We had the honor of the Live performances from Trans Fusions 2 Artists Metahuman, Joshua Klipp, Shawna Virago, Modern Day Pinnochio, and Ryka Aoki De La Cruz followed by a dance Party with DJ ONO SENDAI spinning electro dance till 2 am!

Free Copies of the Trans-Fusions II Album went out to over 100 people in attendance!

Get Yours Before they’re Gone!

Limited Edition Trans-Fusions II CD’s, commemorating the First Ever Trans-Genre CD Release Party!
$12 Get’s this Collectors Edition featuring Artists Shawna Virago, Joshua Klipp, Metahuman, Athens Boys Choir, Ryka Aoki De La Cruz, Dylan Scholinski, and Many (oh so many) more, mailed right to your door! (US & Canada) and helps support Trans/Giving, an L.A. based showcase of art, music, performance, and literature from trans*, genderqueer, and intersex artists.
paypal transgiving@gmail.com w/ your address to have it shipped today!

Check out Pictures and videos of the Party and Performances Below!

Photo’s Courtesy of Happy Land Photography

Photo’s Courtesy of Happy Land Photography

“Happy Land/Liz Acosta’s eagle eye Photography will have you bringing home more than just a few snapshots from the night of your life’ With an almost omnipresent sense of motion, Liz has given me the chance to relive the Trans-Genre CD Release  Party over and over through her creative visual sense of  ‘in the moment’ ” AJ Bryce – Founder – Trans-Genre.net

Let’s Rock Together!

That’s right folks! We are at it again!

Announcing the Call for Submissions for the 2nd Trans-Genre Compilation CD! (set to release Jan. 2010)

What We’re Looking for:

• Musicians
• Bands
• Spoken Word
• Storytelling
• other Audio
• Artists
• Graphic Designers

…to showcase their amazing talent on the next Trans-Genre Compilation CD!

We’re Sending out the call now to give you all plenty of time to get your stuff together. Last Year we featured over 15 Artists, Musicians, Performers, & Speakers on the “Trans-Fusions CD. This Year it could be you…

Requirements:

• Must be a Registered Artist with Trans-Genre (not registered yet? Submit your profile here! )
• Work must be of original content and not infringe upon any legal or moral copyrights.
• Images (for the cover, inside booklet, back, and CD) in .jpg*, 300 dpi (prefered)
• audio in .mp3, .wav*

*other formats accepted with prior approval

You can Submit Directly through the Site with our Simple Submission Form Below, or by emailing A.J. Bryce at Trans-GenreSubmissions@live.com

*It is possible that all submissions may not make the final cut due to space limitations but we’ll try our best to include as many as possible!

It’s been awhile so I wanted to just throw out a few quick updates:

Topics Covered:

Trans-Genre Comp CD

Growth

Registration

Social Networking

**First of all I would like to apologize for the lack of updating over the past few months. We’re aware that we’ve been behind posting some artist profiles and updating the free CD giveaway and promise that by this Sunday we’ll be back on course to finish out the rest of the Artists on the CD, and start posting new Artists again!  (if you’ve submitted something and haven’t heard from me I will be contacting you soon)

Trans-Genre Compilation CD:

Since it’s release in January we’ve sold/distributed almost 150 copies of  ‘Trans-Fusions’  all across the US! Trans-Fusions was listed as one of the albums to look out for in 2009 by Jacob Anderson-Minshall, and has developed quite a buzz throughout the global Transgender Community. This is a phenomenal Achievement considering the current struggles I know most of us are facing in these hard times.

Still to do: send copies to radio stations & make avaliable  for Digital Download

We are Planning on Releasing the Second Trans-Genre Compilation CD within the next year so be on the look out for more great music & art from the Trans-Genre Community!

Trans-Genre is Growing!

In just a little over a year Trans-Genre has grown from 12 Artists to over 30, has over 150 registered users, released it’s first compilation CD,  toured for 7 weeks through the midwest, south, New England states, and up the east coast, and boosted it’s page views & visitors by 300% this quarter from last quarter. *Takes a deep breathe….. Wow. And Congratulations! This project relies on the Community and Support of all of you and I can’t thank you enough.

The Potential for this project is endless, and we have many great things yet to come.

Due to this awesome expansion and my being spread so thin to keep up I am happy to announce a few new additions to the Trans-Genre Team! You can learn more about them here…

Registration Requirements:

Trans-Genre has taken down the Registration Requirement to see full artist profiles. Originally we thought this requirement would help curb spammers, however we came to the conclusion that it was only keeping folks who were interested, but hesitant to sign up, from getting the information we wanted them to have. (For the record I also hate giving out my email address, so I feel you there’)

We will be going over the coming benefits of Registration in a future post. In the meantime, I want to thank all the folks who have taken the time to Register. Your support is greatly appreciated

Trans-Genre Social Networking:

For the Record it should be known that Trans-Genre can be found on…

Myspace

Facebook

and Youtube

There are more Updates to Come so check back often!

A.J. Bryce

…embracing melancholy with magical…

performing ‘The Neck Hater’ from Hear Them Howling: Surreal Fables and Mental Health Survival

“reflective and imaginative…an intimate moving experience”                                      - New Haven Pride Center

Amid cups of tea, mounds of fabric and thread, piles of cardboard, and altars of found objects, Geppetta fervently builds tiny heads and arms, sculpts mystical creatures, paints imaginary, yet nostalgic landscapes, and collects piles of rusty found objects. What crawls from the wreckage become twisted tales, whimsical puppet theater, and story-punk melodies described as “mournful but ingenious” with delightful twists and turns.

Inspired by classic fables and myths, occult symbolism, street art, and surrealism infused with a pension for social/ environmental activism and transfeminist sensibilities, Geppetta presents art/performance as a cryptic, yet politically aware language that is imaginative and enlightening.

Geppetta has been featured with the Tranny Roadshow, the Femme Show, and Puppet Uprising, and featured visual work with Fresh Meat Productions Defying Gravities and Critical Views through Red Sun Press among others. She is a principle artist and organizer for the upcoming Trans Fusions National Tour.

Additionally, she teaches art and social workshops at schools and universities across the country.

For further inquiries, commisions 0r booking, as well as forlorn love letters, please contact Geppetta at stitchingtentacles@gmail.com

Links:

Geppetta’s website

Stitching Tentacles – Geppetta’s Blog