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OCTOBER REMIX CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT DANCEFLOOR MAYHEM TODAY!

Logan — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:35:10 +0000

Check it out! Electronic music site Dancefloor Mayhem hosted a remix contest for a couple songs off my new record “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” in October and they announced the winners today. You can download the MP3 originals + winning remixes of “Quickly As We Pass” and “Velocity” by clicking HERE.

Thanks to everybody who entered and to Dancefloor Mayhem for being so cool.

I love remixes! Happy downloading, folks.

LOGAN LYNN OCTOBER REMIX CONTEST + 2 FREE MP3′S ON DANCEFLOOR MAYHEM! DOWNLOAD THE REMIX STEMS HERE.

Logan — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 19:12:02 +0000

Calling all Producers, Bands, DJs & Gearheads: Indie Electro site Dancefloor Mayhem is hosting a remix contest this month for two of the songs off my new record, “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday“! The tracks are “Velocity” and “Quickly As We Pass“. They are also the 1st two singles (and videos we’re in the process of making) from this newbie that was just released digitally as a benefit for Q Center on August 31st, 2010.

Grab the audio stems for remixing HERE (as well as the MP3 originals) for zero dollars. All entries must be received by November 8th, 2010. The winners will be announced on Dancefloor Mayhem on November 15th, 2010. All styles and genres welcome to enter.

2 winners will be chosen for each song. 4 winners total. Prize is as follows:

– Bragging rights + your remix posted on Dancefloor Mayhem & Logan Lynn’s website, YouTube Channel + social networks.

– Signed CD copies of “Logan Lynn” (2006) & “From Pillar To Post” (2009)

– Signed LL T-shirt

– Signed LL Poster

– Digital copies of Logan Lynn’s entire catalog: “GLEE” (2000), “Logan Lynn” (2006), “Feed Me To The Wolves” EP (2007), “From Pillar To Post” (2009), “The Last High” Single (2010), “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” (2010), “Blood In The Water” Remix Record (2010)

I’m really looking forward to hearing what you come up with this time around!!! The last time we had a remix contest I was blown away. FUN.

THE ONLY WAY TO GET LOGAN LYNN’S NEW RECORD IS TO DONATE TO PORTLAND’S Q CENTER NOW. SCOOP HERE!

Logan — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:17:05 +0000

SHORT VERSION:

Give to Q Center, Get a record. Click the banner image below, write the word “Logan” in the DONATION DEDICATION section, then donate whatever amount you can. Everyone who does this before August 30th will receive my new record, “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” on Tuesday, August 31st via the email address you provide on the Q Center donation form.

LONG VERSION:

Hi again, everybody! It’s been a little over a week since I announced my plans to step away from the stage for the time being and the reaction from all of you has been really incredible. Thanks so much for all the emails and messages in the days since. It’s been reassuring to be able to so clearly see that I have not been wrong about all of you this whole time…that you totally ARE as wonderful as I like to think about you all being…that sometimes strangers care about you more than people you’ve known for years. Thank you for hearing where I’m at enough to wish me well on my journey. I’ve collected so much love from you through the past decade of my being in your ears. I’m not sure what I’ve done to deserve it but I feel so lucky to be connected with this sea of like-minded, sensitive, caring individuals all scattered across the globe…

So WHAT’S NEXT??? I think I may have figured that part out. You know how I was saying I needed to do something that matters for a little while and use my powers for good instead of just to be a famous singing douchebag who complains about how horrible his life is or whatever? Well, I actually meant it and have been exploring what that looks like in the immediate future. I’ve recently been involved with Portland’s Q Center (Oregon’s ONLY LGBTQ Community Center) and have been feeling personally drawn to that place for months. Ever since I stepped foot in the door and met Kendall Clawson (the center’s Executive Director) it’s been clear that she is on a mission to make something really big happen for not just the various queer communities in Oregon but the nation as well. Big things are happening out of that place and I want to be on the frontline of the change. I honestly don’t give a shit about pop music at the moment but I do care passionately about human rights and making things safe for the gay community at large, the community I am proud to have openly been a part of since I was a 14 year old getting his ass kicked in Nebraska. It seems irresponsible to do anything other than what I am feeling called to do, so that’s what I’m doing.

