NEWS
NEW NEWS:
5/7/12
Erich recently finished writing his first Novel and it has been published as an eBook. It is available at all the major eBook stores including Kindle, iBook, and Nook. Type in my name in the search to find it (but you have to spell it right: Erich Glaubitz). The name of the book is Twin.
Here is a short description of the book:
Avant-garde pianist Michael Heller’s music is dark, angry and dissonant, but it is also brilliant. His compositions are an outpouring from a troubled and disturbed childhood—a childhood devastated by his father abandoning his family when he was six … and by his twin brother Ray seeking revenge by savagely murdering their father when he was eleven.
Now after years of struggling, performing his music for less than appreciative audiences, Michael is on the verge of a major breakthrough in his career—one that could finally free him from being financially dependent of Ray. Only one problem, Michael’s twin will do anything to keep that from happening, including murdering those in his life.
You check it out at http://www.yellowfly.net/twin.htm
OLD NEWS:
1/17/09
The new Yellowfly CD "Somewhere between tranquility and turmoil" is in and available on our website! Go to the Listen page to hear a song from this CD and more. A new, longer edit of Yellowfly's video of "fall into you" is also now on the website. Check it out on our Video page or our Listen page.
Those of you with Verizon can now download Yellowfly ringtones. If you’ve got Verizon, check it out. Just think, you could set your girlfriend’s ring to “Sadistic little bitch,” or your drug dealer’s ring to “Addiction.” Click here to check it out: Yellowfly ringtones
1/8/08
Hello 2008. Yellowfly is back to work writing songs for their 4th CD to hopefully be released later this year.
10/27/07
A never before released Yellowfly song is now available for download on Yellowfly's myspace page. The song "Glass Sky" was part of a three song ep recorded shortly after the "Mystic chords of memory" CD. Though the other two songs "Hero" and "Little miss innocent" made it to the "Yellowfly" CD, "Glass sky" never did. Go to Yellowfly's myspace page to check it out.
7/20/07
Yellowfly will be playing an all originals gig at The Boulton Center on August 3rd. Please click here for info:
4/18/06
We are extremely happy to announce that Rod Monti will be returning
to America and to Yellowfly in the next month! For those new fans who don't
know Rod, he was the original rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the
first two CD's. Though others have tried to fill his shoes, no one could replace
him. We hope to have him ready for our Brokerage show this summer.
12/01/05
We're number one, we're number one...! Yes, our song FALL INTO YOU has hit numero uno on the Hot AC Chart and #14 on the Hot 100 Chart according to Spins Tracking System for nationwide Radio play! You can see us performing the song live on our Video Page, buy the track on i-tunes or purchase the album on our CD page. Click here to see the Hot AC chart and here to see the chart:
Thanks everyone for coming down to our show at the Brokerage. That's around as much fun as a person can have (with their clothes on)!
11/17/05
Yellowfly's song FALL INTO YOU is getting great radio play. It is now #2 on the Hot AC Chart and #16 on the Hot 100 Chart according to Spins Tracking System for nationwide Radio play! You can see us performing the song live on our Video Page, buy the track on i-tunes or purchase the album on our CD page. Click here to see the Hot AC chart and here to see the chart:
9/20/05
Yellowfly will be doing a big show on November 30th at the Brokerage Comedy and Music Club. This will not be your typical bar gig! So all of you Yellowfly fans, this is one you won't want to miss! We will be headlining the concert with openers Raquel and comic Danny Leavy. Show time is 8:30 (doors open at 7:30). You can purchase tickets in advance from the Brokerage (516-785-8655) or directly from us (click the email button on our schedule page to request tickets). Also you can make seating reservations by calling the Brokerage Comedy and Music Club.
9/6/05
Yellowfly will be starting a nationwide radio promotion this
month. I'll keep all of you informed when where our songs are being played
(it takes a few weeks to get momentum). We're real excited to get our music
out there to the masses.
