fingered; and Road Trip, to name a few.
It's simple. E-mail us via our Contact Page and let us know you want to submit your music to the Hall Of Fame. You can even submit music that is not your own, provided you have the artist's permission.
We are accepting original works only. No cover songs.
In your message to us, submit your preferred website/blog or virtual space you want us to include as your official site under our Hall Of Fame. Include a YouTube video of a track or music video as well. Any material will help us get a better idea of you and your vision that we may or may not pick to enter.
If selected to be added to the Hall Of Fame, a simple waiver must be signed by the copyright holder of the submitted track(s) that grants us permission to be promoted on our network and newsletter and featured for as long as you want in the Hall Of Fame, and TBF Radio.
Free promotion on our Hall Of Fame; regular inclusion in our monthly newsletters to our fan-base and audience; and shout outs on our social media.
Did we mention free?
You also get: A track included in our online radio station which also includes some of our music exclusively available only on our station and not heard or found anywhere else on the Internet.
We would be sad to see you leave our community and team but if you need to, we won't stop you!
We can also remove the track from the radio station with just a simple e-mail of your request.
[Preview/Download Release Form]
The Band Famous®, Mary Norell Jackson and Jacob Alexander Figueroa, manage The Band Famous venue; perform/produce as The Band Famous musical genre-bending trip-hop duo; and also develop and maintain The Band Famous apps. They have appeared on TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, online blogs, and more.
Select press and exhibitions listed below:
CCTV Central China Television - http://tv.cctv.com/2019/06/14/VIDENDuvn4pdtNX48sSKDQm0190614.shtml
CBS Minnesota - WCCO - "All Over The Walls" - https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2011/04/18/movie-blog-mspiff-spotlight-intl-shorts/
JCT tv in Connecticut - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d64e1m4_MJA
JCT tv in Connecticut - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06bWyS7KgxE
MPLS.TV Uptown Episode - "2 Become Wondrous Punch", sung by Amanda Verstegen and Mary Norell Jackson - https://vimeo.com/8108012
The Band Famous "Because" gets radio airplay in Cardiff, United Kingdom on Radio Wigwam - https://www.radiowigwam.co.uk
The Band Famous "Because" gets radio airplay on Hong Kong's #1 radio station in China, Radio Lantau - http://www.radiolantau.com
The Band Famous "Because" gets radio airplay in France on Fasching Web Radio - http://faschingwebradio.e-monsite.com
The Band Famous "Because" gets radio airplay again on 6 Towns Radio in Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, and Newcastle, United Kingdom - https://www.6towns.co.uk/schedule/
FM Radio Archive of The Band Famous on Loose Canon with Simon Edwards on 6 Towns Radio in the United Kingdom: https://soundcloud.com/simon-edwards-6/loose-canon-monday-29th-june-2020-360#t=39:52
Loose Cannon with Simon Edwards (9-11pm) - https://www.6towns.co.uk/schedule/
The Band Famous played on 6 Towns Radio 06/29/2020 - https://www.radio-uk.co.uk/6tr-6-towns-radio
89.3FM The Current - The Local Show - https://www.thecurrent.org/programs/local-show/2014/11/23
Week On Radio - in NYC, Mexico, Argentina, and the Dominican Republic - https://www.mixcloud.com/WEEKONradio/week-on-radio-show-season-2-07-nov-24-alvaro-duran-the-band-famous-and-ramsey-w-jack-bianka/
CBS Radio, a clip from The Tom Green Show talking about The Band Famous - https://www.instagram.com/p/BCOmQ26E5au/?taken-by=thebandfamous%7C
5 Year Anniversary Celebration For: Mr. Zero's - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk_rjexR5e8
Minnesota Public Radio 91.1FM on "All Over The Walls", a documentary about Jacob Alexander and his gallery, Karnak Gallery - https://www.mprnews.org/story/2011/04/12/mspiff2011
JCT92.G Radio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN3vgeGc3S4
Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes - COAST 2 COAST MIXTAPES PRESENTS: COAST 2 COAST MIXTAPE #EDM EDITION VOL. 24 - https://coast2coastmixtapes.com/mixtape/coast-2-coast-mixtape-edm-edition-vol-24?track=14
Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes - COAST 2 COAST MIXTAPES PRESENTS: #EDMSTARS VOL. 15 - https://coast2coastmixtapes.com/mixtapes/mixtapedetail.aspx/edmstars-vol-15?track=13
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE - "Rising Music Stars: Five Things You Need to Shine in the Music Industry". An Interview with Edward Sylvan - https://medium.com/authority-magazine/rising-music-stars-the-band-famous-on-the-five-things-you-need-to-shine-in-the-music-industry-fa3c13037506
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE - Norell and Zander of The Band Famous: They Told Me It Was Impossible And I Did It Anyway. An Interview With Candice Georgiadis - https://medium.com/authority-magazine/norell-and-zander-of-the-band-famous-and-kamasutra-candy-they-told-me-it-was-impossible-and-i-did-dc7c6cdf9e1
AUTHORITY MAGAZINE - Norell and Zander of ‘The Band Famous’: 5 Steps We Must Take To Truly Create An Inclusive, Representative, and Equitable Society. An Interview with Tyler Gallagher - https://medium.com/authority-magazine/norell-and-zander-of-the-band-famous-5-steps-we-must-take-to-truly-create-an-inclusive-df81167c4937
TRADEMARK OFFICIAL GAZETTE - The Band Famous - https://eog-tmng.uspto.gov/#/issueDate=2017-12-05&serialNumber=86268059
STAR TRIBUNE - mentions "All Over The Walls" - https://www.startribune.com/mspiff-2011-movie-migrations/119625059/
STAR TRIBUNE - Underground Film Festival on "All Over The Walls" - https://www.newspapers.com/image/250967041/?terms=underground%2Bfilm%2Bfestival
PLYMOUTH MAGAZINE - Native Apps - http://plymouthmag.com/native-apps
PLYMOUTH MAGAZINE - Update: The Band Famous - https://plymouthmag.com/update-band-famous
STAR TRIBUNE - Grant Mayland talks inspiration from Karnak Gallery - https://www.startribune.com/dark-energy-celebrates-one-year-of-goth-industrial-dance-parties-in-minneapolis/411260215/
Pokémon GO Hub: From GBL to the World Stage: The Evolution of Pokémon GO PvP - https://pokemongohub.net/post/pvp/from-gbl-to-the-world-stage-the-evolution-of-pokemon-go-pvp/?fbclid=IwAR0lu62s23aB8HGwPp6PRb6-4VyZwWq9nlDUzYom-_jGN_QYjCASxn-w6L8
LA Life Times: Norell & Zander Figueroa - https://lalifetimes.com/norell-zander-figueroa
A piece on The Band Famous and lead singer Norell: Much-needed juxtaposition - https://popcultmaster.com/2017/08/20/much-needed-juxtaposition/
Thrive Global - Norell and Zander of ‘The Band Famous’: “Leadership is really about being an expert of your chosen field and not being afraid to help others become successful” - https://thriveglobal.com/stories/1902012/
Medium.com - Authority Magazine - Norell and Zander of ‘The Band Famous’: 5 Steps We Must Take To Truly Create An Inclusive, Representative, and Equitable Society - https://medium.com/authority-magazine/norell-and-zander-of-the-band-famous-5-steps-we-must-take-to-truly-create-an-inclusive-df81167c4937
The Band Famous collaborated on this article with Avrip, writer & editor of Pokémon GO Hub: The Potential of Pokémon GO PvP Becoming an Esport - https://pokemongohub.net/post/pvp/the-potential-of-pokemon-go-pvp-becoming-an-esport/
The Band Famous among 2020 Malibu Strings Competition Winners - https://malibustrings.com/2020competition.html
The Band Famous 2020 Malibu Strings Competition Winner - Gallery - https://malibustrings.com/competition/2020/lb/thebandfamousgal1/
The Band Famous 2019 Malibu Strings Competition Winner - Gallery - https://malibustrings.com/competition/2019/lb/thebandfamousgal1/
Voyage LA - http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-jacob-alexander-figueroa-mary-norell-jackson-of-the-band-famous/
City Pages Music - Top 5 MN Music Videos - http://www.citypages.com/music/gnome-butts-isolation-rituals-and-tijuana-drug-deals-in-this-weeks-top-5-mn-music-videos/563566641
TRADEMARK OFFICIAL GAZETTE - The Band Famous - https://eog-tmng.uspto.gov/#/issueDate=2017-12-05&serialNumber=86268059
Maxim Quarter Finalist 2019 - https://maximcovergirl.com/2019/norell-lead-singer-and-co-producer-of-the-band-famous
The Band Famous featured on the home page of JCT TV & Multimedia - http://www.jctmagazine.com/home.html
MusicPage - https://web.archive.org/web/20150925105512/http://news.musicpage.com/post/128205924888/final-contest-winners
Minnesota Public Radio News - The Band Famous - The Current Local Current Blog - https://blog.thecurrent.org/2014/11/music-body-painting-web-development-meet-the-band-famous/
