Sound Pass: BoDeans

By Josh Adams Special to OnMilwaukee.com Published Mar 01, 2010 at 1:01 AM

BoDeans are keeping busy these days.

Kurt Neumann and Sam Llanas will release "Mr. Sad Clown," their ninth studio effort, April 6. Tickets for the special CD release show, slated for May 28 at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts and presented by OnMilwaukee.com, go on sale at 11:30 a.m. today at the Marcus Center box office, 929 N. Water St., marcuscenter.org, ticketmaster.com and (414) 273-7206 and (800) 745-3000.

Neumann and Llanas sat down with Mindpool Live to talk about their music and their shared history. Check out the video interview and preview the new song, "Stay" from the new CD.

Josh Adams Special to OnMilwaukee.com

Mindpool Live Producer, Director and Blogger Josh Adams has made a career of following bands around the globe. He spent the first decade of his career as a video director and designer with Tina Turner, Beastie Boys, Barenaked Ladies, Janet Jackson and others. Josh now owns Mindpool Live, a film and video production company nestled in Milwaukee's East Side just steps from OnMilwaukee.com's headquarters.

Josh, along with Mindpool Live Producer Ryan Schaber, focus on the production of high-quality video vignettes that present some of the most intriguing bands in Milwaukee and the world. The Mindpool Live Web video series "Sound Pass" is an interview-based piece giving viewers an inside look at some of the country's most relevant musicians, while "Open Mic" is a intimate performance piece woven together with documentary style interviews -- giving viewers unprecedented access to the inner workings some of the most prolific artists in Milwaukee and the country. "Sound Pass" and "Open Mic" are featured in Josh's OnMilwaukee.com blog.

Josh grew up in South Milwaukee and resides in Wauwatosa with his wife and equally ambitious music connoisseur Sandi Anderson. Josh believes Milwaukee is music industry's best kept secret and hopes it won't be that way for long. "There are artists in Milwaukee and Wisconsin that are doing things that are unique to the whole world and the industry is beginning to notice."

Josh has recently directed or produced video for some of the largest festivals in the world including, Montreux Jazz Festival, ACL Festival, Coachella, Lollapalooza and Milwaukee's own Summerfest. He has also won two Midwest Emmy's for Mindpool's production of Bucks and Brewers programming.

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