-10/1/12-
Wow. I haven't updated this site in forever! I need to get with it! So, I work at Microcosm Publishing now, and it's been really awesome. Definitely check us out and buy some stuff ;) I've put off working on my next album for a little while because I'm working on a super awesome secret project (more about that soon, I'm very excited about it!) I also may have found some people to start another side-project with, so I'll let you know if anything ever happens with that. I will try to put a few new pictures up soon, so the site doesn't get too super boring. There might be some pretty big changes to the site in the near future, also. wink wink. I finally got a banjo! yay! I'll try to bring you guys some new songs or videos as soon as I can, too. I promise. :)
-4/11/12-
Hey everybody. Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I've been kinda busy with job stuff... housing stuff... other stuffffs... Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I'm still working on music here and there. I've written a lot, but I haven't had much time to work everything out and record it just yet. I've been investigating local labels here in pdx and some info on starting my own. Also checking out lots of venues and such. Everything's up in the air at the moment. If anyone knows of a good/cheap vinyl pressing place let me know. Also, I'm still looking for people to jam with here in portland, so hit me up: info@jeffhayesmusic.com. Loves.....
-2/13/12-
I put some new pictures up! Looky Looky! Some are of the beach, some are of my studio, and the cats, and some other randomness-ness. I've been working on a lot of new video and songs... In fact, I am accumulating a lot of new songs. I'm not really sure what to do with them yet, but I like the direction they seam to be taking. Sorry, that's all I have for now. Feel free to let me know if you'd like to fund my next album. ;)
-12/28/11-
Hello again! Here's some new-ness for you... This is a new song and video Lauren and I have been working on for a little while now called "Interface" which we really hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think! There's also another video in the video section of me and some friends fooling around on the guitar of my dreams at Rainbow Music in Omaha. I also posted a bunch of new pictures in the photos section and updated some links on the links page. I've been writing a lot of new music and hopefully I'll have more for you soon! Happy New Year!
-11/15/11-
Hi all! So it's been a while... Hopefully most of you have had a chance to download "Above The Clouds" by now. If not then do that asap. And get lots of friends to do so as well ;) So the reason I haven't written in a while is I've been super busy moving to Portland, Oregon! So far it has been awesome. The vibes here are amazing and I have been full of inspiration. So if you're in the pdx area get in touch with me! Also, I was lucky enough to work on a project with 21 Productions. It is a short horror film called Tommy that I did the music/soundtrack for. Let me know what you think. I would love to do more projects like this.
-8/21/11-
Today's the day! My new album "Above The Clouds" is now available right here for free download. The artwork was done by the brilliant Jeff Hamilton. A few tracks were done with some additional instrumentation from Josh Koleszar. Thanks to everyone that helped me out with it. I really hope you all enjoy it!
-8/16/11-
Only a few more days til' the release of Above The Clouds! I can't wait to see what everyone thinks of it. I'll be playing kindof a homecoming show on September 13th at Market 323, so I hope to see all my Evansville friends there next month. You can find more info for that on the shows page, if you'd like. I'm getting a little impatient to release the new stuff, so here's a bit of a surprise video for the new song "Perfect Chaos (The Woods)" Shot and edited by Lauren Hage. We hope you like it :)
-7/21/11-
Well, I have made another album. It's called "Above The Clouds" and as of August 21st, it will be available for FREE download from this website. Tell your friends.
-6/12/11-
Sorry it's been a while! I put some new videos up in the video section and there's all kinds of little site updates... Let me know if there's any issues with the site, so I can fix them promptly. You can now listen to AITS in full on youtube here if you'd like. There will be an announcement of new music soon! ...wink wink ; )
-3/20/11-
Yo... So, I've been writing and recording sO much that I haven't had any time to post any new updates. Til' now, that is... I have been full of inspiration lately. New songs and ideas just keep poring out. But, nothing is finished and I have no idea what to do with any of it yet. I could really use a drummer (or even a drum set I could use) if anyone knows of anyone (preferably in the Omaha area) please shoot me an e-mail. I've been thinking about playing some more shows soon too. Maybe with a band... but again nothing's for sure yet. I know, I know.. not much of an update but hopefully I'll have more soon. Thanks for checking back!
-1/7/11-
Hey there! Happy new year! It's been a little while since my last post, so I thought I'd say hi and put up some more pics. I finally got a Rhodes piano! I've wanted one for a really long time so I'm super happy about it. It's sound is amazing. So, I've been playing that pretty much non-stop. I've also been writing a lot of new stuff... I put some photos up of my new toy and some others of me hanging around the house all winter. There's a couple photos of the winter solstice eclipse and some more random ones. I've had a music video I've been working on since Art in the Street came out and I'm not sure I'll ever get it done. I'm not really sure if there's even a point to finish it now... What do you think? Either way I'll try to come up with some more video or music or something soon. Stay tuned!
-11/16/10-
Ok! So I finally put some tour stuff up: Click HERE to listen to my in-studio show on Hollow Earth Radio in Seattle. I definitely sound like a dork during the interview portion, so you can't miss that. I put some photos from the tour up. It seams like we took more pictures of food then we did of me playing, so looking at them might make you hungry. There is also some new video. So check out all that stuff and let me know what you think!
-11/13/10-
I'm back from touring! I had the best time ever. I'll hopefully put up some pictures and video of everything soon. So now what? Ideas about what to do next have been bouncing around since summer. It's getting colder out and I'm ready to cocoon myself in and start recording again. I've got a lot of random little doodles and ditties scattered around everywhere, but I have no idea what any of it will turn into just yet. I still have a lot of unfinished video projects I might get back to. I've also been thinking maybe it's time to change the website. What do you think? Either way I definitely feel like change is in the air and something new is on it's way. Thanks again to everyone that helped me out on tour or came to see me. The experiences were unforgettable. :)
-10/26/10-
Tour time again! It looks like I'll just be on acoustic for this one. I should have all the dates up by tomorrow. I'll be twittering and facebooking from the road, if anyone cares. Hopefully I'll get some video for you guys this time. I put up some random pictures from the past few weeks. Mostly the usual: cats, sky, food, park... Then there are some from a local protest, one from me trying to mod my phase pedal, a stamp I made, and other selected randomness. I'm sure I'll have many many more when I get back home. Wish me luck!
