Fly Paper

As 2013 draws to a close, Fly Paper find themselves looking back on a year filled with change. In January, they added Saxophonist /Keyboardist Marty McLean, and started work on a second studio album. While continuing work on the new album, the band headed to the southeastern U.S. for the first time, playing shows in Miami and the Florida Keys. They embarked on their third national tour in June, visiting old friends, and new places. The tour included shows in Denver, Seattle, Santa Monica, and a sold out performance in Bremerton,WA. The band found themselves returning to the stage at the 2013 Wild Mountain Faire in Northern California, as well as appearing at Michigan's 2013 Jamma Wamma Music and Arts Festival,the 2013 Southwestern Michigan Harvest Festival, and Big Rapid's 2013 Cranker's Fest. The band returned from the summer tour, to an offer from the Jettison Agency to take over show bookings for the band. In September, Fly Paper released their second full length studio album "Dream" to an enthusiastic crowd at Bell's Eccentric Cafe in Kalamazoo. This show was also the last show of drummer Ashley Ickes, as drummer Sam Rice, took over the throne to guide the band into 2014 and beyond. In mid-December the band will premier it's first music video, directed by Michigan native Ben Woody, for the song "Sing,Sing,Sing, Along" from the album "Dream". Fly Paper will continue touring in 2014, while searching for a record label to help distribute their music to a national and global audience. Fly Paper have shared the stage with a diverse group of acts including Styx, Stray Cat Lee Rocker, Delhi to Dublin, Mystic Roots, Marcia Griffiths, Roster McCabe, the4onthefloor, The Ragbirds, Funktion, Jamie Lono and many more 2012 was a great year for Fly Paper. The band released a new fan-funded CD, "Live at the Globe Theater", on August 31st, 2012. The CD was followed by a fan-funded DVD of the show in the fall. The band was featured in the "On the Rise" section of Relix Magazine's March 2012 issue, and completed a 2nd national tour with 26 shows across the United States. Including stops in Denver, Portland, and Los Angeles. Fly Paper played the famed Triple Door in Seattle and a sold out show at the Treehouse in Bainbridge Island, Washington. They appeared at the 2012 Wild Mountain Faire Music Festival in Northern California, The 4th Annual Hoodilidoo Music Festival in Southern Michigan, and opened for Stray Cat Lee Rocker and Styx at the 2012 Deadwood Jam in Deadwood, South Dakota. FlyPaper released their fan-funded, self-produced debut CD on July 29th, 2011 to a record crowd at the Old Dog Tavern in Kalamazoo, MI. The first pressing has almost sold out and the CD is entering its second pressing. The CD release show was the first of a 14 show Summer tour,and the band helped to set an attendance record at the venue that night. The self-booked tour took them through Chicago, Des Moines, Omaha, Denver, and all the way to the legendary Whiskey A-Go-Go in West Hollywood, CA. From there, FlyPaper headed North to the Seattle area, for a near capacity show at the Admiral Theatre in Bremerton, WA. Shows in Montana, South Dakota, and Wisconsin brought them back home . Radio play: Fly Paper is officially and currently being played on radio stations including/podcasts: WYCE FM 88.1 Grand Rapids MI , Fearless Radio Chicago, Off the Chart Radio.Co.UK, WCBF FM, Fredonia NY, INDIE104.com Payson AZ, 89.1 WIDR FM Kalamazoo MI, WMUK 102.1FM Kalamazoo, ALOOGA.DE Germany, OWDVX 89.9FM in Clinton TN, 102.9FM in Knoxville TN, womensradio.com, jango.com, valslist.com, WSND 88.9FM South Bend IN, and many others throughout the United States and abroad. Check out www.FlyPaperRock.com for info and tour dates!