GrooveLily

We’re so happy you’ve come to visit our revamped website, officially launching August 18, 2008. Some exciting features:

1. If you’re just getting started with GrooveLily, the New? Start Here… section can be really useful; there’s a FAQ link as well as Listening Suggestions to help you get your bearings.
2. The Songs section is what we’ve spent the most time on, and where the biggest changes are. For the first time, you can buy our songs direct from us, DRM-free, and listen to them on any device that’ll play an mp3; in addition, you can now stream every song we’ve ever released, in its entirety, for free.
3. The new site also, finally, frees us up to release new recordings immediately as they become available. (The first example, beginning next week: we’ll be releasing home demos from Brendan and Val’s new musical LONG STORY SHORT, which opens this fall at City Theatre of Pittsburgh and TheatreWorks Palo Alto. We’ll release new songs every Wednesday from August 20 until opening night in Pittsburgh on October 29.
4. For the first time, you can custom-order your own GL swag (T-shirts, journals, mugs, etc.) from our new CafePress store, GrooveLily’s Swag Shack. Our personal favorite new item (which was a fan idea from years ago but never got made), inspired by the title of one of our most popular songs: the “No Room In Your Bag” tote bag.
5. Several out-of-print items and hard-to-find rarities are now available on the Songs page; most are collected in the “Odds & Ends” section near the bottom. We’ll keep adding to this section as we unearth more stuff.
6. Though we’re touring less these days, we still love playing gigs. Encourage us to come to you! We’ve just joined Eventful, a site where you can “demand” that your favorite performers play in your town; when we reach critical mass in your area, we’ll plan a show. Demand us by clicking on the “WANTED” poster, on the right side of our site.
7. The new GrooveLily.com (based on WordPress) is designed to be much more about interaction with YOU; it’s simultaneously much more technologically advanced and simpler. We’ll be adding new songs and demos frequently, blogging and posting and having as much of a dialog with you as you’d like.
8. To that end, we’d love to hear from you. You’ll notice that you can comment on any post on the site, including this one.