Sneak Peak!!!

Here's a sample of a new song i'm working on called "STILL." The song seemed a bit dull so i asked my good friend E. Luck to spice it up.
Let me know what do you think!!

Top 10 on iTunes' "New and Noteworthy" Page

I never seem to find these things on my own!!! But with the help of good friends like Josh Gordon and Dr. Brandon (lady-slayer) Collins, they're brought to my attention. This week, Gordon told me that the Dear You EP had made it to the Top 10 spot on iTunes' "New and Noteworthy" Page. I don't exactly know how these are picked... Maybe by how many are purchased in the first week... Maybe by how many page views an artist gets... Maybe its just some random dude whose job is to play World of Warcraft and listen to new releases all day!?!? (new career path Brando?)
I don't know, It's still a mystery to me. None the less, I'm on there! And for that I'm extremely grateful.
If you wanna see it, go to your iTunes home page and click on the Pop tab in the New and Noteworthy selection.
Im the 10th one in.

Here's a pic for lazy people. ;)

Birtho Del Mandao

Today marks the 27th year of my beautiful wifes life! Here's some pics to show you why I love her so much!!!



Happy birthday love!

Dear You EP Photo Shoot

Here's some of my fav shots!
Special thanks to Trever Hoehne for being the man!

A Lovely Little Friday

So here's the deal. My plan was to release the Dear You EP on iTunes only... I wasn't really planning on releasing a physical copy at all. But due to the recent One Tree Hill placement and a college radio push, i've been sort of forced into it. I guess it's a good thing that theres a "need" for my Ep out there right now. It's funny... I guess i always kinda planned on just releasing albums with a goal of getting them on tv. Never really put much thought into playing live or touring as "Josh Auer the solo artist." That sentence never really rolled off the tongue, you know? Well, we'll just have to see what the future has in store.

Lets not get too ahead of ourselves. First things first.
Hair cut, sweet clothes and a photo shoot. Check!

Today I drove out to Riverside, Ca to meet up with a good friend of mine [and grand-tastic photographer] Trever Hoehne. We scoured the depths of downtown Riverside looking for the perfect background for my first solo shoot. I'm extremely familiar with shooting beside a full band, so this definitely took some getting used to! But all in all, i think we captured some pretty great shots. I really enjoy Trever's style and artistic brain power... Can't wait to see the final products!
I'll post some as soon as i get them! You can go ahead an hold your breath 'til my next blog, cuz it will be soon. Promise!

By the way... i absolutely despise the 91 freeway. All you So. Cal. ers out there will back me up on this... right?

...And The Beat Down Continues!!!

Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta!!!

One Tree Hill

Many of you may not know this, but as a child i always dreamed of destroying Taylor Warren in the race for "most myspace plays in a day." I worked 27 long years toward this goal and finally achieved greatness. Below is an excerpt from the front page of the Los Angeles Times:

January 13th, 2009
Mark your calendars, it's official! Last night, Josh Auer enihilated Taylor Warren in Myspace plays after his song "Dear You" was heard on the popular TV show One Tree Hill. At the end of the day, Auer had an staggering 1,854 Myspace plays. Only to be beaten by The Killers, Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy and about 750 much more popular bands. None the less, on January 12th, Josh Auer was officially more popular then Taylor Warren, whose plays hardly reached 1,500. Eat it Taylor!
Will day two repeat this success? Only time will tell!

Dear You EP released on iTunes!!!

Brando called me from Ohio [where he's visiting family and trying to smooch ladies] and told me that my EP was up and available on iTunes! Hoo-Ray!!! My old band had a few albums on iTunes and i've produced a bunch of bands that are on iTunes but this is the first purchasable record that i can call my own. Which is rad.. like the movie.
Click here, take a listen and leave a comment! Thanks!!!

Dear You EP on iTunes!!!

Just found out my first EP will be available on iTunes on January 12th.
Some people i work with were able to pull some strings with the Apple people because of the One Tree Hill placement on Monday...
You know, the official "i'll have my people talk to your people" situation.

It worked...So im stoked! And if im stoked, you have to be stoked..
isnt that how it works?

Check out the cover! My good friend Jimmy did it... he rules the nation!
Well, technically Bush runs it, but jimmy is a close second when it comes to artwork.
Check him out HERE!








josh

AVNEWS...

You see, that's an uber clever way to combine Avner with the word "news." Infact, it turns out Avner combines well with literally every word... give it shot!

So obviously things have been a bit slow in the Avner world, but have no fear, Avner will never die! We will, with out a doubt, write songs and play random shows at some bar/concert venue for dozens of people from time to time... Don't count on new merch though, we still have plenty of the first batch. Most of which i wear on a regular basis.


So here's the latest haps with us dudesvners [.........see??]

Todd tied the knot with his lovely sweetheart and bff, Sara Watkins. She's got more talent in her bow hand then Todd and i do in both our "rock fists' combined. Google her if you'd like, you'll see. [go ahead and google "rock fists" as well] Todd hopes that one day, with the help of his lady, he'll land "lead fiddler" on the broadway classic, Fiddler on the Roof.



Joey has once again returned to the road with another huge act that I know you've heard of! Yep, Mr. Jesse McCartney. He's mostly stage managing the tours and teching the show, but from time to time he'll sit in for a few songs and melt the 13 year old girls' screaming faces off with his devilish drum fills. [Beazulbudada..budada..budada.. budada..bub!] Joey has been secretly taking vocal lessons and hopes to one day take over as lead vocalist for Jesse...



As for me? well Ive been busy writing song after song after song after song for ABC... many of which are super lame and will never reach the public ear. But I did happen to write a song called Dear You right around the same time Avner put out our multi platinum cd burning Free P. One Tree Hill is going to be using Dear You during one of their episodes on January 12th! Keep an ear pealed. I've been taking wood classes and hope to one day literally be one tree on a hillvner.[..........see?]




with lovner,
avnosh.