Minnesota Public Radio News - "All Over The Walls" - https://blogs.mprnews.org/state-of-the-arts/2011/04/pumping-up-the-minnesota-in-mspiff/
Hometown Source - "All Over The Walls" - https://www.hometownsource.com/isanti_county_news/news/local/highway-61-film-festival-features-film-by-cambridge-grads/article_6aa9a632-38a6-585c-aa3d-f1871a9e18a5.html
Underground Film Journal - "All Over The Walls" - http://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/2011-minneapolis-underground-film-festival-official-lineup/
NY ARTS MAGAZINE - http://nyartsmagazine.net/threading-it-together/
TWIN CITIES DAILY PLANET - Live Nude Art - https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/live-nude-art/
Twin Cities Daily Planet - The Atlantis Exhibition - https://www.tcdailyplanet.net/atlantis-exhibition-under-sea-erotic-art-party-minneapolis-has-been-waiting/
CITY PAGES - The Atlantis Exhibition - https://web.archive.org/web/20141218111829/http://www.citypages.com/2009-09-23/calendar/the-atlantis-exhibition/
CITY PAGES - Karnak Gallery - https://web.archive.org/web/20150211235641/http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2010/06/downtowns_karna.php
Resident Advisor - https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/167400
Northland College Sports - Mary Jackson https://northlandcollegesports.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/mary-jackson/60
OLEK - Give Light, And The Darkness Will Disappear Of Itself. 🎼 @the_band_famous - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo17vsrRdTk
Metro Gallery at Exit Realty Metro presents VOLUME XXXI - Suzann Beck Portraiture and Small Works - https://www.mnartists.org/node/65965
🇧🇷 Heatwave! Music Blog & Radio in Brazil feature & review Mermaid Energy
- https://heatwavecombr.wordpress.com/2024/01/19/the-band-famous-mermaid-energy/
🎉🎤 Happy Band-iversary! Ten years ago today, in a livestream moment, The Band Famous was born, embracing DIY innovation! We talk about that and more in this awesome interview!🎙️🌟 - https://solarsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2023/07/interview-with-band-famous.html
"You're a Star" by The Band Famous🌟🎶 is a genre-defying banger that will have you feeling empowered! 💪🏼✨Support their cause and groove to greatness! 🐾🐱🐶🐔🦆🐇🐢 - https://solarsoundwaves.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-band-famous-youre-star.html
Woody and Friends at KinkyCast interview Norell and Zander of The Band Famous aka Action Jackson and Zaddy of KamasutraCandy! - https://kinkycast.com/archive/2023-archive/482---the-band-famous--.html
Freddy's World on Apple Podcasts featuring The Band Famous - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hello-norell-figueroa-the-band-famous/id1498658834?i=1000534057767
360 Mag: The Band Famous Helps Others Love Themselves - https://www.the360mag.com/the-band-famous-helps-others-love-themselves/
Blue-Eyed Emperor interviews The Band Famous - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbmrqf72EKs
AppMasters - https://appmasters.com/the-band-famous/
inet Solutions - https://www.inetsolutions.org/11-marketing-experts-try-sell-products/
The Crazy Mind - https://www.thecrazymind.com/2016/10/the-band-famous.html
Silph.gg - https://silph.gg/t/bjsz/live-follow-your-dreams-charity-drive
Dim Media - http://www.dimmedia.com/about/
Ann Marie Beier - http://annmariebeier.blogspot.com/2011/11/jacob-alexander-figueroa.html
Jacob Alexander Figueroa | Youri Messen-Jaschin | bibliography | body art | performance | happenings | 215 document - https://messenjaschin.wordpress.com/tag/jacob-alexander-figueroa/
SheLovesItBlack - https://shelovesitblack.blogspot.com/2020/03/action-aka-kamasutra-candy.html
"All Over The Walls" - http://karnakgallery.com
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2011 - "All Over The Walls" - http://www.stanthonymaintheatre.com/imgs/MinneapolisStPaulFilmFest11.pdf
Minneapolis Underground Film Festival - https://filmfestivals-com.shelduck3629.getlark.hosting/blog/editor/minneapolis_underground_film_festival_fosters_fresh_indie_talent
The 4th Annual MPLS Underground Film Festival - "All Over The Walls" - https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/32756468/theater-1-theater-2-minneapolis-underground-film-festival
Highway 61 Film Festival - "All Over The Walls" won Best Documentary Feature - http://highway61filmfestival.org/?p=21
Highway 61 Film Festival - "All Over The Walls" - http://highway61filmfestival.org/?p=26
The Band Famous on 6TR FM Radio in th UK! Loose Cannon with Simon Edwards (9-11pm) - https://twitter.com/SimonEdwardsxyz/status/1277650932046671872
Mario shares Norell singing his "Closer" on his Instagram @marioworldwide - https://www.facebook.com/thebandfamous/videos/914519225669854/
B.J. Thomas endorses The Band Famous - https://twitter.com/TheBJThomas/status/986460477315342336
Tom Green shares music video for "Emotional Scatter" - https://twitter.com/tomgreenlive/status/1193266756988612611
Pokémon Go 2019 World Champion, PoGoKieng, thanks The Band Famous - https://twitter.com/PoGoKieng/status/1205796321472458752
PkmnMasterHolly co-host with The Band Famous - https://twitter.com/PkmnMasterHolly/status/1213553384294236160
PkmnMasterHolly co-host with The Band Famous - https://twitter.com/PkmnMasterHolly/status/1213899802385104902
Mystic7 promotes The Band Famous Benefit Music Festival - https://twitter.com/MYSTIC7/status/1213928372633395200
Tom Green describes The Band Famous - https://www.instagram.com/p/BCOmQ26E5au/
The Tom Green Podcast - https://soundcloud.com/thebandfamous/our-first-conversation-with-tom-green
Tom Green's Webovision - https://www.instagram.com/p/3z1fQAmYDc/
Tom Green's Webovision - https://www.instagram.com/p/5QsLIkk5dx/
Tom Green's Webovision - https://www.instagram.com/p/5QrgR6GYC2/
Greg Deocampo Blog - The Band Famous - https://gregdeocampo.tumblr.com/post/88913089579/the-band-famous-an-app-album-jacob
X Fashion Show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPaYjLfKg6k
Karen Alloy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYnZyfDGdfU
LMDA (Life of A Modern Day Artist), Documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyxYEODA11A
LOVE MONSTERS take over - Video art by Mach Fox for The Band Famous App Release Party - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avQu4NRL92Q
We are proud to be a Twitch Affiliate and enjoy streaming games, music, and more on twitch.tv/bandfamous. Thank you to our followers, subscribers and those tuning in. We love hanging out with you on Twitch and appreciate you all!
We are proud to be official Amazon Affiliates and love sharing our favorite buys on Amazon with our fans and friends. Thank you for shopping our Amazon Affiliate links! We are grateful for this wonderful partnership that helps trickle in funds for our creative projects. Thank you all!
I love how sexy I feel in my Malibu Strings bikinis! I am so grateful for my Malibu Strings sponsorship! They're my favorite swimwear ever.
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We love and appreciate our sponsors. As a hard-working, multi-media, indepedent band, we are always open to new sponsorships and partnerships. TBF has always been independent. Zander and Norell handle all PR, and all creative productions and developments, as well as outreach for the Hall Of Fame and TBF Radio; but that doesn't mean we aren't open to the right partnerships.
Sponsors are always welcome. Get in touch with us via the Contact page or email [email protected]!
All donations made to The Band Famous® are sincerely appreciated and help us continue making music, art, and apps, and sharing others who inspire us to keep creating so long as we are breathing. We look forward to the continuation of our benefit music festivals that we host, produce and perform in; but in the mean time we will remain live-stream only. We are your original live stream band after all.
Items on this wish list will help us level up our creative productions; funneling into our photo shoots, music video productions, album art, song art, music production, body painting, live music performance, and more.
We have our wish list set up in such a way that when you purchase any item from our list, you will not only be supporting The Band Famous®, but you will be supporting a charity of your choice when you shop.
Thank you for your patronage!
I adore you two lol! Thanks for this honor. XO... OMG lol! You sound AMAZING I love your VOICE girlie
The Band Famous has been doing the work so long to include womyn and poc in the music industry. Support their amazing work.
Great Venue! Clean, Friendly, and full of nice people! I saw comedy, pop, indie alt, and hip hop so I know no matter what you are looking for you can probably find it there. Next time I'm in LA I will be making sure to hit this spot again.
