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Solo survivor / Winner hopes for future in music

LINDA EAST BRADY - Standard-Examiner staff


Sure, they call it the Battle of the Bands.

But Ben Lomond High School’s Josaleigh Pollett didn’t need any band at all to win the contest. The 17-year-old junior is the first soloist to claim top honors in the battle’s six-year history.

“I really love playing solo, because I can do it all on my own, in my own time, when I feel creative,” said Pollett. “But I also have a lot of friends that make music, and I love to share it with people, too.”

Despite having flu-like symptoms that lingered days after the contest, Pollett took the grand prize last Friday, earning a daylong recording and video session on the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus.

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The Headlines

  • Live with Bootsy at NAMM

    Friday night at NAMM the Lennon Bus hosted an event to commemorate the launch of the 2012 tour, capped off with a funktastic performance by Bootsy Collins and Verdine White. The Bus produced a live webstream of the event using our new TriCaster 850 Extreme and TodoCast satellite connection; if you missed it live you can still catch it on the DVR here: lennonbus.org/live. Stay tuned for future live events, happening regularly!

  • JLETB’s 15th Year Anniversary

    The JLETB kicked-off its 15th year of bringing music education to students nationwide, with a special birthday party at the 2012 NAMM Show. The Bus unveiled a new arsenal of equipment for the 2012 year, including Avid® Pro Tools®|HDX, and live streaming capabilities made possible by NewTek and TodoCast that will allow the whole party to be seen live via www.lennonbus.org. Learn more here.

  • Best Buy

    The Bus wrapped up the 2011 tour with a stop at Best Buy in Plantation, FL. Thanks to everyone who came out for tours of the Bus and to experience our state-of-the-art Avid audio and video solutions. See you next year!

Video aboard the Bus

The increasing accessibility of digital technology has led to an amazing expansion of opportunity in the art of digital storytelling. The John Lennon Educational Tour Bus has been at the forefront of this new media explosion, having produced daily video projects with students since January of 2001. The Lennon Bus puts state-of-the-art digital video equipment into the hands of workshop participants and teaches the entire digital workflow from storyboarding to web publication and DVD burning. Students leave the experience having shot, chopped, scored, and (most importantly) finished an entire digital video production. Using the latest cameras and professional hardware/software solutions including Avid Media Composer and Pro Tools, participants are exposed to the exciting world of digital videography and learn hot techniques of the trade. The accessibility of professional-quality technology is making it possible for millions of new voices to be heard and the John Lennon Bus is putting these tools into the hands of tomorrow's great digital producers. Subscribe to our Youtube channel so you never miss any of the amazing videos produced on the Lennon Bus.