As many of you already know, my new record is being “released” TODAY (Tuesday, August 31st.) Bryan Cecil (who co-wrote and produced it) and I have decided to give 100% of the proceeds to the Portland Q Center. There is no set price (just give what you can) but donating to the center is the ONLY way it is going to be available for public consumption.

To get your digital copy of “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” (2010 Logan Lynn Music) click the album cover image below. Be sure you type LOGAN in the donation dedication section. (This is how they will know you want the record emailed to you so it’s a very important step). It will be sent to the email you provide on the Q Center’s secure online donation form once your donation has been processed (Within one business day).

Logan Lynn: “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” (2010)
Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Bryan Cecil.

1. Things Are Looking Up
2. Smoke Rings
3. Velocity
4. Quickly As We Pass
5. I Erased Who I Was For You
6. Fly Me Through
7. Tennis Whites
8. It’s Too Late
9. A Hundred Years Of Letting Me Down
10. Fall Into New Arms

(If you need assistance or have any questions, please contact Info@LoganLynnMusic.com)

Last night everyone who came through the door at Red Cap Garage did their part to help keep the doors to the Portland Q Center open while they had their drinks and danced the night away. The lovely folks at Red Cap do a recurring event called “Red Cap Cares” where a charity of their choice gets 100% of the proceeds from the door. Last night the charity was my fundraiser for the Q Center and I honestly couldn’t feel more appreciative if I tried. It’s so nice to know that “Red Cap Cares” isn’t just a slogan to get people in the door. They actually really DO care.

Thanks so much, guys! I’ve said it elsewhere and I’ll say it again here: What you do for the community is really something. I’m really touched and Love Love LOVE Red Cap Garage.

So: Everybody go there, eat a burger, have some drinks…and know that you’re supporting a business that, in turn, is actually working to make a difference for good in the city around you.

So…I was on my way home last night and my song came on the radio. Evidently OPB Music picked up on my new single “Velocity” themselves and put it into rotation this weekend. It was unexpected (since this new record has no label backing, no radio servicing, and no budget behind it) but felt really cool that they were into it. Ummm…RAD.

You can check it out on their site HERE. Start requesting that your local indie rock radio stations play it and they will! You can download the “Velocity” MP3 for free HERE.

Make it yours. Pass it around. There are no rules this time.

Well it has been really amazing getting to work with The Gentry this past year. I’ve been able to realize some loud rock dreams with those guys in tow and I’m really grateful for the time they spent working to prepare for our tour together this Summer and all the time spent traveling around the U.S. with me in a van. We had some really magical moments on and off stage. I was finally able to move past some fairly long-standing stage fright and found freedom in the band format, having just been a singing DJ up to that point. I have Gino, Steve & AC to thanks for that.

We have had our share of disasters along the way as well…much of which revolved around our drummer’s body slowly breaking bone by bone. Dude broke his hand in San Francisco (and just kept playing) then he broke his foot 4 days before the big farewell show at Mississippi Studios in Portland and had surgery on his foot (metal plate anyone?) THE DAY BEFORE. He’s an animal.

At any rate, we made some last minute adjustments to the show obviously because he couldn’t play the entire hour long set. One such change was a bit of a throwback to my humble singing DJ beginnings from years back. It was fun to play some of the new stuff and have it just be pop. If my lighting guy had remembered to bring his board to go along with the lights we lugged to the venue it would have been a lot better…or maybe not. It ended up being very intimate, very bare bones, unmasked & vulnerable. It seemed like a very appropriate way to leave things. Here’s a clip from the karaoke portion of last week’s final show:

Logan Lynn: “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen” & “Velocity” LIVE at Mississippi Studios, Portland (August 20th, 2010)

Next up is a clip from our secret show at this year’s Salem Pride Festival. It ended up being one of the best shows of the entire Summer. Sadly, the camera was right in front of Gino’s guitar amp so the sound of this video is way more fucked up than it usually is but it was such a good day I figured I’d post it anyway.

Logan Lynn & The Gentry: “Smoke Rings” LIVE at Salem Pride (August 7th, 2010)

We released the 1st single “Velocity” from my new record “I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday” (produced, engineered & mastered by Bryan Cecil—the hot guy next to me in the photo above) into the atmosphere today. We will be releasing the album digitally this coming Tuesday, August 31st to those who donate to the Portland Q Center by following the instructions HERE. There is no set price. Give what you can. This is, however, the ONLY way to get it. 100% of the proceeds go to charity this time.

xxLL

The dear, sweet, beautiful boys at Red Cap Garage in Portland have offered to donate 100% of the door proceeds from this coming Saturday night’s cover to my fundraiser for the Portland Q Center! Cool, huh? I love it when local gay establishments actually give back to the community. Red Cap Garage & Boxxes make a habit of it. It makes me feel good about giving them my money.

