Treefallsounds

Since our founding in 2011 we have always run things here at Tree Fall Sounds in the spirit of a non-profit. We are now transforming our little record label into a true non-profit, expanding our mission, and extending our focus beyond that of a record label. Our new Mission Statement…

“Tree Fall Sounds is a non-profit dedicated to supporting, fostering, and inspiring sustainable creativity. We embrace localism, collaborating with individuals and organizations for the benefit of arts and culture in the communities where we live.”

Our ultimate goal is to provide support to established local artists, to foster the growth of young artists, and to inspire artistic endeavors of all kinds. Bringing artists from all walks of life together, we hope to generate sustainable creativity throughout the metroplex.

One of our purposes will be to provide foundation-type support to various entities. To that end, we are honored to announce our very first partnership with W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy in Oak Cliff.

W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy is a DISD middle school for students who have an interest in the fine arts and who wish to develop their individual artistic talents. It is the only Fine Arts Academy in the district offering concentrations in visual art, band, choir, dance, international dance, mariachi, orchestra, piano, and theater. 85.8% of the students at Greiner come from economically disadvantaged homes and less than 0.2% of the school’s annual budget is directed towards co-curricular/extracurricular activities. Needless to say, they need some funding.

In the coming months we will be announcing a series of fundraisers with proceeds going to the development and support of W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy’s Department of Music.

Selfishly, Greiner students walk past our home/office every day. We couldn’t be more excited to support the development of the music program for these young men and women, and we can’t wait to see more Greiner students sitting on our retaining wall, waiting for their rides home, with instrument cases in hand.

We hope you will find it in your music loving hearts to help raise badly needed funds for these budding young musicians. We hope you will join us in spreading the passion for local music. We hope you will help us inspire those that will be responsible for the future of arts and culture in our communities.

Support. Foster. Inspire.

Super excited to be teaming up with the fine, do-gooders, at Go Oak Cliff once again. This time we’re taking over the Bishop Arts District on May 19th with great local music and the areas best home brewers for the 5th Annual Brew Riot event.

$20 allows you the opportunity to sample a slew of brews from 25 of the areas finest home brewers from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. as the teams compete for your vote in the People’s Choice category.

As if drinking your way down Bishop isn’t enough, we’ll be bringing a local lineup that’s tailor made for a Sunday brewhaha…
Hunter Jones @ 4:15pm
The Birds of Night @ 5:15pm
The O’s @ 6:30pm

Great homebrew and great music… Metorplex, get some of this; get you all of this.

Do you know what philosophy, soul, death, fatigue, heartache, and magic sounds like? Meet Datahowler’s “The Crystal Gazers.”

The third co-release in our partnership with Spune and Velvet Blue comes in the form of a limited edition 10″ colored vinyl EP. It’s 5 songs and 20 minutes of sonic mastery.

Sticking with our genreless credo, “The Crystal Gazers” can be classified as chill, electronic, down-tempo, and/or ambient, but that’s all way off the mark. Turn down the lights, set the low end of your equalizer just right, sit back and get you lost in the simple complexity of what Datahowler is up to here.

Don’t wait long, this one will be our of print in short order. Head over to the Shop page and get your’s now.

Binder Waxes Poetic About Vinyl

For anyone that has asked… Oak Cliff People does not publish articles on-line, so here is a copy of the article. Thanks again to Georgia Fisher for not making me sound like a dummy, and thanks to local music, and thanks to anyone who has supported me in my little venture, Tree Fall Sounds. Much love; mush lub.

Datahowler, born Ross Edman, is a Mad Scientist from Dallas, Texas. A musician, producer, designer and wizard. At a young age Ross trained classically in percussive arts eventually moving on to guitar, keys and sequencers. His history traverses many genres from touring in Hardcore outfits to Motown revival acts, to creating indie mash ups and making tripped out space beats. His interests include philosophy, islands, typography and science fiction. He weighs 165 lbs. and stands about 5′ 9″.

Abracadabra. This is where Velvet Blue Music (Huntington Beach, CA), Tree Fall Sounds (Dallas, TX), and Spune (DFW, Texas) enter the picture. A collective effort to educate the universe about Datahowler and his gifts. Or, at least assist in pulling the rabbit from the hat. The label trio having already introduced a 7″ vinyl series, felt it seemed only natural to include Datahowler. Except this 7″ grew to be a 10″!

Datahowler’s latest release, “The Crystal Gazers” comes in the form of a limited edition 10″ colored vinyl / digital EP. It’s 5 songs and 20 minutes of Ross’ favorite sonic compositions. In some ways, it is kind of cheeky like his latest video, but it also carries the weight of a more serious tone. The human condition and struggle with death, heartbreak and survival.

