Jonny Lives! singer and Rock ‘n Renew Founder Jonny Dubowsky performed on Good Morning America, Today, and Good Day Live as part of the kick-off for Earth Week at Drury University. Here’s a clip from his appearance on The Morning Rush.

Check out the video for an acoustic version of Jonny Lives! song “If You Wanna Stay” and hear Jonny talk about some of the action from the Drury Earth Week! Then go buy a copy of the song on iTunes and listen while you plant a garden would ya!

In the meantime, we wanted to make sure you had all the upcoming U.k tour dates, so we’ll host the touring widget here for a day or two until it’s fixed:

It’s official…Jonny Lives! is returning to our old stomping grounds to play a week of shows in the U.K.

Stay tuned for all the dates. Drop us a line to reconnect. info at jonnylives dot com

We put a Q.R code on the liner notes, you activated it…. You should be rewarded for such pioneering behavior. This is the place on the world wide web where you will find such rewards.

Check back here soon for the first of many surprise digital gifts.

Best wishes,

Jonny

“Everyone here has chosen to not do something else to show up,” said Taylor Hanson of his band’s impromptu concert-telethon.

Rock band Hanson hosted a 12-hour live stream from South By Southwest to raise money for Japan. The band was headquartered in Austin’s Bubble Studios and invited fellow musicians to stop by and perform or be interviewed.

Among their guests: R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe, who told the several thousand web viewers streaming via Facebook or the SXSW4Japan site, “There’s no script, but what music and art offers is heart.”

Stipe made note of the countless musicians who’ve toured in Japan, and, looking directly into the livestream camera, conveyed to victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami disasters, “Our prayers and thoughts are with you. We love you and we’re here to help.”

Said Taylor Hanson of the more than 30 guests who stopped by, which included Ben Folds, Cary Brothers, Jonny Dubowsky of Jonny Lives!, Rain Phoenix, and North Mississippi Allstars: “Everyone on this show has chosen to not do something else to show up.”

The effort raised over $98,000.

“This is about creating a united effort powered by the amazing convergence of artists and resources at SXSW,” Taylor Hanson tells THR. “We came into Austin feeling overwhelmed with the tragedy in Japan, but realized there was a huge call to action here. The live stream’s success so far is credited to the artists who have come together to be the soundtrack to action.”

Update: Many of the songs from Hanson’s Japan webethon will be available as part of a digital compilation album, to be released soon. A full list of the artists who participated is below:

All donations can be directed to the American Red Cross by calling 1-800 RED-CROSS or simple $10 donations can be sent by texting RedCross to 90999.

LiveStream Link

sxsw4japan.com

• Alpha Rev
• An Horse
• Andy Grammer
• Anna Nalick
• AWOLNATION
• Ben Folds
• Cary Brothers
• Charlie Mars
• Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr
• Drawn From Bees
• Emergency Blanket
• Gay Blades
• Grand Atlantic

• Hanson
• Hey Battlefield
• Jackson Harris
• Jenny O
• Johnny Polygon
• Jojo / Widespread Panic
• Jonny Dubowsky
• Keaton Simons
• Kina Grannis
• Laura Jansen
• Leslie Stevens
• Locksley
• Lonely Forest

• Luke Rathborne
• Michael Stipe / REM
• Miles Zuniga
• North Mississippi Allstars
• Ozomatli
• Rain Phoenix
• Rayland Baxter
• River City Extension
• Stephen Kellogg
• Taylor Locke and the Roughs
• The Boxer Rebellion
• The Hours
• The Parlotones

Jonny Dubowsky of Jonny Lives! w/ Tommy Usa, Jon Weber

Who?Jonny Dubowsky is a downtown NYC garage rocker with a sensitive side. Playing gigs at CBGB and the Bitter End since the age of 13, he’s clearly a man with music in his blood — blood he’s willing to spill onstage every night with his latest band, Jonny Lives! Along with guitarist Christian Langdon, bassist Tommy USA, and drummer Jon Weber, Dubowsky breathes new life into a genre tired of the stale, cliched rock put out by those desperate to be hailed as the next incarnation of Iggy.

What’s The Deal? Combining raunchy guitars with catchy pop hooks, the band’s debut album, Get Steady, plays like a soundtrack for the city. It’s full of high-tension, electric exhilaration; all-night party songs offset with the occasional moment of acoustic tranquility. Dubowsky’s strength as a songwriter lies in his ability to translate moments and feelings into melodies and lyrics. The title track is as room-spinningly rocking as Dubowksy must have been the night he scrawled the song’s lyrics under a table in the East Village bar Niagara.

Fun Fact:Dubowsky wrote most of the tracks on Get Steady in his sleep. Since he was a kid growing up in New Jersey, Dubowsky has heard songs in his dreams, but could never recall the tunes when he woke up. He solved the problem by purchasing a small micro-cassette recorder for his bedside. With the recorder in voice activation mode overnight, Dubowsky was able to capture his subconscious songwriting in the vocal equivalent of sleepwalking, many times waking up the next morning completely unaware of the fact that he’d recorded anything at all. ANTHONY D’AMATO

Jonny Dubowsky of Jonny Lives!

Jonny Dubowsky, 29, has exploited corporate partnerships to get exposure for his indie band, Jonny Lives! The band debuted its single, “Get Steady,” on an EA video game, teamed up with Nokia to film a music video with one of its cameras, and then launched the video at 900 American Eagle stores.

“Our song ‘Get Steady’ was chosen out of the blue to be on EA’s MVP Baseball 2004, which wound up selling 3.5 million copies. EA paid us $30,000 dollars; I used that money to fund a tour in England. Two years later, we can still feel the exposure. When we released our debut album, people said, ‘We know “Get Steady” from the game.’

I have a manager now whose only job is to do corporate sponsorships. He made the deal with Nokia, in which we used its digital video camera to make the ‘Get Steady’ video. I’m really fascinated with technology and the way it’s shifting how we experience music as a culture, so it was a no-brainer. It was really cool because the company understood our indie-rock sensibility. Plus, when you work with a corporate sponsor, it falls outside your deal with a record label. That makes it a great revenue stream.

Later that same year, Jonny Dubowsky of Jonny Lives! and Rock ‘n Renew appeared on N.P.R’s “Talk Of The Nation” with Andy Carvin to discuss the outcome of the article with EA Sports Worldwide Executive of Music and Marketing, Steve Schnur and Cora Daniels, author, Fast Company magazine series “The New Music Moguls”; author, Ghettonation: A Journey Into the Land of Bling and Home of the Shameless

You can listen to the N.P.R “Talk of The Nation” episode here:

University of Wisconsin: River Falls

Al Gore meets Iggy Pop! Jonny Dubowsky has rocketed from a next-big-thing rock star, to an exciting and formidable environmentalist. Based on his groundbreaking work and travels, he will give you practical ways to reduce your carbon footprint, speak about the latest on renewable energy, discuss ecological restoration, and will preview green jobs and the new green economy. An energetic, charismatic speaker, Dubowsky will challenge you to rethink how your actions will define your generation and your world.