Happy new year to my fav band
Super interesting expression of the idea of a new format for music. Cool synthesis of music video and having a social relationship with the user. Two thumbs and a big toe up. Experimental music worth checking out. Reminds me of Björk.
Band Famous!! This is my favorite new music. This girl just steps up and sings her heart out. I love that. BJ
Very cool. That’s amazing! Wow you’re really organized! That sounds super cool. Coding is the new rock n roll!…I love Famous…Your band is exciting, you have an exciting - would you call it an industrial metal band? What is it more of a pop, pop industrial alternative band?
The band famous is super dope! I dig this band. They have a vision that musically creates a space for me to use my imagination to dare to be the famous star of my own twisted fate!
Da Bomb App. This app is magnificent. How are you people so creative and talented its disgusting. Music beautiful, love the game, everything excellent, all around winner, A+. LOVE TO THE BAND FAMOUS. Download this app now its a game changer. Bravo! I have never even written an app review and this is how compelled I am. Norell is an angel from heaven and Zander is WILDLY talented too. Keep it coming guys!
I had so much fun, you two you’re amazing people and you’re very talented as well - I love your music! People should definitely check out the album!
Addictive. I particularly like the sensual song Ink and Feather, it reminds me of a after hours smokey bar. I have stayed away from games but Cycle of Destruction is crazy addictive. Natural elements take out or cancel the other - it is compelling playing competing symbols against each other.
World wide!!!! ....The BandFamous is a cut above the rest and defines what innovation, creativity, and originality really is.
As part of our series about ‘5 Steps We Must Take To Truly Create An Inclusive, Representative, and Equitable Society’ I had the pleasure to interview Norell and Zander, co-founders and co-producers that made their own queer enterprise with their music duo, software, trademark, and venue, The Band Famous.
The Band Famous created, hosted and produced the first ranked tournament for charity with an all-ages and all-inclusive event. They focus on bringing the community together and shedding their positivity towards others.
The Band Famous Helps Others Love Themselves.
Today we’d like to introduce you to Jacob Alexander Figueroa and Mary Norell Jackson.
I have to ask. I absolutely loved you, Norell and Zander, in that video that you did with the couples where Zander was finding these other women and making love to them, and you were in the background and you were, you were like this vision. What was the concept of that? I absolutely love that thing, and if that was a short film or movie, I'd watch that!
Self-produced trip-hop group the Band Famous exist to uplift you, even if they sound a bit wacky when they do. They may not be self-actualized enough to dispense good advice, but their new single “Emotional Scatter” tries, dammit. Directed by TBF members Norell and Zander, the video tries to play motivational speaker, but when the band mixes in goofy lyrics and a mooning gnome toy, it’s hard to take them totally seriously. Which might be the point: Stop taking yourself so seriously and enjoy the jam.
You give a more intimate experience to the fans.
Sold by innovation.
I just had to have them on the show immediately because they were one of those teams that you may come across, or individuals you come across at any entertainment function that was genuine, everything about them was about their business. I saw a humanitarian part of them as well, these are genuine individuals! ...Wowww - that there is really interesting, that’s an upgrade! That there is really something that’s ingenious. You actually bring the folks great tunes, you actually have fantastic artistic ability when it comes to body painting, and there’s a host of other things that you do. You guys were actually created through live-streaming, which is one of the biggest things and benefits that we have today in the entertainment industry.
You’re a group of collaborators, I mean musicians, developers, and people who are very creative, body painters, writers - I mean you have a little bit of everything and when you put everyone together, its like ‘we create the band famous!
And the technology nowadays…You just have it in your pocket because everybody - everyone right now has a smartphone, so if you say you don’t have a smartphone, please c’mon. You know how to connect even with WiFi in your house… This is an amazing and huge idea, I love it. Let’s talk a little bit about you’re music - we’re listening right now, it’s very nice, relaxed.
...The band famous, who somehow managed to form live on the internet..that’s right…it’s like they filmed their own birth…they made an interactive app by which they released their album. The more I read, the more surprised I was. They came together a couple of years ago in MN, they were all here in MN, and they all play music, they all make art, they also are all software developers, and actually some of the music from that initial jam session went on their debut EP Last Words which was released - wait for it - not on vinyl or via iTunes or any of the conventional ways of releasing music, but via an app - because they’re all software developers, right? They made an interactive app by which they released their album..[The music?] It’s dreamy, it’s spacey. I think people will find a lot to enjoy, a lot of familiar, and ambient sounds. The whole thing is improvised by the way, all of their music to date has been entirely improvised.
“'Climax,’ a track on the Band Famous’s debut EP Last Words, was taken from that initial improv session. The band finished their initial release over a subsequent series of improv sessions—with Norell singing, Terry largely handling production duties, and all three members playing multiple instruments—and released the dreamy, synth-laden EP as a ‘smart album’ in the form of an app. The app, which also features a game and videos, can now be downloaded for free on your iPhone or iPad (search “Band Famous” in the app store).
Their multi-media performances include body paint and synth-driven grooves, and they have even developed their own app to broadcast these shows.
Loving this group of marvelous artists! Wishing them success and health on their journey to promote their music. I hope people recognize their true talent and creativity!
Where can I even begin to do Norell and her band justice? I was lucky enough to meet her several years ago early on in her undergraduate career. Not only is she incredibly talented (and anyone working along with her is sure to prove the same!), beautiful inside and out, she is one of the most sincerely kind and thoughtful people I've had the opportunity to meet. The amount of positive energy and spirit she contributes to the world through her art, music, friendship, and kindness to all people after overcoming some of the most challenging obstacles life can dole out is nothing short of a genuine miracle. I truly believe and feel deeply that if she and The Band Famous can be backed to their goal, the world will become a better place. She's the real deal, guys! Down to earth, and as high as she can go, she'll never lose that. She's is THE example of what I wish everyone with the power and potential to influence our small world should follow. I have no doubt in my mind she and The Band Famous will make it! Thanks for all you have given so far!
Listening to "The Band Famous” raises your vibrations. It is a great tool for entertainment, but also listening, just taking in the vibes, music, words, and feeling allows for expansion of your energy. Once into the melody and vibrations you can use these songs for a new experience in music. Choose a song that appeals to you then listen to it over a few days. Notice your feelings at the start and then on the third day. Def difference. Funky, funny, juicy - Famous. These people are movers and shakers. Hurry up and grab a shirttail because they are on the rise!!!
I have known Jacob and Norell for a long time in Minneapolis, MN. These 2 are outstanding young people! Norell shared her music with me that made my hair stand up as she has voice of angel !! Jacob is creative, artist with a great eye! His work is like none other and I would purchase his work in a heart beat! The dedication, heart and soul these 2 young people place in everything they do is outstanding! Everyone has a story to share of their journey and if u are the receipiant of such an honor you are blessed!
The Band Famous is so talented and so worth supporting! From music, to art, to bodypainting, to app creators! They are the artists of the future! I love the beat in "Because" and I love this band's creative & intelligent drive!
The Band Famous is forging new territory with their magically different music!
This group comes with its own significant insight and wisdom. Our lives are challenged by stress & anxieties daily, so I am a proud supporter of a music developed from love, & focuses on uplifting. This group does not need others to tell them who they are, how to be cool, or how to be beautiful. Through their music these gems dream of success and explore fact, fiction and fantasies…
Digging all the free music in the app! I love the moody tunes. Rocking out to these all day!
These guys are a few of the biggest hearted, passionate, artistically skilled, and professional people I know. I threw out ideas what I wanted in a photoshoot and they made it come to life. I love their unique music and this app is brilliant to keep me connected to their music adventures across the country…
I was lucky enough to meet this band last year and they are genuine artists on a mission. Wild, humble, and free. I love all of their songs with my favorite being “Who You Are” a subtle, yet haunting, melodic sound, which makes me think about where I’m at in my own life. That’s what music is supposed to do… evoke emotions. The Band Famous reminds me of Portishead, another band I love. With their eclectic sound and lyrics, this band will be around for a very long time…
The Band Famous on Loose Canon with Simon Edwards - 6 Towns Radio
Right now to Los Angeles, The Band Famous are a duo and they've got a six-track EP that came out in February, it's called Awakening. I'm going to play you "Because"...[The Band Famous - "Because"]...Mmm nice one folks. That was The Band Famous and "Because".
The Band Famous – “Emotional Scatter” (PREMIERE)
Self-produced trip-hop group the Band Famous exist to uplift you, even if they sound a bit wacky when they do. They may not be self-actualized enough to dispense good advice, but their new single “Emotional Scatter” tries, dammit. Directed by TBF members Norell and Zander, the video tries to play motivational speaker, but when the band mixes in goofy lyrics and a mooning gnome toy, it’s hard to take them totally seriously. Which might be the point: Stop taking yourself so seriously and enjoy the jam.
