Ledaswan

What can i say about listening back to the songs and adding keys…. Nothing less than i love the essence of keys, the sound of strings and other “musical” devices. This video (my first edit on imovie with the iphone5)… entails Ledaswan hanging out as we decide on some production of key placement. If you wait about a minute through Nick and Lalo lay down some sweet keys that remind me of Sparkehorse an amazing band that makes me feel alive about music. It inspires me to hear things like this and it excites me deeply to be able to implement elements from artists i respect and admire and to scatter those influences on our upcoming album. I hope you enjoy and please subscribe to our you tube channel LEDASWAN on YOUTUBE and share our video with your friends. xxx Erica Swany-Gurl. P.S. the music at the beginning of the video (other than our keys) is by local band “Something Fiction” and legendary UK band “Adorable.” thank u.

For me fashion and music go hand in hand like two peas in a pod…well, you get the picture. I love fashion, and like music, you can express, create, and be free in fashion… So this blog lists my top 3 local vintage/resale shops I’ve been lucky enough to come across in San Antonio. These are great not only for their awesome swag but for being reasonably priced and of course for the exceptional friendly “customer service.” Meet my top 3 list; vintage and resale shops!

Number Three favorite resale/thrift shop is located in the west side of San Antonio, called “All Things Beautiful.” Yes, it can be hit or miss but i think the beauty of any resale or thrift shop is the anticipation or mystery behind knowing that you are on the verge of finding that awesome piece..you just have to keep digging and item-by-item carefully look through the racks. I’ve purchased some very cool items here. from a peacock mask to some pretty green shoes.

Number Two best vintage/resale shop is Collective Vintage AKA Rad Vintage & Thrift I would have to say that owner of Rad Vintage & Thrift Rachel Ann Dealy is super sweet and fashion forward minded. quite talented… i think she’d have no problem being a fashion consultant to those that are looking for some direction in the style arena…. I was a fan of Rachel’s concept since she had her shop literally out of her house. Which i thought was pretty unique at the time. Now located on 1432 S. St. Mary’s near the S. Town district you should definitely drop by when you are in the shopping mood. The clothes are very reasonably priced and you will find something great. Rachel has an eye for fashion so she surely can help you sort something out. You’ll find everything from vintage to resale designer pieces. “Collective Vintage.” live it, love it, wear it.

Number One best vintage shop is Montage Vintage. The reason why i put this at the top of the list is because Montage Vintage is “ready to wear” and even though i never use to be a big fan of reconstructed vintage. I am a fan of how owner Shelby Guevara reconstructs her pieces. Not to mention her amazing jewelry collection…It’s quite stunning and most pieces i believe are reconstructed by Shelby. There are some great dresses that I picked up here a few days ago that were just stunningly gorgeous and downright cute. Luckily i dropped by during a 50% off sale. She has some great jackets, dresses, accessories, and shorts that have been nicely reconstrcuted with lacey trimming… everything here is ready to wear and currently trending!

The great thing about these shops is not just the unique vision the owners share but also the down-to-earth feel and the relationships they genuinely put forth effort to make with you. They are always supportive of the local arts and music scene. To me they are more than local business owners but friends. Please go visit their shops, vintage is not for everyone but i think with an open mind it could work for most.

Video shot and edited by Santa Slice

We will have this cool super comfy t-s at our shows! Silkscreened blue logo on cream color baby dolls or blue guys w/white logo. See you then! Erica~

Ledaswan just completed their first tour of the year.  Their Swans by Number Tour consisted of 4 cities:

Austin, TX
Tulsa, OK
Joplin, MO
Ft. Worth, TX

We would like to thank all the incredible people that we met along the way.  Thanks for all your help and support.  We plan to come back to all those cities as well as venture to newer cities later on this year.  Our next show will be Saturday, Jan 21st at 502 Bar in San Antonio, TX with Phonolux, Darstar, and Mrs. Howl, which will be releasing their cd that same evening. We hope to see everyone there.  We will be debuting a couple of new songs that evening including the song from the following clip.

Love,
Ledaswan

Ledaswan took a little time from recording to talk about their new album and what you can expect from it.
Thanks to Ismael Rodriguez for filming and editing.

 

Ledaswan would like to wish everyone Happy Holidays. We recently recorded a version of ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ for CW35. The song as well as Ledaswan performing it are featured on CW35 for their holiday promo which will be running all of December. Let us know if you catch it.

Watch Ledaswan talk about the experience in this video shot and edited by Ismael Rodriguez

Ledaswan has been busy rehearsing new music and recording a new full length album. We played a show last weekend at the Falls in SATX and we had a fantastic set and made some new fans. Thank you to everyone who supported us and all the bands that played with us. Thanks to El Perrito & SOAH Tequila for having this fun event.

We also managed to squeeze in and record a Christmas song (a cover of “Rocking around the Christmas Tree”) for Fox CW 35 in which the station will be airing the promo of Ledaswan performing the 30 second clip. We were excited to do something a little different from what we are currently working on.  The nice people at FOX/CW35 reached out to San Antonio bands to do their holiday promo. The other local band they asked was Piñata Protest. Our promo should start to air this Friday on CW 35 several times throughout the day.  We had fun recording the song for the commercial so we hope you check it out and enjoy it too.  We heard the boss at the station liked our song so much they decided to do a full 30 sec. promo instead of the original 20 seconds.

Back to the new album..at our show at the Falls we played a new song titled “Introducing the Fifth” and “Ghost Ways.” We have a few other new songs we are demoing at our new studio. On a side note Jaime and I have been busy helping Local782 organize a city wide cross-promotional event called Local Music Week 2012. We are expecting great things to prosper from this as we work with some great people that care for and support the SA music community. More news on that at www.facebook.com/localseveneightytwo

These are a few pictures from this weekend Ledaswan took while we were recording and hanging out.