On May 15th, I will be performing at a special event to help raise money for Alzheimers disease. I am honored to have been asked to provide the music for this event, as our community comes together for this special evening to help raise money for the San Diego Alzheimer’s Association. There is gonna be a sweet auction happening..think: food, gifts and getaway’s! I will also be auctioning off a signed guitar!!!

For more info on the event and how to purchase tickets, you can visit: San Diego Alzheimer’s Association and also check out my special acoustic version of ‘Hello’ from my interview with the amazing Susan Taylor at the NBC studios in down town San Diego 

OUR BRIGHT FUTURE ON NBC.COM

Lotsa bright, bright love your way,
TP

This Sunday, May 3rd at 6pm PST, Tristan will be. a guest DJ on FM 94.9 San Diego’s - Coup D’etat show...playing some of her favorite tunes right and chattin’ it up with Halloran!

If you have an iPhone, you can download the 94.9 app and listen in directly on your iPhone!

Check it out!

Tristan recently appeared on Good Day Austin (FOX’s local morning show).  Along with a musical performance, Tristan was interviewed about her involvement in the project and local efforts in Austin.

Watch Here!

Tristan was also on KUT-FM (NPR affiliate) in a 20-minute segment where she and the DJ went back and forth between acoustic performance and interview about her work with beach rescue, her new album and upcoming tour.

Listen Here!

It’s time!

Tristan Prettyman takes on the accessory world!

Check out her watch from the 2008 Nixon LTD Collection

Barefoot Wine and the Surfrider foundation teamed up with the Montauk community to clean up Ditch Plains. And after a long day of scouring the sand G. Love and Tristan Prettyman entertained volunteers.

Hey Guys,

I am writing to see if I can enlist some of you guys that live in Denver and Minneapolis to help be part of my street team.  We are looking to find 5 people in each city who could commit 2-3 hours a week (mostly on the weekends) to put up postcards, set posters up for display at stores (mostly coffee shops, clothing stores, and skate shops).  Word of mouth is the best way to get the music out there, and you guys do such an amazing job with that as it is, I thought it couldn’t hurt to ask for your help :)

My record label would direct you where to go, what to do and basically help get you everything you need.  All you would have to do is make the time, get out there and send in digital pics of your work.  For that id love you forever and you also earn some reward points which you could use to buy stuff on cCST.com

If you are interested please send an email to .

Thanks so much,

TP

Check out the American Songwriter Profile on Tristan Prettyman below!

“When the 26-year-old (in May) Prettyman was in sixth grade, her father taught her how to surf. (They lived in Del Mar, near San Diego.) And at 15, she took up her father’s old guitar. “He and my uncle used to play at my grandma’s house,â€? she recalls. Soon, she was writing and performing songs—-airily romantic tunes sung in an easy-going, casual alto that connoted a jauntily youthful optimism.”

Read Tristan’s Profile

Check out Tristan’s recent performance on UGO.

“Tristan Prettyman is a renaissance woman of sorts. In addition to being the accomplished singer/songwriter that she is, Prettyman was also a model and surfer. Such experiences and more fuel the folk/pop sound from the San Diego, CA native and her second album Hello...x. Courtesy of the Virgin Records artist lounge, watch Prettyman perform a stirring acoustic set for UGO.”

Watch It Here

Say Hello to Tristan Prettyman as she gives you an up-close-and-personal view of what her life is like on the road.

Check It Out

Call me crazy but....

I have like 51,000 friends on this myspace thing. If 20% of those 51,000 people bought the new record this week. I could sell like 10,000 records in my first week. I remember when twentythree came out, i was psyched that i sold 2,000 the first week.

But...if i sold 10,000 records my first week, or more...this would send a huge message to my label and the industry, that what we got here, is something special, genuine, real. I think we can do it!!!!

