The John Lennon Education Tour Bus

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• Five String Basses Bais Five string basses ORGIN STORY I play bass quite a bit and it is one of those instruments that fell into my lap. Everyone seemed to always need a bassist and I had always had wanted to play in whatever band that I could. The first bass that I ever …
• Poem for SXSW From top left: Cruisin’ USA, Lissy Truillie ,  Rachael Sage, Birds of Chiacgo, Wheeler Brothers We made it through SXSW today Live streaming and recording everyday Todocast folk helped beam signals around Live streams from everyday can now be found On our website It was all right So do go …
• THE FUTURE: Part 1: Introducing: The Firebird X 1. Preconceived notions are tricky beasts that play dangerous games with your judgment, on the bus or off the bus. Off the bus, that would be an entire other story of value judgments, critiques and a book length idea about making decisions. 2. This is a blog post 2.a. (Ceci …
• A Delay and Waylay That Wa LA: SAE & McDSP Like that, like some strange flash, we were gone from Southern California. We had been there for a full month, we rarely spend such an amount of time in one area but it was the start of the year, the landscape of the southern part of the state is expanse …
• POW POW: PREs and Sunshine and Literature I sit enthralled in the front studio of the bus, I sit enthralled reading Eugenides’ new book “The Marriage Plot.” I sit so enthralled that I do not realize that we were sitting at the University of Southern California campus until I look up and noticed the markings of the …

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• The Hangout Music Fest

  The Bus is on its way to Gulf Shores, AL for the Hangout Music Fest. We'll be working with local students and artists including Flogging Molly and Umphrey's McGee. If you're at The Hangout, stop by the Bus and register to win an Epiphone guitar! On 4pm EST Sunday we wrap the festival with an @LENNONBUS livestream featuring G. Love that you can watch anywhere you are on your computer or with the Lennon Bus mobile app!

• Alabama!

  The Bus will provide digital media production sessions and public tours at high schools in Birmingham and Montgomery followed by our 2nd trip to Gulf Shores to be part of the Hangout Music Fest. The Bus visited Alabama at this time last year to produce an emotionally charged student project in the wake of the devastating tornadoes that recently struck the area. This year we're back and again bringing the Alabama Gospel Music Songwriting Contest, sponsored by Avid.

• NOLA Jazz Week

  The Bus enjoyed its latest visit to NOLA 4/27-5/4 for recording and video projects at several area high schools. Check out the Lennon Bus Live session with JLSC - NOLA Jazz Contest winner, Dirtfoot, who were chosen by the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. And you GOTTA watch the student video "Darling" by the Chosen Ones Brass Band! Special thanks to Tipitina's for hosting us on April 30th.

• NAB 2012

  The Bus was a featured exhibitor at the 2012 NAB Show, April 16-19. We parked outside Sony's massive booth at the Central 5 entrance where our engineers hosted tours and talked about their favorite equipment from Avid and Sony. Tuesday was the premier of @LENNONBUS Presented by Avid, and featured award-winning director/producer Morgan Spurlock talking with us about filmmaking and technolog while bringing his A-game to a STACHE OFF with on board producer Hans Tanner. Other segments included highlights from the NAB show floor and work by local students. Catch the replay of @LENNONBUS at lennonbus.org/live

• The Mirage: The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil

  The JLETB partnered with The Mirage in Las Vegas again this year, inviting Mirage guests on their way to The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil, to come explore the Lennon Bus as part of their experience.