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Issue #12

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February 2010

Amazing
Things
Can
Happen
With A
Little
Dreaming
Interview with Angie Arsenault

Album Updates: Slim Void + Civilized Tears +

Gisel de Marco + Tiffany Gow
Interviews: Epyllion + The Nancy Wha + Lindy Waldeck
Promising Newcomers: BOA + Benshee + Lee Ann Casey
and a lot more ...
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Editorial Note/Imprint:

After burning the midnight oil again yesterday I finally 50K MUSIC MAG (www.50kmusic.com) is mainly written
finished another issue of 50K MUSIC MAG to deliver it to and solely published by Mario Putzar, D-99947 Bad
the community. If you'd like to support the MAG, please Langensalza, Contact: mario(at)50kmusic.de
spread the word.
The parts of the MAG written by other authors are signed
In this issue more artists are featured than in any issue as follows:
before. This is a very positive progress and I hope it will (AM) - Andy Marczak
continue over the next months. I hope you also like this (CM) - Cecile Morel
issue and have fun reading it. (CS) - Catself (Agnieszka Holm) - member of Talentcast
team
So, who are the artists spotlighted in this issue? First we (CW) - Casee Wilson
have our cover story with a SellaBand repatriate - Angie (FJ) - Fleur Jack - Kiwi FM
Arsenault who rejoined SellaBand to raise the budget for a (ps) - Pete Strobl - posts from his bottom-end blog
promo campaign. A number of artists update us on their (Lu) - Lucretia
album production projects - as usual Slim Void, Civilized (NV) - Netvalar - Researcher Extraordinaire
Tears and Katie Thompson. In this issue we get also (PMcM) - Paul McMaster
updated by Gisel de Marco and Tiffany Gow. (MC) - Multicorriente - Argentinean magazine
(RSV) - Ronny - Slim Void
Promising newcomers focussed in this issue are BOA, Lee (sab) - posts, news, informations from Sellaband webpage
Ann Casey and Benshee (do not confuse them with (TC) - information from Talentcast webpage
Banshee from Poland). And we have interviews with The (Th) - Thor
Nancy Wha, John C Fraser, Lindy Waldeck, Deborah Di (UBG) - Utterly B Groovy
Nauta and ...
Articles written by other authors do express the opinion of
Utterly B Groovy reviewed Daniel Ward-Murphy's gig at the particular author, not necessarily the opinion of 50K
The Troubadour last Thursday for us. And not to forget, MUSIC.
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Angie Arsenault ... 4 Gisel Tiffany Gow ... 9 Epyllion

de ... 12
Marco
... 8

Radius ... 10 Slim Void ... 13

Lindy
Waldeck ... 24
Civilized Tears ... 14

The Nancy Wha

BOA ... 22 Benshee ... 20 ... 21 Lee Ann Casey ... 23

In this issue
Editorial 2
Amazing Things Can Happen With A Little Dreaming 4
My Personal Signature 8
Strength, Conviction, Passion and Angst 9
You Can Hear It Is Radius 10
Not Only A Chance Encounter 12
Slim Void Album Log 13
Civilized Tears Album Update 14
Katie Thompson Album Diary 15
Teaching What You Know 16
50K MUSIC Tee Art Competition 17
I'm Almost Never At Home 18
Listen. Get Overwhelmed 19
Getting Our Place In The Sun 20
... With A Punkish Attitude 21
Music Played With Honesty 22
I'm Just Going To Be Me 23
Lindy Jazz & More 24
Art Is A Way Of Saving Us 26
On Stage With ... Daniel Ward-Murphy @ The Troubadour 28
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Amazing
Things
Can
Happen
With A
Little
Dreaming
About one year after her album „Once Upon A
Dream“ came out, Angie Arsenault is back on
SellaBand to raise a budget of 25,000 $ to
promote this album.
I wanted to know what her plans are and about her and dancing in a dinner theatre. That’s the musical side
motivation to rejoin SellaBand. That's why she had to that probably most people know already, but many are
answer the following questions: surprised when I say that I was student council president
50K MM: For all those who don't know you yet (if there is at my school after being treasurer, vice-president and
anyone at all) please tell us something about you. Where member of countless committees. I wasn’t an extrovert
do you come from, what are your roots? (far from it!), but you could say I loved getting involved.
Angie: Where to start? Well, I am an Acadian My first year of university studies was actually in …
francophone who grew up in rural Prince Edward Island, business management! But it was not long before I
Canada. I come from a very musical family and as a young switched to music! Lol
girl, I used to step dance to my mom’s fiddle playing. At
every family gathering, we would hurry up and eat so the 50K MM: It's almost exactly one year since you released
music could begin! I later performed in high school and your fan-funded album “Once Upon A Dream”. What
community plays and toured with a French rock band for a happened since then?
few years. After high school, I studied a few years of Angie: It takes my breath away when I notice how fast
Classical music at the Moncton University in New time flies! Following the album release, I gave a few
Brunswick and spent my summer breaks singing, acting performances and then began a campaign for radio
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Angie: Sellaband is still very new here and not very well
known to Canadians. When I was on my way to raising
50K for my album, I had been featured in a very popular
Montreal journal called “Le Métro”, but other than that, I
have not heard or read much about Sellaband here… yet.
Slowly however, word of mouth is getting the news around.

50K MM: How have SellaBand and the album changed

your life?
Angie: Sellaband was, for me, the missing piece in the
puzzle. A few people had approached me in the past with
propositions that made me quite weary about the music
business and I always new in my heart that it was very
important to keep creative control over my music and
image. I was able to bathe in that type of freedom with my
50K album production and gathered a team of talents who
had my trust and who gave nothing short of their 100%,
putting their trust in me as well. The albums existence has
changed everything in that it is proof that amazing things
can happen with a little dreaming… and a lot of hard work

promotion in the Canadian market. We had a

decent success, averaging about 160 plays per
week with my song “Turn Around”. I have also
kept busy with a few other projects and ideas,
including a website that I had been working on
with 2 partners for the last 2 years having to do
with my teaching career (I give private voice
lessons at my home studio). The idea was to
give my students a training support system for
their practices at home along with a blog and a
singer’s forum to stay connected. You can visit
the site at www.singg.tv, which was launched a
few months ago. At the moment however, the
largest percentage of my brain is occupied with
finishing up some new songs that are in the
works and putting up a brand new show!

50K MM: How come you played a gig at

Rotman School of Management last year?
Angie: I was asked to participate in the
presentation of a study lead by professor Ajay
K. Agrawal who has been closely observing
Sellaband since the beginning and he wanted
to have a real example to show his audience
how the platform was working for artists like
me. I suppose he was also looking at the
entertainment value as well…! Agrawal takes a
deeper look into the consumption of art and I
found his studies to be quite interesting and…
thorough! He knew more about my Sellaband
statistics than I did that’s for sure! It was great
to be a part of it all and meet some new people
(including none other than Sellaband CEO
Johan Vosmeijer). A video of the event was
nicely put together which can be found on
youtube:
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is
8W7uchciM
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5
bm295Ez-Q

