Grey's Anatomy! + Shirt Sale!

Hey, Happy New Year!!

I hope your holidays were nothing short of spectacular! AND I hope 2012 is already shaping up to be your favorite year yet! It's been truly great over here - lots of very exciting plans in the works for this new year - I can't wait to share soooon. Hint: Lots of new music, music videos, exciting tours and more! I have confidence that it will be a truly lovely year.

GREY'S ANATOMY

So so so excited to inform you that a song of mine will be featured on ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" this Thursday! Hoorah! As usual, I'm not allowed to say which song just yet, but I can tell you that it's from "Yearbook." So thrilled to be a part of the show again! 

The episode airs this tomorrow, (Thurs. Jan. 12th) at 8PM CST on ABC - hope you'll tune in!

NEW YEARS SHIRT SALE

In honor of the New Year (which is now well underway) the Sleeping At Last online store is offering 20% off ALL clothing (Shirts, Baby Onesies, etc!) - Just use the coupon code: BESTYEARYET when you check out! Expires next Wed. (1/18)

Check it all out here!

There are many, many announcements coming your way soon! Can't wait to share all that's going on lately! May this be a truly beautiful year for you and yours! Speak real soon.

Much love,
 Ryan - Sleeping At Last

PS here's a list of things i love lately:

1. Temple Run (my latest fav iphone game... addicting. running. jumping. apes. awesome.)
2. Modern Family (how was i not a fan of this show before now? it's good, fun tv. phil's the best. duh.)
3. Top 10 Lists (i love lists in general, but this time of year i love the many "top" lists that appear. i did one for my fav movies of '11! check it here!)
4. New Year's Resolutions (although i try to make them all throughout the year, there's something beautiful about people wanting to be their best at the start of each year.)

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!!!

I just wanted to wish you and yours the most beautiful Christmas and holiday ever! I hope that, wherever this note finds you, you are enjoying a safe, restful and genuinely happy day with loved ones!

You mean a lot to me!

Much love,

 Ryan - Sleeping At Last

"Snow" Community-Made Music Video!

one year ago, i attempted to write my first original Christmas song. i called it "snow." last year, shortly after the song was written/released, a good friend of mine, bob davidson helped me put together a music video for it. the idea was - i'd ask listeners all over the world to email small clips of holiday footage (snow, christmas lights, etc) and my gifted pal, bob would compile all of these little clips together, creating the video for "snow." i think it turned out real nice and i wanted to re-post it, since the holidays are now well underway!

be sure to click the little snowflake icon in the youtube controls tab! it adds a wintery experience to the whole thing :)

much love to you!

love, ryan

p.s. be sure to grab the FREE 11-song Christmas Collection from NoiseTrade now, while it's still up! Only a few more days left to grab it! (includes "snow" and this year's 2 additions "silent night" & "Christmas is All Around" from the film "Love, Actually!")

2 FREE Christmas Songs!! (New!)

Hey guys!!

The holidays are HERE! And I sincerely hope that this year's are your finest yet!!

In keeping with Sleeping At Last tradition, I am pleased to inform you that this year's FREE Christmas cover recordings are now available!!!

I chose the Christmas classic, "Silent Night" for this year's song... AND for fun, as an added bonus, I recorded a little version of "Christmas is All Around," which is of course from the film "Love Actually" (a favorite holiday movie of mine)... In the movie it's sung by "Billy Mack" (played by Bill Nighy) and is a rather silly song.

Hope you enjoy 'em!!

There are TWO ways to grab these songs for FREE right now...

1. If you already have the previous year's Christmas recordings ("Christmas Collection") - you can download JUST these two new songs and add them to your collection by clicking HERE! 

(Note: You must "Like" the Sleeping At Last Facebook page to access the downloads!)

2. If you DON'T have the previous year's songs - go grab the "Christmas Collection" for FREE right now via NoiseTrade, where this year's songs have been added! (Making a total of 11 FREE Christmas songs! Hoorah!) Grab the whole thang here!

Happy Holidays, friends!! You are incredible and I can't thank you enough for this amazing year!!

Much Love & Warmth,
 Ryan - Sleeping At Last

P.S. HUGE thanks to my good friend, Chris Bethea for his excellent work mastering "Silent Night"! If you're a musician, check him out! And a HUGE thanks to my pals at RootMusic for their help and incredible tools for musicians!

Box Set, New Video, Shows & More!

(Seasons) Greetings!

Here in Illinois, we got our first "real" snow today. Not exactly a wintery-wonderland just yet - just an inch or two, but it's definitely looking like the holidays are well underway around here! I hope you're staying warm (physically and emotionally...)

Just wanted to tell you about a few things on the Sleeping At Last front.

YEARBOOK BOX SETS

Pleased to inform you that the Yearbook CD Box Sets are NOW shipping!! Just posted pictures of what the box set looks like... take a look.

If you're looking to buy this as a gift for someone super special, my amazing merch team has told me to encourage you to place your orders soon, as we are working hard to make sure everyone receives their stuff in time to give these little beauts as gifts before the big day arrives.

Order the Yearbook Box Set HERE!

ART PRINTS & MORE

Also wanted to remind you that the official Yearbook Art Prints are now shipping as well! They turned out so lovely and of course feature the beautiful cover art for each of the Yearbook EPs. Check 'em out here!

As if those two items weren't cool enough gift ideas - we also have a gazillion shirt options. We EVEN have clothes for little ones - official Sleeping At Last Onesies!! Check all of that out here.

"TURNING PAGE" LIVE VIDEO

Just uploaded a brand new video of my song "Turning Page." Recorded live at Eletrical Audio in Chicago! Check it outttttttt here!

HUGE thanks to Bob Davidson, Justin Ahrens of Rule29, Brian MacDonald & Jose Rivera of Wonderkind for making this video possible, and to Chris Bethea for an incredible job mixing the song!

DEC. 15th SHOW IN CALIFORNIA

On Dec. 15th, I'll be playing music with several incredible musicians (Jon Foreman being one of 'em!) for an Invisible Children Benefit show at the Troubadour in Hollywood, CA! Hope to see you!!!! Info can be gotten here!!!

CHRISTMAS COLLECTION

In keeping with tradition, I'm giving out my version of a Christmas card - a FREE 9-song Christmas album via NoiseTrade! Visit noisetrade.com/sleepingatlast to download it! PLUS I plan to add this year's Christmas recording soon... will keep you posted!

Whew... there's even more to tell you, but this email is getting long, so I'll be in touch again soon! Thanks so much for reading!! I appreciate you a lot!!

Much Love, Ryan
Sleeping At Last

p.s. here's a list of things i love right now...

1. "Amazing Breaker" (yet another addicting iphone game... i can't help myself)
2. DVR (with how crazy the last year has been with deadlines and time constraints, DVR has become my best friend. oh tv, how i love thee.)
3. Arthur Christmas (i admit, after seeing the trailer i had little to no interest in seeing this movie. BUT it's amazing and one of my favorites of the year... go see it!)
4. Rule29 and Wonderkind (2 incredible companies made up of incredible people! they are responsible for the "turning page" live video mentioned above AND the upcoming official music video for "emphasis"... more info to come!)