"Portraits from a yellowed mind" is now available on i-tunes! Check
it out and download your favorite song for only 99¢.
We got our first review of the new CD. You can read it on our "Press"
page.
6/28/05
The CD's are in! Go to the CD page to buy one, the listen page to hear samples, or the lyric page to check out the lyrics. Also on the lyric page is a new feature: "The story behind the songs." We hope to have that feature on all the CD's soon.
6/16/05
The CD's will be in next week. We will be running a special at the Blue Parrot gig on June 24th. If you buy one of our "Portraits of a yellowed mind" CD's you get either one of our other CD's free! They should be available online by the beggining of July. Also, our new version of "Mystic chords of memory" is now available on itunes (the old one has been available for over a year). Download any song for just 99 cents. The number one download so far is Addiction.
5/28/05
After around 6 months of work (make that 2 years if you count the writing), Yellowfly's 3rd CD, "Portraits from a yellowed mind" is finally finished! No one thought we could ever top "Mystic Chords of Memory," but we did it! It is the best work we have ever done as a band and contains the best collection of songs I have ever written. Oh, by the way, if you haven't noticed, I'm really proud of this CD. It goes out to the manufacturers on Tuesday, so we should have it in our hands in around three weeks. We'll make our next show on June 24th at the Blue Parrot in Massapequa a CD release party.
4/18/05
Check out some live video of us performing "Fall into you" at Crash Mansion!!! Just click on the video page and go. Don't forget, we'll be at Zonks! on April 30th. Check the Schedule page for details.
2/16/05
Great fun last Saturday at Crash Mansion. Between Yellowfly
and the other band, Sputnicks, we set an attendance record for the place!
We should be returning there soon. Our video is on a cool new site:
It is a little bigger and clearer than the one on our website.
1/26/05
Erich just returned from an amazing, mind altering surfing trip to Costa Rica. He's all rested and ready to rip it up on stage! The Crash Mansion show on February 12th is 18 and over. Under 18 is permited if accompanied by an adult. Yellowfly will also be performing three sets at Zoinks! on February 5th (401 Sunrise Highway, West Islip). Go to the schedule page for more details. They will be performing several songs from there upcoming CD and will be featuring the newest member of Yellowfly, guitarist/vocalist Mike Hedge.
1/2/05
Happy New Year to all. Thanks for all the support over 2004 and of course in years past! Should be a fun year for Yellowfly. We will be doing two new video's (as well as a half hour promo video) and we are in the process of writing and recording our 3rd CD. We also have a big showcase gig in NYC coming up on February 12th, at Crash Masion--the HOTTEST venue in New York City! Showtime is 8:15. We'll need a big turnout on that night, so mark that date on your calendar! Crash Mansion is at 199 Bowery, NYC.
12/16/04
The start time to my gig this Friday, December 17th, at Zoinks!
has been changed to 7:00!!! I hope that doesn't screw anyone up. Hope to see
all of you there. Zoinks! is on 401 Sunrise Highway, West Islip (631) 893-4360.
11/6/04
The new release of Yellowfly's smash CD "Mystic Chords
of Memory" is in! They will be available at shows immediately. They are
also available online at Elijah Records. Go to our CD page for the link. The
new version of "Mystic Chords of Memory" features 7 new mixes; live
drums on Sensation; new and better cover, back and CD design; all the lyrics
printed on the inside. Also you can purchase individual songs off of our "Yellowfly"
and our old "Mystic Chords of Memory" CD's on Apple's i-tunes. The
new ones will be available at i-tunes in about a month. By the way our best
sellers on i-tunes to date are Desert Rain and Family Photographs.
The next two shows will be our CD re-release Parties!!!