That's so sick!!! Great work... Yasss babes support babes
Love the page. The first 4 seconds made me want to listen more. Great vocals. Really like what happens ~57:00. I like the track's chill vibe and the way it takes it's time. Solid. Awesome.
[In response to TBF's music video featuring a signed Tom Green gnome toy]
The Tom Green Show gnome lives. The journey continues. Wonder where he will end up next?
One of the first pioneers in body painting, Jacob Alexander aka the artist Zander consulted for Game Show Network's Skin Wars three years in a row, body painted for international acts such as Paul Van Dyk, Benny Benassi, Red Bull, Summerset Music & Camping Festival, Sexapalooza, as well as the "Party for a Purpose" movement with his band The Band Famous including the "Live + Follow Your Dreams" Benefit Music Festival in Jan. 2020 that supported CFF and My Friend's Place helping homeless youth. Zander makes art from mixed media to music, music videos, and more and is known for his signature body painting Ala "X Fashion", "Edible Art", and that his band The Band Famous is the first band in the world to self-create and develop an interactive app album for their debut album release! Learn about his past creative ambitions and ventures in this free documentary, "All Over the Walls" at http://karnakgallery.com.
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Zander involved Norell in his Edible Art, having her turn the camera on him. Their collaborative photography was featured in artist Gulay Alpay’s art show at FIMA in Montreal for over 70,000 art lovers to observe.
Norell met Zander at the close of Karnak Gallery, literally helping him close and empty the space with a U-Haul, and Zander littered the streets of Minneapolis with his works of art, that which Norell was unable to squeeze into her car to save, that is. Zander was in awe at Norell’s loyalty and how much she aspired to help him with his art career. So when he found out that Norell’s dream was to be a singer in a band, he knew he could help her bring that dream to life, what with being classically trained in Suzuki style violin and having previous experience being a performing member of a band in the Twin Cities in high school.
Some ongoing and past projects include being the lead singer, co-producer, lyricist, and actress with The Band Famous music, video, and event productions; being a Quarter Finalist for 2019 Maxim Cover Girl; being sponsored by Malibu Strings swimwear; modeling for celebrity hair stylist, Ted Gibson; modeling for oil painter Suzann Beck - that painting later being used as the flyer and a featured piece at her solo art show at Metro Gallery; actress for 89.3FM the Current’s Works for Words with Chris Koza; long-time muse for Turkish artist Berk Balkac; providing vocals on commercial for 5 Year Anniversary Celebration For Mr. Zero’s Vinyl Record Store; providing vocals for MPLS.TV’s “Uptown Episode”, performing open-mics with Carnage the Executioner, Desdamona, and Elliott Roche (all featured artists in the Hall Of Fame), as well as being a past member of Emily Colay’s (Wookiefoot) women’s’ chorus, Cantara; recorded backup vocals alongside Emily Colay for artist Brant Kingman’s daughter, Alondra Kingman; past member of University of Minnesota’s Women’s Chorus; past member of Northland College Northland Singers; past singer with Circle the State with Song in Indiana (middle school); past flutist with the Ashland City Band (middle school). Some past photographers that Norell has worked for include Specular Photography, BCS (Black Card Studios), 63fotos, FreLawPhoto, Israel Perez, NYLAPhotog & On Assignment Photography, Dropout Photography, Dale Lotts, Brad Malmgren, Jessica Collette Photography, Box Top Photography, Chris Dinerman, Daniel Hong, Gabriel Tapia, J Nilsson Photography, Ian Holyoak, Bret William Photography, and more. Past promotions include Hallmark Channel Countdown to Christmas. She also modeled for "Tattoos for Tears", a fundraiser for the children of Haiti in 2009. In addition, Norell has worked closely with Zander aka Jacob Alexander Figueroa as both assistant and muse for his creative projects for the past decade plus. Norell has modeled in multiples cities and states including but not limited to: the Badlands of North and South Dakota; Somerset, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Saint Paul, MN; Chicago, IL; New York City, NY; Los Angeles, CA; and Phoenix, AZ.
Aside from producing with The Band Famous, Norell is a model, YouTuber, streamer on Twitch, podcast host, and content creator.
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Photos below are select images of The Band Famous with friends and supporters, along with honorable mention for some of The Band Famous supporters.
Much love and appreciation for everyone pictured below!
Having dealt with censorship on social media and the media in general, Norell and Zander made their own software for their album release and livestream shows back in 2014, aka The Band Famous interactive app; but beyond this, they had a vision of opening their own independent venue also. Zander had previously opened and ran a multimedia art gallery, Karnak Gallery, in the heart of downtown Minneapolis that had later inspired several other similar styles of galleries in the Twin Cities, such as Public Functionary.
There was a documentary made about Zander and his gallery, All Over The Walls, that premiered at the Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival in 2011, and also went on to showcase at several other film festivals, winning "Best Featured Documentary" at Highway 61 Film Festival in 2011. In a similiar fashion, Zander - with Norell's help this time - wanted to try again only this time a full-on venue for livestreaming not only his multimedia art, but for their combined collaborations and live music with their indie online music collective the Hall Of Fame and radio station.
Circa March 2010 - Aug 2010
256 N 1st Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55401
If you were there you were there, and you were part of rock n roll history.
Circa Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
2004 East 1st Street, Los Angeles, CA 90033
This was a live/work space that was both our recording studio and production as well as a live music venue. It took us time to renovate as it was in need of serious renovations. Upon renovations being complete, we hosted and produced private and public events. Private events included a private VIP screening of our self-produced music video for "Emotional Scatter". Public events included "Follow Your Dreams", a food drive and benefit show for Los Angeles Regional Food Bank featuring performances by Crown, Dakotah Faye, and Korynn OC. This would be the first time Los Angeles would be graced with these three artists' performances. We raised money for the LA Food Bank and delivered two big boxes of food. We also produced the "Love Affair" Valentine Benefit Show for American Heart Association with Korynn OC co-producing and performing along with artists DRYX, and EXXY.
There were more events in production and planning, but sadly our landlord had not maintained the building well, and some bad rainstorms saw our ceiling caving in, with water destroying some of our studio equipment. It was a major blow, and it forced us to move our venue location, which was incredibly difficult with our stage alone weighing over 300lbs.
Circa March 2019 - Feb 2021
3920 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90063
In addition to our recording and production studio and live music venue, we added a custom neon sign in the window, a sandwhich board sign for the sidewalk, as well as registering our business to Apple and Google Maps, and we upgraded from street parking to a private parking lot.
We also built a Los Angeles storefront featuring NurD and Korynn OC with a merchandise display we hand-built, which included T-Shirts, tank tops, coozies, and more with store hours every Saturday run and operated by Norell and Zander single-handedly. We were so happy to represent these phenomenal musicians! However despite our efforts with face masks, an air purifier that destroys viruses in the air, and regular sanitation and cleanings, covid-19 posed difficulties that made it clear that our efforts were not sustainable for the foreseeable future as a queer-run indie enterprise.
Due to covid19 and many other reasons, The Band Famous enterprise is now completely green, solar-powered with a private water well on 41 acres in Arizona. Rather than renting, The Band Famous is now owning. Rather than having a max capacity in a downtown venue, we are going to continue our "Party for a Purpose" movement with our 3rd festival "Live + Follow Your Dreams" taking place on 41 acres, where the sky is the limit! We are continuing to build and grow, and this time instead of benefiting charities and causes, we are going to be benefiting musicians in our Hall Of Fame, paying them in Crypto-currency to perform at our annual festival. We are not charging guests entry fees who are active subscribers to The Band Famous mailing list, so if you'd like to attend our next or future benefit music art festival for free, all you have to do is get on our newsletter!
Originally, Norell and Zander moved to Los Angeles after living in Manhattan for a year, and with finances being tight they decided to take a huge risk and they lived out of their car - a Toyota Yaris - in Los Angeles for two-and-a-half years in order to launch their vision of The Band Famous venue. They stayed with a few kind people they met on CouchSurfing.org, giving them a break from the car for maybe one-and-a-half months total of those two-and-a-half years. They showered at public beaches in the beginning, and later got a gym membership so they could shower there. They made McDonalds, Starbucks, laundromats, and even public parks and street picnic tables their office.
This is from TBF's old Instagram, follow their new Instagram @the_band_famous!
Before launching their venue they opened an office at Hollywood Production Center in Glendale, CA, where they were able to do a good amount of production, but they still sufficed to sleep in their car every night until they moved into 2004 E 1st Street in downtown Los Angeles for their first live/work space.
