What's it all about?
As official Staying Alive Foundation Ambassador, Travis trekked the globe visiting grassroots, youth HIV and AIDS prevention projects.
He might be home now, but the adventure is far from over... Travis has been tasked with writing a brand new track based on his experience.
Keep tabs on the entire adventure right here on this site. Keep a watch out for opportunities to get involved and cool comps!
Posted by Julie on October 7th, 2009
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You’ll probably recognize the t-shirt above if you followed our travels…
Here’s the deal… Karmaloop and Shepard Fairey have teamed up to create a one-of-a-kind t-shirt with 40% of proceeds heading directly to the Staying Alive Foundation. The shirt was exclusively designed by Fairey, who is best known for his iconic design of the Barack Obama “HOPE” poster during the 2008 U.S. Presidential election.
Fairey says, “AIDS awareness is really important especially in areas where people aren’t as aware or it’s culturally taboo to talk about it. The goal of the T-shirt graphic is to say let’s fight this, to get the message out, to talk about the issue and to encourage safe sex.”
We love it.
Get yours EXCLUSIVELY over at karmaloop.com!
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Posted by Julie on October 7th, 2009
I just received a new batch of photos from the recording session last week, thought I’d share a couple of my faves…
Travis with super producers, The Smeezingtons:
Travis hanging in the studio:
Enjoy!
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Posted by Julie on September 30th, 2009
Work continues at South Beach Studios in Miami. Check out the latest photos just delivered to my inbox…
Travis puts the finishing touches to the lyrics…
The cameras spot Travis writing and capture some footage…
Back inside the studio, Travis strums on guitar…
Bruno Mars of The Smeezingtons on guitar…
Phil from the Smeezingtons kicking back and listening to the track so far…
The Smeezingtons hi-5…
Travis laying down vocals…
More coming soon!
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Posted by Julie on September 29th, 2009
I heard the first part of the track last night… it’s sounding awesome. Here are some photos from day 2 of recording in South Beach Studios…
Roy (the sound guy), Angel (the camera man) and James (the director) - all hanging out in the studio
Travis on the mixing desk…
Travie, just about to lay down lyrics
The Smeezingtons, introducing themselves on camera
As soon as we have some audio we’ll share a sneak peek of the track with you all, so stay tuned…
Follow @georgiaarnold and @travismtv on Twitter for up-to-the-minute updates
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Posted by Julie on September 29th, 2009
Travis is recording the track with hotshot producers The Smeezingtons today in South Beach, Miami! Here are some photos from the day so far, courtesy of @georgiaarnold
Hanging out in the Kid Robot store before going to the studio…
In the studio with the Smeezingtons…
Shooting a few idents…
Last of the fiming before recording begins…
Stay tuned for more updates soon!
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Posted by Julie on September 28th, 2009
Hey everyone - it sure has been quiet on this blog of late. Travis has been crazy busy touring, moving to Miami and everything else in between (including getting a new dog called Stitch - see pic (who is kinda cute!) - and playing the Hip Hop Honors).
Tomorrow morning Travis is catching the 6.3oam flight from CT back to Miami where he’s gonna be hooking up with the Smeezingtons and laying down his new track specially for Staying Alive.
James and Georgia have gone over there to keep tabs on it all. James will be filming a few bits in the studio for the documentary (which by the way is almost ready!).
Stay tuned for updates and pics!
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Posted by Julie on September 28th, 2009
So, as many of you will know, we ran a competition a few weeks back on cool creative site Society6 to find an artist to design the cover of Travie’s new track.
We recieved 193 entries and the standard was super high. Props to everyone that took the time to submit their portfolio.
Anyway, when it came down to it, it was Josh Clay’s work that really stood out. Now I know he’s done stuff for GCH in the past but when we saw these paintings - below - we knew he was the guy for the job.
BUT we also want to give special shout outs to the close contenders, whose work we also love:
X&R Creative
Agent Adjacent
Defi The Norm
Josh will be working with Trav to come up with a vision once the track is complete. Stay tuned!
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Posted by Julie on August 10th, 2009
Listen up to what the Prof. has to say to Travie…
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Posted by Julie on July 13th, 2009
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JT can’t wait for Travis’ new track - and neither can we….
What kinda vibe do you think it’ll have?
On another note - what do you think of Mr T’s Bristish accent…??!!! 
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