50K MM: How known is SellaBand in

Canada?
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and support! It also reminds me that I have a lot to be
thankful for and I must keep on pushing forward, for me
and for my believers for I do not want to let them down.
50K MM: You are back on SellaBand for a second round.
What will the budget be used for?
Angie: This time around, my goal is to raise 25K which
will be used to promote the album and also to promote a
little tour I am putting together for May (Canada) and end
of September / early October (France, Netherlands,
Germany, and possibly a few more spots…). Jocelyn, my
husband and manager, and I are financing the trip
ourselves for our 10 year
anniversary treat – and of course
it all coincides with wanting to
get out there and perform for my
followers who are mostly all from
Europe – and this is true for
followers on Sellaband and off
including many from France. The
optimal goal is to raise the
budget by end of May 2010 in
order to begin the promotional
activities in the early summer.
50K MM: Who will be the
partners for promotion and
marketing in Europe?
Angie: All funds will be used to
hire radio promoters and
publicists to help with promotion
in the European Countries
mentioned before. We are also
looking at making a music video
for the song that will be launched
to radio. Names are being thrown
around but it is too early to
announce anything official yet.
50K MM: So we may have the
chance to see you on stage in
Europe too?
Angie: Absolutely. I am putting
up a brand new solo show to
make things easier for my very
first tour there. That said, do not
expect a singer-songwriter piano
only type of performance. I have
never been able to express myself
fully in that setting and so I am
putting together something that
will allow for a little more nuance
- a type of show that perhaps I
could title “Once Upon a Dream;
a theatre of music performed by
one”. But I do not want to give
away too much - you will just
have to wait and see! ;-)
50K MM: How can we support
you raising your budget?
Angie: There are many ways you
can support this project. One is
by getting on board as a Believer
and in return, I will share a small
percentage of Publishing from all songs on the album
“Once upon a dream”. As a believer, you will also have
access to an exclusive EP of brand new songs I am
currently working on. Another way to support the
Sellaband project is by helping me spread the word by
posting on sites such as facebook, myspace, or even just
old-fashioned word of mouth. Even just stopping by to
write a few words of encouragement on my wall really
helps. Yes, this is a budget raising and investment project,
but the terms “believer” and “supporter” can be
represented in many ways for an artist whose music you
enjoy and I have always truly appreciated the interaction I
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get from the online communities. It helps keep me know.
motivated and focused… and makes it fun! Another big Angie: Well, sometimes I wonder what people imagine of
one is that when my performance dates and venues are me when they listen to my music, especially after hearing
announced, I will need all the help I can get to promote the the rather dark, somber pieces! I would want people to
events - because a sold out show is always more fun for the know that I am not sad or depressed! Lol … and that is in
audience… and for the artist of course! ;D big part because of music. Having this kind of platform for
self-expression has been a blessing and the people who
50K MM: On your website you can read ten short & surround me on this musical journey of mine, are also a
strange stories born from the sleep. Please tell us blessing.
something about that.
Angie: Oh boy… lol! Well, this is a project I have had in So if you decide to support Angie raising her promo
mind since the conception of my semi-concept album, but budget go to her SellaBand profile http://www.sella
the stories have a part of me for a long time now. “Once band.com/angie or check out her website
upon a dream” represents my entire creative process and if
you have read my biography, you know that the dreams www.angiemusic.com
are often the reason
for the existence of
my songs. The
short & strange
stories show a
parallel representa-
tion of the 10 main
songs from the
album; in another
light, but from the
same source in
essence. I have
been working with
illustrator Nicolas
Bourges, showing
him my drawing
ideas and thoughts
for the visuals I had
in mind for each
story, and he puts
all that together in
his own style which
has remained
throughout stories 1
to 10. There are
also thoughts of
revising everything
and adding in more
illustrations in
order to fill a small
book format… we’ll
see what happens! I
have yet to post the
very last story,
which will coincide
with a contest that
will take place in
March… so stay
tuned for more
details to be
announced on my
website!
www.angiemusic.co
m

50K MM: And last

question: Please tell
us one thing about
you and your music
everybody should
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My Personal Signature
Fans and believers are impatiently awaiting her
album. It seems like waiting is over now. Gisel
de Marco announced the album release in April.
50K MM: You have reached 50k on
Aug 25th 2008 (my birthday). Please
tell us something about what has
happened since then.
Gisel: Ohhhh!!! so many things!!!
Since that Augutst 25th, I feel like in
a music rollercoster!! I started to
search the "perfect" producer for my
album in all around the world and
writing songs like crazy! I knew that
finding the best producer possible
would make a huge difference in the
quality and style of the album, which
could be the clue to reach bigger
audiences, and maybe getting a
record deal. That's why I've decided
to work with Marcus Bishop an
English producer and drummer from
Dover, UK. Since then, I had to
choose between more than 60 songs
that I've wrote specially for my
album, and that was such a hard task
to do! I had to decide between
ballads, mid-tempo songs and up-
tempo, but always having in mind
what's current, to be able to make this
album "big"!
last details before starting to create
the album. The photographer is
finishing the pictures, the mastering
engineer is mastering the album, and
I'm finishing some bonus tracks that
will be part of the limited editions. I
can guess that the album will be
released around mid April, as SAB
needs a month and a half to create
the cds. It's a lot of work, but I can
guarantee that the results will be
amazing!!! The album will be a
mixture of powerful ballads, current
and electronic mid-tempo songs and
very catchy and funny up-tempo
songs. There will be a song for each
taste but always keeping my personal
signature. I've made my utmost to
give all my believers the best album
possible, and I've even hired the
Bratislava Symphony Orchestra who
did an amazing and beautiful job! I
just hope that people will love my
album as much as I do!
50K MM: Is there anything we can
do to support you at the moment?
Gisel: Well, anything that you have
in mind would be great to help me
promoting the album. I realize that
this is the most important and
hardest step in a recording process,
so telling people about the album,
uploading links of videos and songs
and just spreading the word, would
be more than enough to take this
album further. And, of course! Your
messages of love and support!!!
there's nothing more beauuuuutiful
for me than that!!! :)
50K MM: What are your plans after
the album release (listening session,
promotion, live gigs, ...)?
Gisel: Once the album is released,
I'm planning to set up a listening
session as I'd love to know how
believers like my album and I won't
miss the opportunity to answer all
their questions. I have a wonderful
news and it's that I'll be moving to
Switzerland by next week, which will
help me a lot on planning gigs and
festivals and I'll be able to travel all
around Europe to promote the album
and meet my believers. And at least,
but not less important, I'll get in
touch with music business's people to
promote the album and eventually
achieve a record deal. I don't know
what the future might bring but one
thing is for sure, I'll do my absolutely
best to make my believer's future and
mine, a bright and musical one.
www.giseldemarco.com

50K MM: When will your album

come out? What kind of album can
we expect? Please give us some
insights.
Gisel: Right now, we're finishing the