Someone offered to buy them a restaurant in Burbank, CA, and make The Band Famous the house band. They even said that Norell and Zander could live in the restaurant, fully aware of the sacrifices being made to launch The Band Famous venue. Norell and Zander politely declined this generous offer for the simple fact that Burbank has so many things going for it already. Instead The Band Famous decided to rent their location in East Los Angeles, in a neighborhood which has less resources for the community, the band aspired to make a positive impact.
The Band Famous pictured in their office at Hollywood Production Center in Glendale, CA, prior to launching their venue in downtown Los Angeles and East Los Angeles.
For business inquiries, tour info, booking inquiries for The Band Famous and more please email: [email protected]
All music is license-ready, copyrighted and insured with ASCAP. The Band Famous is also represented by Symphonic Distribution.
We are equipped with a stage, stairs, sub monitor, and PA system, mixer, mic, lights, projection, body painting, and instrumentation.
We can do shows in unconventional spaces and also family-friendly performances.
A standard set includes music off our app album Last Words, our Awakening EP, and a partial improv set.
Work with us on the frontlines of art and music.
Could you be a future TBF warrior?
Graphic design projects will pay between $200 - $500 per project to the right designer.
Are you experienced in grant writing? We are looking for someone to help us acquire grants to keep the "Party for a Purpose" movement going long-term. There are several music, art, performance, and other grants available and waiting to be funneled into worthy projects and causes. Help us take care of ours by acquiring grants to help The Band Famous benefit music festival - "Live + Follow Your Dreams" - take place annually for years to come. For each and every grant you successfully acquire for The Band Famous music and art projects we will share 10% commission of that grant.
Are you experienced in managing bands, booking live shows, securing payments and sponsors for performing talents? If so we want to hear from you! Your starting salary as our Band Manager could be $10,000k plus commissions.
Do you excel at marketing, promotions and sales? We are hiring on a commission basis for marketing our software, music, as well as the many wonderful humans featured in our music collective the Hall Of Fame and TBF Radio. Hiring would be a trial basis for one week to see what results you're capable of producing. $50 USD commission for any post that goes viral which promotes The Band Famous enterprise in some capacity. If our sales increase in correlation to your marketing tactics, we will compensate you for weekly posts and promotions. Pay depending on experience and results but could be $3k annually plus commissions.
We will reimburse you (with proof of purchase) when you buy any of The Band Famous merch such as T-Shirts, hoodies, or other clothing and accessories. In addition, we will pay you for high resolution modeling photos of you representing The Band Famous merch. We would add photos to the Shop page on our website where you would be a featured model. Potential for bonus comission pay if you also share photos modeling and representing The Band Famous brand and enterprise on your socials. Must tag The Band Famous on social media posts, for example @the_band_famous on Instagram and TikTok, and @thebandfamous on Twitter and Facebook.
Do you want to be a cast member in a music video or future film production by The Band Famous? Pay is dependent on experience but we will pay the right talent! We have music videos along with an upcoming TV show to cast for! Submit your reels to be considered for paid acting projects. If you're new or don't have much acting experience, but are looking to break into acting, we still may cast you on a trade basis to help you build your reel and portfolio.
Get The Band Famous on the radio airwaves across the globe! If you are communications-saavy and submit proof that you played a role getting The Band Famous music on the FM radio we will thank you with a $30.00 commission. For example, let's say you submit The Band Famous music - be it our Awakening EP on bandcamp, or sharing music videos of ours via YouTube links - in an email to a radio executive and that radio station later airs our music on the radio airwaves? $30 in thanks coming your way! To clarify: Any call, email, or outreach that you're able to verify your role in that results in The Band Famous playing on the FM radio will get you a $30 commission!
Do you consider yourself a music lover and enjoy various genres and styles of music? If so then you share this in common with The Band Famous! We don't get paid to grow our Hall Of Fame music collective, and we work pro-bono - never charging - for promoting, featuring, and even sometimes investing in talent featured in the Hall Of Fame. We believe in paying it forward and in sharing the love! We are hiring on a commission basis for musician outreach. $10.00 will be sent via CashApp or Venmo when we have received a signed release form for the Hall Of Fame and TBF Radio in addition to all essentials we need to add the talent in mind, e.g. a graphic, website to link to, and songs for consideration to be added to TBF Radio. Disclaimer: We have turned some folks down, so this isn't a free-for-all, but if we like what we hear and it inspires us, and we decide we'd like to feature the talent you've submitted our way, that's an easy $10.00 in your pocket for sharing the love and helping musicians get support they deserve!
Do you love to dance and consider yourself a professional dancer? This opportunity will pay comission to dancers who dance to The Band Famous and tag us on their socials where they do so. Our music is available on Instagram and TikTok. Must tag The Band Famous on social media posts dancing to The Band Famous music, for example @the_band_famous on Instagram and TikTok, and @thebandfamous on Twitter and Facebook.
DJs and producers, this one is for you! Submissions are open for remixes of our music! The best remix of "Emotional Scatter" from our Awakening EP gets $200 pay! We will be making a selection by Sept. 2021, albeit possibly sooner. Don't wait, the sooner you submit your remix of our song, the sooner you might just be the chosen winner!
Special skills and abilities could get you a pay raise. If you're a band manager who wants to help on the ranch, for example, pay would increase according to your flexibility in helping The Band Famous enterprise.
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Besides being lovers of art and music, Zander and Norell of The Band Famous are both gamers, enjoying games together like League of Legends, Left For Dead 2, and more; and on the mobile side of gaming, they have both been playing Pokémon GO since the first week the game launched, and are level 41 and 40 players on Team Mystic.
I loved this event! Thank you for all that came out and battled!
— Kieng - TL40 (@PoGoKieng) December 14, 2019
Very appreciative of @TheBandFamous for letting us use their venue! pic.twitter.com/a3bBGRXaA9
We also attended the tournament at the Timeless Mega Tournament w/ Kieng & Nick in Montebello, CA on Sunday, December 15th, 2019. Zander documented as much of the exciting experience as he could and is working on a Pokémon GO documentary.
It was Zander's idea to host, produce, perform and live-stream a two-day benefit music festival that would feature the world's first ever ranked PvP tournament for charity on 01.17.2020, and PkmnMasterHolly was our official MC for the weekend and was on fliers along with TrnrTips, and Mystic7 – all were featured guests!
The Band Famous has hand-selected these members of the Pokémon Go community to affiliate with, proudly represent, and sponsor.
Check out this article TBF collaborated on with Pokémon Go Hub's writer & editor Avrip - The Potential of Pokémon GO PvP Becoming an Esport - and see why we have sponsored Adam aka Avrip and why we think he is the perfect nominee for our official Esports Analyst and Manager!
TheSirMaximus
Official Website
TheSirMaximus was the winner of the Pokémon Go PvP ranked tournament for charity (the first one ever) on January 17th, 2020 as part of the two-day weekend that was the "Live + Follow Your Dreams" Benefit Music Festival hosted at The Band Famous venue, produced by The Band Famous and live-streamed via The Band Famous apps, twitch.tv/bandfamous and more that included stand-up comedy, body painting, live music acts from multiple states as well as local musicians, DJs, and more.
TheSirMaximus has always been a strong figure in the Pokémon Go community scene, and has majorly contributed to the PvP foundation and structure for the growing eSports side of Pokémon Go. When Zander had the idea to host a Pokémon Go ranked PvP tournament for charity and reached out to TheSirMaximus about it, he was happy to help. Together we helped raise awareness and proceeds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and My Friend's Place, with links to donate not only on the eventbrite, on our website, and in the live-streams, but also on silph.gg. The fact that TheSirMaximus won the competition, leading a four-way-tie - with ocelot577, RyloRen, and Sassifrass88 - with a total of 32 competitors just goes to show his strength in the Pokémon Go PvP scene. We look forward to what he has in store!
Anadactyl
Official Website
One of Anadactyl's friends organized a GoFundMe for Anadactyl, who was forced to leave a relationship due to domestic violence. Let's band together and help surpass this goal, which we are so close to doing! That's how amazing the Pokémon Go community can be, and that's why we're choosing to help sponsor and support some of the creatives we respect. Anadactyl happens to be one of them, as she speaks her mind and is authenitic, plus she advocates for LGBTQAI+ and BIPOC because - in her words - "she's not a piece of shit". Well said.
Please share the GoFundMe if you can, and give even a little if you are able to help Anadactyl make a fresh start away from abuse. Thank you! She has been an active member of the Pokémon Go community and has done her fair share of PvP tournaments and battles. Let's help her and her daughter make a fresh start so she can continue living her best life and being a vibrant, happy, and healthy member of our community. We love you Anadactyl! And we love the power of our Pokémon Go community banding together to help a friend in need. This is humanity demonstrated! We love to see it!
To Be Announced!
