hi friends, i’d like to let you know that i’m going to be releasing my first 7″ single in april, and it’s called two poems.

i will announce the release date in about a week.

but what i can say now is that the single will drop in a limited hand-numbered pressing of 500 copies. once this pressing runs out, i won’t be printing any more copies of this in a physical medium.

adding to the collectable nature of this release is the fact that nicole blackburn is designing the album art to be printed on the record sleeves with a letterpress machine.

so, please stay tuned!

i’m nearing the tail end of my winter west coast tour with dastardly. thank you to everyone who has come out to our shows!

my tourmates and i are dead on our feet right now, having slept in cars and couches and floors of houses for the past few weeks.

it’s been an extremely memorable experience for a variety of reasons, and i’ll be home soon.

at that point, i’ve got a variety of shows set for spring, and a 7″ on deck. i will hopefully be announcing the release date for that soon.

until then, take care.

-jared

i’m ready to close down 2010 unceremoniously now; i think the year is just about squeezed dry of its interesting happenings. we’ll be starting out 2011 with some notable projects, which i will explain in further detail at a later time.
namely:

• dastardly & jared bartman “avoid another chicago winter” 2011 tour
• two poems

and from there, i am certain of very few things. and i guess that’s okay.happy new year.

i just contributed a track to the first release by lafayette, indiana’s pseudoscience records. the record in question is christmas volume one, and it’s a holiday compilation featuring tracks by indie artists like myself. the record dropped on black friday for online purchase, so please check it out HERE.

if you like what you hear, please buy the record! all proceeds go to local lafayette charities.

my track, “past three o’clock” is a victorian carol that my old high school madrigal group used to sing as a set-closing song. i always liked the song (even after i was kicked out the group), and thought that this compilation would be a good opportunity for me to work up my own version of the tune.

the song was recorded and mixed by scott solter at baucom road on november 15 and 16, 2010 in a whirlwind recording session while i was on tour through the east coast last week. scott is one of my favorite producers ever, and it really means a lot to me that i was able to work with him.

we recorded three songs in all during the session. the two other songs are, like the rest of my work, non-holiday related, and will be released together at some point in 2011.

scott and i worked out the arrangement for “past three o’clock” very collaboratively, with me singing the four voice parts, and scott meticulously preparing the vibraphone landscapes. the song was mastered for release by pseudoscience’s adam jahn.

i hope you enjoy the results of our work! stay tuned for the release of the other tunes scott and i recorded during the aforementioned session in the near future!

double door monthly mixtape vol. 1

enjoy!