Strength,
Conviction,
Passion
and Angst
50K MM: Tiffany, you have reached 50k on October 20th
2008. Please tell us something about what has happened
since then.
Tiffany: An incredible amount of great milestones have
been achieved since reaching 50K.Where do I start !!
Immediately after achieving 50K, my co-producer : Phil
Tweed and I commenced pre-production. This took
approximately 2 weeks to complete. In January 2009, my
executive producer : Peter Stevenson co-ordinated and
recorded bass and drums. I had the honour of working
with infamous Australian drummer : Mitch Farmer and
Australian Idol house bassist : Mark Costa. Guitars were
the next addition and the highlight for me was watching
Stuart Marshall play. Stuart is one of Australia's most
renowned metal guitarists. We then proceeded onto
recording 10 more amazing musicians for this album , in
total there are approximately 13 different musicians used
on the album ! Each musician has a certain quality that
makes the album first class, we only used the absolute best
from in and around Sydney. After editing 13 musicians , it
was time for Tiff to hit the microphone ! Vocals were
recorded over one week. I was extremely happy with the
strength and range of my voice, it has matured such a
great deal within the last 2 years. There were a couple of
challenges along the way with the entire project but with
perseverance and patience we conquered any obstacle in
our way positively. The project went on to include
recording a trumpet solo, a six piece symphony, a rap
section, the addition of sound effects,further editing and to
complete the project -mixing and mastering .The mixing
done by the talented Bradden Williams from Sony, Sydney
and the mastering by Oscar Goana of prolific Studios 301 ,
Sydney. I am also happy to announce that I have had
airplay on 'Women Of Rock' Internet radio and a radio
interview during the recording of the album.
50K MM: You posted in your blog that you have finished
mastering this week. What will be the next steps now?
Tiffany: After the mastering stage my plans for the
remainder of 2010 include : Daily marketing/networking
via all mediums including the internet, sending out Cds to
commercial/community radio, promoters /influential
industry personnel/A&R personnel, consistently entering
major industry competitions such as the International
Songwriting Competition and the USA Songwriting
Competition etc.in order to market the album
internationally and potentially gain significant funds to
facilitate merchandise, filmclips, marketing,
advertising,management and future recordings. Then at
approximately the beginning of June, my official album
launch will be held. Fans, family and industry personnel
will be invited. I am confident of significant interest and
will consider my options as a result soon after the launch.
Obtaining management/representation is high on the
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Tiffany Gow has just finished the mastering
of her upcoming album. Expect a real hard
rock album coming out this June.
priority list and will be chosen in conjunction with
decisions made after the launch. I am aiming to raise
funds to make my debut filmclip in the near future.
50K MM: When will the album come out finally? Is there
a deadline fixed yet?
Tiffany: The mastering of the album was completed on
February 12th this year. As a result I anticipate my
wonderful believers will receive their album copies in
approximately 2-3 months from this date. The cd is also
anticipated to also be available online for purchase around
the same time. Duplication and packaging will be the
major influences in determining the dispatch date.
Sellaband headquarters will be able to anticipate an
approximate date. Sellaband listening sessions for
believers and the public are yet to be determined. A blog
will be posted with all of this information once it is
determined.No deadline has been fixed. We are working
very hard to release the album promptly.
50K MM: What kind of album can we expect?
Tiffany: A hard rock album that has strength, conviction,
passion and angst. Best described as hard rock/metal,
many loyal believers/fans will be very surprised about how
different the album is in comparison to my self funded
debut album 'No Fear' !! My voice has matured incredibly
since the recording of 'No Fear' and this will be very
apparent during the listening of the album. Peter and I
have used only the absolute cream of the Sydney music
crop (the best of the best) to ensure the quality of
instrumentation is of the highest standard possible. Rap,
trumpet and a small symphony have also featured strongly
on the album. I am very confident you will be happy with
what you hear.
50K MM: What are your plans after the album release
(promotion, live gigs, ...)?
Tiffany: As previously mentioned, the options that arise
from my official album launch will be seriously considered
and soon there after a decision will be made on the best
possible action to take in order to strengthen my music
career. Promotion will be a strong component , as will live
gigs in order to heavily promote and distribute the album.
50K MM: And at last: One thing you want to tell your
fans and believers.
Tiffany: Each and everyday I am extremely grateful to
have had this wonderful opportunity. I am so very proud
of the work we have accomplished and honestly cannot
Thank you enough for your loyalty, friendship and
support. This is only the very beginning of one amazing
and successful journey. Thank you so much my dear
friends ! xxxxx
www.myspace.com/tiffanygow
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You Can
50K MM: Radius have reached 50k on May 11th last year.
Please tell us something about what has happened since
then.
Johan: A lot of things happened, about planning the
recording sessions. Working out the budget plan and make

Hear It Is
decisions about how to get our music at the right places.
Yesterday I finished the vocal sessions for the album and
we will start mixing the whole thing the upcoming weeks.
Beside of that we just launched our single "Prisoner of
your love".

Radius 50K MM: You announced your single "Prisoner of Your

Love" coming out this weekend (Noorderslag weekend in
January). What do you plan to promote it?
Johan: 3000 copies have been spread (At the
Noorderslag weekend) among professionals in the music
industry, like radio DJ's in Europe.....festival and venue
bookers....record companies and all othe kind of music
professionals in Europe. We also had a chat with some

Talked to Johan Faber dutch radio DJ's from one of the major radiostations in
The Netherlands.

about the work on 50K MM: Is the single release step one of album
promotion?

their upcoming album Johan: Yes, it is. A single with only 2 tracks is easy
listening stuff for DJ's and other promotors and gives a
good preview of our upcoming work. And it's easy and less
and got some insight expensive to spread than a whole album.

photos of studio life 50K MM: Studio Spitsbergen played an outstanding role
on your way to 50k. Where they also involved in the album
production?
Johan: Yes, they where. For the recording and mixing

process. We are working together with Studio Spitsbergen
for many years now and have a strong relationship. And
the most importent thing....fantastic teamwork to get the
best out of it! Mastering will be done by Darius van
Helfteren at http://www.amsterdammastering.com/
50K MM: When will your album come out? What kind of
album can we expect?
Johan: The album will come out somewhere in April or
May. It will be an album with a typical sound...the Radius
sound. I guess the 2 tracks at www.radiusrock.com will
give a good preview of what to expect. In the first 10
seconds of every song you can hear it is Radius, even while
the songs are very different they can be on an album
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together. That is one of our main goals, to create a so
called "sound". Our album will be filled with some ballads,
some heavy rock songs and some poprock stuff. All kept
together with the Radius sound.
50K MM: What are your plans after the album release
(promotion, live gigs, ...)?
Johan: We are still working out some plans, but it is very
important to have live gigs after the release so that's one of
our priorities. And we will try to get some stuff on the
radio, that is the most powerful machine to reach a lot of
people with our music.
www.radiusrock.com
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Not Only A Chance Encounter
Epyllion reached their target on January 26th and the work on their album is almost
done. I asked Eric about the time after this important date, the album production, the
next steps, ...
50K MM: In November issue we talked about what will
be when you're at 10k. Now you reached your goal. How
do you feel now?
Eric: It's pretty hard to describe how we all feel. The
general feeling is that we're pretty amazed that so many of
our friends and fans, new and old, have believed in us
enough to shell out their hard earned cash to support us in
making this album. It also puts a bit of pressure on us (in
a good way) to make the best possible product that we can.
We don't want to let anybody down with this, and I don't
think we will. As of today, all of our parts are finished
recorded, and even though we're just listening to really
rough mixes, I can tell this album is going to be very
special.
50K MM: Please tell us something about what has
happened the day you reached 10k.
Eric: As we were getting closer and closer, I kept a
watchful eye on the status - but unfortunately work called,
and I had to attend to a piano lesson. Halfway through the
lesson, I left my student to go get him a song off of my
computer and I figured "Well, I'm at the computer, might
as well check how we're doing on sellaband" and when I
checked, we had reached the goal - so I remember the time
very specifically. I quickly sent out an e-mail to the guys
saying "Guys - we did it - 10k on sellaband!"
50K MM: You are currently recording your album. What
will be the next steps after you have finished recording?
Eric: Well, we're in those steps right now - the songs, once
we listen through to them for a couple days and make sure
everything sounds good, is getting rushed off to be mixed
at Studio 169 here in Ottawa, Canada. From there, it's
being sent to Toronto, Canada to be mastered at the finest
place in the country, while the artwork gets ready. Then
the album will be ready for everybody to (hopefully) enjoy!
50K MM: The album is called „Chance Encounters“. Is
there a special story behind this title, a special encounter?
Eric: The thing about the name "Chance Encounters" is
that it's not just one thing - everything that has led us to
completing this album has been a chance encounter.
There are so many random happenings that have come up
along the way to bring us to where we are right now, it's
hard to even think of where to begin.
50K MM: You have planned to spend 25% of the budget
for marketing. Could you please unveil some details of
your marketing plan?
Eric: Since our original plan, we've realized we can't quite
spend that much on marketing. It's going to cost us a bit
more to send out all the prizes that we've promised people.
However, we will be marketing it heavily, with an
emphasis on licensing agreements. Licensing is the new
"Radio" - and radio is dead.
50K MM: And at last: do you have a special message to
your fans and believers?
Eric: Thanks you all for your support and love. We're
going to make you proud, I promise.
www.myspace.com/epyllionband
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somewhere unknown to any ordinairy
man, beast or musician. It's a trade
surrounded by mystery, not even
letting paying customers watch what
they do from what I have heard. So,
what happened when we got our
precious files back? It sounded worse
than the files we sent. Brittle and cold
in the top frequencises, dull and
small at bottom. The singer sounded
like a tiny weasel in a freezer with a
popcicle up his ass. It made me
physichally ill to listen to it. Someone
had destroyed what we had spent
years on. They wanted money for it as
well.

