AMY OBENSKI

I am still look­ing for spon­sors for my Car­bon Con­scious Tour this Spring. Spon­sors could pro­vide any­thing from actual money to per­haps a vehi­cle for travel, or dona­tions to Car­bon Tree Con­ser­va­tion Fund to pay our Car­bon Off­sets. If you have any con­nec­tions to a busi­ness that would be inter­ested or have inter­est your­self, please send me an email. In exchange for spon­sor­ship we can offer some great adver­tis­ing pos­si­bil­i­ties. Thanks!

I just had a fun photo shoot for the Joni Mitchell trib­ute show on March 3rd, and I got to meet all the other artists involved. It’s going to be a great night. If you’re near Santa Cruz, please mark your cal­en­dars for March 3rd so you don’t miss a won­der­ful night at the Kuumbwa!

Did you know the burn­ing of trop­i­cal forests con­tributes to between 12% and 20% of global green­house gas emis­sions? That per­cent­age is more CO2 than the entire trans­porta­tion sec­tor com­bined. This is the rea­son I’m going on a 3 month “Car­bon Con­scious” Tour this Spring. So far I have nine­teen dates across the U.S. And I plan to travel across West­ern Europe as well. Read more about the Car­bon Con­scious Tour here.

It’s impos­si­ble to ignore it. The Hol­i­days are here! If you’re in the habit of buy­ing gifts for peo­ple I’d like to men­tion that music makes a won­der­ful gift– espe­cially my music!

If you order online, CDs can be shipped directly to the per­son you’d like it to reach. And if you do it now, you can still get it there for Christ­mas or the lat­ter part of Han­nukah. All four albums are avail­able through CD Baby here: http://www.cdbaby.com/all/amyobenski

I’ve got some really big plans for next year, includ­ing a three month tour that will raise aware­ness about defor­esta­tion and cli­mate change. Dates and cities will be announced in Jan­u­ary, 2012. If you want me to come to your City and play let me know. Now is the time. I’ll be keep­ing you all very much in the loop as every­thing comes together. But I just couldn’t wait two weeks to tell you what’s in store.

Be in touch and I’ll see you all in 2012.

The CD Release Party was great. We had a full house and the band sounded stel­lar. Thanks to every­one who made it out and to every­one around the world who par­tied that day in our honor. Rumor has it some tour dates for 2012 are firm­ing up. Stay tuned!

I’m start­ing to get really excited about the CD Release Party as prac­tice and plans come together. Ohhhh is it gonna be fun! The band is sound­ing great. We’ve got Ted Framhein on bass, Sean Keenan on drums and Daniel Brown on cello. We’re prepar­ing all of the songs from the album for the first set. The sec­ond set will be a brief time lapse going back in time from the last album to the first. We will be raf­fling off mer­chan­dise to advance ticket hold­ers. Plus there will be plenty of time to hang out and party. And there will be more sur­prises as well. I’m try­ing to keep my lips zipped and not tell you what they are! You’ll have to come and find out!

Hur­ray! It’s Novem­ber 1st and that means the new album, Grow to Catch the Wind, is offi­cially out. I’ve been get­ting excel­lent feed­back so far. I rec­om­mend buy­ing the album or mp3s from CD Baby. It’s also up on iTunes and Reverb­na­tion, which has mp3s and ring­tones. Or you can go through Ama­zon if you prefer.

Please take a moment to write a quick review of the album on the mer­chant sites after you have a chance to give it a lis­ten. Thanks for all your sup­port! I’m so happy it’s finally out in the world.

I’m so excited about the release of my fourth album, Grow to Catch the Wind. Can you believe I’ve been doing this for ten years now? Ten years ago I changed my life, started writ­ing songs and per­form­ing, and it’s been a grad­ual process of trans­for­ma­tion ever since. And I have a feel­ing the next year is going to blow the top off of every­thing that’s hap­pened so far. On Novem­ber 1st you’ll be able to come here and buy the CD or MP3s from CD Baby and other stores.

I’m back from my Euro­pean tour. I had such a great time it is unreal! I had two great shows in Lon­don that lead to a radio inter­view with David Durant at Brook­lands Radio. I took some time off to myself in Ams­ter­dam, Brus­sels, and Paris. Then I had two out­stand­ing per­for­mances in France, one in Nantes and one at a house con­cert in the lit­tle town of La Mon­tagne. I even had my own band of fab­u­lous play­ers. Every­one took care of me while I was there and the shows were packed. Now I’m back in Santa Cruz and ready to plan the CD Release and party. Grow to Catch the Wind releases on Novem­ber 1st. Stay tuned!

I’ve been cho­sen to par­tic­i­pate in this con­test. The top 4 bands in each city get $500, the top band in each city wins another $1,000, and the top band nation­ally wins the oppor­tu­nity to play at the South By South­west music fes­ti­val in Austin, Texas! To vote for me all you have to do is go to the Pop Up Live Face­book Page and down­load my song (Clearly Today) for free. Please share this link with oth­ers too. Thank you!