Just to give you a bit of quick backstory, Q Center is a 501c3 non-profit organization whose mission is to increase the visibility of and foster connection within metropolitan Portland’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & Questioning (LGBTQ) community. (Queer, if you will). The center builds public awareness and support, and celebrates LGBTQ diversity through art, culture, and collaborative community programming. They hold around the clock events and house community groups, some focused on specific topics (like coming out or gender identity) and others aimed at fun social stuff. It’s basically a safe place for ALL queers and friends of queers to come together as different individuals, but with the common goal of making progress, both political and personal. Being that it’s a non-profit, Q Center is run by a very small group of dedicated warriors who are all buried up to their necks in work. They have a large immediate need for me to come on board and help with the day to day battle but they don’t have the budget to bring anyone else on at the moment. In the spirit of adventure I have decided to set off on a mission to gather enough donations where they can hire me (on a bare bones salary, mind you—just enough where I can pay my cheap rent and have food in my fridge) from September until the end of the year. I have committed to them for those 4 months so now I come up with the funding and BAM! Queer warrior, fighting for the rights of the people he loves full time.

For the time being my new record “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” is not going to be released. Instead, I have decided that anyone who donates to the Q Center (via the banner link below) today through the end of the month will get my new album sent to them digitally in a personal “thank you” email from me on Tuesday, August 31st. That is also the day before I am slated to begin my new job at the center—the job that, if all goes well over the coming weeks of fund raising, you will have 100% made possible out of your love for me and the LGBTQ community you know I am about to fiercely bust my ass for!!! The goal to bring me on board full time at Q Center for the rest of the year (September, October, November & December) is just $3,000. Here is a super important part: ALL the money goes directly to Q when you donate so the only way for them to know you are donating for this cause is to write the word “Logan” in the DONATION DEDICATION section. From there it gets earmarked so they know you want me to help the queers as much as I want to!!!

Thank you so much for making my dreams come true the past decade. I have this very real feeling that I am about to do something really huge at the Q Center. Help me do it and I’ll give you my new record!!! It doesn’t matter how much you give. Every little bit counts! You will get the new songs whether you give $10 or $10,000 — I need your help now more than ever though, friends. It’s calling me. Help me follow the voice and get a tax write-off at the same time!

CLICK BELOW TO DONATE NOW & GET YOUR FREE COPY OF LOGAN LYNN’S “I KILLED TOMORROW YESTERDAY” ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 31ST! THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT, LIKE…EVER!!! (Don’t forget to write “Logan” in the dedication section!)

LOGAN LYNN TAKING AN EXTENDED BREAK FROM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY TO COMMIT CAREER SUICIDE – FULL STORY HERE.

Logan — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:58:09 +0000

Hey everybody. As I near the 10 year anniversary of my debut record, “GLEE” (which was originally released in October of 2000) I’ve been thinking a lot about all the years from there to here. I have come to some conclusions not only about the journey I’ve been on since then musically and in my personal life, but also the journey I intend to be on moving forward with both.

One thing that is painfully clear to me and everyone who knows me in real life is that I AM MISERABLE. I have been for some time. I’m sick of being broke, mismanaged, overworked, screwed over by the folks who are supposed to be looking out for me…you know, all the hits. Ever since I overcame my paralyzing stage fright, playing shows has been great and I’ve had a wonderful time on tour this Summer with The Gentry but the abnormalities that come along with being a working musician in the digital era without the proper, traditional support of a label are too much for me to just keep absorbing. I can’t be gone all the time like this. I don’t want to spend my life on the road with strangers in bars and hotel rooms. It’s not healthy. I’m homesick for a home that does not exist because I have been too busy to create it for myself, no other reason. I need something real in my life. I can no longer pretend that things are going to suddenly feel better like magic when I know that they are not. These things I’m putting all my energy into obtaining are not making me happy. They are not ever going to because fame and money and attention is not what I want anymore. It’s time that I take control of my own happiness, something I have been dreading and avoiding for years now because of the terrible consequences and pressures attached to doing so. I am finally brave enough and there is just no stopping me. My humanity is in need of repair. These are someone else’s dreams I’m killing myself to fulfill. It is time for me to chase the light to happiness, not acceptance by the masses.

I am going to take some time completely off far away from the business of being myself professionally, then we’ll see where life has led me. These final shows next month with The Gentry in Salem, on August 6th & in Portland on the 20th are going to be the last shows I play for at least a year or two so I hope you can make it. They are going to be very special nights. Please, PLEASE come to the final show at Mississippi Studios on Friday, August 20th and wish me farewell on my new journey.