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The band and the producer decided
to try another mastering company.

l b u m This time it came back slightly better,

A but still no real progress from the

(RSV) The long drawn mastering
process has finally reached an
end.Not without problems. In fact
there were nothing but trouble for
weeks.
The mastering is the very last stage of
the musical side of a cd production.
It's purpose to give the music a last
touch of magic, polishing the
frequencies so everything comes
across balanced and fresh, not hidden
under a sonic blanket.
The mixed files we recieved from
producer Dan Swift sounded very
good to all of us, just a touch dull
compared to fully finished cds used as
a reference.
An easy task for the pro mastering
wizards in the magic mastering
castle, veiled by fairytale fog
mix.Nothing putting a smile on our
faces, nothing that evoked the deep
satisfaction we were looking for.
What to do? Just release it half
heartedly, hoping time would
reconciliate fathers and sons, or risk
sonic estrangment and alienation of
the poor offspring?
Hell,no. Producer Dan Swift decided
to do it himself. Having spent nearly
a year on the project he became so
involved and grew to love the music,
and his contribution has been
immense. He shut the iron door to
the narrow confinement of his sonic
office, delving into the musical matter
once again. Determined to make the
mastering take it to another level,
introducing what he called 'dynamic
mastering', using different eq shapes
within every single song. Some
shapes happening just for seconds to
bring out a particular part essential to
the song. It's very hard to pick out
listening, everything flowing
naturally as it is supposed to. In a
trade like this your best work is
invisible. Were we satisfied this time?
During the playback of the finished
master one of the members later
admitted he was on the verge of tears
from the beauty of it. He wishes to
remain anonymous. He's never been
seen in tears before, so it really says it
all.
The master was finally adding the
extra magic to the mix, and is now in
the hands of the sellaband staff,
ready to be put on the cd. It has taken
ages and loads of work, but we are
finally extremely pleased and
satisfied with the end result! The
release concert is set to the 8th of
April at 'Blaest' in Trondheim.

www.myspace.com/slimvoid
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Civilized Tears Album Update

Like every month Tim Bennett writes about the latest progress
of Civilized Tears album production

(TB) It's mid February and Steve Hardy has just finished
mixing the new CT album in NY. Steve has done an
exquisite job of bringing the very best out of this music
and creating some beautiful sound-scapes full of intricate
layers and driving beats. We now have ten songs ready for
Mastering which will take place at Sterling Sound, New
York City by the incredible Ted Jensen.
Ted is a Multi-Platinum, Grammy award winning engineer
and one of the most in-demand professionals in the world
of music today. He has mastered some of the greatest
songs and albums for artists including Green Day, The
Police, Madonna, Bob Marley, Bowie, Lenny Kravitz, The
Hives, Kings of Leon, the Beatles, Starsailor, REM, Pearl
Jam, AC/DC, Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, Eric
Clapton,Paramore, Alice in Chains, Maralyn Manson,
Dave Mathews Band, Norah Jones, The Eagles, Sigur Ros,
Bjork, Keane, Travis, Pavarotti, Moby and Frank Sinatra.
As you can imagine, I'm tremendously excited to have him
on board. In addition I would like to welcome Mr 'Archie'
Graham to the CT team: www.alistairgraham.com.
Archie is a globally renowned Australian artist who works
out of his home in Southern France and from his other
studio in the Australian Countryside where he has just
finished the cover artwork & design for our new album.
people will have of CT. As David Bowie once said, ' the
eyes are hungrier than the ears', therefore I want to make
sure that we have created an inspired first
impression.Let's hope you agree.
Other News:
I would also like to take this opportunity to announce that
'Black Rain' (the demo) has just been voted the Best
AOLM Track for 2009 and has also been chosen as the
song to advertise Brooklands Radio Fm in England. It is
being used as a trailer at the Vue movie theatres outside of
London and is receiving rave reviews from audiences and
DJs alike. The album version of this song remains true to
the demo version with the exception of a new intro.
Next month I hope to update you on the Mastering,
Printing and Manufacture of the CD. In the meantime
we're working on the promotional strategy for the album
which includes market research, planning singles & videos
and upcoming tours.
Many thanks again to Sellaband and to all of our
incredible Believers & Fans, you have made this all
possible !
www.myspace.com/civilizedtears

He specialises in a genuine
Renaissance-style Calli-
graphy & Book-binding
and has brought a unique
element to the look of the
Civilized Tears album.

In a continuation of the
global feel of this CD I
would also like to welcome
graphic designer Tamlyn
Akahoshi from Honolulu,
Hawaii who is designing
the album booklet.Tamlyn
is currently putting the
finishing touches to the
artwork & design and we
hope to have a finished
product by late February.

I have always felt strongly

about the visual concept of
Civilized Tears and know
that the impact of the
album's image is especially
important.This will be the
first impression many
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Katie Thompson
Album Diary

Here is Katie's short report:

"This month I have been going over my songs making sure they're the best they can
be. I have also been talking to different producers and musicians to get the right
people on board for my album. I've finished off the demos - my brother Chris has
kindly spent alot of time recording
and playing on them. Once that
was sorted we took some copies Katie's brother Chris
and went on a road trip to meet up
with a couple of musicians that we
think would compliment my songs
and help make a great album."

On a road trip

... to be continued ...

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Teaching
student) and get permission to use
for teaching others. After a while you
should be able to build up a package
of lessons that can be used without
you there.

What Craigslist. You will need to build an

outline of step by step processes that
helped you. While doing this you also
will want to look over each step for
At this point you will want to
organize your new product and make
a physical copy. I would hope your
package consists of written, audio,

You
hard to duplicate processes. Though
you want to keep your course as
simple as possible, you also want to
be complete. Once you feel good
about your outline you should flesh
and video parts. Now you can add to
your bands web-site a section to sell
your new music course. Maybe you
want to outsource this to say
Amazon.com. Guess what you can,

Know
out the 1st few steps enough for
lesson plans.
Once you have your initial teaching
style planned out you want to look
into scheduling. Unless you plan to
work on the week-ends you will get to
sleep in. Your students will most
likely be young enough that you need
to schedule classes after school.
Another thing to keep in mind is you
will be working 1 on 1, so think about
your revenue. I would suggest
starting out 1 day a week for 3 hours,
lets say 3 students then. Along with
all this you want to write up your
resume, portfolio, or other material
that shows why you are the person for
the job.
CreateSpace.com allows you upto 4
disks per set in their print on demand
service.
There is nothing quick and easy
about this. Yes now you can start
posting on Craigslist and gain
students. Yes now you have an
additional product to sell to your
fans. Yes you might, just might be
able to get rid of that damn day job
by the end of the year. I wouldn't
count on it without the same hard
work you put into your music career.
In reality all I am suggesting is that
you expand your earning potential.
What other ideas do you have for me
to research and write about this
year??

by Netvalar If you feel at this point you are ready

then you need to get the word out.

I
know your music sucks so bad
you still have that damn day
job right? It must be bad or
people would be buying your
music instead of stealing it. Or
maybe you are so focused on 1
formula for earning your way out of
that day job and are missing other
opportunities. I want each and every
one of the artists who read 50k music
mag to quit there day job this year.
Starting this month with teaching
your own expertise (rather you are a
drummer, guitarist, singer, etc.).
So why do you want to start teaching
others? Well you can set your own
hours, as long as you set a regular
schedule. You decide what to charge,
though I have found starting charges
between $20 - $50 per hour. You can
use your own music to teach your
students thus getting the word out
too. So do you have any other reasons
that teaching could be good for you?
Of course it isn't as easy as deciding
to do it and throwing up ads on
Start off by contacting local high
schools, colleges in regards to posting
fliers or advertising in school paper.
Of course Craigslist at this point is a
great tool there is the gigs section and
musicians section. Network with
others in your area with music
lessons of their own. Go direct to your
local fans and where they hang out.
Find local radio or TV stations that
may want to interview you regarding
your class.
Obviously you can't quit your day job
with just this. After all you are only
earning what $240/mo. Well just as
with your own music you need to
expand just a bit. So lets look at a
couple more ideas to add in.
Document every lesson if possible
audio and video record them too.
Review each lesson to see where you
can improve how you are teaching. Be
on the look out for recordings that
could be instructive in and of
themselves. If you find these contact
the parents (if of legal age the www.evolutioncoop.com