“Now here is an amazing chill artist called Datahowler, when I came across his stuff it really stunned me at how good this music is!” – NME

“A science fiction-inspired romp through hip-hop, downtempo, and other genres.” - Prefix Magazine

“The future sound is upon us. Datahowler is sending signals from his Dallas base to us all, communicating through the medium of his music: beat music reminiscent of the likes of Hudson Mohawke and James Blake, filled with hip hop references, spacey 8-bit experimentalism, howling chilled-out or fast-forwarded high pitched garage-esque vocals and artwork that reminds me of Ghostly International‘s own experimental ambient producer Tycho aka ISO50.” – Bad Fotography

Super excited to be teaming up with the fine, fine, folks at Go Oak Cliff to bring some amazing local acts to the 3rd Annual Blues, Bandits, & BBQ event on October 26th and 27th.

Local BBQ, local music, local craft brews… What could be better than that?

Join us Friday, October 26th as the BBQ teams get their pits smoking, the Four Corners Brewery Co. beer garden opens, and we are treated to the sweet sounds of
The Cliff Band @ 6pm
The Dallas Family Band @ 7pm
Johnny Beauford & The Jack Kerowax @ 8pm

Saturday, October 27th the BBQ competition goes full throttle… A measley $20 buys you an opportunity to taste brisket, ribs, chicken, sausage, and pulled pork from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. as the teams compete for your vote in the People’s Choice category. Your tasting wristband (buy it here: http://prekindle.com/promo/id/22562449555230197) allows you to sample BBQ from all of the different teams and to cast a vote for your favorite!

If that aint enough, pull it up and check out this rad local lineup:
Bona Fide Blues @ 12:15pm
The Roomsounds @ 1:30pm
Rev K.M. Williams and Trainwreck @ 2:45pm
RTB2 @ 4:00pm
The Cliff Band @ 5:15pm

You already know how awesome the tunes are; now feast your eyes on these options…

White vinyl w/ digital download (270). Limited edition clear/white/black marbled vinyl w/ signed photo and digital download (30). Extremely limited edition translucent brown marbled vinyl w/ signed photo and digital download (3).

This is easily the most badass package coming from little Treefallsounds to date. Rumor has it that the vinyl for this release comingled with the vinyl for The Flaming Lips upcoming double-LP, “Bent.” That makes this release even that much more badass.

Head over to the “Shop” page and order up yours right now.

Sunday, August 26th– 4:00-6:30pm @ Tree House
We’re extremely excited to present Dallas singer-songwriter Johnny Beauford as our fourth Tree House performer.

Either performing solo or with his band, Bravo Max!, this cat oozes pure soul. This is the timeless type stuff you want riding shotgun with you on a road trip under spacious skies, through amber waves of grain, over purple mountain majesties, and across the fruited plain…

Come on out and get you some; support local music; build community.

For additional details email treefallsounds@gmail.com.

‘Trembling Lips and Pale Fingertips’ (out on 3/06) is the newest offering from Doug Burr featuring alternate versions of songs from his critically acclaimed record, O Ye Devastator. It will be released digitally and as a limited edition 7″ with 2 tracks on the vinyl and a 4-track download card.

For those who are unfamiliar with Doug Burr, he is a Denton, TX local troubadour . . .folk hero. After 3 full length albums, including the critically acclaimed O Ye Devastator, Burr has carved his path in music. His carefully crafted, heart-felt songs seem to resonate with all who hear them. On stage, be it Mr. Burr alone or accompanied by a full band, no one leaves unaffected. Call it folk, roots, americana, twang, folk pop . . . call it whatever you like, we’ve always had a hard time choosing a name for it.

Burr’s music means different things to different people, though there’s an underlying personal connection to each. Below are a few quotes from what others are saying:

“Exquisitely detailed, slow and deliberate“- Paste Magazine

“Burr evokes distinctive voices such as Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy or Red House Painters’ Mark Kozelek. These warm, inviting compositions are effortlessly beautiful.”- Fort Worth Weekly

“Burr shares an intrinsic knowledge of song dynamics with the likes of Jeff Tweedy, and has a voice that tugs at the heart strings. Brilliant! ” – Americana UK

Doug Burr “Trembling Lips and Pale Fingertips” is the second in a series of 7″s being released as a joint effort by Velvet Blue Music, Spune, and Tree Fall Sounds.

Initially hailing from the Houston area, the principle songwriters of Gold Beach, Tony Daugherty and Michael Winningham, grew up on the same street. The two relocated to Austin and put the band together, which includes a plethora of regional talent.

Their self released first record, “Habibti,” was called a “carefully crafted debut” by the Austin Chronicle. Gold Beach has supported national bands such as Memoryhouse, Talkdemonic, Wooden Birds, Balmorhea and recently completed a Daytrotter session. KUT/NPR Austin had the band in studio and Texas Music Matters/NPR included the band in their “Best of 2011″ list. The band has been hard at work and already has made plans in the studio with renown producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, the Walkmen, Wye Oak) to start work on the next record.

Gold Beach “Gold Beach/The Soft Effect” out 2/28 is the first in a series of 7″s being released as a joint effort by Velvet Blue Music, Spune, and Tree Fall Sounds. 2 tracks on beautiful white vinyl, which includes a previously unreleased song and a download card with an whopping 6 tracks! We anticipate great things for the band in 2012!

Get all social with the band on Facebook at www.facebook.com/goldbeachband.