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Greetings:
up close and personal...celebrate
the small stuff too!
When you are working on something big and
important, does the perfectionist in you ever dwell on what you
wanted to but didn't get done, instead of focusing on all you may
have accomplished? I find it is so easy for me to go to that place,
as I often bite off way more than I can chew leaving plenty undone.
I think we should start celebrating each small step along the way;
reward ourselves for victories along the way instead of just when we
hit the milestone; focus on what we could do rather than get down on
ourselves about what we couldn't. For myself, I am hoping a little
attitude shift will go a long way towards keeping my confidence,
motivation and drive high. Plus, doesn't each experience, positive
and negative, teach us something about ourselves? I am eager to keep
learning the lessons...
memorable
musical moments.. the muse is working hard; will the universe
acknowledge it ?
Speaking of celebrating...Just recorded
three more new singles! I had the opportunity to record once more in
LA with a great producer, some stellar musicians, and this time we
were priviledged to work with an amazing arranger and a crazy
talented string quartet on 2 songs! We accomplished a lot in 2 days.
Highlight for me was having the all star cast all in the control
room taking ownership of the song, listening to the take they just
recorded and me thinking, "I made that!" All you who have ever built
anything from scratch, isn't it fantastic seeing it evolve from
nothing but a structure into something beautiful? Talk about living
a dream! I look forward to sharing the results of all our work and
passion! Also, HUGE shout out to Dave for encouraging me to take
advantage of this opportunity, his constant support, cheerleading
from the sidelines while someone else played bass, and all the
driving along the way. You are my rock and you rock,
Dave.
 
recording in Los
Angeles, July 2010 and screen shot of song in
protools
Speaking
of celebrating small steps, I just submitted a short grant proposal
for Alice in Waterland. Cross your fingers for funding, and
I'll keep you posted in early October when I hear back.
*COOL
STUFF* -check it out (sidebar) and let me know if
you have stuff to include next time!
SHOWS/RECORDING
We are excited to be recording in the
SF Bay Area during the summer or fall. In the meantime, feel free to
send email or connect with me on Facebook. We will
continue to keep sending newsletters of course!
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Aoede
is:
Lisa Sniderman (singer/songwriter-vocals, acoustic/elec
gtr)
Dave Sands (Bass
Guitar)
John Walden (Drums)
with Marianna Ferris on
keyboards/back vocals
WHERE CAN I BUY PUSH AND
PULL?
BARNES & NOBLE
BESTBUY
AMAZON
ITUNES
dave doesn't think he can bow
a bass...
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SHOWS!!
JULY
Recording-check
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*COOL STUFF*
Do YOU have cool stuff you want to share with
others for next month? Send it our way and it could appear
in the next newsletter!
your vote can help fund $250K research to make juvenile
myositis (muscle disease) a memory-something near & dear
to my own
heart.
all things cool blog site about what is cool-scroll down for really
unique stuff!
like gun or daisy shaped egg fry rings, ice straws, pot
holders that look like records.
life in a day movie-be part of history in the making: on
July 24th, you can help document a single day on earth and maybe end up in a feature length
movie!
SF-based musical duo Pomplamoose that makes video-songs utilizing cool
ideas,
covers of other great songs.
In honor of American Independence, fun facts about July 4th!
In honor of Bastille Day, or la Fete Nationale...here are 10 little
known facts.
Useless
FACTS-o-the-month
*Stewardesses is
the longest word typed with only the left hand.
*Lollipop is the
longest word typed with your right hand.
*There are two words in the
English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and
"facetious".
*Peanuts are one of the ingredients of
dynamite.
*Topless saleswomen
are legal in Liverpool, England, but only in tropical fish stores.
*The
first bathrooms appeared on the Orkney Islands, off the Scottish coast, 10
millennia ago in the form of a primative drain system from their huts to
the local stream.
*7-Up was created in 1929 by Charles Leiper Grigg and
originally called Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda.
*Pepsi was
originally named 'Brad's Drink' after the druggist Caleb Bradham who
concocted the formula in the back of his pharmacy.
*The fizzy taste of
sodas has nothing to do with the bubbles breaking on the tongue. What
happens is that carbonic dioxide in the soda reacts with carbonic
anhydrase in saliva to produce carbonic acid, and a low intensity pain
stimulus in the tongue's branch of the trigeminal nerve. This is the same
nerve responsible for toothaches, sinus pain, and some types of headaches.
Acetazolamide, used for alleviating air sickness, blocks the enzyme's
action.
*Only 10% of graduates from clown college are offered
jobs.
Dave-O's
Cool Metal Picture-O-The
Month
Dave's parents get the
ride of their lives...in honor of Tesla's IPO this
month
click for
Dave's gallery pics
and click to
see a cool video my dad made after being part of
Tesla's Road Rally!
WORDPLAY
made up
words-o-d-day
ARDVARK
A vark that is not
in the least bit soft
PONDLE
Caressing a small body of water
(whether real or urban myth, these are great if you
like wordplay!)
BEST
Mis-Translation:
A sign seen on an
automatic restroom hand dryer in Germany: DO NOT ACTIVATE WITH WET
HANDS
(and a Close 2nd)
Translated from Japanese to English and included
in the instructions for a soap bubble gun: WHILE SOLUTION IS NOT TOXIC IT
WILL NOT MAKE CHILD EDIBLE.
Quick
Quote:
"While we may not be able to control all that
happens to us, we can control what happens inside us." -- Ben
Franklin
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