Official Website
Avrip
Official Website
We met Adam through a shared love for Pokémon GO and sharing the belief that PvP has great potential of becoming an Esport; even collaborating on an article together on the matter. As it turns out, besides all being Level 40 players of Pokémon GO, Zander, Norell, and Adam all share a love and passion for League of Legends as well. Adam is much better at League than either Zander or myself, full disclaimer. He actually made #1 Sivir in the world and has hit Challenger before, meaning he is among the 0.02% BEST players in the game!
Richard Heimer (no, not dinger) wrote a great article called LEAGUE OF LEGENDS RANKS DEMYSTIFIED on UnrankedSmurfs.com, and we quote:
"With spaces limited to 200 people per server region, Challenger is by far the hardest division to get into. Considering only 2 in every 10,000 players are currently in it, if you’ve made it to Challenger then you could possibly try out for a professional eSports team."
As The Band Famous official Esports Analyst & Manager, Avrip will be assisting with future ideas, making prominent decisions within TBF to further the Esports side of things, selecting individuals/companies for potential live shows/streams and making strategic adjustments for everything Esports related. We are so excited to welcome him to our team, and look forward to collaborating together within the community!
Stay tuned for the continuation of our "Party for a Purpose" benefit music events (and festivals when we are are able to or per social distancing guidelines).
SOLAR POWER
Here are some great options for solar panels for your off-grid setup, or if you're just trying to be kinder to the earth.
The more solar panels you purchase and connect, the faster you will charge your batteries and power your system:
These are some different batteries that we believe are good options to store the charge from your solar panels.
We recommend 12V and at least 100ah batteries deep cycle or hybrid gel.
The more batteries you purchase and connect, the longer your power without sun.
Keep in mind that it is recommended to go with the same kind of batteries for whatever you decide to go with:
These are some charge controllers (you only need one good charge controller) and accessories we recommend for connecting multiple solar panels and batteries:
These are some power inverters we recommend for your setup to go with your solar panel power grid.
First, tally up the approximate wattage you would require for your solar power grid system.
For example, look at the watts your computer, monitor, printer, fridge (continue scrolling for a great low-watt fridge we love), television, heater, A/C, microwave or anything else you might want to be able to power on from the sun.
A 1200 BTU air conditioning unit typically takes about 1200 watts to power on,
even with low watt settings and eco modes, which require less watts to continue running.
You only need one inverter:
These are some great portable power stations that can be used with a portable solar panel such as one of the flexible
solar panel models shared above for when you need power on the go!
You only *need* one of these but more than one doesn't hurt, it only adds to your power station:
These are some great generators for use when there is no sun to power your needs (you only *need* one of these but more than one doesn't hurt, it only adds to your power station and gives you backup / good in case of emergency):
These are some excellent appliances and options that work for us off grid and are great for your cooking needs, and cleaning needs, and especially for your heating and cooling needs because they are lower wattage than most standard units.
Keep an eye out for sales:
These are some great lighting options so you're not completely in the dark:
Some miscellaneous goods - some are fifth-wheel specific goods - that are great for living off grid, traveling, and camping,
and in the event of an emergency:
Some more great options to consider adding to your off grid home setup:
Security additions to your off grid setup:
Songs below are from the Band Famous debut album Last Words. The whole album is available for FREE in "The Band Famous" App for iOS and Android.
Intro (Don't Be Afraid)
Climax
Escape
Who You Are
You Came To Me
Sea Of Wonder (Live)
Who You Are (Acoustic)
New Machine
Ink & Feather
Get your copy of the debut album Last Words free in The Band Famous apps!
Don't be afraid to revolutionize.
Don't be afraid to stand up.
Don't be afraid to inspire.
This song is on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
Let love, let love collide.
Head on, head on collision.
Did not see that coming.
Techno, tech, techno, echo.
Techno, tech, techno, techno.
On the radio, on the radio.
Through your stereo, through your stereo.
Turn it up, up, up, up, up, up, ah -
Techno, tech, techno, it's on.
Electrified.
This song is on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
Talk about the weather,
Or whatever you like.
But we should get together
And escape with the knife.
And escape with the night.
I wanna take you for a ride.
I wanna take you for a ride.
Let's go for a swim.
Undress my mind
Caress my thoughts.
Get inside, show me what it feels like.
Show me what it feels like.
Talk about the weather
Or whatever you like.
But we should get together
And escape with the night.
Let's escape with the night.
Undress my mind.
This song is on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
I don't even know who you are.
Who you're supposed to be, who you chose to be.
Don't you know you're not very far?
Be whoever you want to be.
Who will you be?
You gotta make a decision, the world will keep on spinning.
With or without you, it'll go on.
Where does your heart dwell?
Where does your soul fly?
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way...
That's the way, that's the way to go.
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way.
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way to go.
I don't even know who you are.
Who you're supposed to be, who you chose to be.
Don't you know you're not very far?
Be whoever you want to be.
Who will you be?
Who will you be?
Make a choice.
You've got to choose now.
Make a choice - where do you fall?
Where does your heart dwell?
Where does your soul fly?
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way...
Where does your heart dwell?
Where does your soul fly?
That's the way, that's the way to go.
Fly. Fly. Dwell. Dwell. Where do you dwell? Fly away.
This song is on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
Everybody wants to be loved.
Everybody wants to be loved.
We all want the same thing, to be happy.
To live our lives the way that we like.
You came for me, and you found love.
And you found love...
Love to regain your soul...
Your soul, your soul.
You came for me, and you found love.
And you found love...
Love to regain your soul...
Your soul, your soul.
Yá Bahá'u'l-Abhá
Does it really matter?
Does it really matter?
Does it really matter now?
Does it really matter, matter?
You came for me, and you found love.
And you found love...
Love to regain your soul...
It's time for peace.
Your soul - it's time for love - your soul.
Come together - your soul - come together now.
Your soul.
I believe it all.
This song is on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
Sea of Wonder, your mystery...
Sea of Wonder, your mystery elegantly,
Enveloping me, miniscule me.
Sea of Wonder, your mystery elegantly,
Enveloping me, miniscule me.
I, I, I ponder...
Is the light within you, the light within me?
And I wonder, what are your secrets?
Would you entrust them to me?
Sea of Wonder, won't you tell me your secrets?
I wanna know. I wanna know.
I wanna know your mystery.
I wanna know your history.
Sea of Wonder, you're so elegant.
You're so elegant - elegantly enveloping me
Miniscule me, miniscule me.
I ponder... I am so small, so small.
I float in your body, I float in your body.
Sea of Wonder, just how big are you?
How far can I swim?
I wanna know, I wanna know.
I wanna know, what's it like in your farwaway waters?
I wanna swim in your body.
I, I, I quite like your embrace...
This song is on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
I don't even know who you are.
Who you're supposed to be.
Who you chose to be.
Don't you know you're not very far?
Be whoever you want to be.
Who will you be?
Who will you be?
You gotta make a decision,
The world will keep on spinning.
With or without you, it'll go on.
Where does your heart dwell?
Where does your soul fly?
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way...
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way... to go.
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way...
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way to go.
That's the way to go.
I don't even, I don't even - no, wait a minute.
I don't even know who you are.
Who you're supposed to be.
Who you chose to be.
Don't you know you're not very far?
Be whoever you want to be.
Who will you be?
Who will you be?
You have to choose, you have to make a choice.
Make a decision, the world, it's spinning.
With or without you - with or without you, it'll go on.
Where does your heart dwell?
Where does your soul fly?
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way...
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way...
That's the way, that's the way, that's the way to go...
To go.
This song is on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
Always, always a war.
Rage, rage war.
Against, against machines.
No escaping, no escape.
No escape. They won't let you get away.
Tell me why? Does it liken you?
Are you pleased? To see people hurt?
Children cry? Fathers die? Tell me why?
Tell me why...
Always rage against...
Always rise against the machine.
Tell me why? Must people die?
To satisfy? Tell me why? Tell me why?
How does it make you feel inside?
Tell me why? Must people die?
To satisfy your thirst for blood?
You're all vampires!
Beasts of the night.
Find the light, lock it in.
Open your eyes, open your eyes...
Look again.
Tell me why? Must people cry?
Children die... Tell me why? Tell me why?
No more war. Who does it feed anyway?
Some thing must change.
Things can't stay the same, or we're all doomed...
We've got to come together!
Let's take the power back.
Knowledge can't be unknown.
Knowledge can't be unknown.
Peaceful Revolution.
This song is on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
It is unkind you do not care,
To recognize all that we share.
How I wish you could care, and open your mind...
Open your mind.
Power is the love, love is the power.
Power is the love, love is the power.
Don't be afraid to stand up.
Don't be afraid to revolutionize.
Don't be afraid to stand up.
Love, love, love & happiness...
This song is dedicated to Willard Sam Hagey & Aaron Maus.
