FREE CONCERT SATURDAY

FREE CONCERT

SATURDAY, MARCH 27

7-8:30PM

BORDERS IN PROVO

starring this song

"Things That Light Up" for free! (Part II)

You can stream and download all 11 songs from "Things That Light Up" by visiting this link:

http://soundcloud.com/jess-smart-smiley/sets/things-that-light-up-2010

"Things That Light Up" for free!

I've made a collection of 11 new songs called "Things That Light Up" and you can download all of the songs for free, by visiting this site:

http://www.yousendit.com/download/S1VCZFh0Q1JvQnZIRGc9PQ

The songs were all written and recorded at home, most of them in January 2010. The lyrics and chord progressions are also in the file, if you're interested.

Enjoy!
jess smart smiley

P.S. Due to a death in the family, I'll be away from the computer for the week, but let me know if you have any questions and I'll help when I can.

CHAIN GANG 4

CHAIN GANG 3

CHAIN GANG 2

Here is page 2 of the riveting "Chain Gang." You can click on the pic to make it big enough to print and that would rock.

CHAIN GANG 1

Happy 2010! Last year was really great for picture-making and I learned a lot. Thank you so much to all of you that participated in the Human Drawing Dispenser, the Music Coloring Book, the Weather Outside is Frightful! coloring poster, and the Digital Portraits.

As for the year 2010? You can expect some big news in the next few months. In the meantime, check out this first page of the Chain Gang! It's meant to be printed out and read (click the image to make it grow)---it's not at all enjoyable to read on the computer screen. Trust me---I've tried.

I'll be posting a free printable page of the Chain Gang every week, so check back next Monday for page 2!

FREE HOUSE CONCERT!

Hooray! One more Christmas show! Come to Pam's house this Saturday, Dec. 18, at 8pm. I'll be playing another set of free Christmas music!

Pam's House

215 E 200 N

Provo, UT

8PM

Free Concert Tonight

Here's a quick reminder that I'll be playing 2 full hours of Christmas music at Guru's (45 E Center, Provo) tonight from 8-10pm. Here's Guru's generous write-up about tonight:

This Week on the Guru's Calendar

Jess Smart Smiley
Christmas Extravaganza

December 16th | Wednesday | 8pm - 10pm

Jess is a VERY entertaining and diverse performer, as well as a distinctive artist and designer. Please join us for what will prove to be a truly unique and enjoyable holiday music extravaganza presented by Jess and friends. He is also the founder of the Rocky Mountain Hallelujah Drawing Sensation! Hey, they have a website, too!

Free Christmas Concert

Gurus (45 E Center Street, Provo), 8-10pm, Wednesday Dec.16.

With Christmas just two weeks away, it's time for the 3rd annual Christmas concert.

This year I'll be playing two full hours of Christmas songs at Gurus in Provo. I've put together some of my favorites, as well as some that are new to me and I just can't stop humming and singing. It would be all too easy to sing some of these over and over and over again :) My new friend Haley Hendrickson will be playing a few Christmas songs as well, which will make the travel to Gurus entirely worthwhile.

Here is one of the newer songs I'll be singing. It's a traditional carol:

Here is last year's version of "I Saw Three Ships" (with Andy Bean, Jordan Hix and Dillon Thompson):

And here is 2007's "Blue Christmas" (with Darrell Lau, Sam Davis, Andy Bean and Mitch Parker):

See you at Gurus!

Free Coloring Pages and iPhone Wallpaper

THE WEATHER OUTSIDE IS FRIGHTFUL is a giant, 2x3 foot coloring poster I made for the cold winter days we'll surely spend inside. I thought I'd try something new and make some printable coloring pages and iPhone wallpapers with the drawings and you can find them here.

Enjoy!

FREE Digital Portraits!

The $20 Digital Portraits have been showing up in some good places lately, thanks to some generous magazines and blogs. Thank you to everyone who's been spreading the word about the portraits, and inviting people to the Facebook group.

Keep your eyes on 21st & Ivy and the UVU Review in the next week or two, for a chance to win a free Digital Portrait!

FREE LIVE DRAWING TONIGHT

I know this is super last-minute and you prolly won't read this until never, but:

I'M DRAWING TO LIVE MUSIC TONIGHT @ 8 AT THE PENNYROYAL CAFE.

Here's an article from the Daily Universe on tonight's live drawing event...

Music-inspired art will fill the historic downtown Provo district tonight at The Live Gallery at The Pennyroyal Café.

The Pennyroyal is putting a new spin on Provo’s Gallery Stroll — they want Provo more involved.

Tonight at 8 p.m., The Pennyroyal Cafe will have a reopening celebration. It is no longer just a cafe, but rather a venue with live music, poetry readings, open mic nights, book clubs and more.

Owner of The Pennyroyal Nathan Robbins said, “The goal of the event is to build the community, the arts and to unify music and visual arts together. It can connect people and gives people pride about the community.”

“We are trying to get Provo involved in the creative process. The Gallery Stroll is the easiest way to step out of the bubble and see the real gems of Provo,” said Vanessa Oler, events manager for Electric Dance Parties. “This month is especially unique because Ike Bushman and Jess Smart Smiley have agreed to come into The Pennyroyal with blank canvases and create art as the music of DJ Red Spectral moves them.”

The goal for EDP is to get the community to understand the process of being creative with art as well as with music and to introduce them to new types of music.

“Nathan is reopening with a different vision and purpose behind The Pennyroyal,” Oler said. “The Gallery Stroll provides a perfect opportunity for people to stop in and see what it’s all about and to be able to showcase local talent.”

Also---if you haven't gotten a coloring book yet, I'll be bringing some tonight along with some noise and some funk.

Lindon Days

Saturday brought a close to this year's annual Lindon Days festival. If you didn't go, you don't know. You don't even know.

I was invited to take my Human Drawing Dispenser and join the festivities by drawing free pictures for festival-goers. And, sandwiched between the mechanical bull and the beautiful Japense Caligrapher, I drew my pictures inside a cardboard box.

The minute I set up the box there was a line of kids waiting for their free drawing. Some of my favorite requests were:

-a platypus

-a sea otter

-a disco owl

-a computer geek

-"will you draw my wife gardening?"

-a pioneer beating up Thor

-a sunset

-the Rocky Mountains

-a pirate ship in the ocean and a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder and a dragon flying overhead

-a fat old man

The Human Drawing Dispenser has been invited to Lindon Days 2010, so mark your calendars for next August!