This fundraiser has a little over a week left in it. Come to Red Cap Garage this Saturday and you will rest easy knowing that you have done your part. If you want to do even more for Q Center (and get my new record FREE as a result) click HERE.

See you Saturday! I’m so excited just to be going out for once!!! Not performing, not doing anything but hanging out with you. Come say hi, Portland! There will be drinks, dancing, and hot gay people. In the morning you can look in the mirror and at the stranger next to you and say “I did that for charity. Good for me!” no matter how the night turns out (or how the stranger may look in the sober daylight.)

Let’s make some money for the good guys!

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!)

In preparation for my big farewell show tomorrow (Friday, August 20th, 2010) at Mississippi Studios in Portland (where this whole crazy music thing began for me) Just Out Newsweekly ran a follow-up story today on their blog as part 2 to the interview they ran in this week’s paper. Check out today’s story HERE. You can also read the interview which ran in print in this past week’s paper HERE if ya wanna.

I really hope to see you at tomorrow’s show, friends! It’s going to be quite the spectacle. Tickets and info HERE. One last dance before I go…

For those of you who don’t like redirecting to other sites, you can read part 2 of my interview with Just Out below:

“In the current issue of Just Out, we sat down with Portland’s own Logan Lynn to discuss the recent announcement of his self-proclaimed “career suicide,” an indefinite hiatus from the music business. After a string of dates on the Pride circuit, tomorrow night’s show at Mississippi Studios marks the “farewell” performance for Lynn and his band, The Gentry, for the foreseeable future.

Logan Lynn and the Gentry will perform — in all likelihood sans boas or wigs — their “farewell” show on Friday night, August 20 at Mississippi Studios (3939 N. Mississippi). Show starts at 10 p.m. Matrimony and DJ Girlfriends support. Tickets are $9.50. Visit loganlynnmusic.com for more information and details on donating to Q Center in exchange for Lynn’s new, unfinished album, I Killed Tomorrow Yesterday.”

In response to the post on my site about my going to work full time for Q Center and how the only way to get my new record is by donating directly to the center I have been getting tons of emails asking not only what the hell I’m doing but why the hell I’m doing it. I responded to one such wall post on my Facebook music page and figured it made enough sense to post for the rest of you. Hopefully this explains it. If not, please feel free to hit me up directly. I’d love to chat with you further about Q Center and my involvement there anytime.

To begin with, my motivation is deeply personal. As an out queer person growing up in the Midwest in the 90’s there were no safe places for me to be myself. To me, that is what the Q Center is. It’s a place where ALL queer people can be themselves openly without the fear of judgment or danger. I recently became involved after some of my friends were gay bashed in Portland during the Rose Festival. If you care to read more about my history leading up to this point and what has been the primary motivator for this you can check out this blog post I wrote just after said bashings happened HERE.

Q Center is at the forefront of not only local change for the LGBTQ community, but statewide and national change. It is the only community center of its type in Oregon. I recently was particularly drawn to Kendall Clawson (the Executive Director of the center) after receiving THIS NOTE in a Q Center email. After I heard that I was like “This lady is doing exactly what I am wanting to do only instead of just being emotional and writing about her feelings (which is what I’ve been doing for the past 10 years) she follows it up with actually CHANGING things for our community at large.” I felt compelled to reach out to her to let her know where I was with wanting to change my everyday life and get involved with something I am passionate about and it all just kinda clicked.

I believe in Kendall’s cause and the work the center does. I’m raising money for them so I can come on board full time as assistant to the Director and office everyman from Sept. 1st – Jan. 1st, then see where we’re at with the whole thing. They need me there NOW, not in 4 months when the fiscal year ends. That is why I am raising this money. I figured I could either sell the record myself and put the money into the center or give people the opportunity to get involved with my next steps themselves, have a tax deduction, and get the new songs all at the same time. I could really use your help making this happen. Please share the following link with friends: http://loganlynnmusic.com/2010/08/savingtheworldonequeeratatime/ and, of course, donate whatever you can. The more money I raise for Q Center before September 1st the more people we can help. Let me know if you have any questions.

To participate in this fundraiser for Q Center and get my new, unreleased record for free CLICK HERE. For more information on Q Center CLICK HERE.

One last hoorah before I go. Please come to Mississippi Studios next Friday, August 20th and let me thank you for the last 10 years in person. It’s going to be a really lovely night. RSVP to the Facebook Event Page HERE and get tickets HERE.

DJ Girlfriends, Matrimony & The Gentry are opening & I’ll be playing a short set of older songs by myself, then The Gentry is going to join me back on stage for a set of my new songs and new versions of my old songs with my full band. It’s gonna be epic.

Fake blood, real tears, loud music. Let’s party. I love you guys. Come dance with me next Friday!!! I’ll also be raising money for Q Center this night so you can be a do-gooder and dance at the same time!

xo
LL