Let's EAT!

Hey Kettleheads! The Tour starts THIS WEEK! We hope you will come out and join us. We told you we are starting a new tradition where we share a meal with any/all of you on days of shows. Friday is the first of those days! We will be eating at 6PM at Chick-fil-A located at 7333 West Sand Lake Road, Orlando, FL 32819. On Saturday we will be eating at the Nomad Cafe at 6PM located at 2002 South Harbor City Boulevard (US1), Melbourne, FL 32901.

We truly appreciate those of you who are all in. Looking forward to sharing a meal and our lives together. See you this weekend!
- Brant & JT

Give Up or Get Better

"If there’s no viral action on your music, you’re just not good enough. Don’t get mad at the audience, get mad at yourself. Either give up or get better." - Bob Lefsetz

Share and Share a "Like"

Hey Kettleheads! After a few days in we have just over 250 of you that want to be a part of our journey. The good news is that we have almost 300 people "talking about" us here on FB. That means that some of you are sharing us. That is what needs to happen. If everyone of us hypnotized one additional person we'd be at almost 600. We begin our Fall Tour on Friday in Orlando. We will be posting where we will be breaking bread with everyone each day on tour. We encourage you to come out to the restaurants and be part of this community. We have work to do. We will be talking about new music, T-shirt designs, areas to tour and a slew of other stuff that YOU HAVE A SAY IN! That is what community is. We are together in this. Please check our website at www.bigkettledrum.com for tour dates so you can plan on joining us. We can't wait to see you. Love & light...Brant & JT

Open Letter Response...

WOW...the responses we have received from our "open letter" yesterday have been amazing. People reaching out saying come play in our city...we will find a venue, feed you, house you and help promote the show. People sending unsolicited money. People sharing our music on their pages and asking their friends to check us out. This is the type of community that we want to bask in. Everyone putting their heads together and saying lets do this! We don't need record labels, booking agents, and a machine to connect to people who need to hear music that moves them. We simply need YOU! We haven't been this excited about recording and touring in a long, long time. Thank you all for re-igniting our passion to connect and we can not wait to sit down across from you, look you in the eyes and say "Thank You"...just...WOW!

Hitting the Reset Button...

They say you can survive in the current music landscape if you have 1,000 true fans. We are going to put that to the test. You know we don't ever look at anyone as "fans". That is just weird to us. What we do know is that there are a handful of friends that have supported us like family. Those are the relationships we want to foster. We are hoping that our "casual" fans/friends will step up into a deeper relationship with the band and our community.

The fact is that some of you are our family/church/therapists/mechanics/inn keepers and therapists...yes I know we said that twice;) Being a full-time musician requires full-time "fans". Our goal isn't to sell a million records. Our goal is to have some sort of impact on your life. Musically, personally...wherever we can. If you get that and long for community in the truest sense of the word...then tell your friends that want the same. Get off your ass and come out to a show. Come break bread with us and eat a meal before/after we play. Being on the road sucks without that level of interaction. There is too much sacrifice.

Honestly, JT and I are old. LOL. Ancient in music terms. JT knows Jesus...personally...I've seen a picture. It would be so much easier for us to just "retire". But there is a part of us that still believes we have something to say and that there are a few of you out there that want to listen. We look at bands like The Lumineers and long for people to connect to our songs like that. We are tired of being jealous and sitting on the outside saying how much better we think we are. That is bullshit.

So...we have decided to put everything on the line and have an open and honest relationship with you. We want to be the real, broken, compassionate, depressed, optimistic people we are:)

2013 will be the beginning of something incredible or the end of something mediocre. We are cautiously optimistic that we can find the few, the proud, the mar...wait...wrong folks. Leave your swords at home and bring your lives to us so we can share ours with you.

Love you all...
Brant, JT

180 Degrees

FINALLY...GOOD NEWS!!!! Theo has made a 180 degree turn over the last 48 hrs!!! He has had 2 of the most BORING days since we've been here. We can't tell you how exciting that is:) No more bleeding from the stomach! Blood is clearing in his urine! Rash is gone! He has eaten soft food for 2 days! Down to 1 pump! He has slept through the night twice! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! My cheeks hurt from smiling...Love you all...so much. Thank you for walking through this with us.