Distaff Dylan...me?

Apparently UBL.com think so. They've called me a "Distaff Dylan" in their recent e-newsletter.

Distaff for all those wondering means:

Female branch of family

So, I guess it's just a way of saying I'm a chick Bob Dylan! Thanks UBL. That completely made my week.

Boing boing boing!

I love getting emails from friends and fans and I try to reply to everyone. If you haven't heard from me, it's more than likely that my reply has bounced back from your email address.

It's very frustrating!

Anne-Lise

Destroy All Humans!

Sometimes the human race frustrates and infuriates me so, that the only way to find peace is to become a nasty little alien with a penchant for sarcasm. Then, I can fly in my spaceship over cities, setting fire to buildings with my ray gun and completely destroying the cityscape with my sonic boom. Once landed, I love to take on human form and collect brain stems.

Sigh. If only it wasn't just a playstation game.

Decisions decisions

I've just begun work on getting a song called "Rest of My Days" arranged and recorded for the new album. Only problem is, I have two choices for this song and it's perplexing me no end!

Originally, I wrote this song in 4/4, but I also discovered it works really well in 6/8. It changes the song's feel completely. 4/4 is quite r&b and the 6/8 gives a real bluesy edge to it.

I don't like these dilemmas as I really enjoy both versions of the song. After releasing the song "Seize the Day" as it is on the "I'm Alive" EP, I regret the arrangement I did, and wish I had approached it very differently. "Seize the Day" is such a great song and at times, I don't think I did it justice. I really don't want to do this to "Rest of My Days". Fingers crossed I'll get it together.

I like very much most of the songs I write, but there are a few that I absolutely love. Rest of My Days is one of those. I love the lyrics, the melody, the chords, the melancholy of it all and I absolutely LOVE singing it because it gives me a great vocal workout.

Anne-Lise :)

The lost four track years!

I've been going through all my old four track musical meanderings. My analogue fostex cassette four track was what I used to get down song ideas up until 2005. Since moving into the digital age, I hadn't really listened to any of the stuff I had on four track but over the last few days, I have rediscovered some of the little gems I'd completely forgotten about. There's everything from avante guard jazz to full on 60s soul plus pop and r&b things on there. Amazing. I was quite productive! Maybe a couple of these things will end up on the new album. Hmmmm.

I wonder...

...should I redo my EP and include it on the new album, or should I just leave it as that moment in time? I'd like to have better arrangements of Seize The Day and I Just Wanna Be Rich. Quite happy with the other two, but it would be nice to re-record the vocals with my new much better microphone.

A-L

Retail therapy

I did absolutely no work yesterday. Listening back to your own voice over and over and over again really isn't such a thrill at times, so I decided to take the day off. Instead, I went shoping online to try and find an outfit for the Velvet Revolver concert next month. I'm very excited about seeing Duff and Slash for the first time. I love Slash' guitar style. He's really quite amazing. Duff is extremely hot and I suppose he's not such a bad bass player either! Lol. Alas, after hours of window shopping, I couldn't find a thing. Looks like I'm going to have to hit the real shops this weekend.

Anne-Lise

100% Artiste!

You know, I have no stylists, I have no producer, I have no musicians. It's all me. What you get, what you hear is directly from my mind and my soul.

Good and bad, I am the real deal. 100% artiste.

A-L :)

No more VSTi troubles

I figured out what was going on with my VSTis. I was using a multi layer of the same midi track using different instruments on the tracks. This was all fine and good with my older version of the software I use, but I have just updgraded it and it doesn't seem to want to cope! Hmnmm. A bit annoying, but now I've discovered the problem, I can work around it. The upgrade has lots more features which more than make up for it.

Anne-Lise :)

PS. Listen to a preview of "The Dream" in my myspace music player or on the homepage of my website.

www.myspace.com/glamaphonic
www.anne-liselarsen.com
www.glamaphonic.com

Felt So Good

Was working on my song "Felt So Good" last night. This is one of my favourites and I really want to get it right on the new album. I put down a draft arrangement of it about 8 months ago and have been working on that, trying to find the right groove. It's not exactly where I want it to go at the moment. It's a little bit too laid back - needs more intensity. Not quite sure how to achieve it in the arrangment. I really need a rocking guitar, but maybe I can work out a way to create that driving excitement with a keyboard.

Anyway, shall spend time on it again today.

Anne-Lise