This is the closing song on the nine-track debut album Last Words, available in The Band Famous apps.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
Songs below are from the Band Famous six-track EP of Awakening. Get it at the Band Famous Shop!
Autotune Appreciation
Lazer Eyes
Promises
Emotional Scatter
11NINE
Because
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(I, I, I… I, I, I, I, I…)
I appreciate you, and you appreciate me too, me too.
It’s no secret that we’re alibis – if you wanna try, try.
Don’t be afraid to speak your mind.
We’ll appreciate each other’s company, company.
Now come to me, come to me.
Company, company.
Come to me. Come to me.
Company, company.
Now come to me, come to me.
Don’t you know?
Can’t you feel the glow, glow, glow?
I’ll show you.
I, I, I… I’ll show you.
I wanna know you.
I would kiss you under a waterfall. (I, I, I… I, I, I…)
I would kiss you under a waterfall, a waterfall, fall…
I would kiss you under a waterfall.
I would kiss you, or maybe not at all.
I, I, I – I… I, I… I, I, I, I, I –
I, I… Ooooh mmm.
"Autotune Appreciation" is a single first released on TBF Radio, and is the opening track on The Band Famous Awakening EP.
No autotune was used in the creation of this song.
Song artwork remixed by Mach FoX.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
Purchase or Stream TBF's Single "Autotune Appreciation", from the Awakening EP:
Baby, baby, baby,
I’ve got lazer eyes for your love.
Going crazy, crazy, crazy,
It’s never enough, never enough, never enough.
Baby, baby, baby,
I’ve got lazer eyes for your love.
Gonna find you, find you, find you,
Wherever you are, whatever the cost.
You came around,
Gave me a taste.
Took up my time.
Took up my time, time.
The next round,
Upside down.
All turned around,
But in a good way.
Baby in a good way.
I’ve got lazer eyes for your love.
Crazy to this day,
Can’t get enough.
Baby, baby, baby,
I’ve got lazer eyes for your love.
Gotta have you, have you, have you,
Come over here.
Baby, baby, baby,
I’ve got lazer eyes for your love.
Gotta have you, have you, have you.
Come over here.
I need you today.
And I need you tonight.
I need you tonight.
"Lazer Eyes" is a single off our Awakening EP.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
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Those eyes, no lies.
Right to the heart of things.
If not, cut ties.
No time for broken dreams.
Promises.
Promises.
Who you are...
The way you say...
Your words will go as far,
Momentum of yesterday.
Promises, Promises.
Promises, Promises.
Who you are, the way you say.
Who you are, the way you say.
Your words will go as far,
Momentum of yesterday.
Who you are, the way you say.
Your words will go as far,
Momentum of yesterday.
And if you follow through
In all matters of the heart.
Who you are, the way you say
Who you are, the way you say
Who you are, the way you say
Who you are, the way you say
Your words will go as far.
Momentum of yesterday.
And if you follow through
And if you follow through
In all matters of the heart.
Matters of the heart.
Matters of the heart.
You will be tried and true.
You will be tried and true.
Love and light don't fall apart.
Love and light don't fall apart.
"Promises" is a single off our Awakening EP.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
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Emotional Scatter
Brain susceptible to flatter
Minds ever change
Rearranged and estranged.
What are you thinking?
See you look without blinking.
Walk in like you own the place
Wanna wipe the smug off your face
See, you’re not ahead in the race.
Everybody paper chase
How quickly will you reveal an ace?
Count your cards and watch your step
Pick and choose and place your bet
There is no shortcut, no runaround.
That trail will lead you straight into the ground.
Rise up, be strong, and move along (x3)
Far more than you know
Sing a similar song
(So) Rise up, be strong, and move along.
Rise up, be strong.
Rise up, be strong, rise up, be strong
Rise up, be strong, rise up, be strong
Rise up, be strong
Far more than you know
Sing a similar song
Rise up, be strong, (yeah) rise up, be strong
Rise up, be strong
Far more than you know -
Far more than you know
Sing a similar song.
"Emotional Scatter" is a single off our Awakening EP.
The music video premiered on City Pages, and was retweeted by comedian Tom Green!
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
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(Instrumental)
"11NINE" is a tribute song off of our Awakening - EP. The song and music video for "11NINE" is dedicated to the legacy of Norell's grandfather, Robert Norell Olson, may he rest in peace at Arlington National Cemetery.
Song, & artwork © The Band Famous®.
Because I'm famous.
Oh so famous.
Because we're famous.
Oh so famous.
"Because" played on 6 Towns Radio in the United Kingdom, special thanks to Loose Canon with Simon Edwards!
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
No I'm not gonna cry, not gonna cry.
I won't waste any time, waste any time.
Turn it into a rhyme, into a rhyme.
Because I'm self-constructive
I won't fall apart.
Never counter-productive with my heart.
Because I'm self-constructive
I won't fall apart.
Break it down, break it down.
Turn it around, around.
There's always a way, always a way.
Give or take, crumble or change.
You can be happy, or you can be blue.
It's up to you, up to you, up to you.
Yeah you can be happy...
Or you can be blue...
It's up to you, up to you, up to you.
Up to you.
Up to you.
Up to you.
Blue Dream is a single available on Soundcloud and Bandcamp.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
Stream or Buy TBF's Single "Blue Dream":
Work hard, play hard,
You made it, you're a star!
You have made the final level
Time to slay another devil!
You made it!
Work hard, play hard,
You made it, you're a star!
You have made the final level
Time to slay another devil!
You made it!
You're a Star
You're a Star
You made it, you made it.
Baby, you're a star!
Never gave up, or gave in
Told you you'd go far!
And I told you so, even though
The haters grow, baby it's your show!
Work hard, play hard,
You made it, you're a star!
You have made the final level
Time to slay another devil!
You made it!
Work hard, play hard,
You made it, you're a star!
You have made the final level
Time to slay another devil!
You made it!
You did it! You realized your dreams
It's as good as it seems. You did it!
Goals accomplished, achieved.
Where you work you succeed.
You did it!
Work hard, play hard,
Baby, you're a star!
You've made the final level
Time to slay another devil!
You made it!
Work hard, play hard,
You're a star!
You've made the final level
Time to slay another devil!
Sharpen your blade,
It's coming your way!
Ain't no time to play,
Get ready to slay!
You have made the final level
Time to slay another devil!
You made it.
Baby, You're a Star!
You're a Star. You made it.
Baby, You're a Star!
You're a Star.
You're a Star.
You're a Star is the first single off of our 3rd album, Dragonfly
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
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It's time to show up
It's time to glow up
Let's turn the sound up
And get it on tonight
I feel your rocket ship
We're gonna take a trip
Into the night sky
Where the stars so high
We're gonna take a trip
Let's go,
Let's go,
Let's go
There's a place I know
Let's go
I feel your rocket ship
Gonna take a trip tonight
You feel your rocket ship
I feel your rocket ship
Gonna take a trip tonight
It's time to glow up
It's time to show up
Let's turn the sound up
And get it on tonight
Take flight
(Ooooo Ooooo Ooooo)
Let's take a trip
On your rocket ship
You feel your rocket ship
Let's take a trip
On your rocket ship
There's a place I know
We gotta take it slow
Do you rocket ship take a trip?
There's a place I know
I'm gonna take it slow
And if we leave at the right time
We'll get to moonshine
We'll watch as the sunrise
Believe in the starlight
There's a place
So faraway
I wanna go
And see a show
Don't you, don't you wanna go?
Don't you wanna go?
Don't you wanna go?
And get it on tonight, tonight.
It's time to glow up
It's time to show up
Let's turn the sound up
And get it on tonight.
Space Jam is just for fun, and not part of any album.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
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How would you feel
If I treated you the way that you treat me?
How would you feel
If I treated you the way that you treat me
How would you feel
If I treated you the way that you treat me
How would you feel
If I treated you the way that you treat me
How would you feel
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
How would you feel
How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me?
How would you feel?
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
How would you feel?
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
How would you feel?
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
(How would you feel if I treated you the way that you treat me)
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
How would you feel
If I treated you the way that you treat me
How would you feel
If I treated you the way that you treat me
Would that break the deal?
Would you tolerate the way that you treat me?
How would you feel?
How would you feel
If I treated you the way that you treat me?
How would you feel
If I treated you the way that you treat me?
If I broke the seal of the Golden Rule
How would life be?
Would that break the deal?
Would you tolerate how you treat me?
Would that break the deal?
Would you tolerate how you treat me?
Do you take more than you give?
You know that's no way to live
Ask them and they might forgive
You can always make things right
You can always find the light
Do you take more than you give?
You know that's no way to live
You can always find the light
You can always find the light
Just have to look inside
Just have to look inside
Just have to look inside
This is an audio engineered cut from a live improvised performance by Norell.
