The John Lennon Education Tour Bus

Next Destination: Diablo Valley College

Pleasant Hill, CA

 

Press

Media Coverage

Rockin’ bands battle Saturday

by Satellite Correspondents


It’s finally here.

Saturday night, the city’s most talented high-school rockers will converge upon the Cain’s Ballroom for the fifth annual Satellite Battle of the Bands.

This year’s event promises to be bigger and better than ever, with bands from all different genres and high schools ready to lead a revolution inside this storied dance hall.

Tickets are $3 in advance, available now at the Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St., or $5 at the door of the ballroom. We suggest getting your tickets now, as this event has sold out every single year.

The bands rocking it out for a slew of cash and prizes are: Keyless Entry from Holland Hall; Abeo Cygnus from Jenks and Bixby high schools; The Fiascos from Memorial High School; Lupercus from Booker T. Washington High School; Feedback from Riverfield Country Day School; and the winners of our online rockoff, Restless Ribbon from Edison Preparatory School.

Before the show, you can get in on the action by coming out and visiting the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, which will be hosting tours all day Friday at Saied Music Co., 3259 S. Yale Ave.

This state-of-the-art mobile recording and video studio tours the country hosting music enrichment and education events. Three staffers live on the bus full time, and there’s still room for instruments, two recording studios, mixing boards — you have to see it to believe it.

The grand prize winner of the battle wins a day aboard the bus recording a CD and cutting a music video, as well as a $1,500 gift card to Saied. The $500 Bart Betow Memorial People’s Choice Award will go to a band voted on by the audience.

It’s the year’s second-biggest event for Tulsa teens, because hey, let’s face it — prom is probably a bigger deal.

But we bet this night will be more fun.

Let the revolution begin!

2009 Satellite Battle of the Bands featuring Restless Ribbon, Feedback, Keyless Entry, The Fiascos, Abeo Cygnus and Lupercus

When: April 11

Where: Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main St.

Doors at 7 p.m., show at 8

Cost: Tickets are $3 in advance at the Cain’s or $5 at the door

See pictures, hear the bands and watch their videos on the official 2009 Satellite Battle of the Bands site

“This is precisely the kind of project John Lennon would have loved.”

- Yoko Ono Lennon

The Headlines

  • Stanford University “Game Day”

    The Bus will lead its 2nd "Game Day" with Learning Games Network at Stanford University from Feb 11-13, bringing high school students together to develop an iOS app with Stanford undergrads and the JLETB engineers. The Bus will be open to the Stanford community from noon-4pm on Feb 13.

  • 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.

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.