The wait is over

Wilt

I wrote this song a year ago. It's evolved a lot since then, and in ways I'd never have imagined without this band. In March 2024, I wrote this song on the acoustic guitar. In April, the band helped me arrange it. In May, we debuted it at a music festival. In June, Dylan Donnelly recorded Tyler Donnelly playing the drums to it. In July, I recorded Tyler Busse playing the bass to it. In August, I recorded the acoustic guitars to it. In September I went to Europe and attended a mixing class and learned about the ridiculous signal flow techniques I applied on this track. In October Ike sent me their guitar parts. In November Hana sent me his guitar parts. In December I had a solid mix. In January 2025 Isaac Keith took pictures of us playing in a frat basement. In February Honor Winter sent me some drawings. In March I mastered and uploaded the track. Here it is.

In other news, we leave for Minneapolis in three days. This run of shows is probably the most significant "performance" event I've been a part of in my life. Acapella quartet at US Bank Stadium and playing young Mozart at the Ordway sure come close, so that's saying something.

There's another "single" to be released soon. And we're def gonna play a couple shows this Spring too. But, if you haven't already, get tickets to see us on tour! Bring your grandparents or whartever..

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Eli

Everything is coming toward you

Hello my friends. I hope the springtime is feeling good for you. I like how it's like snowing and then raining and then 50 degrees and you knever know...

Here is a lovely recording of us playing in SOL Studios (the recording/radio/podcast kinda place on campus). Reid DeThorne did a wonderful job engineering and Dominick Vaccaro filmed and interviewed us. These are just two of many people who I'm very excited to be handing the Lawrence University scene off to as we transition out of college next year. That is scary to think about but I know I'll be in good hands in Minneapolis. And I know SOL will be in good hands with these guys.

Speaking of Minneapolis, our first show out of the state of Wisconsin is on March 26th at Green Room. We're playing with Rosie and Jonny Darko and Emily Rhea. I'm so excited, especially since I met Rosie and Jonny only just about a year ago and I love what they're up to and they've expressed such excitement about my music and so it's super sick to share a stage with them, much less a stage so essential to the pop scene for small guys like us. I have a feeling this won't be any member of the Everything's last time there.

We've also got shows coming up on March 27th at Contented Cow in Northfield, MN, March 28th at the Rigby in Madison, March 30th at Anodyne in Milwaukee, and the "hometown gig" on April 1st at Stone Arch Brewpub in Appleton opening for the Wishbone Breakers' album release show. I made a super duper website page for this: https://eliorion.com/live

Oh, and you can watch our interview @ SOL here.

THE EVERYTHING ON TOUR

Eli Orion and the Everything are coming toward you!

I don't know how to announce this because I didn't expect anything like this to happen until a friend of mine, Tashi, complimented our tight show and suggested we had something we could take on the road. Since then, it was like, "okay cool we are going to do that," and Tyler (bass) and I rushed to book these shows as soon as I got back to the States.

If you're in Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, or Appleton, it would be so meaningful to see you at one of these shows. We've got a lot of interesting, exciting sounds to share with you. I'll send out more info as we get closer to the end of March and reveal who we're joining at each show and where, but just keep this in mind for now. Everything is coming back around.

The world is opening up

Eli Orion and the Everything will perform on Saturday, the eighth of February at Falcon Bowl in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

        The Everything opening for Callback and Lake Drive at Lawrence University       

If you're near Milwaukee and feel like coming I would feel like very happy to see you! We will be sharing a bill with FUGU—great friends and inspirators of myself and pop musicians in my circles at Lawrence. Fulfilling and incredible (a bit "cray-cray", I might add) to be playing our first gig in the real world, not to mention with FUGU.

Look at my beautiful band. We are even more beautiful in real life which is another reason I think you should come to this show!

Regarding the "secret venue" on my website: that's this little show in Ben Lewis's dorm with some other musician friends who are not in my band and it's gonna be very acoustic guitars and nice and hang out chill. This will happen in Hiett Hall, room 204, at 8 pm on February 6th.

A good portion of you receiving these emails are kinda around my age and so it seems relevant to mention how it feels so like everything is becoming possible. I was talking with Hana (guitarist on the right) earlier today about how rewarding opportunities (like sharing music with people) are easier to come by now that we're in our 20s, and how the level of reward kind of goes down with the ease of by-comeness. That's scary. Cause what if everything becomes possible and nothing is rewarding anymore?!

But I hesitate to accept that entirely, because this isn't going to stagnate as much as we think. If, two years ago I was beginning to scheme the release of an album, one year ago I was releasing an album, and now I have the support and kinship of four incredible versatile musicians and good people to help me share even more music with the world, one year from now I could be sharing to a significantly larger audience and playing even better songs with even more incredible musicians in even more places. Get a load of me getting a head of my self. For now I have lots of songs and ideas in the works, but more special live stuff even nearer on the horizon. Thank you all for helping me make this music.

I have one more special treat for those of you who have signed up to this wonderful 'nother means of connecting with people thru music—access to this unlisted video with some very loud footage of our set on the 17th. You guys showed up for that. So fun.

Love,
Eli Orion

https://eliorion.com/home

The Everything are back, lightning and all

I'm incredibly grateful to be playing and recording and performing and hanging out in the Upper Midwest again. Like working with people and making stuff. I'm very happy.

I've got a couple shows on the way here too. And you can check out the like good new part of my website eliorion.com/live where other upcoming shows will be listed.

And that's literally all I have to say right now. Just checking in again on this platform of many. Love.

LIVE SHOW UPDATES

Hello my friend how have you been?

I've been weird. I'm in europe. I'm in a tiny room with the shades closed and i was inbed all day. i tried to learn things and make things and was mostly unsatisfied. I couldn't get a job this summer. I got my wisdom teeth pulled and saw people when they asked me to. I organized everything. No further loose ends except the really long term stuff like career and aspirations. Hopes and dreams.

I got a reminder today to write something reminding this platform i exist. i'm mostly off instagram now and i've mostly tried to ease myself back into a state of absorption instead of like secreting goopy content all over the place. but this is like the real end of the album stuff: deleted scenes. Also selling these super special cds which were fun to make i have a video on youtube scheduled for soon about that.

here is deleted scenes

Missing home. Thank you for reading :) Some music planned after this and it's good but no longer related to the Everything saga.

love. see you so soon. eli.

Famous last words: "we NEED to start a podcast"

So like six months ago I talked with my friend Henry about the album and we recorded it...

Talking about myself is most of what I've been doing with this Eli Orion project for a very long time now, and I know doing things for other people is more fulfilling so I'd like to try to do that after I'm like done done with the rollout stuff I have planned (we're almost there I promise). But first here is an hour of me talking about myself.