TBF has hosted and produced various shows, including benefit concerts - most recently for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and the American Heart Association. They also kicked off 2020 with their first ever benefit music festival produced with the collective efforts of an incredible team. "Live + Follow Your Dreams" - with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and My Friend's Place as beneficiaries - took place on Friday, January 17th, with the world's first ever Pokémon Go PvP ranked tournament for charity for an all ages event, and on Saturday, January 18th, 2020, with an 18+ event featuring body painting by TBF's Jacob Alexander aka Zander, stand-up comedy, and more. Both nights featured some incredible live music acts, as well as the three phenomenal DJs that were a treat for our eyes and ears, international producer and DJ, Gabriel Diggs; Power 106 / Young California / Beats 1 Radio DJ Tee Time; and rock drummer, electronic music producer and DJ Moon Channel. The next festival will be taking place on Friday, March 27th (all ages), and Saturday, March 28th (18+) featuring the triple threat - Gabriel Diggs, Tee Time, and Moon Channel - plus another great DJ, Astrolex, will be joining us from Minneapolis, MN. On top of that we will have live music performances and more special guests joining us. Stay tuned and save the dates!
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The Band Famous is the first interactive debut app album self-released by the band, musical group TBF (The Band Famous®).
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® is also available as a mobile web app, featuring an online radio station.
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!
Zander and Norell are a husband/wife duo and the founding and current active members of the music group The Band Famous® aka TBF. They are the first band in the world to release a debut musical album, Last Words, of improvisation in the form of an interactive app, built by the band members' themselves.
Terrance Schubring aka Jambots contributed to the debut album production, and also the game, "Cycle of Destruction" in The Band Famous apps. He performed on stage with Norell for the debut app album release party at the Gay 90s, and also collaborated with Norell for the song "Promises" on the anticipated 2nd album Awakening. Other past performing members include guitarist Edwin P. Scherr.
TBF has gone on to perform 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. The entire performance was broadcast to The Band Famous® app audience in 2015.
In December 2015, The Band Famous® live-streamed at Fix Coffee in Echo Lake Park near downtown Los Angeles, and in January 2016 TBF live-streamed from Capital One Cafe on Santa Monica Blvd in Los Angeles.
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.
TBF also live-streams every performance on twitch.tv, and anyone can tune in via the eSports section of bandfamous.com.
TBF has always been independent. Zander and Norell handle all PR, HR, and creative productions, as well as outreach for the Hall Of Fame; but that doesn't mean they aren't open to the right partnerships.
Booking, press, music licensing, tv and radio inquiries, email: [email protected]
Events:
We are doing better than simply rescheduling the "LIVE" benefit show due to weather and illness. We are not only bringing you a benefit concert, a good show for a great cause, but we are doubling up. We invite you to "FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS" as well. 
Are you on our newsletter? Get ready for a weekend of live music featuring performances by Nur-D, Dakotah Faye, Korynn OC, DRYX, Quaesar, and The Band Famous. "LIVE" was postponed due to weather and illness, but we are giving you two nights of live music to make up for it! We will be honoring and remembering our beloved friend Eyva Kid Cash, and raising awareness and funds for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, as well as for My Friend's Place, helping homeless youth. We will also have Pokémon Go YouTube celebrities PkmnMaster Holly, Trainer Tips, Mystic7, DarkMatterWolf, and more special guests joining us for the PvP Tournament for charity on Friday, Jan. 17th. Our event on Jan. 17th will be an all ages event, and our event on Jan. 18th will be 18+ with live music, body painting, and more. We will even have some live comedy on Jan. 18th courtesy of Braxton Herda, The following artists will be performing their music live at the 01.17 event:
Nur-D[website: soundcloud.com/mattisnur_d | instagram: @nurdrocks]
Dakotah Faye[website: soundcloud.com/dakotah-poitra | instagram: @pokawho]
DRYX[website: iamdryx.com | instagram: @iamdryx]
The Band Famous[website: bandfamous.com | instagram: @the_band_famous]
Braxton Herda[website: quaesar.bandzoogle.com | instagram: @quaesar] The following artists will be performing their music live at the 01.18 event:
Nur-D[website: soundcloud.com/mattisnur_d | instagram: @nurdrocks]
Dakotah Faye[website: soundcloud.com/dakotah-poitra | instagram: @pokawho]
Quaesar[website: quaesar.bandzoogle.com | instagram: @quaesar]
DRYX[website: iamdryx.com | instagram: @iamdryx]
Korynn OC[website: korynnoc.com | instagram: @korynnoc]
The Band Famous[website: bandfamous.com | instagram: @the_band_famous] The following DJs will be playing at both the 01.17 and 01.18 events:
Gabriel Diggs[website: gabrieldiggs.com | instagram: @gabrieldiggs]
DJ Tee Time[website: mixcloud.com/DjTeeTime | instagram: @djteetime]
Moon Channel[website: moonchannel.tv | instagram: @moonchannelmusic] More musicians to be announced!   Due to weather and illness, this show is being postponed and will be rescheduled to a future date. Stay tuned! 11/30/2019 - TBF Presents: LIVE, event with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as charitable beneficiary, in loving memory of our beloved friend, Eyva Kid Cash.  Get ready for live music by Dakotah Faye, Korynn OC, Pye Luis, and yours truly, The Band Famous. 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! The following artists will be performing their music live at the event:
Dakotah Faye[website: soundcloud.com/dakotah-poitra | instagram: @pokawho]
Korynn OC[website: korynnoc.com | instagram: @korynnoc]
Pye Luis[website: pyeluis.bandcamp.com | instagram: @pyeluisofficial]
The Band Famous[website: bandfamous.com | instagram: @the_band_famous]  11/09/2019 - TBF Presents: LIVE, event with Cystic Fibrosis Foundation as charitable beneficiary, in loving memory of our beloved friend, Eyva Kid Cash. Get ready for live music by Devata Daun, Pye Luis and yours truly, The Band Famous. 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! UPDATE This show has been rescheduled to Saturday, November 30th. Due to scheduling conflicts, Devata Daun is no longer able to join us for this benefit show. 02/15/2019 - The Band Famous "Love Affair", event with American Heart Association as charitable beneficiary.  A benefit concert featuring three wonderfully talented musicians and even better, wonderful humans, banding together with TBF to raise proceeds for The American Heart Association, which has been fighting against heart disease and stroke for over 100 years! 
Being that heart disease is the number one killer worldwide, with stroke ranking in second place, we feel that this organization's work is vital. The heart is the strongest muscle. Imagine how strong our hearts are when we put our love to work collectively! The following artists performed their music live at the event:
Korynn OC[website: korynnoc.com | instagram: @korynnoc]
DRYX[website: iamdryx.com | instagram: @iamdryx]
Exxy[website: exxymusic.com | instagram: @eximusic]  01/19/2019 - The Band Famous "Follow Your Dreams",
Being that January 15th is the birthday of one of the greatest activists for humanity, and Monday, January 21st is Martin Luther King Jr. day, we wanted to host a celebration of unity, and a celebration of the beauty that is the right to follow your dreams. We believe everybody deserves the chance to create the life they want for themselves, and we know sometimes this is easier said than done. As brothers and sisters, we must band together to lift each other up and help one another persevere. Never give up. Follow your dreams and help make the world a better place to live in. We hosted a food drive in partnership with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, which serves one million individuals, including 400,000 children, annually.  The LA Food Bank distributes food and other essentials to children, seniors, families and others in need. We accepted donations to aid homeless youth, and collected donations of non-perishable food items that we delivered to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank. The following artists performed their music live at the event:
Crown[website: thejunetape.com | instagram: @whoiscrown]
Korynn OC[website: korynnoc.com | instagram: @korynnoc]
Dakotah Faye[website: fanlink.to/bornidentity | instagram: @pokawho]  |
Latest Headlines: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.  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. This show has been rescheduled to Saturday, November 30th. Due to scheduling conflicts, Devata Daun is no longer able to join us for this benefit show. 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. 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 "Energy Bullet", now playing on TBF Radio.  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. ![Victor Mariachi and [izo]](img/Hall Of Fame/Victor Mariachi.jpg) Fun fact: No autotune was used in the creation of this song.  "Promises" is featured on Coast 2 Coast Mixtape #EDM Edition Vol. 24.  Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes Presents: 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. "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. 
Doncho Karaivanov, founder of Inet Solutions published a piece on marketing experts, including TBF for innovation. 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. 
Norell modeled for celebrity hair stylist Ted Gison in January 2015, her image is now used for his promotions. 
Norell modeled for celebrity hair stylist Ted Gison in January 2015, her image is now used for his promotions. 
TBF talks aliens, UFOs, and more on Episode 5 of CBS Radio’s The Tom Green Radio Show. 
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 currently provides free in-app concerts and music offline. Click here if you're an Android User! 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. 
Norell modeled for celebrity hair stylist Ted Gison in January. 
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: 
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. |