I don’t know what I am going to be doing from here but I fulfilled my contract with Beat The World (so I know what I’m not going to be doing, which is a very clear start…or finish, as it were). I am Free, an unsigned independent artist once again, not bound to any contracts, people or associations. I find myself in a moment where I can do one of two things; and I gotta choose the peaceful road, you guys. Think I’m gonna go help people for awhile, do something that actually matters—that isn’t so self-serving and based in phony, superficial publicity opportunities. I am leaving the door open for me to change my mind later on so I’m not saying I’m done forever by any means but it honestly does feel that way at the moment. I just finished that new record with Bryan Cecil and have been leaking the demos all week, freeing myself of the rules and regulations that come with being a brand instead of just some stoner dude who makes funny sounding synthpop songs about death and darkness on his keyboard. If another label comes along and picks me up to release it I’d be down to mix it properly and put it out, otherwise it will most likely just stay as-is for the time being. I would consider coming back for the right label opportunity for sure and I love these new songs. I honestly think they are my best work but I’m in no shape to start this process over again with the way things are set up currently so it seems like a perfect time to press pause, catch my breath, regroup.

Before I get into all of that, let me say how wonderful I think each and every one of you are and how much it means to me that you have found a connection with me and my songs and I with you. It’s truly an honor for you to have let me fill the silent spaces in your life with my small, silly thoughts and melodies for the past 10 years of me releasing music. The magnitude of this access into your world is not lost on me. I really hope you believe me when I say that my dissatisfaction with this life I’ve made for myself has absolutely nothing to do with the part you play in it. I have only the warmest feelings for every single one of you. The ironic part is that some of you are just discovering me now and must be thinking “What? 10 years? He’s brand new!” but that’s not actually the case. It’s true that I got signed and have been on TV and in the press a shitload in recent years—I have found most of my success since 2006, I’d say…but that doesn’t make me any less tired from all the fighting years that came before that “lucky break” came along. To those people who helped me fight, who lent their talents to my songs throughout the years, who opened doors for me to walk through, THANK YOU. I could never have gotten this far without you.

The connection I’ve made with all of you new folks and all the people who have stood by me from day 1 has been one of the most magical things I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing my whole life so far and I have no doubt that it will be one of the things I think about during my final moments as I am leaving this Earth. Out of all the drugs I have ever tried (and I have tried them all at least 800 times individually as well as in combination with each other) the rush of not feeling alone in the world anymore is better that any high ever was. It fixed something that was broken in me and is something that will be with me forever. I hold all of your kind words and shared sorrows close to my heart in ways that you will never fully be able to understand. You people actually saved my life. My mother thanks you for that. I thank you for that. I mean it when I say that I love you.

Growing up the gay son of a preacher man in the Church of Christ in York, Nebraska was hard. It did not leave me with very good feelings about myself. To have had this sort of healing experience with all of that gay guilt bullshit as well—where the thing that I was literally tortured for my entire childhood and adolescence suddenly overnight became a selling point, became the thing that set me apart, that got the attention of MTV, that propelled me forward…that shit was fucking amazing. Thank you to Perry Turcotte at MTV (and now, Vevo) who for whatever reason hand-picked my gay wannabe ass from an endless sea of gay wannabe popstars and pushed my face and music into another dimension overnight.

It is a very strange thing to have all of my emotional growing pains documented so extensively from the time that I was 17 up through the present day. There is really no hiding from the truth about who I have been and what it took to get me to be who I am now with the audio blueprints so widely available in such a permanent way, spanning the years of my life I would otherwise most likely be happy to forget. This has been a very good thing for me in many ways, horribly tragic in others.

If I knew then at 17 what I know now at 30 about what it really means to put yourself out there like this, to allow so many people to see you in such a personal way, I might have chosen a stage name or something to protect myself emotionally a bit more. Back in 1998 when I was first recording songs it did not even occur to me that anyone would ever be interested in what I had to say enough to actually listen. It was unfathomable to me, in fact. I was gay, I was a drug addict, I was singing about God and violence and my horrible stolen childhood and said “Fuck” something like a hundred times on that first album. I mean, let’s face it: Everyone back then thought my music was psychotic and they did not know what to do with me. In many ways it still is psychotic; and in many ways they still don’t know what to do with me. I actually love that part. The being a weirdo factor has been so thoroughly satisfying. Yay.

