Aoede (Lis, Dave, John with Thijs on sax)  Makeout Room Feb 27, 2009 Aoede-POP ROCK-News From the Muse- MARCH 2009 "“...multi-faceted and intensely engaging...Sniderman's vocal is electrifying" Luna Kafe record review  liz caruana photography Greetings! Here's hoping this newsletter finds you  fabulous-this one will be shorter (and sweet) and wil focus on some special upcoming shows... onto a few newsie bits... (1) Heading to Nashville in April?! Tour? Time and the economy will tell... We're still figuring this one out-our current thoughts (firmly cast in jello) are to fly in and out to do the showcase in April. This depends whether we will play in Baton Rouge this go around...we are also putting the ball in motion for a Southern CA and Phoenix, AZ tour possibly early May... stay tuned all!   (2) SHOWS (see side bar) This month, on Thursday, March 19, 10pm, please join Aoede (band), Reckless in Vegas (colorful power trio)  with Cwiggs at cozy, historic THE HOTEL UTAH in San Francisco. I have asked a friend to do some live painting!!! The talented Marianna should be joining us on keys, and we may even have a special guest sit-in on sax... Reckless in Vegas is currently touring (Utah, CA, NV) and should be putting on quite a show! Come on out and join us!   For a more acoustic flavored set, Saturday, March 28th starting at 7pm, catch Aoede at Caffe Trieste in San Francisco, where we'll be sharing the stage with a wonderful indie folk musician Lisa Safran from Detention and friends. We will be co-hosting local music and other variety events at the Caffe Trieste-fourth Saturday night of each month...we plan to put together a spring singles event in the near future so stay tuned!   Last month I mentioned the WomenROCK Goddesses of Harmony show at the Great American Music Hall March 5, celebrating the third anniversary of WomenROCK -the SF Bay Area's music, art and activist collective that Aoede helped co-found ...it was a great success from the high attendance to amazing performances, sponsorships, collaborations, and general good times...was fun to take part in such an epic event... On that note, if you are so moved, please join our cause! This is a personal request to YOU to please support WomenROCK in any way that you can: e.g.:  become an active member (musician, artist, planner, graphic designer, promoter, producer, volunteer coordinator, sponsor, sound/stage manager, reviewer, blogger, photographer, etc.) THANK YOU! http://womenrockmusic.blogspot.com/ http://myspace.com/womenrockmusic (3) Stories Behind Push and Pull: the seeds for Paper Tiger These stories are just for YOU...Here's the little story behind Paper Tiger. This tune is on the album (and up on our website)...it was inspired by the lead singer, Justin Sullivan, from one of my favorite bands, New Model Army-kind of a British U-2...very poetic, political but humanitarian lyrics...he started making solo albums and one of the songs was about dreaming of oceans-kind of a 180 from his earlier lyrics, 51st State of America or Here Comes the War-so I pictured him as a Paper Tiger and my lyric starts out with him under the stage lights all dressed in scary looking black leather...first track on the album. What are you listening to?  Any great artists you want to shout out about? Write me and I'll include your list with mine in future newsletters- 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: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_dmusic?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=aoede&x=16&y=20 ITUNES: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=280609617&s=143441 In Stores: www.aoedemuse.com (click music)      SHOWS!! MARCH 3/18/09 WomenROCK Acoustic Showcase: with Marianne Barlow and special guests @ Bazaar Cafe, 5927 California Street, San Francisco, CA 7:00 pm free 3/19/09  Aoede (full band) HOTEL UTAH 500 4th Street @ Bryant 10 pm with Reckless in Vegas $8 21+ 3/28/09 Caffe Trieste (acoustic/electric) 1667 Market St @ Gough SF, CA 7pm free