Why are pirates cool..? Because they ARRR!

Why are our friends at Meet You At The Show so awesome? Because they’ve planned an amazing city-wide treasure hunt in collaboration with Pop Montreal. If you live in Montreal, then you must join the game! And if you don’t, what a great reason to plan a trip! Can’t think of a better way to explore the ol’ hometown. The hunt begins on August 28th, and there are plenty of great prizes to be won, including some rad YBP gear!

Check out Meet You At the Show’s website for more details.

MP3:>> The Tallest Man On Earth – A Field Of Birds (YBP Theme Song)

A few years ago we approached The Tallest Man On Earth, and asked him if he would write a song for the Yellow Bird Project. Our intention was to inspire something marvelous which would be used to help spread the word about YBP. Not long after, magic was delivered into our inbox as we heard for the first time this brand new song written for us; it was called “A Field of Birds”.

But really, it wasn’t just written for us – it was written for all of you. Now, to enable us to spread the word even further, we commissioned a talented young art student by the name of Jonathan Lindley, to put this song into graphic motion. Stop frame animation, to be precise. 300 photographs and 46o hours of painstaking work to be more precise. All of this, on a £40 budget.

Click here to watch!

Tweet yourself to a prize! 

If you’ve got Twitter, then you’ve got a chance to win a number of YBP prize packs, just by helping to spread the word about this new music vid! The prizes are…

Prize #1: A YBP hoodie and a copy of The Indie Rock Coloring Book

Prize #2: A YBP t-shirt and a copy of The Indie Rock Coloring Book

Prize #3: A YBP scarf and a copy of The Indie Rock Coloring Book

Prize #4: A copy of … (you get the picture)

For a chance to win, re-tweet us using the following text:

“RT to win a t-shirt/hoodie/coloring book from @YBP! http://www.yellowbirdproject.com/tweet”

Or just simply click here for an automatic re-tweet!

We will select 4 winners at random and will ‘Direct Message’ you if you’ve been selected.

N.B. you must be friends with us on Twitter and signed up to our mailing list in order to be eligible.

Find us on Twitter here: http://www.twitter.com/YBP.

Competition is now finished. But, you can find out about our next one by signing up to our mailing list here!

Yellow Bird Project has teamed up with The Duke Of Uke (Ukulele and Banjo Emporium) to bring you this exclusive YBP competition. As a main prize, they have generously donated a Tanglewood 4221 Soprano Ukulele and a How to Play Ukulele Handbook. 

Simply sign up to receive our monthly newsletter by submitting your email address in the field below. One lucky winner will be selected, and your prize will be shipped over to you, free of charge!

To enter this competition just click here.

YBP has launched a special online competition. Here’s the deal: sign up to our mailing list, and you will be automatically entered in for a chance to win a super cool indie rock prize pack. The pack includes the following:

• Horn rimmed sunglasses
• A vintage bow tie
• A talking watch
• A harmonica
• La Roux’s debut album (epic)

Click here for details!

“My son turns 3 in a week and a half, I now have to do everything I can to keep him from even remotely knowing who Kanye West is. This coloring book would go a long way“.

Three is a good age to start coloring!

Thanks to everyone who participated. Ten of our favourite responses will be announced in our next newsletter, which goes out soon. You can sign up to our newsletter on via our website.

For another chance to win a free coloring book, you can enter our competition with “My Love For You Is a Stampede of Horses, here. Thanks again (to all 37 of you) for taking part.

Wanna win one of these? We are giving 1 away. How to enter? Just give us your best reason of why The Indie Rock Coloring Book makes a great gift. A couple of examples:

- It’s a good gift for your niece of nephew, teach em’ a thing or two
- With crayons and a bottle of wine, it makes a fab dinner party gift!

To enter, simply comment on this blog with your response. The person with the most creative entry will be awarded a free book, and the best entries will be featured in our next newsletter!

Goodluck!

~This competition is now closed. Winner has been announced here. However, you can feel free to continue contributing responses!

We had brilliant entries from people all around the globe. Some of them sharp, funny, amusing, and poignant. We were happy to know that people care about their t-shirts, and that our work over here is very much appreciated.

As stipulated, we will be sharing these responses with you on this page. So, we will now begin posting a new entry each week. We will start with this winning entry, by Ian Aleksander Adams:

What does my YBP T-shirt mean to me?

It’s sort of obvious really, it means I can feel good in the clothes I wear. When I first got my Stars designed shirt, the one with the tiger, I admit that I simply loved the design by the Stars, who had recently put on one of the best live shows I’d ever seen. Getting it through the YBP, though, was part of my awakening to world conscious fashion.

I’m not saying that every person who buys a shirt will spiral into eco-terrorism, but thinking about where the money went from my shirt got me thinking about where the money from my other clothing purchases ended up. I realized I wasn’t satisfied with giving money to the same few major companies every time I made a purchase. Around this time, I started really thinking about my clothes. I bought a pair of Adbusters’ Blackspot shoes. I started supporting local artists who screenprinted designs on found and used shirts. Now, almost everything I own is a combination of handmade art, donation friendly clothes, and secondhand clothing. Not only am I comfortable with a wardrobe I feel is reasonably unique, I also know who my money has supported and feel good about it, instead of worrying about bad working conditions or over consumption.

It may not be saving the world, but it’s a step in the right direction, and at least I can feel comfortable in my own clothes while I figure out what I can save. The Yellow Bird Project is part of that; I’m glad the bands we know and love are helping bring people into the fold, and think about what they buy and wear.

Very Best,
Ian Aleksander Adams