Tee Art Competition
celebrates it’s first birthday in March.
That’s why I have thought about a
competition for designers (hobby and
professional) – the 50K MUSIC Tee Art
Competition.
There are two awards to win:
1. the 50K MUSIC Customer Award –
the community decides by poll – 20
SellaBand Gift Parts* is the prize + 50%
of the net earnings of the prize winning
tee sales,
2. the 50K MUSIC Special Award –
awarded by 50K MUSIC – prize: 10
SellaBand Gift Parts* + 50% of the net
earnings of the prize winning tee sales.
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And here are the rules of this competition:
- everyone can take part to create an eye-
catching indie music artwork t-shirt,
- the topic is independent (SellaBand)
music (sure you can include 50K MUSIC,
the MAG, the first birthday),
- artwork in .png, .jpg, .gif or .bmp – min.
50 x 50 px, max. 3,000 x 3,000 px
- images/artwork may not infringe third
party rights.
The Competition runs until 31st March
2010.
Please send questions and your artwork
to mario(at)50kmusic.com
* SellaBand T&Cs do apply
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I'm Almost
Never At Home
... but I guess
meanwhile he feels at
home on SellaBand and
gets strong support
from the community.
50K MM: Who are you, where do you come from, ...?
Please tell us something about yourself.
John: Hi! My name is John C Fraser. I’m a 24 year old
musician from the Netherlands living in the city of
Eindhoven. Besides being a musician I’m a teacher on a
local high school teaching music to “children” in the age of
12 to 16. I’ve been making music since my 10th and writing
songs since I was about 12.
50K MM: How did you discovered SellaBand?
John: The first time I joined Sellaband was with my
former band Monsieur Cannibale. We had toured a lot of
European countries and were ready to record a new CD.
Through some creative surfing I ended up on
Sellaband.com. Unfortunately we were not meant to
become a 50k artist and therefor I withdrew our profile.
With the knowledge I gained with the band I rejoined as
John C Fraser, pulled back my profile once more and
rejoined for the last time in october 2009!
50K MM: Your song „She's Doin' It Again“ got loads of
attention in the Netherlands. Please give us some details.
John: She’s Doin’ It Again is the follow up to my debut
single The Odd One Out. This first single was recieved very
well by diverse radiostations throughout the Netherlands.
But it was a the first time people heared about John C
Fraser. Therefor I’ve decided to release a new single
directly 3 months after the first one: She’s Doin’ It Again.
Now everybody had met John C Fraser before. The
fieldwork had been done and almost every radiostation in
the country put it on their playlist! And the listeners of
these radiostations seem to like the song too because it
ended up at 120 in the overall charts last week.
50K MM: You have raised about 55% of the budget so far,
you are near to your target. And you have a very special
plan for your album. Please tell us something about that
plan.
John: My plan is mainly based on the fact that I want to
give something in return for an investment. Being on
Sellaband for almost 2,5 years with different profiles now
I’ve seen what works and what doesn’t work. The reason
why I withdrew my first John C Fraser profile was because
I thought I did not had enough to offer to my believers.
Now, with two high rotation singles I think it’s well worthy
to invest in John C Fraser. For only $10 you will get a
limited 2CD-set (yes for every part 1 LE CD set!). And
every believer will recieve 2 free tickets for a live show that
is going to be recorded and is going to be a part of the LE
CD! Once the CD will hit the stores it will cost $20 to buy.
So this is quite some deal. Besides that I came up with a
construction that makes it appealing to order multiple
CD’s. I will give investors the opportunity to let me sell
their CD’s for them. For every sold CD $10 will go back to
the believers. So once all the CD’s are sold everyone will
have it’s investment back. That: and 30% revenue share!
50K MM: How are you going to convince people to
believe (and invest) in you to raise the rest of your budget?
John: I’m always up for some nice competitions. This
month I’m giving away loads of nice stuff. The top investor
of the month februari will recieve a live performance in his
or her living room. The second and third investor with the
most parts will receive a VIP-treatment during the live
recording, and the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th investor will
recieve CD’s and a custom made t-shirt!
Besides that I think my 10k plan is well worthy investing.
This and all the exposure I’m getting makes John C Fraser
somenthing well worth to invest in.
50K MM: And how can we support you to speed up
raising your budget?
John: You guys help artists getting the exposure they
need. And therefor I’m really grateful. Being a part of this
magazine alone is more support than I could have ever
wished for!
50K MM: And at last: Something you want to tell your
fans and believers.
John: I’d like to thank all of you for the faith you put in to
me. But you must remember that being a musician, doing
promotion, record in the studio, giving performances and
having a 9 to 5 job besides that, practically means that I’m
almost never at home. This could mean that there are days
I could not update all of you with my whereabouts and
plans. But I’ll try my best to keep all of you updated as
much as possible. Because in the end: you are the ones
who make it possible for me to reach out there and record
one of the most amazing records I’ve ever heard. (Trust
me on that one, we are in pre-production right now and
the sound of some songs.... wow!)
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Listen.
Get
Over-
whelmed
Talentcast
is the passion
of three people:
Johan Jongerius
MissY
N ot really a newcomer anymore but his music is
definitely worth featuring here. A short interview
with Arthur Adam ...
and
Catself
50K MM: Who are you, where do you come from, ...?
(Agnieszka Holm)
Please tell us something about yourself.
Arthur: I am a singer-songwriter from Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, 29 years old. I use lots of musical influences,
from metal to classic to jazz, and (for a singer-songwriter)
relatively little folk music. I want to make music that is
simply pretty on the one hand, and sophisticated on the
Listen to:
other. I write about love, melancholy and the awkwardness
and surprising elements of evey day life...
SellaBand
50K MM: How did you discovered SellaBand?
Arthur: There are people that advise me on how to
and
manage myself that said: here is a really good opportunity
to get people to know you and to finance your cd...
MySpace Artists,
50K MM: How are you going to convince people to
Song of the week,
believe (and invest) in you?
Arthur: for me it's mainly about the music. But I also
interviews and chat
mentioned on facebook and twiter.com that I had a page
going here. I put on some blog messages, so people can
read about what makes me tick... every Saturday night
on
l
50K MM: You have raised about 6 % of the budget so far.
Have you thought about the time after reaching the goal of
t . n
10k yet? What are your plans then?

n t c as
e
Arthur: I want lots of people to get to know my music
and I still have lots of songs that have not been recorded
. t a l
www
yet. I cannot NOT be a musician or a songwriter, but in
being that I could use a little help...

50K MM: And last question: How can we support you to

speed up raising your budget?
Arthur: Listen. Get overwhelmed. Tell all your friends.
20
Getting Our Place In The Sun
They come from a small village in Portugal and
their music is definitely worth to support. So
come and listen to Benshee.
50K MM: Who are you, where do you come from? Please
tell us something about Benshee.
Benshee: Hello.We are a new Pop rock band in Portugal.
We were born in a small village close to Lisbon (where
everything it's more dificult for a young band). Everything
started in 2006 since then we have changed our formation
and recorded our first EP. We have won some contests and
this year we become part of a compilation as best pop
artist of one of the big contests in Portugal. We still as
independent band... looking for our lights to shine.
50K MM: How did you discover SellaBand?
Benshee: We discovered Sellaband a few years ago in
2007 when a lot of portuguese bands had joined SAB and
the portuguese tv news talked about it...and we decided to
join in this adventure. But in that time we had some
problems in the band and we decided to stop for some
months. Now we are back
50K MM: How are you going to convince people to
believe (and invest) in you? Please give us some more
details of your plan and incentives believers can get.
Benshee: Well thats a good question. First of all I think
that it should be our music to convince people to believe in
us. We will try to have some contests to believers in our
page and offer cd's and hot new singles (we are recording
in our studio some nice songs for our next EP). We will do
our best to get our target.
50K MM: You have raised 3% of the budget so far. Have
you thought about the time after reaching the target of 10k
$ yet? What are your plans then?
Benshee: We have a long way to the 10k ... but we have
some plans for now. As I said we are preparing a new EP
for the band. Pre-production have already started and we
have about 40 songs waiting to come on a cd!! For now we
have chosen 6 songs. And we are preparig also everything
for our first videoclip! Of course all this is a low cost
production and it's all produced by the band!
50K MM: You are an established band in Portugal it
seems. Have you also played gigs in the rest of Europe yet?
Will we see you on stage soon - where and when?
Benshee: We are not a big band but we have some
followers and we are getting our place in the sun in here.
About Europe.... we never played out of Portugal...and no
gig's in future in the rest of Europe. Anyone can help in
that??(lol)
50K MM: And last question: How can we support you to
speed up raising your budget?
Benshee:Thats another good question!! Anything would
be nice.You can make a contest to offer our cd.

