JamQwest Mission Statement

Since Operation MonkeyFace JamQwest has evolved. We have a manager, Elife Don, and our tribe is multiplying. JamQwest is morphing from one mans psychedelic journey to play the drums to an organization destined to spread our high vibrations in a wildly creative format. We've collected some amazing fire spinners and dancers, and have developed a full line of JamQwest gear including adult Festival Qwestable JamQwest onesies, hats, shirts, and stickers. 

As a tribe we throw desert parties to bring awareness to our cause, we've been known to throw bonfires with trampolines, drums, saxophone and our fire boys in the middle of the desert. Onesie clad we rock and create, riding tricycles through towns that need to see something weird. 

JamQwest Lifestyle:

 A lifestyle where anything and everything is possible. A lifestyle where starry night desert bonfires and didjiridoo sunrises are the norm. Where we as a tribe are willing to face the elements of mama nature and push ourselves to our physical and mental limits in order to bring forth our untampered creativity.

Where we feed each other strawberries and laugh, spreading abundance and joy wherever we choose to be. Bringing awareness and consciousness to those who have fallen into societal traps or ruts.

 We move as a tribe shining our brilliant creativity through our art, whether it be playing drums, spinning fire, dancing, painting or building altars to give gratitude to the divine.

 To help spread this message we are creating videos that capture the essence of our flow- our hope is that a flame will spark in those that watch it, a spark of inspiration. And people will begin to think.



Here's some photos from our Sunrise Photoshoot:

Our first video is coming soon! JamQwest operation monkey face is finally nearing completion and getting ready to be brought to the public eye!

Also if you like what you see in the photos with the hats or JamQwest onesies our online shop is coming soon! 

Hats Complete, Onesies in, track getting more and more delicious

Good news! Now have 3 different styles of JamQwest hats complete with more styles in the making. Also received my first shipment of Festival Qwestable JamQwest onesies and now am in the process of making them fully decked out for festi qwesti season which is quickly approaching! I'll have pictures of the onesies as soon as they're fully functional with the JamQwest logo, scarves, hide-a-pocks and sacred geometry hoods.

 JamQwest hats

The video track is progressing nicely just spent the last 3 days recording and editing in JamDome to come up with the drum, dij and flute aspect of the track which will await sugarbeats' electronic additions

Sugarbeats working some magic

JamDome

Also, as the video comes closer to completion we've been crafting big plans for an awesome release party for the JamQwest vid. Stay tuned for more details, it will be the first ever live showing of JamQwest followed by a full set by Sugarbeats. LogicDesigns is working on a badass event poster now which will be released as soon as we pick a date to release our baby into the world!

Ryan of LogicDesigns putting in work to create an eye catching event poster

Vid track

I'm happy to announce that JamQwest has teamed up with the one and only SugarBeats to create a killer soundtrack for the JamQwest monkeyface vid.

You can check Sugarbeats on pandora or on facebook https://www.facebook.com/SugarBeatsMusic

We were about 3 days from releasing the video with a soundtrack from a band called tune yards but luckily Jerred decided to email them and ask their permission to use this track (which at the time seemed to perfect to let go of) and upon hearing back from them we found out that their management nay sayed our using the song.  So began the qwest to custom create our own JQ sound. 

Now SugarBeats has agreed to be the "unofficial" JamQwest dj they're working on pumping out an awesome track which will feature my drums, but mixed into their geniusly candycoated beats. Stoked to keep the creativity flowing out of Oregon with these doods being from Ashland. 

What does it mean to be the Unofficial JamQwest DJ? 

It means that Ananda Goldsmith and Luke Estes, the two brains behind the sugar coated beats are not only helping to create an incredibly mind bending soundtrack, but they also have decided to cruise with us for our next JamQwest vid. So add some Dj electrobeats to the list of wildness to come. 

                                                                                 

 Side note- in the process of creating JamQwest onesies! They'll be embellished with the JamQwest logo and decked out for festies and qwesties. Stay tuned for more info/how to acquire<3

                                                                                 

JamQwest Logo

JamQwest Logo has been created! Logic Designs did a wikkid job at making a sweet logo to rep the qwest. Stikkin some moves on gettin some cool gear made now- Onesees n hats for sure. Some stickers. 

 Blue

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Exciting News!

7 months since we trekked and climbed through the deserts of Central Oregon to create our maiden JamQwest voyage.  Its been a huge test of patience waiting for all the pieces of the puzzle to come together, from epic qwesting to getting all the details worked out on the vid.

Our camera guys were able to get tons of footage during our two days of shooting and I'm stoked to say that the guys at Cascadium Pictures are pros and their talent shines in what they were able to come up with to represent my dream of JamQwest. The video sits in its final stages of editing, just waiting for the perfect track to flow creatively through our veins.

 We're working with some incredible artists both in Portland and Southern Oregon to come up with the perfect track. I'll be releasing the artists that will be featured in the soundtrack shortly and am stoked to say that I'll be able to give a release date for the video soon! With that comes the planning of a release party- JamQwest style. Stay tuned for details I'll be tuning back into my blog now that we're getting closer to releasing which means we climb ever closer to creating JamQwest #2.

Also found this vid by some hikers of jammin on monkey! Poor quality but pretty funny. Rest assured the footage we got actually does the qwest justice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eVPCDkRpiw

I'll be posting pictures shortly of the NEW JamQwest mobile as well as releasing some info on some incredible individuals that we'll be collaborating with in the near future.

The Time is Now

I Just got off the phone with cameraman Jerred North, him and Neil Karstetter are set to arrive at Smith Rock early Sunday for 2 full days of filming this epic JamQwest. Our kickstarter budget did not do as well as hoped but we are still going to make it awesome out of pock and we're going to rock it. No drone cams, but we have a crew and still some amazing equipment to make this film come to life. My drums sit half way up the Mt. in a cave waiting for the moment to arrive. I'm waiting to meet up with Lorn- awesome high line badass and we will figure the logistics of the line from cliff to monkey mouth as well as climb the monkey and rig the line. I will be capturing all of this footage with the help of my trusty go pros. Once the line is set up it will be a matter of hauling the drums to the line, and piece by piece getting them across the 30 foot jaw dropping gap to the monkey mouth. From there we will have to rig a pulley system to get the drums the last 30 feet to the top of the monkey where I will jam where no one has jammed before. Ever.

Behind the Scenes JQwest Pics

Finally got to share a few beers with the film crew Jerred and Neil. A moment I've been looking forward to since I watched them walk away after capturing the final shot. We finally got to discuss and watch our rough cut of the jamqwest video together as well as figure out how I'm going to make the soundtrack. Cant wait to see the final version and share it but for now just got some sweet behind the scenes pics.

Jam on the way to monkey face

Tito

Preppin

Camera crew tryin to find epic shot

Tye roll

Prep