So if you guys can, and have some extra dollars laying around, try to buy the record this week. itunes, your local record store, best buy, target, wherever they sell it. Doesn’t matter where you get it…

For every artist, the first week is huge. And though i dont need instant gratification, i know the longer it takes, the longer it will last, it would be pretty darn cool to achieve this goal.

So if you can get yourself a copy, your mom a copy, and tell 10 friends to buy a copy..i would love you, more than i already do...hard to believe thats even possible i know, and i would be forever greatful :)

This is where i put my hand out in front of me, and you all out your hands on mine, and we say go team, hut!, hike, 10-4, roger that....whoot whoot!

I am feeling much better, and off to Nashville, ill be in touch :)

Big smiles and thanks for the support and thank you to everyone who pre-ordered the record. Every little bit helps!

XO TP

Hey everybody, please check out the eCard for Tristan Prettyman’s upcoming album release “Hello...x”!!!  The album is released on April 15, 2008 so please make sure to pick up a copy… and spread the word!

Launch eCard

Thanks,
-Team Tristan-

THE BAREFOOT WINE BEACH RESCUE PROJECT ™ IS BACK TO “HEEL� MORE BEACHES THIS SUMMER

Get ready to kick off your shoes and help “heelâ€? a beach this summer.  Between May and August 2008, the Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project, in partnership with the Surfrider Foundation – a grassroots, non-profit environmental organization dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the world’s oceans, waves and beaches will embark on their second annual tour to help rescue, renew and restore four new beaches.

Each year, over 25,000 beaches in the United States are closed or posted as unhealthy.  To help remedy this, local residents are encouraged to volunteer at cleanup and restoration events across the country to make these beaches “barefoot-friendly.â€?  This year, hip-hop/blues musician G. Love and singer-songwriter and guitarist Tristan Prettyman will join volunteers on the beach and perform live at special celebrations that follow each beach rescue.

“Having grown up in San Diego, I spent most of my time at the beach and can’t imagine what life would be like without the surf and sand,â€? said Prettyman.  “I’m excited to volunteer and share my music with people who take the time to give back to their communities.â€?

Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Project 2008 Tour Dates
Montauk, N.Y. Saturday, May 31
Austin (Town Lake), Texas Saturday, July 12
San Francisco (Ocean Beach), Calif. Saturday, July 26
TBD - America’s Votes! Saturday, August 23

For the fourth stop, we’re calling on the voice (and click) of beach-lovers from coast to coast. 
Visit http://www.BarefootWine.com/BeachRescue to cast your vote for one of ten worthwhile beaches to receive a beach cleanup and celebration this summer.  While visiting the site, you can also RSVP to participate at a beach rescue event near you.  You must be 21 years of age to attend the celebrations that follow.

TRISTAN PRETTYMAN CONTRIBUTES TRACK FROM UPCOMING VIRGIN RECORDS ALBUM HELLO FOR USE IN DVD CREATED BY BONNEVILLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOUNDATION

FOR DONATING “WAR OUTTA PEACE,� ECO-MINDED SINGER/SONGWRITER RECEIVES 30 SOLAR “GREEN TAGS� FROM BEF TO OFFSET CO2 EMISSIONS

February 14, 2008 - New York - Singer-songwriter and guitarist Tristan Prettyman and Virgin Records have donated “War Outta Peace,� a track from Tristan’s upcoming album Hello, to the non-profit Bonneville Environmental Foundation [BEF], which has used it in a DVD demonstrating the benefits of renewable energy to the organization’s partners and supporters.

Virgin Records connected Tristan with the BEF, which sells carbon-offsetting renewable energy certificates, called Green Tags, to replace traditional polluting sources of electricity with clean, secure, and renewable sources of energy that come from solar and wind power from across North America. 
For donating “War Outta Peace,� Prettyman will receive 30 Solar Green Tags from the BEF. Each Solar Green Tag represents one megawatt-hour of photovoltaic solar electricity and offsets approximately 1,295 pounds of CO2 emissions that would otherwise have been produced from electricity created from burning fossil fuels.