... With A Punkish Attitude
The Nancy Wha are up-and-coming primarily because they are well-known for their
life performances. The new EP will come out soon - sadly without the support of the
SellaBand community. This is their plan.
50K MM: For all those who don't know The Nancy Wha
yet please tell us something about you. Where do you come
from, who are The Nancy Wha?
TNW: Most of you probably don't know The Nancy Wha
;) The Nancy Wha is a bunch of friends who play rock
music together. The band was formed in Vaasa, Finland, in
the year of 2005 by four frustrated guys. Today we are 5
years older (not wiser), and have grown into a Helsinki
based quintet. We have widely different carreers aside of
the band, but to call The Nancy Wha a hobby would be an
unjust understatement. This is about passion, about
working for something we truly believe in. In our music,
you hear enthusiasm, you hear energy, you hear
excitement, you hear love. It is honest music, made by
honest people. This is one thing that hasn't changed along
the way. Our influences come from a wide range; whether
you like The Smiths/Morrissey, The Libertines, The
Beatles, The Clash or The Strokes, there's surely
something for you in our music. Still, The Nancy Wha has
created a style that can be described as nothing but The
Nancy Wha. It's rock, it's pop, it's indie, performed
stylishly with a punkish attitude.
50K MM: You're currently working on your debut EP.
Please tell us something about that.
TNW: You will hear both old and new songs on the
forthcoming EP. All in all, it has been a long process, but
now we are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. The
recording was done out in the countryside of Southern
Finland early in the summer of 2009. The songs were
captured analogue on a 16-track reel tape machine. If you
ask us, that's a nice way to work, and many others will
surely agree. The mixing was done in London by Dan Cox
at Urchin Studios, owned by Gordon Raphael. Now it has
finally been mastered, and it's sounding excellent, since
each step of the process has been done thoughtfully,
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without compromises. At the moment we're sorting out all
the matters concerning the release.
50K MM: It seems like you did not have the patience to
fund this EP on SellaBand. What are your further plans
there?
TNW: Well, this time we felt that we were ready to get an
ep out, while our following figures on Sellaband didn't
seem to support that. So we decided to do it by ourselves.
As an unknown band it can be hard to get the funding
quickly enough. However we will still continue to seek
funding through SellaBand, and after getting the ep out,
we will do more to promote ourself on Sellaband. It might
be easier when you already have something to show. And
it's not like this is the last you'll
hear from the Nancy Wha. We've
got the tracks for an entire album
waiting in the rehearsal room, so
there are more releases to come.
If people are kind enough to chip
in their ten dollars to see that
happen, we are more than
thankful. As soon as we reach the
50 K we will do everything to
satisfy those who believe in us!
50K MM: When will the EP
come out? What are your plans
for promotion?
TNW: In April, if everything
goes according to plans, but since
everything isn't quite sealed yet,
it might be earlier or it might be
later. But we'll make sure to keep
our fans up to date. The
promotion of our EP will pretty
much be done in a DIY spirit. We haven't got a big
company to back us up, so this is our chance to show the
world what we are capable of by ourselves. Convincing 100
people by playing an awesome gig means way much more
to us than showing a high budget tv-commercial to
100.000 viewers would do. And of course, sending promo
cd's to cool magazines and radio stations will be part of the
promotion, as well as reaching as much people as possible
on facebook, myspace, twitter etc.
50K MM: Do you have any plans for touring after the EP
release?
TNW: Absolutely. Dates and venues are still to be
confirmed, since we havent been able to decide upon a
release date yet, but we will hit the road to promote the
EP, that's for sure.
50K MM: And at last: One thing about you and your
music that everybody should know.
TNW:The EP is great, but the physical copies strictly
limited, so get one while you still can!
www.myspace.com/nancywha
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www.sellaband.com/boa
50K MM: Who are you, where do you come from, who
are the band members? Please tell us something about
BOA.
Botond: BOA started out with three members, me
(Botond), my cousin Orsi and my brother Attila. Orsi is the
singer in the constellation, I play the acoustic- and Attila
plays electric guitar. First William joined on drums and
after short period of trying out with bass player Gabriel,
Olof joined and it seems like he will stick with us in the
future.
50K MM: How did you discover SellaBand?
Botond: I first discovered TalenCast on a bands myspace
page and it went on from there. At first, the idea of
SellaBand seemed impossible for us being such a new
band, but I asked the others and we decided to give it a go.
For now it turned out better than anyone of us expected.
50K MM: How are you going to convince people to
Music
Played
With
Honesty
They are one of my
favourite newcomer
bands at the moment.
Listen to Swedish Pop
coming from BOA.
believe (and invest) in you? Please give us some more
details about your plan and incentives believers can get.
Botond: Our goal is to record our first album. We have
not yet worked out a plan or a strategy for how we can get
more believers, but for now we are offering 50% of the
revenue from the album we will make with the help of the
fans. The SellaBand concept is pretty new for us and we
have not yet seen all the possibilities within it. The plan
can be modified as we go, so look out for anything new.
We will come up with incentives in the future for those
how believe and invest in our plan. We are also working on
press material, photos of all five of us and some diary kind
of videos will also be showing up on the site soon.
50K MM: You have raised 1% of the budget so far. Have
you thought about the time after reaching the target of 10k
$ yet? What are your plans then?
Botond: When we reach our target of 10k $, we will
mainly work on our debut album. You meet a lot of people
while you´re out playing gigs and there are some
possibilities to work with people that can make our goal a
reality. We want to build our reputation slowly by makeing
the album and book bigger gigs in Sweden at first and then
build it from there. I think people take you more seriously
when you have an album on the market. That means that
you´ve achieved something and music magazines write
about you etc.
50K MM: You are a rather young band playing Swedish
pop. Are there any role models in Sweden or elsewhere?
Botond: The world is full of good music and we all have
different influences in the band. BOA is what comes out of
us playing together. It would be hard to name a band or an
artist in this sence, but I think what we all like in music is
when it is down to earth and played with honesty. Music
can be very simple, yet grandiose if you don´t try to
“polish” it to much. That is what we try to achieve when we
record our songs.
50K MM: And last question: How can we support you to
speed up raising your budget?
Botond: I think you´ve already did help buy writing
about us. But keeping an eye on BOA in the near future
will be help a lot and of course telling all your friends that
we exist.
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I'm Just Going To Be Me

Another promising newcomer on SellaBand last month is Lee Ann Casey - she tells us
about her plans and expectations

am serious, and I want this and I am going to

work as hard as I can to make this work!
50K MM: You have raised 2% of the budget
so far. Have you thought about the time after
reaching the target of 15k $ yet? What are
your plans then?
Lee Ann: Well I’ve already been in the
studio laying down guide tracks and vocals
for my full length CD. Once I have the
$15,000, I’m handing over $10,000 of it to J
Chris Griffin and saying.... LETS FINISH IT!
Chris is super talented and has a great
working pace. It will take hardly any time for
us to fully produce out and finish a whole CD.