November 19th at Hutley's 501 Main Street Islip (631) 581-3175---showtime
10:00
December 3rd at The Blue Parrot 5460 Merrick Rd (516) 797-5908---Showtime
10:00
9/30/04
Yellowfly will be re-releasing our "Mystic Chords of Memory" CD with new mixes and new artwork. We will also be packaging it under the "Yellowfly" name (instead of "Erich Glaubitz Band"). It looks and sounds amazing!!! Look for it to be in the stores and at the shows by the end of October.
9/18/04
Please note that our Blue Parrot gig on October 8th has been rescheduled to December 3rd.
6/14/04
Yellowfly's video for Family Photographs will be on LT1-TV this month. The show kicks off with an in depth interview with Erich.Air times are as follows:
Mid Suffolk & Western Suffolk, NY - Saturday Night, 6/26/04,
(Sunday morning), 6/27/04 @ 12:30 AM on channel 20
Eastern Suffolk - Sunday, NY 6/27/04 @ 7:00 PM on channel 20
Western Suffolk & Nassau, NY - Monday, 6/28/04 @ 3:00 AM on channel 20
5/17/04
This past weeks gigs were a blast. First, our Blue Parrot gig
with Yellowfly was loaded with great laughs and fun music (including the off
the cuff song, "She's out of her f**king mind"--those of you who
were there will know what I'm talking about).
Then opening for Roger McGuinn was awsome. The Bolton Center is such a great
venue. The audience was amazing. We had fun singing "My Religion"
together. Backstage I jammed with Roger a bit and chatted up a storm. He even
asked me for my autograph!!! Here are a couple pict's of me and Roger:
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5/3/04
Check out Erich's nephew's band, Venus Fly Lounge at www.venusflylounge.com. Hey, what is it about Glaubitz's and flys?
4/27/04
Erich will be opening for Roger McQuinn of the Byrds on Saturday, May 15th at The Boulton Performing Arts Center in Bayshore. Showtime is 8:00. For tickets call (631)969-1101 or go to www.boultoncenter.com.
3/9/04
Yellowfly's video for Family Photographs will be on LT1-TV this month. The show kicks off with an in depth interview with Erich.Air times are as follows:
Nassau County - Sunday, 3/21/04 @ 2:00 AM ch 20.
Nassau County - Wednesday, 3/16/04 @ 1:00 AM ch 20.
Mid & Western - Suffolk Saturday, 3/20/04 @ 2:00 AM ch. 20.
Western Suffolk - Sunday, 3/21/04 @ 10:30 PM ch 20.
Mid Suffolk - Sunday, 3/21/04 @ 11:30 PM ch 20.
Eastern Suffolk - Sunday, 3/21/04 @ 7 PM ch 20.
2/25/04
Erich has been invited to be a panelist at this year's IBS International School/College Radio Conference on March 13th in NYC. For details go to http://www.ibsradio.org.
2/14/04
Erich will be doing a live radio show Feb 26 on WUSB 90.1 FM
from 7:00--8:00 PM
Make sure to tune in!!!
1/16/04
Erich just got news that his song "Sensation" has gotten 5th in the Pop catagory in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. The contest is one of biggest songwriting contests in the world. Sensation was up against around 100,000 songs!
Rod will be returning for one night on February 6th at The Blue Parrot. See the Schedule page for details.
12/27/03
We are releasing a DVD containing our new Family Photographs video and a thirty
minute video called the "Yellowfly story 2000--2003." "The
Yellowfly story" contains live clips and television interviews spanning
our first 3 1/2 years as a band. This is for pre-order only.
Hey everyone, check out some pictures from the band portion of our video shoot for Family Photographs!
Rod's last gig with us will be October 29th at Chetty Red (28 E. 23rd Street, NYC). We start at 9:00, then we party. There will be two other bands. After this gig we will be taking a short break to do some more writing and recording.
We finally completed the taping of our music video for "Family Photograph's" last week. Since half of the video was to be shot outdoor's, we had to wait for just the right weather (as well as permits and other scheduling stuff).We shot on top of a hill ("the house on the hill that will never be built"). It was f**king cold up there, but we had a blast doing it.
