I am honored to be a featured performer at the 1st Annual Work4Youth Talent Showcase this Saturday, May 19th. All proceeds from this event benefit The Summer Youth Employment Program, providing work and training skills for at risk youth in Santa Cruz County. It will be held in the beautiful Crocker Theater at Cabrillo College. Join me!
Hey Everyone,
I am so honored to be the subject of a Vans Off The Wall TV film, as part of the “Pass The Bucket” series. If you want to get a very personal look at what living with CF means, as well as why I am driven to make the most of every moment, please watch!
The median life expectancy for those of us with CF is 37. Raising awareness is key. Please, please post this everywhere, and forward to all your lists. Tweet about it too! Do your thing!
And please make sure to watch the other Pass The Bucket films. These people are incredibly inspirational, I am very humbled to be among them.
You all rock my socks <3
~ Tess
Hey Everyone,
The music video to Dormitory (from Honesty Box) is up and playing on my YouTube channel!
Thanks to my friends who served as extras, to Keith Williams for starring with me, and to Anastasiya Sanchez for sharing her film making and editing skills. Enjoy!
I am thrilled to announce that Honesty Box is now available for sale at CD Baby!
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tessdunn3
You can buy the actual CD, along with the beautiful artwork and lyrics, or download a copy.
I am so proud of this album. Enjoy!
Thanks to everyone who came to my concert to celebrate the release of my second EP, "Honesty Box."
The good news is that the show sold out!
The bad news is that the show sold out, and some of my friends could not come. I promise to have another one in the area soon.
In the meantime, Honesty Box will be available through CD Baby and iTunes any day now.
Many thanks to Jenna Brogan of the Good Times, for her amazing article about moi, "Finding Grace."
And thank you to Wallace Baine for his fabulous article "Tess Everlasting." I am so honored!
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/entertainment/ci_20025495
Hello Everyone,
What a start to the new year!
1. CF Voice released its latest film series, "Where Are They Now?" and I am featured: http://www.cfvoice.com/info/where-are-they-now/tess-now.jsp ) I am so honored to be a part of this follow-up to the Breathe Song Event, which honored Matt Scales, the rad English rocker who lost his battle with CF. Please go watch!
2. 99.7 FM Now in San Francisco named me one of the "Top 11 Bay Area Artists of 2011." http://ht.ly/8l5Ak Wow! Thanks again to all of you who voted for my Shame To See Video, which was shown to 14,000 people during the 99.7 holiday show (right before Taio Cruz went on).
3. Vans Off The Wall TV filmed me for their "Pass The Bucket" Series. I am very honored to be included in this incredible series, as the people it features inspire me. The film will air in March. Please watch the trailer: http://offthewall.tv/video/pass_the_bucket_-_season_2_trailer http://offthewall.tv/video/pass_the_bucket_-_season_2_trailer
4. My new EP, "Honesty Box," will be released on February 24th! The release concert will take place at Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz. For tickets go to Snazzy Productions: http://snazzyproductions.com/concert_schedule.html
I wish everyone a very healthy and happy 2012!
~Tess
Hey Everyone,
It has been a crazy month! Thanks to all of you who voted for my Shame To See Video in the NOW 99.7FM local video contest! With 29,500 votes, Shame To See won, and was shown in front of 14,000 people at HP Pavilion at the holiday show featuring LMFAO, Taio Cruz, Pitbull, Selena Gomez, Flo Rida, and Gym Class Heroes. It was an amazing night! Thanks again to Team Tess at Expression College for the Digital Arts. The video looked so rad on the jumbotrons!
The weekend following the show, I had a birthday bash at Moe's Alley in Santa Cruz, with a performance by yours truly and my band. Joining the party was a film crew from Vans Off The Wall TV, who came up from LA to interview me for their "Pass The Bucket" series. Here is what the Vans website says about this series: "A look into the humanitarian side of today's most celebrated action sport athletes, musicians, artists and foundations. A raw and transparent conversation of today's shocking realities and potential solutions." I am very honored to be a part of this project (http://offthewall.tv/show/Pass-The-Bucket).
I will post more this week to talk about my upcoming album release concert in February. Stay posted, please!
Thanks for your ongoing support!
Hello Everyone,
99.7 FM is hosting a music video competition and I am honored to be included!
The winner has their video shown before a huge holiday concert at HP Pavillion. Performers that night include Selena Gomez, LMFAO, Gym Class Heroes, Taio Cruz, Pitbull, and Breathe Carolina.
PLEASE, will you go to their website and vote for my video?
Here is the direct link to the voting page:
http://997now.radio.com/2011/11/17/triple-ho-show-video-battle/8/
Unbelievably, you can vote as many times as you want!!! If you vote enough to get the "cooling off" message, you can wait a couple of hours and start again.
This is a great opportunity, and I am very grateful to you for voting.
PLEASE share with everyone you know. This will only work if we get the whole viral thing going :]
I am thankful <3
Tess
Heyyy everyone!
For all of you on facebook, I'll tell you now - that is where my party is happening. I am much better about current news on that site.
You can check it out here!
The Shame to See Music Video is completed, and posted for your enjoyment! The video was created, shot, and edited by the talented members of "Team Tess" at Ex'pression College for Digital Arts.
Please watch! And please, share it with everyone you know. You are a part of my unofficial street team, and I am grateful :]
G'day!
Thanks to the amazing White Menace, my cover of the +44 song "Make You Smile" is on the Live 105 website. Please check it out: http://live105.radio.com/2011/07/27/tess-dunn/
I hope you like it! And if you do, please let 105 know.
(BTW my video partner in crime is bandmate Rory Freeman)
G'day, mates.
Warped Tour '11 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre was a SUCCESS. Tons of people came out, and I made plenty of new friends there. I rocked the keytar and the keyboard, and my band (Will Kahn - bass, Ty Wallace - drums, and Rory Freeman - guitar) was incredible. It was amazing, and I'd never felt like I rocked it as much as I did this time. My neck is super sore from all the headbanging. Being a rocker can be tough….
I also saw plenty of bands, such as Simple Plan, New Years Day, and Hellogoodbye, which I enjoyed a lot!
And, lucky me, White Menace, from Live 105, an alternative/rock station in the SF Bay Area, took plenty of pictures! You can view them here: http://live105.radio.com/2011/07/03/photos-tess-dunn-at-warped-tour/
On the last photo, click on the upper right hand corner of it - there are 22 photos in all! Some of my favorites are at the bottom.
Happy Independence Day Weekend, and thank you to all of you who have supported me, and to the new friends I've made. Warped Tour has never been so much fun.
You guys rock my socks.
<3
~Tess
ps. If you haven't done so yet, check out my latest single, Shame to See. Then let me know what you think! I want your opinions.
Hey everyone!
Warped Tour is coming up in 4 days - so soon! I've been practicing with a full band, and am very excited to debut my new song, Shame to See, for the first time live! I'm hoping you'll be there to see it, if you're available and in the area. Buy your tickets here for the Mountain View date and come see a bunch of fantastic musicians/bands play.
Also, leave me a note telling me what you think about Shame to See [out at 9pm PST, if it's still not up yet] - I want your opinions! A music video will be out in August, so be prepared for that - it's going to look amazing. But I'll keep you updated on that as well :]
I'm terrible at updating - hopefully you can forgive me and enjoy the sparse news I do put out? [Or check out my facebook, because I update that every day]
Thankyou for all the support. It means the world to me.
<3
~Tess