Prettyman’s contribution to the BEF was a no-brainer for the eco-minded artist, who supported enough solar energy certificates from the organization to offset energy consumed in the recording of Hello - the San Diego, Calif., native’s second album, which will be released by Virgin Records on April 15. The certificates for Hello offset approximately 38,000 pounds of CO2 emissions, the reduction equivalent of planting fives acres of trees or taking four cars off the road for one year.

“I was happy to donate my song to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation,� Prettyman says. “It’s just another way I can do my part for the environment.� Prettyman drives a Toyota Highlander Hybrid, is an avid recycler, and purchases biodegradable cleaning products for her home. “I also have a little composting pile in my backyard, use canvas bags at the grocery store, and try to buy as many organic and fair-trade-certified items as possible.�

“Madly,â€? the first single from Hello, went to radio last month and Prettyman has confirmed spring tours for February 14 to March 7 (supporting G. Love & Special Sauce) and a headline run from March 19 to April 27.  She will also appear on Last Call with Carson Daly on March 18.

For more about the Bonneville Environmental Foundation’s Green Tags program, please visit:  www.greentagsusa.org.

IN ANTICIPATION OF THE UPCOMING TOUR WITH G. LOVE AND SPECIAL SAUCE......

1) MP3Albums-Soundtrack

2) If I Was A Millionaire

3) Starpulse

4) SoundWord

5) Plug In Music

Konichiwa friends...

I have a just returned from a 2 day press filled trip to Japan..It was great...If there is one reason why i know i am cut out for this job, its that i have been dealt the ‘no jet lag, hardly ever, no matter which directing im flying’ card. its pretty sweet. for some reason i just fall in and out and whatever time zone im in...i dont know how, or why, but it certainly makes things a heck of a lot easier. It also doesnt hurt that i forgot i had racked up over 200,000 frequent flyer miles and can use those for upgrades, cha ching...can we say business class, asleep so fast...I got to watch that movie Into the Wild, a film i had been meaning to see ever since it came out. I really enjoyed it...Eddie Vedder did a killer job with the soundtrack, i think its worth it just to go see it so you can listen to all the original songs he wrote for it.

Japan is awesome, even if i was only there for 2 days...its still such a lovely, unique and fascinating place...the people are so sweet and they bought 150,000 copies of my last album, so that makes me love them even more ;) hehe...i hope this new album goes over just as well...fingers crossed. i love the food in japan, the sushi, and edamame bagels and the little chocolates..they also always put this gigantic fruit display in your room..i swear the one morning, this orange i peeled was the size of my head!



Anyhow, i did enough interviews, photo shoots, video & radio performances to hold the people over for a couple months until i can get back there for tour in the spring. So now back...and feeling a little under the weather...i was feeling pretty good, having not had caught any sort of flu or cold in a while...but now i think the travel and the hustle and bustle of these last couple weeks are catching up to me...i really cant afford to get sick as i have a music video shoot tomorrow and then rehearsals starting sunday! Rehearsals you say? Ah yes for the upcoming tours..but first there will be a very special show coming up so....

if you live in san diego or somewhere nearby..i am playing a private listening concert for 102.1 KPRI. They have always been a big supporter of me and also when it comes supporting their local talent...
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Also! There are more tour dates...Just in time for Valentines Day! I will be heading out on the road opening up for G. Love & Special Sauce...Shortly after that, i will be heading out for my very own headlining tour across the US of A!

