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...CHEWING UP THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ROCK MUSIC TO MAKE A WORLD-RECORD SPITBALL.
" Blue-whale-sized bass chub - Lost-In-Space guitar tangents - Daytona-500 drum fills - Ambitious lyrics hoping to graduate 3rd grade.... We got 'em "

 

 

Tigers from Timi Conley on Vimeo.

"TIGERS" VIDEO -

Will the evil "Fuzzies" get away with their diabolical plot to steal the precious Pancake Syrup and destroy Kite to the Moon's wild dance party?

A Shurfyne Production
(House of Sarcasm Productions d/b/a)
Producer: Timi Conley, Director: Eric Krasle
Directors of Photography: Brennan Clark (The Visual Experts) and Jon Bird (AthensTV)
Editor: Safi Kheshgi (Tungsten Media, Inc.)

"Tigers" written by Timi Conley with Kite to the Moon
Engineered by Jay Rodgers, Mixed by Matt Yelton, Mastered by Rodney Mills

 


 

date place details
Weds, July 23 Ciné Theater... Athens, GA ATHFEST MUSIC + VIDEO SHOW
7:00 & 9:30 P.M.
FREE / $5 without AthFest wristband
A compilation of music videos in competition for the Flagpole Award for Best Music Video and the AthFest Audience Choice Award. The debut of Kite to the Moon's new video "SLAVERY"!!!
Weds, July 23 Tasty World, Athens

Timi solo performance as part of Tasty World's last week celebrations. 10pm start time!

Also appearing:

The Atlanta steampunk sensations, The Extraordinary Contraptions.
And Athens' own darkwave/industrial nightmare, Witness the Apotheosis.
Hosted by "the Rocker with the Knockers," Kristi McCord.

Facebook it HERE

Sat. July 26 Athfest Lumpkin St. Stage 4:20 pm... Kite to the Moon on the big stage!!! This is a 40-minute combo set... half Timi material and half Kite to the Moon- don't miss it!
Thurs, July 1 Indigo Hotel Phi Bar Timi solo performance from 6-8pm. Enjoy drinks in the elegant modern Phi Bar and delight to the sounds of Timi in formal attire.
Thurs, July 29 Lenny's Bar, Atlanta

Kite to the Moon re-ignites Atlanta! Tonight's lineup:

Rolling Nowhere, efren, Kite to the Moon and The Orkids. 10pm kickoff.

     

 

6/21/10---HAPPY SUMMER FRIENDS!

Welcome back! It's a big week for us. We just got the masters of Pounce back from Rodney Mills and John Keane and we're making plans for it's release! Oh the excitement!!! It's like being super hungry and then a super hottie in swimwear brings you a gigantic bowl of just-picked raspberries. Yowza!

In addition to that, we're debuting our music video for the song SLAVERY this week! It's the one we shot in January with video guy extraordinaire, Brennan Clarke. ROCK!!! See the above calendar for details and come out to our shows this week! Lots of new tunes to hear, as we've been in the studio working up new Hit Material. See you sooooon!!!!!!!!

2/23/10

Timi Conley: Nerd Sexy
 

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Timi's solo album continues it's distribution blitz with an option to buy from cdbaby.com. Click the link to the left to preview tracks and take it home. Recently Timi has been likened to an iPod on shuffle, and a musical buffet!....

"Throughout the fifteen tracks on Nerd Sexy, Conley picks his way through acoustic blues, electro pop, hip-hop beats and new wave bleeps like he’s strolling down a buffet line." Read the rest of the latest review HERE.

Pick up or download your copy today!

 

1/26/10---POUNCE ANNOUNCED

Well here ya go... 1st look at Kite to the Moon full-length album POUNCE... Currently we're hoping for a late March release- stay tuned! The album was recorded at Full Moon Studio with Jay Rodgers engineering, with overdubs at my home studio Gold Traxx. Mixed by Matt Yelton.

We also spent a week in January filming our next music video for the song "Slavery", which of course is on POUNCE! Our video guru and all around great-guy Brennan Clarke (check his youtube!) returned to Athens and teamed up with SphereVibe Films' Jacob Kinsman and Andrew Haynes for 4 days of super-fun shooting with the band and Tiger Girlz. Can't wait to show you the video! Brennan is in the process of cutting it now, but here are a few still shots to whet your appetite a bit....