This single is not part of any album, it's just for fun! Similar to our Patreon (patreon.com/thebandfamous) all proceeds to go towards our animal rescue sanctuary.
Song, artwork, & lyrics © The Band Famous®.
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Not your average American rock band.
A genre-bending band and enterprise, producing all of their music, music videos, writing all of their own music, and also cultivating an inspiring movement they nicknamed “Party for a Purpose” for all of the benefit events they have hosted, produced, and performed to date, including two festivals, with all past, present, and future performances live streamed on the internet via The Band Famous apps, twitch, and more streaming platforms to extend their virtual audience worldwide.
The singer, a native of WI, and an artist of MN formed a band in a spontaneous moment and thus The Band Famous was born. (July 28th, 2013). The Band Famous is the first band to have formed over an improvised livestream and also to self-develop, self-produce, and self-distribute their debut album in the form of an interactive app for smartphones, self-titled "The Band Famous". While Björk's app, Biophilia came prior, it also was developed by a team of over 250 people including scientists, programmeers, musicians, artists, and designers. The Band Famous is your friendly DIY self-made American genre-bending band.
After their debut app album release concert at Gay 90s, a historic venue in downtown Minneapolis, (June 13, 2014) that they produced, they moved to Manhattan spending a year (Sept. 2014 - Sept. 2015) developing their music and recording tracks such as “Because” and “11NINE” and active participation in multiple art shows and events, as well as live streaming performances through their apps in Union Square Park. They were on television in Connecticut, on multiple podcasts and radio interviews including Minnesota Public Radio and 89.3FM The Current - The Local Show, as well as WeekOnLatinoAmerica. “Because” was featured on 6 Towns Radio broadcasting to Newcastle, Stoke-on-Trent, and Kidsgrove in the United Kingdom on several occasions. The Band Famous - "Because" went on to be played alongside bands like Sonic Youth on 6 Towns Radio, in addition to Radio Wigwam in Cardiff, United Kingdom; on Fasching Web Radio in France; and on Radio Lantau in Hong Kong, China!
After Manhattan they were briefly in WI before spending six years in Los Angeles. While in Los Angeles, some highlights for the band include being featured as a food critic on CCTV in China, and being invited to attend the ESPYs for 2019. They also hosted an event for eSports PoGoKieng with Pokémon GO and attended the Montebello, CA tournament, as featured in a documentary the band is currently working on.
Three of those years in Los Angeles were spent running a live/work space which included a studio that they built, a stage and full PA sound system that they shared with artists they feature in The Band Famous Hall Of Fame music collective, sharing proceeds with various charities spanning multiple events, and even benefit music festivals. Their first benefit music fest, “Live + Follow Your Dreams”, featured the world’s first-ever ranked Pokémon Go tournament for charity, as well as live stand-up comedy, body painting by Zander paired with live music and DJs for a two-night festival. Following this festival, the band collaborated on an article on Esports with Pokémon GO Hub’s Avrip who at one time was the #1 Sivir player in League of Legends in the world, and who has written more than 40 articles on pokemongohub.net
The band connected with Tom Green in Los Angeles and he shared support for the band’s self-produced music video for their self-produced release "Emotional Scatter", which was premiered by City Pages music, and - featuring a signed gnome toy by the comedian - was retweeted and quoted by pop icon Tom Green, who has described their music as "an exciting - would you call it an industrial metal band? What is it more of a pop, pop industrial alternative band?"
The Band Famous benefit music fest, which combines Pokémon Go, stand-up comedy, body painting, live music and DJs, will continue - now on our 41 acres in Arizona! Free entry will be granted to The Band Famous mailing list subscribers, and this time “Live + Follow Your Dreams” will be benefiting singers, performers, and musicians with cryptocurrency payments, and the festival will be cryptocurrency-driven, with discounts on merch for cryptocurrency payments at the festival.
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The Band Famous History
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The Band Famous® came to life in 2013 when they filmed their own birth featuring spontaneous improvised music at the first meeting of founding members Jacob Alexander Figueroa aka Zander and Mary Norell Jackson aka Norell with Terrance Clifford. Their debut album Last Words is an album of entirely improvised material.
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They write all their own music, lyrics and do all of their own compositions and mastering to their videos and programming and everything in between. The band formed over a spontaneous improv and live-streamed recording session in Saint Paul, MN, on July 26th, 2013. From self-recording their debut album of complete improvisation, to programming their smart album, an interactive app, and releasing it on the iPhone App Store and Android Google Play for free, TBF has proven to be a very capable group of pushing artistic and musical content.
Their current active members include renowned artist and body painter, Zander aka Jacob Alexander Figueroa, and soulful singer and lyricist Norell, who is working on her first autobiography. Both co-produce everything to do with The Band Famous®; both members are multifaceted artists and entrepreneurs.
TBF has performed various pop-up style concerts broadcasting to their app audience. The Band Famous® performed live in Union Square in NYC, interacting with passerby in the park. They connected with Tom Green on his Webovision with guest Ben Seidman while in NYC and he invited the band to play live in Los Angeles. In December 2015, The Band Famous® moved to Los Angeles and live-streamed at Fix Coffee in Echo Lake Park near downtown Los Angeles.
In January 2016 TBF live-streamed from Capital One Café on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles. They played The Band Famous app debut album on the overhead and some guests downloaded their debut album on their smartphones as a result.
Every concert that TBF hosts, produces and/or performs is broadcast to the TBF audience on both the Android and iOS platforms. On rare occasions, TBF will broadcast other events through their apps, such as Feminine Weapon Day 2018 in Los Angeles. Zander and Norell ran the photobooth taking pictures for founder of Feminine Weapon, Christina Weber, musician and actress V. Bozeman, and others while broadcasting the entire event through the TBF apps.
The Band Famous has been in magazines, national and international radio such as WeekOnLatinoAmerica, and 6 Towns Radio, as well as on national and international television, including on CCTV as a food critic in 2019.
They have live streamed all of their benefit music events and their benefit music festivals they've hosted, produced, and performed in to date, with the most recent being the "Live + Follow Your Dreams" Benefit Music Festival with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and My Friend's Place as beneficiaries: combining an all ages event with live music and DJs and the world's first ever Pokémon Go PvP ranked tournament for charity on January 17th and an 18+ event with body painting, stand-up comedy, and live music and DJs January 18th, 2020.
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Images available for download. If you share, please credit and tag us as appropriate: @the_band_famous on Instagram, @thebandfamous on Twitter and Facebook.
Special thanks to: Jessica Ramaker Photography, Page Photographics, and Dale Lotts for capturing our debut app album release party for The Band Famous® apps on June 13, 2014, live at Gay 90s in Minneapolis, MN.
Sam Austin Photo, Julina Collette Photography, and all of the wonderful photographers who work with us!
And special thanks to Erik Arnold of On Assignment Photography and Nyla Magazine for capturing many wonderful live and promo photos of us, in addition to capturing our "Party for a Purpose" movement in Los Angeles at The Band Famous venue, in collaboration with artists featured in our Hall Of Fame.
Please get in touch with TBF staff at [email protected] for guest list, interviews, promo copies of Awakening, licensing, commissions, press, or any other inquiries.
Forces of good from the city of Zion compete to maintain the order and keep powerful weapons out of the wrong hands, such as Agents who wish nothing more than to keep the human race enslaved for their benefit. What force will win?
All videos cast, directed, shot, edited, and produced by The Band Famous® members Zander and Norell © 2013 - 2019.
Demo The Band Famous apps by The Band Famous® developed and maintained by TBF members Zander and Norell © 2013 - 2019.
We have conducted several interviews with creatives and are sharing them here in hopes it will inspire you as they have inspired us!
All songs, artwork, & lyrics
© The Band Famous® 2013 - 2019.
Space Jam
You're a Star
Emotional Scatter
Lazer Eyes
Autotune Appreciation
Blue Dream
Promises
Incandescent
Me & You
Do You Care
Promises (Uncut)
Ich Bin
Waking Song
Jewel
You Are Love
Radio Remix
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All videos cast, directed, shot, edited, and produced by The Band Famous® members Zander and Norell © 2013 - 2019.
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Demo The Band Famous apps by The Band Famous® developed and maintained by TBF members Zander and Norell © 2013 - 2019.
We are a music duo ; software ; and a production space and venue formerly in Los Angeles, CA, now expanded to 41 acres in Arizona!
In the past we have focused on charities, but we are focusing on musicians directly now and making our festival free to attend if you are an active newsletter subscriber of ours. We know covid-19 has been hard on every one and we are doing our part to be sure that the show does go on. The music will never die!
Be an active member of The Band Famous mailing list and "Live + Follow Your Dreams" with us once a year. Dates TBA in our newsletter.
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