Aoede News from the Muse - November 2009 Newsletter
Lis 'n Dave/Aoede "50 things I fell in love with" Aoede-POP ROCK-News From the Muse- NOVEMBER 2009	".....as I find myself being whisked away by the sounds of Aoede I need a copy of Push and Pull in the house, in the vehicle, in the studio and in my head all the time. I've added this gem to my own personal favorite collection, but then you will too once you've treated your ears to this masterpiece! Just remember....A-E-D!" (KRIM Radio) liz caruana photography
Inspired, compelling stories of love, loss and longing spill out and take you, shake you, and wake you-emotionally evocative, intelligent, vocal driven *pop rock*... Greetings: up close and personal.. warm spells Writing to you from the amazing Arizona desert...I think it was a mere 88 degrees today-that seems wrong for November. I am not complaining though. In San Francisco, it was up to 75 just a few weekends ago...ah the warm sun-it does wonders for the body and mind...Arizona has always been a place of extremes...that accounts partially for its striking beauty, I think...but onto the music! memorable musical moments...music videos! October was mainly a month of inspired music videos! It started with a fun song I wrote for Dave's 50th birthday-gasp-entitled, "50 Things I Fell In Love With." I made Dave hold up numbered signs from 1-50 corresponding to each of the lines in the song. You can see the youtube video, which has subtitles for each of the 50 lines, by clicking on the song title above. Further, I am happy to have finally finished the Aoede video that has been in the works!! Who Is Aoede? This is a quirky Aoede montage video featuring rare footage of shows, tour, *pop rocks*, and playful segues...click on the above link to get to know the muse behind the music...   Also in the works are some collaborations with environmental  filmmakers, some film festivals, and HelpBlueWater.com. Perhaps a video for Blue Gold as well. Stay tuned for more as it all unfolds but I am excited to be venturing into this territory! Cool Stuff-check it out (sidebar) and let me know if you have stuff to include next time! SHOWS As I mentioned last month, we are taking some time off to write and record.. so we will be playing fewer Bay Area shows over the next few months...since I am in Arizona, and Dave in England, we will not play the last WomenROCK show at Bazaar this month-but some great women such as Grace Woods are playing so if you go on Nov. 18, 2009, you won't be disappointed! PLEASE Save The Date! Last Aoede Show for 2009! I do want to give you a heads up for our last show of the year! We will play a special intimate show at Dolores Park Cafe in San Francisco-WomenROCK's new venue-on Thursday, December 17th, 2009. Please put it on your calendar now so we can see you and please let me know if you can make the show by emailing me. Stories Behind The Muse-ic-the seeds for Poor Blue ...as usual, these stories are just for you-thank you for reading and making a connection! So, I decided to give you the seeds to some unrecorded songs-but ones we are asked to play often. Here is one of my newest: Poor Blue. This is a fun song about a car-a car that saw something it shouldn't have. It is done in the vein of "Fever" and "Black Velvet" to a simple repeating bass line. I have a '95 blue del sol that keeps getting hit. It took me about a year and a half to fix it the first time-considering insurance and repairs...no sooner was it in perfect condition again when it got hit again-4 weeks later-same side, same damage...rather than ask why, or what do I need to keep learning, I said, it's just a car, and then I thought, maybe it got hit because it saw something go down on our street. I pictured my del sol not being able to keep her eyes shut. It was much more fun to write about it than to get upset.. poor blue!    Huge thanks as always to YOU for reading and supporting and please write and update me! We couldn't do this without you!   Aoede-muse of song www.aoedemuse.com http://myspace.com/aoedemuse Aoede is: Lisa Sniderman (singer/songwriter-vocals, acoustic/elec gtr) Dave Sands (Bass Guitar) John Walden (Drums) with Marianna Ferris on keyboards/back vocals   AMAZON ITUNES In Stores: www.aoedemuse.com (click music)	SHOWS!! DECEMBER 12/17/09 (SAVE THE DATE!) WomenROCK Showcase Dolores Park Cafe 501 Dolores @ 18th Street San Francisco, CA 7:00 pm     *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! I was sitting in the plane watching all these guys watch movies on their tiny I-Phones-I kept thinking, there's got to be a way to make a larger screen pop-up but keep the compact size...well many folks have already done it for me-in the form of video glasses projecting 44-70 inch screens! Here's the Top 10... Toshiba's is a bit bulky-yes? Can you find the invisible man in these amazing artist's photos?  Shouldn't everything taste like bacon even envelopes? My parents were (and still are) awesome-a site to post pics of your awesome parents  "I Lost, You Win"  is now permanently placed in the SongVault Directory and in play list on the SongVault Radio Network as well as Women of Substance Radio! Thanks to you :)  Useless FACTS-o-the-month: *No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple." *In The Empire Strikes Back, there is a potato hidden in the asteroid field. *The "dot" over the letter "i" is called a tittle. *Chinese Crested dogs can get acne. *If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months & 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee. *There are 170,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000 ways to play the ten opening moves in a game of chess. *Coca-Cola was originally green. *A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continually from the bottom of the glass to the top. *A pregnant goldfish is called a twit (maybe it's because they have a memory span of 3 seconds). *The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds. *The average person will accidentally eat just under a pound of insects every year. (yum) "Metal Picture-o-the Month" Dave-O's Cool Metal Picture-O-The Month-A Snads Original Eye-Catching Stairway Railing word-o-d-day: gargoyle olive-flavored mouthwash  (whether real or urban myth, these are great if you like wordplay!)   segue from Who Is Aoede video