50K MM: Do you think a 15k $ budget will

50K MM: Who are you, where do you come from? Please
tell us something about you.
Lee Ann: My name is LeeAnn Casey. I am from Alpena
Michigan. It is a small town but it was a great place to
grow up. My mom has always been very supportive of me.
At age 15 she started letting me play out at a local bar
where I first started playing my own songs publicly. It
wasn’t a typical teenage experience but it was great. Every
week I would be there hanging out with other musicians,
singing and playing my guitar. It wasn’t long after that that
I fell in love with the recording world and decided to
attend The Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences in
Arizona. That school was one of the best decisions I’ve
made in my life and it has helped me to
make some awesome connections in the
music business.
be enough to produce a professional album?
Please give us some more details.
Lee Ann: For the average artist I would say,
$15,000 is not nearly enough, but because I
work for J Chris Griffin I have a little bit of an
advantage on recording costs. I have nightly access to his
studio and all of his equipment. I’m actually blessed with a
boyfriend who is an audio engineer as well and he has
been training under J Chris Griffin for about a year now.
So yes, I can definitely make a $15,000 budget work.
50K MM: And last question: How can we support you to
speed up raising your budget?
Lee Ann: Tell your friends! If you enjoy my music tell
someone, and tell them to tell someone! I’ve learned
during my short period of time working in the music
industry that networking is HUGE. It’s all about making
those little connections.

50K MM: How did you discover SellaBand?

Lee Ann: I work for the producer J Chris
Griffin. One of my jobs is to help him find
vocal students. Apryl Evans, an amazing
Sella Band artist, replied to one of my
craigslist ads that I put out and has been
taking lessons with Chris for a couple of
months now. She had told him about Sella
Band and Chris couldn’t wait to tell me
about it.

50K MM: How are you going to convince

people to believe (and invest) in you?
Lee Ann: Good question, I’m still trying to
figure that out myself! Just kidding, I’m
just going to be me. I’m trying to put out as
much music, videos, and pictures as I can to
show potential and current believers that I
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Lindy Jazz & More
Lindy Waldeck plays Pop music with a very jazzy touch. She
unveils her plans and the secret of her success on SellaBand to
50K MUSIC MAG
50K MM: Who are you, where do you come from, ...?
Please tell us something about yourself.
Lindy: I'm Lindy Waldeck, I was born in Amsterdam in
The Netherlands, grew up in a small but beautiful town
called Enkhuizen and now live with my husband (and 3
children from our previous marriages) in a small village
called Wervershoof in the province of Noordholland,
situated on the banks of the IJsselmeer. Wervershoof is
full of music, there are a lot of bands and
singer/songwriters originating from this place!
In day-to-day live my husband and I run a furniture
company, we produce handmade wooden furniture for
indoor and outdoor and kitchens, mainly from old
(drift)wood and scaffolding boards. Next to doing all kinds
of administrative stuff and marketing I also design
furniture. Before we started this business in 2005 I have
been working for different companies in the publishing
and internet business in customer service, webdesign,
marketing and project management.
Music has been in my head for all my life, my own words
and melodies were just waiting in line to come out. But
only during the past few years with the help of computers I
discovered ways of getting them out and turn them into
real sound someone else can listen to and – hopefully –
enjoy. The styles are diverse, but for some reason there
mostly seems to be a jazzy touch or a bluesy note. As such
I use the tag "Jazz & More" as that perfectly describes -
IMO- my music. There is jazz, but also a lot more than
that!
Jazz&More is also the name of my band. We mainly play
covers at the moment, lots of good old Jazz standards,
next to more recent easy listening and popmusic, from
Ella Fitzgerald to Donna Summer to Tina Turner and Amy
Winehouse. We are just beginning to put some of my own
songs on the repertoire, but we’re not ready to perform
most of them yet, especially the last couple of months have
been slow with the band, we are still looking for a (good)
jazz pianist after our previous pianist left the band but it is
really hard to find someone. We sure hope to find a
replacement soon as I'm really looking forward to bring
my music live on stage. And although my Sellaband profile
is my personal one and not that of the whole band, I'd love
to be able to record the CD with
the whole band as these guys are great musicians. The
band has 2 vocalists, me and Nico Veenendaal who has an
incredible voice and I hope that I'll succeed in writing
some songs for him as well and perhaps do a duet.
The songs in my playlist on Sellaband are all home
recorded demo's with computer based music. No fancy
mixing or mastering, as I couldn’t find anyone that would
do that for me free of charge :) And that’s where Sellaband
comes in, as it’s been my life long dream to get a CD out.
And with help of friends, family and SAB’s believers I
hope to make that dream come true and record my songs
in a professional way to take them to the next level, put
them on a disc which hopefully then will find it’s way to
the music lovers!