10/24/09---HOLY CRAP IT'S HERE

Last we spoke, everything was on the verge of happening. We are clearly over the "verge" now and our spaceship's rocket boosters are in full-thrust.

For one, my solo album NERD SEXY (www.rowyourboatrecords.com/timi-index.htm) is in full-swing. You can still pre-order the album if you wish at that site, or come to the release party on Nov. 13 at Little Kings where the music will be available on cd, plus we'll have 2 special edition Nerd Sexy and I (heart) Nerd Sexy t-shirts, silk-screened art posters and more. YOU NEED NERD SEXY.

Nextly, the Kite to the Moon album is finished mixing and off to Rodney Mills Masterhouse for mastering, after which we will finish the artwork for the cover and send it off to be replicated for you! 13 of your favorite Kite to the Moon songs about pancakes, tigers, geeks, girls, glamour and glory. Get ready Get SET! Make sure you steam-roller your way to Tasty World for our set on Halloween night.... always the best night of the year for fun and reckless abandon.

Speaking of Halloween, I am spearheading Athens FIRST EVER Halloween Parade- The "Wild Rumpus". DO NOT MISS THIS EVENT. Check www.wildrumpus.org for details. NO joke. All are invited to participate in the making of history. Dress in your favorite costume and take part. That is all I'm saying about it.

 

7/30/09---GETTING READY FOR FALL ACTIVITY

Hey you! Thanks for stopping by the site. We've had a flurry of great shows this summer, culminating with a PACKED OUT, SWEATY, ROCKIN' show at Athfest 09 at Farm 255. Electa Villain and Birds&Wire shared the night with us and it was totally awesome!!!!!! Anyhoo, it's back to business here at the home office, with a bunch in store for you coming up. Matt Yelton (world-traveling sound engineer extraordinaire) has assisted us in mixing our album and now it's got that "expensive" sound we were wanting, so a coupe more tweaks and it will be ready for mastering and releasing to the public. Look for us on the cover of Spin and Rolling Stone soon thereafter.

In other cool news, Jay continues to strike gold with teammate Lisa Hunt in their endeavor "Outside In" (a nod to Inside Out- the famous movie about Athens music in the 80s) where they record Athens-based bands at Full Moon Studio and follow up with interviews. The entire program is then aired on our fave radio station Hot 100.7FM. Very super cool. Additionally, Andrew and I have been very busy with Abbey Road Live this summer... topping it all of with a mammoth 2 week tour of the Pacific Northwest.... so.... very occupied. Parallel to the work we have been doing on the K2M album has also been the completion of my solo album! It's called NERD SEXY. Plans are being made now for the pre-sale of the album, which is how I decided to fund it, in agreement with a new Athens record label called Row Your Boat Records.

So, it looks like a busy fall is in store... 2 albums, and release parties- oh and did I mention we'll be putting out a Kite to the Moon DVD also? Our music videos, comedy (?) shorts, live footage and more... It'll be the kind of thing you want to have playing on your tv while entertaining guests you want to impress, or while doing yoga, or vacuuming in high heels. You will be able to use it as an instructional video on how to rock hard, or give it as a gift to anyone you know who needs The Rock.

It's all coming up, please keep in touch!

 

8/21/08---LOTS

Wow it's been way too long, guys. So, we did the LA trip and it was A.W.E.S.O.M.E. (All We Ever Sought Of Massive Entertainment?) The gigs went great, our fave was definitely the house party we played in the hills overlooking the valley. The house was *rumoured* to be the one from the cover of Billy Joel's "Glass Houses" album. That turned out to be b.s. !-BUT-! ~no Joke~ Steve Perry, (ex)singer of Journey was the next door neighbor to this place. His phone # was on a dang post-it note on the fridge. That gives you an idea of the opulence anyway... thick white shag rug, 100% mirrored bathroom, wall of window glass looking out on the lights of the "Valley", Frikken Seger "Hollywood Nights" out the kazoo. Anyhoo, we donned our super-hero spandex and delivered a ferocious set which rattled the family pictures of grandma and grandpa off the grand piano. The Hollywood crowd ate it up... it's clear they have not seen anything like us. I get the feeling that things out there are pretty conservative musically. They took it like they had just bitten into a habañero hidden in the middle of their mayonnaise sandwich.

