NOW ONLINE — YouTunes 3.0 Participants and Songs from February 21, 2010 at the Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, MD — part of Neighbhorhood Public Radio project. Click here to have a listen.

SPECIAL DELIVERY!!! — YOUTUNES BENEFIT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PUBLIC RADIO

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: YouTunes will perform a benefit “Email/Tele/Stream-a-thon" for Neighborhood Public Radio at Baltimore's Contemporary Museum on Sunday, February 21 from 3-5:00pm EST.

To participate, please email or telephone your answers to our simple questionnaire to youtunes@pressedengine.com or phone it in to 720.207.1145.

We’ll spontaneously write, play, sing, and record your personal custom song — on the spot — LIVE!

We are asking everyone to send our usual 99¢ fee (or more!) to Neighborhood Public Radio via paypal, check, or money order as a contribution to thank NPR for their amazing dedication to keeping the airwaves free of commercials and full of creative content for artists and listeners.

For more information on Neighborhood Public Radio, please check out their website www.neighborhoodpublicradio.org, and thank you for your participation.

Please enjoy a live stream of our performance on Sunday, February 21 from 3-5:00pm EST by clicking here. The link will open in iTunes or your online music player.

Live performers will include (but may not be limited to) Preston Poe, Kyle Hester, Kristen Anchor, David and Tara Gladden of the Near East Family, and other special surprise guests…!

NOW ONLINE — YouTunes 2.0 Participants and Songs from December 5th, 2009 —
Click here to have a listen.

Saturday, December 5th:

YouTunes 2.0 Digi-a-Go-Go was another success! Thanks to all who came out and participated — extra special thanks to Brinson Renda, Kristin Anchor, Sanderson Poe, and Kyle Hester for making it happen! Of course, a huge thank you to everyone who participated. We will have this project page updated shortly and all YouTunes will be available for your listening pleasure. Photos also coming soon... Until then you can check our Facebook page for updates.

YouTunes 1.0 Participants and Songs from
October 10th, 2009 — Click here to have a listen.

Update — Sunday, October 11th:

YouTunes was a success! Thanks to all who came out and participated — extra special thanks to Mike and Tim (you guys totally rocked it!) We will have this project page updated shortly and all YouTunes will be available for your listening pleasure. Photos also coming soon... Until then you can check our Facebook page for updates.

Saturday, October 10, 2009 @ OTO — Brooklyn, NY

On October 10, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm, Over The Opening is pleased to present YouTunes: a performance sound project with Preston Poe and Kyle Hester featuring special guests David and Tara Gladden of The Near East Family and Clinton Wilkins.

YouTunes is a personalized song customization and distribution system. Poe and Hester invite you to participate by filling out a simple primarily multiple-choice form. Based on your answers, the artists will craft a custom-made song just for you.

“We’ll write, play, sing, record and burn a CD just for you on the spot — all for 99 centavos”

In an effort to compete with iTunes, the artists will be charging 99 cents per song. You bring a dollar bill and they will give you back your very own song burnt on CD and penny for your thoughts change. Choose your themes, rhythm, key phrases, and musical style, and they will match it to a carefully considered, spontaneous, personally crafted melody — with lyrics to boot!

The cache of musical YouTunes styles and instruments includes (but is not limited to) Theremin, electric “micro” pipe organ, washtub, fingerpickin’ guitar, ukulele, various percussion instruments, and many other surprises.

Free beer and wine will be on hand as well as a variety of international culinary tastes that will appeal to one and all.