Mar 19 2008 7:00P
Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, California

Mar 20 2008 8:00P
The Roxy Theater Los Angeles, California

Mar 21 2008 6:00P
Coach House San Juan Capistrano, California

Mar 22 2008 7:30P
Cafe du Nord San Francisco, California

Mar 24 2008 8:00P
Doug Fir Lounge Portland, Oregon

Mar 25 2008 7:00P
Chop Suey Seattle, Washington

Mar 29 2008 9:00P
Belly Up Aspen Aspen, Colorado

Mar 30 2008 7:30P
The Fox Theater Boulder, Colorado

Apr 1 2008 7:00P
Maintenance Shop Ames, Iowa

Apr 3 2008 7:00P
Varsity Theater Minneapolis, Minnesota

Apr 4 2008 9:00P
Back Porch Stage @ House of Blues Chicago, Illinois

Apr 5 2008 9:00P
Cambridge Room-House of Blues Cleveland, Ohio

Apr 7 2008 7:30P
The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan

Apr 9 2008 7:00P
Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts

Apr 10 2008 7:30P
The Blender Theatre @ Gramercy New York, New York

Apr 11 2008 7:30P
World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Apr 12 2008 5:00P
IOTA Club and Cafe Arlington, Virginia

Apr 15 2008 7:00P
3rd and Lindsley Nashville, Tennessee

Apr 17 2008 7:30P
The Social Orlando, Florida

Apr 18 2008 8:00P
Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida

Apr 19 2008 6:30P
Eddie’s Attic Decatur, Georgia

Apr 20 2008 6:00P
Eddie’s Attic Decatur, Georgia

Apr 22 2008 7:00P
Workplay Theater Birmingham, Alabama

Apr 24 2008 8:00P
The Parish-New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana

Apr 25 2008 8:00P
The Meridian Houston, Texas

Apr 26 2008 8:00P
Stubb’s Indoors Austin, Texas

Apr 27 2008 8:00P
Cambridge Room-House of Blues Dallas, Texas

Whoot Whoot! If you are in town and around, please come out and join us! Its gonna
be spicy business as usual… i even got me a really pretty electric guitar!

In other exciting and rather roller-coastering news....

My record has been pushed back to April 15th (Better than the summer, which was also proposed by my label) ..If you really cant wait...its coming out on Feb 20th in Japan, so you can book a short little trip, say ‘hello..x’, enjoy some sushi and down some sake...Many options, things are so crazy these days...silly label, silly me, oh the music business sure is one surprise after another...

Well that is all for now, i am gonna go rest up for my big day tomorrow...hope this finds you all well! Lotsa Love and see you soon!



Arigato Gozaimas!

Love Love Love,

TP

Madly, the new single from Tristan Prettyman’s forthcoming sophomore album, Hello...x in stores April 15th

Download Madly....now available on itunes!

1) Carson Daly

Ahoy pirates....

How goes it?

TP here to tell you about some exciting updates :)

I have been invited to play some tunes on the Carson Daly show!!!!!

Oh Carson..do you think if i ask about Tara Reid i will get the boot? We’ll find out!

Just kidding i would never do that…

If you live in LA, near LA or are going to be visiting your boyfriend, girlfriend, mom or grandma near there...you should come!

Pick up free tickets here:
Last Call with Carson Daly - March 18th, 2008 - 5:45pm

2) Tour Dates

With the new album ‘Hello’ coming out March 11th, 2008...you know we going on the road!!

H a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a y!!!

There are going to be many tours, many dates coming soon, but to kick it all off, i am heading out for a little warm up with my old friend G. Love and the Special Sauce....if we coming to your town, i hope yous is around :)

3) Website Updates

And last but not least.....

The Website is back!!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah.....

Our good friends over at Oniracom are working on it as we speak, putting the final touches on it..and it should be up sometime tonight!!!!

I cant thank them enough for making it simple, yet stylish..

So make sure to head over there when you get a chance! Say haaay! Have a little look around, there is a new bio and the message board is back in action...I will be updating photos and videos as we start touring, making sure to document all of the mayhem and craziness that i know i am about to encounter being on the road, stuck in a van with my band and brother :)

Well that is all for now, i have enjoyed this time well spent, drinking my 8th cup of green tea for the day and updating you!

As always lotsa of love and big smiles,

TP