The Invasion has begun...

We Want You!

Attention!
Fallen Leaves are now forming street teams! Be one of the first to be a part of this historically revolutionary international movement!

What are street teams?
Street teams comprise of human beings, extra-terrestrial creatures, and various other living organisms that aid the band in any way possible. They spread the word about Fallen Leaves' albums, merchandise, gigs and performances. They will also create publicity for the band. Some examples of publicity stunts you may be a part of in the future are:

Street teams will go around with CD players playing Fallen Leaves CDs. They will wear t-shirts with the print: Listen to the greatest band in the world! They will approach people on the street an invite them to listen to the music without talking or saying anything. This stunt, the public’s response and expressions will be video recorded and posted.

Street teams will walk around with old-school stereos blaring Fallen Leaves music, wearing t-shirts with the print: I’m listening to the greatest band in the world!

The main function of these street teams is to create a continual buzz for the band. Street teams exist for the purpose of getting the band noticed and not allowing others forget about the band. They will not stop until they make the band famous!


How can I contribute?
Below are some avenues that you may want to explore:

Design & Visualization

Research & Development

Publicity & Promotion

Web Design & Maintenance

AV team (video recording, soundman, instrument tech, crew, photographer)

iTeam

Benefits for those in the street teams:
1. Access to limited edition merchandise.
You’ll get your hands on items that are exclusively for those in street teams only. i.e.: ‘Listen to the greatest band in the world!’ t-shirts will only be given away to those who participated in that publicity stunt.

2. Be the first to know.
You will be the first to know anything and everything regarding Fallen Leaves. New releases, recordings, albums, gigs, parties, gatherings, new merchandise, discounts, promotions… like we said, just about everything. You will also have the privilege to purchase anything before it's released into the market.

3. Be invited to exclusive parties.
You’ll be given invitations to special Fallen Leaves events, parties, and gatherings organized and put together by others in the street teams. i.e.: house parties, BBQs, picnics, exclusive performances, road trips.

4. Get to know the band.
No one has access to the band like those in the street teams. You’ll make friends with the band in no time.

5. Miscellaneous benefits.
We want to hear from you what other benefits you would like to have and you may see them added to this list in the near future.


Who should join?
Select as many as appropriate.

a. I am a fan of Fallen Leaves.
b. I think Fallen Leaves makes good music and would like to help.
c. I really love Fallen Leaves; I’m an ultimate fan!
d. I am adventurous. I like going out and doing new, fun, crazy stuff.
e. I like Fallen Leaves and would like to support them in their efforts.
f. I think this is gonna be fun and would like to give it a try.

Score:
0 – You shouldn’t join.
1 – You may want to try this out.
2 – You should give this a go.
3 – You MUST join!
4 – You should consider this a potential career path.
5 – Kiss your parents goodbye, and leave home.
6 – You are a gem! We’ll have celebrations in your name!


We are looking for people from all over Malaysia and across the globe. If you live in Alor Setar, Melaka, Bahau, Miri, Tanjung Rambutan, Brisbane, Portsmouth, anywhere... it doesn't matter. WE WANT YOU!

E-mail us at fallenleaves@gmail.com with your name, age, location, contact details and comments.


Looking forward to hearing from all of you,
Fallen Leaves

She-bot and Fallen Leaves?

I'll leak some inside information about the great shake-up happening in the Leaves camp. As part of us taking things more seriously and behaving like a proper band, we're starting to form street teams. And lucky for us, we have young, passionate, and enthusiastic people volunteering and willing to help us out. I won't spill too much of the beans as I love surprises... giving as well as receiving them. But here's a preview of what two talented people designed and drew for us in the past couple of days.


From En. Some graphic design montage which I think looks really nice and would fit right into one of the pages of a future CD sleeve.



From Jeremiah. A first draft of a manga piece he conceived for our promotional and commercial use. I know it's not perfect, but I like it very much. Notice how the leaf from her hand is actually falling and coming nearer to the viewer? I must admit that I was moved when I saw this drawing... a sense of euphoria and pride, like that of a father's. I felt so touched that he actually came up with the concept, and drew this in a day, or at most two. It puts the band to shame. We've been taking our music for granted, and if people believe in us enough to waste their time on our things... it's time we start wasting time on our things too.

This post is dedicated to everyone who helps us believe in ourselves.

Thank you.

MPH In-store Christmas Performance

Fallen Leaves will be performing again this Christmas season!

Recently, we've recorded a song for Music Canteen's Christmas compilation. So we'll be in Mid Valley on the 18th of December at 4:30pm to perform 3 songs, one of them being What Child is This?, the song we recorded for the Christmas compilation.

Here's a list of all the performers and details of their performances:

MPH One Utama:
Saturday, 4th December 2004
3:00pm

One Buck Short

Juwita Suwito

Y2K

Naked Breed

MPH Mid Valley:
Saturday, 11th December 2004
3:00pm

Qings & Kueens

Dragon Red

Kohl

Shelley Leong

MPH Mid Valley:
Saturday, 18th December 2004
4:30pm

Fallen Leaves

Edge of Fire

Pete Teo

Naked Breed

MPH The Curve:
Sunday, 19th December 2004
3:00pm

Altered Frequency

Peter Brown

Tempered Mental

Doze

An Indie Yuletide

This here is an article that appeared in the New Straits Times on the 5th of November 2004. It seems NST has been showing a lot of love for local indie music in recent times. The article is about the Christmas album we contributed a song to. We did What Child is This? as we wanted to do something slower and more meaningful. Our rendition is 'interesting'. You'll have to hear it for yourselves.

Here's what they said about us and our track:

Who’d have thought this bunch of Christian rockers could sound so dark? In a good way, of course. Goth of the Led Zep sort is mixed with a pinch of Billy Corgan’s brooding (reminiscent of Smashing Pumpkins’ Disarm) to generate a track that should only get better with each listen.

Click on the photo to read the article in its whole.