So here’s the thing: I have to stop the stress of it all from continuing to build or I am totally going to snap a twig in the worst way. I need something new. I will still write and record songs because I’m a songwriter and I love music but I am done with this whole mainstream crossover thing, I’m done with the endless work, I’m done with the ratrace. I can’t stand having to pimp myself out and do things I would not otherwise do in order to get ahead. Fuck that. I’m realizing that my priorities have changed somewhere along the way and I’ve missed out on getting some of the things I actually want in this world (family, free time, privacy, normal everyday life, peace of mind, and FOOD mostly) because I’ve been chasing this other dream for so long. I will still keep moving forward with things musically but at a slower, more hobby-like pace…and on my own terms.

Now that I am getting what I wanted and realizing said dreams I am also realizing that i don’t want all of it like I thought I did. “It” is very different than I thought it was going to be. “It” is very isolating and strange. I don’t actually enjoy being looked at all that much. I’m fairly shy when you take the booze and chemical help out of me (which I removed in 2007). I think when I started out on this quest to become whatever I am now it was to fill a void that I no longer have. I can’t keep fighting for this thing that is making me miserable. It’s too much pressure, you guys. I think I might actually hate the mainstream and don’t really wanna be famous at all. I know, I know…roll your eyes. I’m saying that I used to have those intentions and now I don’t. My intentions now are to stop everything dead in their tracks and switch gears…which is just exactly what I am about to do.

Come to these shows in August and watch me commit the most spectacular career suicide this town has ever seen. The big finish is coming right up! To listen to audio from my unreleased record “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” click HERE and go to the NEW UNRELEASED DEMOS playlist on the right!

Like I said, I love you. All of you. Always.

xxLL

P.S. (I wrote a song about this whole mess called “Velocity” for the as of now unfinished and unreleased new record. You can listen to and download the MP3 Demo Version for free HERE if you wanna. Also, HERE is another new one called “Things Are Looking Up” for you. This whole bit may as well have a soundtrack, right?)

"BOTTOM YOUR WAY TO THE TOP" WINS "QUEER VIDEO OF THE YEAR" AWARD BY "CATCH FIRE" MUSIC + POP CULTURE BLOG!

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:21:32 +0000

Fun. The director of my “Bottom Your Way To The Top” video (Jeffrey McHale) just sent me a text saying we had won this “Queer Video Of The Year” award over at the “Catch Fire” Music, Video and Pop Culture Blog. They announced it today.

You can check it out HERE and see blinking gold stars by my face while you read it, or you can see what they had to say about it below.

From “Catch Fire” (12/21/2009)

“WE HAVE A WINNER”

“The winner of the first Catch Fire Queer Video Music Award is Logan Lynn with his video “Bottom Your Way To The Top” directed by Jeffrey McHale. The result couldn’t be clearer (43 out of 79 votes), thanks folks for voting and congrats to Mr. Logan! Click here for the final poll results and here for the video.”

ENTER TO WIN A FREE "GUILD" GUITAR FROM "BEAT THE WORLD" RECORDS AND GET THE "BTW" COMPILATION EP INSTANTLY!!!

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:33:11 +0000

Hiya! The label I am signed with “Beat The World” Records is giving away awesome FREE STUFF to the fans of the bands on their roster (myself included, so…that’s YOU GUYS!) All the info is below, and check out the new “Beat The World” site when you’re done by clicking HERE!

Check it out! See info below.

From “Beat The World” Records:

Beat The World Records is excited to announce that we are partnering with Guild Guitars to offer a dynamite guitar giveaway contest to fans of Beat The World Records and our artists.

The best part is that everyone who enters will receive a Beat The World Records Compilation EP (Digital Format), featuring one song from each of our artists, including The Dandy Warhols, The Upsidedown, Logan Lynn, Spindrift, and 1776!

One (1) grand prize winner will receive a new Guild® GAD-JF3012 acoustic guitar, as featured in the photo. This guitar regularly retails for approximately: $1,799.99 (USD).

Ten (10) other winners will receive a Beat The World Records Gift Pack, featuring one digital format record from each of our artists.