50K MM: How did you discovered SellaBand?
Lindy: I discovered Sellaband already a couple of years
ago when someone I know was (and still has a profile but
is no longer active) fundraising through SAB. I visited
from time to time, but it took me to end november 2009 to
finally have the guts to sign up to start fundraising myself.
Last summer I had participated in a contest from
Buma/Stemra, who organised Dutch Writers Camp, open
to worldwide songwriters and producers. Before that I had
never openly shared my music with the world, but I got
such good response (ended as #29 in the public vote
among approx. 450 contestants) and that gave me enough
confidence that I would be able to find other people liking
my music and willing to prebuy my CD or support me in
other ways.
50K MM: Your music is very influenced by Jazz, a genre
that normally does not work out very well on SellaBand.
But you have already raised 11% of your budget. What do
you think is the reason why believers love your music?
Lindy: I guess that is because it isn't pure jazz but pop
music with a jazzy touch. If you compare the songs in my
player you'll find they are all quite different, from electro
pop to blues rock through new age style to jazz. That also
perfectly fits with my personal taste in music which is
covering I guess the entire musical spectrum from
Classical to heavy rock.
And at the same time I think it is also because I'm not
sitting back and just wait what will happen, I'm actively
promoting my music on Sellaband, Twitter, MySpace,
Hyves and Facebook and also very important: offline
ofcourse. I'm currently offering a demo CD for just two
parts to online believers, and am selling it offline too and
re-investing all the money from that into my Sellaband
project. The demo was made on my own cost but worth
every cent, I've already sold over 50 copies in just a few
weeks. My mom is also actively making her friends and
our family make donations. So far the investments come
for about 50% out of my own network, and 50% from new
believers, which is so wonderful! I just hope that more and
more people will listen to my music and discover that it's
more than jazz alone. I realize that the tag "Jazz&More"
can perhaps influence people not to listen if they're not
into jazz, but on the other hand, the "More" can trigger the
curious.
50K MM: Please tell us something about your plans after
you will have reached your target.
Lindy: It will ofcourse all start before I reach my target,
as right now I'm looking, asking and listening around to
find the right studio, a good producer, some musicians in
addition to the bandmembers for instruments we don't
have in the band; I hope to be well prepared so that as
soon as I reach target I'll able to deliver a quality CD as
fast as possible. And then ofcourse make sure the CD will
get sold, get airplay, also actively selling through gigs.
50K MM: How are you going to convince people to
believe (and invest) in you to raise the rest of your budget?
Lindy: That's a question I'm asking myself every day,
which I think every artist raising funds should be doing.
Make sure you do what you promise, be on the constant
lookout for new opportunities to promote your music. I'm
currently thinking of a plan to get believers on board on a
more commercial side, but I cannot disclose that at the
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moment as it is in a too early stage. And next to that
ofcourse deliver more music. My plan is to record a CD
with about 12 songs, and I would love to have at least a
double number of songs to select the best from for the
album, and I'm currently very active writing and recording
demo's. I wish everyone could hear how they already
sound in my head! The demo's I have currently up in my
player do not reflect half of what the songs would sound
like when properly produced and recorded. And I hope
that my believers will help me pick the right songs for the
album!
Next to that I have also put up my music on a couple of
other international music sites, ofcourse with links to my
Sellaband Profile. And last but not least, to have the band
fully operational again as soon as possible, to play, play,
play, play and play live and make the listeners aware that
they can support us by buying parts!
50K MM: And how can we support you to speed up
raising your budget?
Lindy: Well, asking me for this interview already helps to
spread the word that I am out here, so I thank you for this
opportunity to tell a little bit more about myself! And
ofcourse I hope that everyone who reads this issue and has
not yet discovered my music on Sellaband will take a
moment to visit my profile and listen to some of the songs.
And if you like them, please become a believer! The target
I have set is not so incredibly high, so I really hope that I
can reach that in a foreseeable timeframe and that the
believers do not have to wait too long to receive something
in return for their investments.
50K MM: And at last: Something you want to tell your
fans and believers.
Lindy: I'm just overwhelmed by the warm welcome I have
received from individuals and groups of believers and
followers on Sellaband, from encouraging messages to
generous investments and active support and promotion
and review of my music on other platforms. And next to
that I have found some great other musicians through
Sellaband, all kind and supportive of eachother and with a
lot of wonderful songs that deserve to be heard. I am not
naming people/groups on purpose, too afraid to leave
someone out, but a BIG THANK YOU to all of you!
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Art Is A Way Of
Saving Us
50K MM: On your SellaBand profile we read that you are
coming from Denmark, your songs are partly in Italian.
Who are you, where do you come from, ...? Please tell us
something about yourself.
Deborah: I was born in Italy but I started to study
languages because I wanted to communicate with people
all over the world. Not only with the music but also with
the words. So I studied different languages and lived in
France, Holland, England, now Denmark and I am about
to move to Sweden. I consider myself more of a citizen of
the world, since I was a kid my family had roots in other
countries and this gave me always a feeling of
interconnectedness. My family had been living from the
40's to the 60's in Tunisia, so we had in our family heritage
sayings, traditional recipes and expressions that were both
Italian, Arabic and Jewish. I guess I just continued this
exploration of other cultures just to find out that we are
just all the same. In myself I have and I treasure aspects of
the Dutch, of the French, of the Italian etc etc etc
50K MM: How did you discovered SellaBand?
Deborah: I had been offered record deals by producers in
Italy and also foreigner but I was disappointed by the
reality of the music business, which is extremely more
Deborah Di Nauta talks about her
expectations on SellaBand
business than art. But I wanted to do art, and above all I
did not want to get into compromises because you should
not censor art, and in reality #making songs in a
commercial way # it is in a way censoring. So I found out,
about sellaband,about the great concept of artists and fans
united to finally make good music win, to finally create
something great and eternal together.
50K MM: You have raised 10% of your budget so far.
How are you going to convince people to believe (and
invest) in you to raise the rest of your budget?
Deborah: It is easy I think, in my opinion the closwe you
are to the goal the easier it is. I do not rush, I have all the
time and at the same time I am releasing free tracks, free
music ( other than the 11 songs that will be included in the
sellaband album) to let people know of my music.
Personally as an artist, I am not jealous to share the
beauty of a music, why waiting years if the world can enjoy
that now? What if I died tomorrow and I left a whole book
full of songs, that have never been recorded,never been
listened to by any other human ear. What a pity! In
practice, I am advertising the funding through
competitions on my blog, twitter, facebook, youtube
videos. As a second and more important thing: i am going
to search fo the support of environmental,ethical and
creative brands. I am researching individuals and concepts
all over the world that share my values and with whom I
could create partnership to raise awareness and funds
towards my music. it is working out quite well, many
people are responding and investing already.
50K MM: Please tell us something about your plans once
you will have reached your target.
Deborah: The plan is the following:
recording the 11 tracks in a few weeks ( 2/3 week), paying
a PR to send press releases to Italian, Dutch, English and
Scandinavian newspapers and radios. I worked myself in
radio for over 2 years so I also have some tools and
connections to have this working. Giving an opening
concert for the release of the album Taking some days off
from work for a long period of time and gigging Europe
with the album tracks, selling the album and the
merchandise at the concerts. I plan to start organizing gigs
and concerts already before the recording of the album, I
am actually doing most of this already now.
50K MM: And how can we support you to speed up
raising your budget?
Deborah: Invest in my music and spread the word and
the widget and banner of my raising profile. Go to my
website www.deborah.mu and promote it. If you wish to
wait until I am at 50% because you want to make sure the
album gets released in a timely manner, that is fine by me.
i trust the believers but they should also trust me, and if
they need more time to see that I am
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serious,organized,talented and structured that is fine. I
work full time as a financial assistant, so I am very used to
structuring,efficiency and organization. If my funding is
completed let's say in September, I will not record the
album later than 3 months later, and release it no later
than another 3 months.

50K MM: And at last: Something you want to tell your

fans and believers.
Deborah: For me art is a way of saving us, each of us and
humanity. All over the world we see scattered people
raising in awareness and raising the veil and seeing things.
Do not think that they are isolated, they are influencing
you and me right now. The music, the true music, the one
made by the soul, is connected to this awareness and is the
only devine force that man will ever really know of. Be part
of my journey, the journey in this life that I started almost
30 years ago,a journey that has been made of sounds,
chords, words, feelings. I have no wish, contrary to all
musicians, to become super rich and super famous or to
sell my soul to get fame. I am already satisfied and happy
with what I have and I am today but I know that my music
can make a difference and make others satisfied and
happy now. I do not wish and I have never wished for
anything else than salvation for me and all creatures. No, I
am not affiliated with any religion, sect, organization or
mind control game. All those things can control you only if
you let them to. The human power is much stronger than
that. Ever closed your eyes listening to a song and you got
totally lost in it? This is the devine force that I am talking
about, it is at your hand now. Let's make it become
stronger together.

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On Stage with ...
Daniel Ward-Murphy at The Troubadour
Daniel played live at The Troubadour last Thursday and Utterly B Groovy
was on the ground for us. Photos by Nick Deaves.
(UBG) The first of Dan’s appearances at The Troubadour
as part of his bi-monthly residency (ie playing every two
months) and introducing the new drummer James Titshall
(replacing the excellent Prav who’s moved on to
concentrate on other projects), along with recent-ish
addition Henry Gilbert on bass and double bass, and of
course the old hand Jen Delaney helping Dan out with the
singing duties.
Had a nice meal upstairs before the gig, and a couple of
happy hour cocktails before wandering downstairs to catch
the end of the sound check and grab a table. Great to see
the place so full and definitely impressed by Jake Hall and
Anoushka Lucas, and bought both their EPs. The Keitels,
on last, were pretty competent, the girl singer had a great
voice, but they didn’t seem to be enjoying it much (and
had apparently thought it was OK to talk loudly through
everyone else’s set too!) so I thought that whilst musically
it was good, the ‘show’ lacked a bit of sparkle!
Dan, on third, opened with the Queen Of Something New
which got everyone’s toes tapping. Interestingly, I didn’t
have the same reaction as last time I saw them, when my
mind would fill in for the missing Helen on violin and Milo
on cello. It seems really tight and ‘complete’ again now the
re-organisation has had some time to bed in properly. This
has perhaps shifted the sound a little from nu-folk to nu-
country but it is definitely a comfortable fit now and
sounding great!
First of three new songs, So Simple is (still) a beautiful
song with all the DWM hall marks of harmonies as it lets
the crowd settle into the set. Next up is the newest song,
indeed the first outing for The Prettiest Girl At The Dance,
followed by Make A Woman Cry, both of which are finely
crafted songs with geat tunes and involving lyrics and are
definitely keepers!
Jen takes the reins for The Sun Is In Your Eyes and it’s as
wonderful as ever, and Dan closes the set with She’s A
Knockout and Act Of Defiance, both of which sound
fabulous in the new arrangements.
The crowd were at times a bit rowdy (but often are at The
Troubadour) but most appreciative as shown by the leCDs
they purchased, and the no. of names added to the email
list.
Excellent Dan … 10 out of 10!
Next playing at the Troubadour on the 1st April, which is
also going to be when Julia Johnson is playing as part of
her residency, so that should be a good night!