Andrew did killer in Vegas too. Hundreds at Roulette. The dealer was about to make him buy breakfast for all the other players at the table... (that was what I heard anyway. I went to sleep about 7:30 am while Andrew and Jay kept rollin')

Later on in the trip, we did some recording at Muddy's Dirty Horse studio. We tracked "Start of the Show" and "Sparkle and Prance" for him to F around with. Word from Muddy has it that he is envisioning us on TV. We like it. More on this story to come...

SO!

August is here. Lately, we arranged to have our forthcoming cd mixed by Matt Yelton, of Pixies soundman fame. (He's the one that mixed TIGERZ for the video) Matt travels worldwide doing live mixing of renowned orchestras performing video game music. Killer! Matt scheduled us into Andy Baker's studio for early september... so LOOK FOR A FULL-LENGTH ALBUM RELEASE BY OCTOBER OR EARLY NOVEMBER!!! Rokk!

ALSOOOOO, we have tons of video footage including our 2 music videos, so we're planning on putting it all 2gether on a DVD and making THAT available for ya too. There will be live footage, the music vids, our skitty-type stuff like "Dr. Buttfunjoy's 3 Suggestions" and "Easter Bunny on the Skids" + more.

Aaaagh! Gotta take a break and look at ebay. Love ya! Stay in touch, k?

 

3/27/08---It's Rollin'!

Our Main Man, Muddy in Los Angeles has scored with some huge bookings... First is the CAT CLUB on the sunset strip, playing one of their legendary Thursday Night gigs... Read what the Cat Club says:

" EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY>>>>>STARFUCKERS......Featuring Eric Dover (ALICE COOPER / SLASH'S SNAKEPIT) with Dizzy Reed of GUNS N ROSES also Slim Jim Phantom of the STRAY CATS and Stephan Adika from DEE DEE RAMONE'S BAND. GUEST ROCKSTARS CHANGE WEEKLY! SO COME BACK EVERY THURS. FOR NEW FUN! DOORS AT 730PM MUSIC BEGINS AT 8PM WITH THE STARFUCKERS TAKING THE STAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT"

F'n awesome! We play at 11:00. In the works- gigs for Saturday in LA with Muddy's band, Up The Dose and a possible assault on Las Vegas for Sunday. Rage!! The other plan of course is to meet up with the incomparably fun Jonathan Spencer, long-time friend and scheme-o-tron. His schedule these days is dizzying but we have managed to talk and agree that "It's ON". Check out Jonathan at www.fatactor.com... check out Muddy at myspace.com/upthedose.

 

3/6/08---Good God! We have a lot to do!

The rough cut for our Tigerz video is almost done, soon to pass off to Safi Kheshgi (Tungsten Media) for the big special effects tweeze. It was shot by Safi and Brennan Clarke (thevisualexperts.com) on Panasonic HD, hell yayuh!

The fire for our latest recording session was fueled by some local boys in blue who pulled us over during a production break on a trip to Racetrac. Pulled over for a harmless u-turn on a deserted street!!!! Can you believe that crap! Well, we slammed guitars and nailed the drums even harder, making for a great recording- Thank You Watkinsville P.D.!!!

Plans for our April trip to Los Angeles are underway. We might get on a tv show- keep your fingers crossed for us!!!!!! At the very least we're going to go out there and rock like only Dirty Southern Dirtmasters know how. The whole thing rolls thanks to our bro, Jonathan Spencer of Dawn Soir (fatactor.com) F yea!

BIO (more info located on the EPK page)

A three-piece band comprised of experienced Athens natives, Kite to the Moon was founded in 2007. In the subsequent year, the band focused on writing and recording their original music while orchestrating a sensational (and very stimulating) live show. The show features on-the-fly video mixing and projection to match the music plus aerial trapeze performance and wild costuming. The music is rowdy, spastic, fun, poppy, jubilant and over-the-top. The visual presentation is raucously colorful, sexy, dorky and imaginative. Kite to the Moon has brought this show to weekend nights at The 40 Watt, Georgia Theatre and Tasty World, instantly generating a noteworthy buzz in the process