To enter the contest, you must simply click on the “Enter Now” button above and submit a valid email address. Each entrant/person may only enter the contest once. Everyone who enters the contest will instantly be given access to download the Beat The World Compilation EP (Apple Lossless Digital Format) and will be entered into the drawing for the grand prize: a Guild® GAD-JF3012 acoustic guitar; and for the Beat The World Records Gift Pack .

The contest is open for entries through January 5th, 2010. The contest winners will be drawn at random by a Beat The World Records employee. Employees and associates of Beat The World Records, The Dandys Warhols, and any affiliates will not be eligible for entry.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Guild® GAD-JF3012

Guild® is a registered trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation and used herein with express written permission.

ALL I WANT FOR MY BIRTHDAY NEXT WEEK IS TO HEAR MY SONGS ON THE RADIO…ONLY YOU CAN MAKE THIS A REALITY.

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:44:55 +0000

***NOTE: THIS CAME TO MY ATTENTION SHORTLY AFTER THIS BIRTHDAY WISH POST WENT LIVE EARLIER, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT MY RADIO WISHES ALREADY STARTED BEING REALIZED ON SATURDAY WHEN JEREMY AT OPB PUT “FEED ME TO THE WOLVES” INTO THEIR LINEUP AND ON THE AIR! SO AWESOME. YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT OVER AT THEIR SITE HERE!!!

So…I am taking on radio and need your help to get things going. The first of the hard part is over. The music has been delivered and the DJ’s have my songs ready to roll at a few major radio stations out here in the Northwest region to start…I just need people to request that they play me and the wheels will be set in motion…then, suddenly, you will turn on your radio and hear me. Neat, huh?

I can’t really think of a better birthday present, and it’s free to send an email, so all of you who are scurrying around to get me something you think I don’t have can stop. I have everything but this…and this is what I am really wanting, so…go with this.

If you could take a moment out of your busy schedule to help me realize my dreams, it would mean the world. This radio bit is sorta the final push into the final frontier and I could use all the help you can give to get the ball rolling. Once they start playing it other people will join in (or not)…but we’ll never know if they never play it, so thanks in advance for requesting me!

I’ve tried to make this as easy as possible, but the most effective thing to do is send an email requesting that they play Logan Lynn: “Feed Me To The Wolves” or “Write It On My Left Arm” on their radio station.. That’s it! Super easy.

Thanks you guys!!! Love, Love, Love you.

Here are the folks you should send an email to:

94.7 FM (Portland)

Gustav:
gustav@947.fm

Mark Hamilton (Program Director):
mhamilton@entercom.com

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101.9 “Kink” FM (Portland)

Dean:
dean@kink.fm

Dennis Constantine (Program Director):
dennis@kink.fm

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90.3 KEXP (Seattle)

DJ El Toro
dj@kexp.org

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OPB Music (Oregon Public Broadcasting)

Jeremy:
opbmusic@opb.org

LOGAN LYNN NOMINATED FOR OCTOBER ARTIST OF THE MONTH AT "THE DELI"! CAST YOUR VOTE HERE!

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:02:38 +0000

Super cool. All ya gotta do is go over to The Deli’s website HERE and in the upper right there’s a box that says “Band Of The Month Poll”. Under that, there’s a link to vote for which act you think should be their next Artist of the Month. I hope you’ll cast your vote my way!

Thanks for the love, everybody! I can feel it with every click.

xxLL

T VICIOUS + LOGAN LYNN: "BURNING YOUR GLORY" REMIX (2009)

admin — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:17:03 +0000

Remix by T Vicious.
Artwork by Logan Lynn.

***THIS IS ONE OF THE ENTRIES FOR THE REMIX CONTEST THAT “DANCEFLOOR MAYHEM” HELD IN AUGUST OF 2009. I LOVE IT.

LOGAN LYNN + JIMI PYTHON: "BURNING YOUR GLORY" REMIX (2009)

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:00:01 +0000

Logan Lynn: “Burning Your Glory (Jimi Python Remix)” (2009)

THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE 3 WINNERS IN THE AUGUST 2009 “DANCEFLOOR MAYHEM” LL REMIX CONTEST!

Remix by Jimi Python.
Artwork by Logan Lynn.

LOGAN LYNN + SCHLOCK!: "BURNING YOUR GLORY" REMIX (2009)

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:58:49 +0000

This is one of the 3 winners of Dancefloor Mayhem’s August 2009 LL Remix Contest!

For more information on Dancefloor Mayhem, go to http://www.DancefloorMayhem.com