-10/2/10-
So much is happening... It's fall all of the sudden, I've been brainstorming some new material, I'm still working on some video every once in a while, and I'm booking some more tour dates! I just have a couple booked so far, so if you have any suggestions let me know! It looks like I'll be starting the next little tour with Danielle Ate The Sandwich in Colorado and I am very excited about it. Hope to see you all soon!
-8/29/10-
Well, we're back from the tour. We had an absolutely terrific time! (other then getting pulled over twice and searched once) Thanks so much for everyone that helped us out. I just put a whole buncha' pics up, but there aren't nearly enough because we were just way too busy having fun. We ended up collecting quite a bit of treasure on our way also, as you'll see in some of the photos. Hopefully we'll be back on the road again soon to somewhere else before it starts getting cold again. :)
-8/8/10-
So I kinda' have all the dates for the mini-tour up. Still not sure where or when for Chicago and Evansville, but I should know soon. I'm starting to get excited about it. I'll get to see some old friends and hopefully make some new friends too. I put some more pictures up. The first 9 of them are of this really strange day when everything was a yellowish-red and there were really strange clouds on one side of the sky and a full rainbow on the other side. T' was very surreal. Then there's some other sky shots from different days and some other stuff... hope you like em. Oh, and there's one of my friend Josh attempting to fix his old Nintendo system. Anyway, wish me luck on the tour!
-7/26/10-
It's been a while since I put any new pictures up, so I picked a few random ones out for ya. Nothing special... most of them are taken with the cell phone. I also added a date in Bloomington, IN. More dates are on the way hopefully, so keep checking. If you have anywhere you think I should play, let me know!
-7/16/10-
The next round of CDs are here! So if you didn't like the last ones with black ink, maybe you'd like the new purple ones? Or, maybe you just want to collect all the colors? Either way, just pick which color you want and hit the buy button! As you may or may not know they're $12 with free shipping and a free sticker. I don't have a whole lot of the black ones left so if you still want one of those get em while they're still here! I put my first date for Kansas City up and more tour dates should be up very soon, so keep checking back!
-6/11/10-
Hello! I put some new videos up... One is of me doing a loop version of Art in the Street and one is my attempt to play Wall Beats. At some point in one of them the strap on my bass comes off, so don't laugh at me too hard when I'm struggling to hold onto it! Hopefully I'll have some more interesting videos coming soon. :)
-5/3/10-
Well the album is getting around... So far I've been hearing mostly good things. I've been trying to figure out where to play shows this summer so if you would like me to play in your town feel free to shoot me an e-mail and give me some venue ideas. I'm also working on a couple videos, who knows when I'll ever get them done... I put some new pictures up... some of them are from the earthday celebration at elmwood park and there are some of my buddy's old printing presses. Also, if you're in Omaha NE, my album is available at either one of the Homer's locations and Antiquarium Records. Or, if you're in Louisville KY, you can find it at ear X-tacy. Stop in and support your local indie record stores!
-4/5/10-
The digital download of my album is now available at CDBaby, Amazon and iTunes! I'm hopefully going to start playing more shows soon, so keep checking back for details!
-4/1/10-
My CD is officially out! ...Finally... Now go to the 'Music' section and buy it! Buy multiple of copies of it. Tell your friends and family about it. Tell them to buy it. Love it. Cherish it. Enjoy it over and over again. But be careful not to get sick of it.... like I have. It's called "Art in the street" and as I said in an earlier post, the art was done by my friend Jeff Hamilton. It was printed at a place called Sire Press and mastered by Bill Henderson at Azimuth Mastering. For now I'm throwing in a sticker with each CD you buy off this site. You can also buy the digital download through CDBaby. I put the lyrics up in the 'Music' section and you can listen to the whole album on the player at the bottom. It should be up on iTunes, Napster, Amazon, and all the others soon. I really hope everyone likes it, and thanks again to everyone that helped me out with it!!!
-2/6/10-
Well, I'm still here... I think I'm finally done with recording... now on to the complicated stuff. I noticed that I have the flyer for last year's Groundhog Prom on this page... Well, it's that time of the year again. If you're in Omaha tonight, swing by the Sokol Auditorium for a good time. I'll probably be there, if I can find a good costume by tonight. Hopefully I'll have a few site changes coming soon. For now, I put some more pictures up.... everything from our vegan t-giving to some snowy-ness to some more of my boring 'new equipment' photos. I'm still hoping to get to those video ideas I've had for a while. ...I wish this snow stuff would quit. I miss the grass.
-11/16/9-
It's been a little while since I posted anything, partly because I've been super busy but also because we don't have internet at home anymore. It was nice while it lasted. But anyway, I finally put some pictures and a video up... The pictures are pretty random again, but there is one of the stylaphone I got and one of a midi controller I found at a thrift store a while ago, if you can believe it. There's also some pics of a little lighting experiment we did. I think I'm going to turn something like this into a music video eventually. The new video I put up is just a long worthless video of me "working" on the album. My computer sounds like a helicopter and the cats like to try to help. I tried not to give too much away as far as the music goes. I have a lot more video ideas, so hopefully I can get around to working on them soon. Til' next time, I hope you enjoy the new stuff. Also, don't forget about Buy Nothing Day this year!