Yesterday I got to see the first cut of our video. It looks great! More to come...
Sad news--Rod will be leaving us for good on November 1st. He got a job offer in London that he can't refuse. Ever since the internet bubble burst he's been finding it tough to get a decent paying job (and being in an original band in NY doesn't help much!); coupled with the recent birth of his first child--so well, it's hard to argue with him.
Rod (aka the quiet one) has been a rock for this band. His solid rhythm playing and and backing vocals have been a perfect compliment to the freewielding style of Erich, Pat and Mike. He will be greatly missed!!! Rod will be moving to London on November 1st. We will be doing one last show with him on October 29th in NYC--details to come.
Rod Monti will be playing his last Long Island gig with Yellowfly
this Friday, October 17th!!!
We will be playing at The Big East (227 4th Ave. Bayshore) @ 10:00. Let's
celebrate this sad occasion New Orleans style--with a big PARTY!!!
September 23rd, 2003
Last Friday we went to the Premier of "First Person," which features two
of our songs. The movie was great and the songs were right out in the front,
not buried on distant car radio. It was quite cool. The website for the movie
is supposed to be up and running today. http://www.doyouliketowatch.com
We will be doing an acoustic set at Mulcahy's in Wantagh on Tuesday, September
30th at 8:30. The Don Hills show on October 9th has been cancelled.
September 2nd, 2003
Well, today I got to see the trailer for the upcoming movie, "First
Person" (for which Yellowfly has landed two songs) and all I can say
is, "wow." I'm looking forward to the premier which is on September
19th. I'll let you all know of it's release when I find out.
On September 6th and 7th Yellowfly will be shooting its first video. We'll
be doing "Family Photographs." The director and us have come up
with some great ideas for it so we're all real excited.
Our next Yellowfly gig will be on September 12th at Munchaba Lounge. By the
way, last Friday at The Big East was soooo much drunken, crazy fun. Thanks
all that came!
On Wednesday, July 23rd, Erich was rushed to the hospital with severe pains
in his stomach. It turned out to be an acute case of appendicitis. Unfortunately
it meant missing Yellowfly's Bar Kar gig on the 25th . Thus we had to drop
out of the Long Island Music Festival. Erich and the band should be up and
running again by mid August.
JUNE 2003:
We just got ot a nice review in Goodtimes Magazine for our new CD. Check it
out on the "Press" page.
Well, we were talked into doing that Long Island Music Festival again. We
swore we would never do it again (we were obviously the best band, but came
away with second). Anyway, the first round for us will be at McGuires in Bohemia
on Sunday June 29th. Come down and support the cause!
APRIL 2003:
Two of our songs (Sadistic and Change) will be featured in an upcoming movie
called "First Person." We'll keep everyone informed as to a release
date.
FEBRUARY 2003:
The Erich Glaubitz band has a new CD and a new name, Yellowfly.
THE NEW CD:
In the summer of 2002, the Erich Glaubitz band began writing songs for a new
CD. They wanted this CD to more closely represent their live sound, which
was a bit more aggressive, raw and jamming than the polished and buffed earlier
recordings. The trick was to do that while still retaining the essential qualities
of a great song--great lyrics, catchy melody and infectious music--which was
what the EG band was known for.
THE NEW NAME:
With the new CD has come a new band name. The biggest problem the Erich Glaubitz
band faced over it’s two years was that no one could pronounce the name.
TV anchors, announcers and DJ’s couldn’t say and the press couldn’t
spell it. It was a tough decision, seeing all the great press and publicity
the band had been receiving since “Mystic chords of Memory” (and,
of course, the possibilities of making a great Erich Glaubitz band logo were
endless--just kidding), but they all felt it would be a benefit in the long
run. Thus, as of February 2003, the Erich Glaubitz band will be called YELLOWFLY!