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About Me


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Iamb - Live at the Clubhouse in San Luis Obispo
Bio
Iamb is a musical exploration that began soon after I first moved to Utah to attend BYU. When I failed to find other people to play with, Iamb emerged, with low-quality recordings of songs realized and produced alone in my dorm room. Subject content reflects the ambiguity of the project's title - while "Iamb" can be read "Lamb," "I am," or "iamb" - referring to either deity or poetry, Iamb's songs refer alternately to one's relationship with God and romantic love and can be seen as a summative map of my spiritual, social, and romantic experience since that time.
I write songs with keyboard, electric and acoustic guitar, mandolin, and cello. My little brother George graciously shares his talent ..o and violin when we play live. Other performers are often called upon as well, so expect surprises!
The first full-length album, "I'll Stay Waiting," was released August 2006 by local independent label Real Love Records, and has proved to be a large underground success with great online sales. Iamb's internet popularity piqued the attention of a group of filmmakers at UCLA, who were inspired to create a music video for the song "I Don't Care What Happens" that was consequently featured once a day for two weeks on MTVu and one time on MTV2. It was also around this time that I was offered by the University of Arkansas to be flown in for an exclusive live performance on-campus in April.
May 2007 marked my first tour as Iamb - a journey shared by my dear friends and labelmates Kapiano . It was beautiful to finally reach out to fans all along the west coast!
JUST RELEASED: RLR-07 - Candle/Iamb Split 7"
PNR-003 - Pacific Nature Presents... Flatsound, Iamb, and Kingsauce CD
Many thanks to everyone who speaks to me, comments me, and emails me letting me know that they like what they hear or offering me help with shows. It is beautiful and amazing to me to learn how my meagre offering can bring even the slightest increase of joy to you. I wish you all the very best and I hope to see you soon!
I also play guitar in another band called Candle , coming out with a new full-length soon. Listen to them!
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Member Since: 12/31/2005
Band Website: realloverecords.net
Band Members:

Ross Major - songwriting, vocals, guitar, mandolin, keyboard.

Joined by:
George Major - cello, violin
Andy Pyle - guitar, keyboard
Kevin Coons - guitar
Paul Frankel - drums


Influences:

Major influences include Azure Ray, Bright Eyes, Broken Social Scene, Carissa's Wierd, the Cure, Cursive, the Decemberists, Explosions in the Sky, Iron and Wine, the Flaming Lips, the Good Life, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Leonard Cohen, Little Joe Gould, Lullaby For The Working Class, My Bloody Valentine, Neutral Milk Hotel, the Postal Service, Radiohead, Sigur Ros, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Sufjan Stevens.


Sounds Like:

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Full-length CD - I'll Stay Waiting
$5.00

1. Alone
2. Wings to Elysia
3. Everyone Makes Mistakes
4. Adore
5. Petals Drift Away
6. You Were So Brave
7. Cure Me
8. I Don't Care What Happens
9. In Which the Cracks...
10. Eunoch

Check out a review of "I'll Stay Waiting" on Derives.net!

7" vinyl record - Come Back Home
$5.00

1. Three Years
2. One Afternoon
3. With my Heart ( Candle )

Check out all the reviews of "Come Back Home" here !

Pacific Nature Split Series 2, w/ Kingsauce and Flatsound
$5.00

1. Summer in a Sleeping Bag
2. The Rescue
3. The Singer
4. Nothing More
Plus 8 additional tracks by the other bands

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Record Label: Real Love


Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

1-12-08 - The Butterfly Preserve, Goleta / O Niel’s, Cayucos

In Goleta we had Kapiano, Jon Crocker, Drew Danburry, and Jellybean!I played (horribly, on kelly's guitar:)1. worry lines2. nothing more3. summer in a sleeping bag4. three yearsIn Cayucos, we had Devi...
Posted by iamb on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:01:00 PST

Experimental Cafe, Oxnard, 1-9-08

ROSSThis was a fun show. I drove down to hang out with Kelly (aka Jellybean!) early in the afternoon, then we went to Ventura for dinner at Pat and Andrea's favorite pizza place, Topper's Pizza. The ...
Posted by iamb on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 06:43:00 PST

10-14-07. butterfly preserve, goleta!

hi there, so! last night i played at the butterfly preserve in goleta, california, and it was absolutely magical.i went to kelly bold's house for tea with john collector and other friends, then we wen...
Posted by iamb on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:35:00 PST

10-12-07. o’niel’s coffeehouse, cayucos.

1. motion picture soundtrack2. summer in a sleeping back3. you were so brave4. nothing more5. wings to elysia6. i don't care what happens7. adore8. the singer9. three years...
Posted by iamb on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:20:00 PST

Friday, September 7th, the Experimental Cafe in Oxnard

1. Fog (radiohead cover)2. summer in a sleeping bag3. petals drift away4. adore5. wings to elysia6. southbound train/three years7. the rescue8. nothing more9. the singer10. in which the cracks...
Posted by iamb on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:20:00 PST

September 4th, Buchon House

fun house show at miguel's house with the crazy talented ribbons !love love to everyone there.this is what george, andy and i played:1. summer in a sleeping bag2. petals3. adore4. the rescue5. three y...
Posted by iamb on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:08:00 PST

August 31, Linnea’s Cafe

This was supposed to be with Fresno emo band Until April but they never showed up!  It was alright though, a lot of wonderful beautiful people came and we had a great time playing a long unplugge...
Posted by iamb on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 12:00:00 PST

July Tour is Over!

Another incredible tour experience! 8 days of music shared with some of my best friends in the whole world - David Baggelaar, Kevin Coons, and Paul Frankel of Candle, joined later by merch/roadies/pa...
Posted by iamb on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:08:00 PST

Press on "Come Back Home"!

The first reviews have started to come back for the new split 7". As more come, this blog will be updated to include them!"The split release is, I think, a grossly underrepresented format. And there a...
Posted by iamb on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 06:52:00 PST

San Luis Obispo Day of Hunger Update

Hi everyone,I just realized that although I told a lot of you about the Hunger Awareness Day going on in San Luis last week and the wonderful fundraiser we were holding for the foodbank, I never foll...
Posted by iamb on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:25:00 PST