Demo Being Mastered

Hello there folks!

So last week I had a mixing session with my recording engineer, Joel. Thats guy is a recording genious, I just thought I would share. So we have edited the songs, and decided what needs to go where etc. All the levels and all that jazz. Hopefully by tuesday we will be able to mix them down, send them out to be copyrighted etc. Good old Socan, they are good for something! No but seriously, you don’t want your music shiz stolen COPY RIGHT IT FOLKS! Thats the best call. Anyway so after I get the songs copywritten, I will be organizing with my brother (who used to help design websites for a company a buddy of his owned) on how to personalise my website! Make it a real website, photos, blog entry section, show list, free download-ables section etc.

On a side note, today I need to buy myself a road bike! I’m going to stop taking public transit and going to start riding my bike everywhere! 1 it saves but loads of money, 2 its good for the enviorment and we all know what shit it is in, and 3 within the future I would like to buy a car just so I would be able to take my equipment to my gigs, and be able to go visit my brother up in the Okanogen when ever I feel I really miss my brother. Which happens often, we are very close. Not to mention the okanogen rocks! Any hoo, I must be off to those loverly bike shops so I can get myself an awesome bike!

Take ‘er easy!

Lilo SJ

Vox for Demo Tomorrow!

Hey folks!

So I recorded all the guitar I needed to for the 3 songs, who knew that pre-production was so important! Ya live ya learn I guess. But seriously, it cut recording down into I swear almost 1/8 the time! It was amazing! It usually would have taken 3 weeks(1 session per week) to get 3 guitar tracks for 3 seperate songs completed! But no, thanks to the astounding Joel Matthies and his patience with me, it only took 5 hours! (3 hours for recording, 1 hour to rent gear, 30 minutes to set up, 30 minute lunch break…hey I gotta eat:P). Not many people can say they have the patience to take on Lilo SJ…I get frustrated…give up, and then I come back to what ever it is I was doing all ashamed and bashful. Its a staple Lilo SJ move. Can’t help it it’s just who I am. SO! I will be recording vocals tomorrow for the demo! I am suuuuper excited, cause my voice has been sounding really nice lately. So hopefully, within the next month it will be finished, my website will be updated and no longer lame, and everyone can download the songs free off of my website! Can’t go wrong with free tunes!

On a side note! I found out, lots of people I know, friends included, check out my website on a regular basis! It was one of those moments where you go “Oh gee…gosh I don’t know what to say” and your all shy and such. Especially coming from this one person I know. She is a fellow artist, her name is Caitlin Toom, and she has this AMAZING jazz voice! Like to die for! Her telling me she has listened to some of my stuff and likes it was a huge compliment to me. Anyway you should look her up on Myspace at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=315240986 She’s pretty freakin rad!

So folks have yourselves a wonderful evening, morning or afternoon, depending on where or when you read this!

Take ‘er Easy,

Lilo SJ

Sickly for Almost a week!

So I had to put my recording on hold AGAIN! Due to me getting super sick last week, talk about a piss off. Currently I am watching The OC on my couch…it’s my vice. My terrible, disgusting, strange vice. I know how lame that is…mine you when I was little I loved 90210…and I even had one of those umm Luke Perry barbie dolls. Like you know instead of a Ken doll it was a Luke Perry doll…It even had one of those earings in its ear and a leather jacket. Anyway enough of my disgustig vices, I will be setting up for recording tomorrow. You know working out the kinks with the software, and the hardware. Making sure we have the right mics for the sound we want etc etc. But hopefully, by the time June is over the Demo will be done and I will be doing shows again! Woohoo! And off I go to practice.

Take ‘er easy!

Lilo SJ

POETRY: Lilo SJ – The Perfect Cure

Falling through body and mind,
Come to believe this is refind,
Dance among the stars,
The polysporin to my scars,
Fall into a sea of green,
For something completely unseen,
Find myself among this thought,
Oh so hard I have fought,
To stay inside my walls,
Un-inclined to fall,
To love so hard,
To let this guard down,
He broke into this space,
To fall in love with his face,
He’s an angel earning his wings,
And he makes my soul sing,
He can erase all that pain,
Drain the bitter heroin from my veins,
Fill it with something right and pure,
Because his love is my perfect cure.

RECORDING BACK ON SCHEDUEL

So I had a littler breather I guess you could say from everything. It gave me a little time to figure out if I really wanted this. You know its funny though, time and time again I found myself thinking “Well….if music isn’t what I’m here to do then what am I supposed to do? Music is all I know…” And music is all I know, all I love, all I’ve learned. For god sakes I went to Colllege for Music Production! I would have taken any road that involved music, seriously any. I mean I even love doing film scores. Depends on what kind of film though, black and white ones are always good. Perhaps ones about murder mystery, suspense, or even thriller I’m good at those. I can’t wrap my head around scoring for Cartoons, or Romance. Probably cause it just isn’t in my blood. Anyway the point is, I can’t not do music. I’m not exactly sure why that is, but I’d rather go after something I love for the rest of my life and in my own personal opinion I think thats the best philosophy for loving life till its end. Because you never know when life will end, so you have to enjoy every second on it, and why waste it on something you don’t love? or with people you don’t like? I’ll take the high road thanks.

Speaking of music, I would like to give a HUGE congrats to Metric and their new album! It is fantastic! Sure her lyrics are not as…well thought out however, the sound? LOVE IT! Love the songs. Same with The Fray’s new album, love that too. But then again I just love them…that guy has SUCH an amazing voice it makes me wanna cry. I remember when I first heard their song “How to save a life” on Grey’s Anatomy…I think that was the episode where Danny died. Oh man! I cried like a freakin baby! Fantastic songs, love it all.

Anyway folks, I must be off to enjoy the beautiful sunshine on this wonderful Saturday morning here in Vancouver.

Take ‘er easy!

Lilo SJ

Dream Of Green

Hey Folks!

So writing a techno song, that sounds upbeat but has a dark hidden meaning, is really harder then it seems. Though I never thought, when I first started writing songs, that I would be picking up a keyboard and hammering out techno beats! Go figure. But I must say that now, dark ominous house/techno music is definitely one of my favorites to make. It’s so…mechanical. Almost as though the machine, regardless of not having a soul, can have a heart too. It’s very telling to be quite fair. Well, mine is anyway. I’m going for more the VNV Nation, sad dark house/electronica vibe.

On a side note, I have put my album on hold for various reasons. The major one is my song structure, needs a massive rework. Not because it’s not good, but I just don’t feel it is good enough.  I feel I need to be tighter than tight with my music, and I need time away from recording to do so. So I’ve been working hard everyday with my guitars, and my keyboards just hammering it out to make it perfect. So keep patient guys! It will get done, it will be free for the first while, and it wont disappoint!

Take ‘er Easy!

Lilo SJ

First Recording Session!

HELLO ALL!

I had my first recording session with Joel Matthies, my Mixing Engineer, on Saturday. Let me tell you…I have never played guitar so hard in my LIFE! 4 hours of over and over again song playing, trust me I wasn’t complaining I loved every second of it. Tuesday will be our second recording session and we will be recording either “Oh Dear Lucy” or “Let God Save You” depending on a few other factors.

On Saturday we recorded “Loveless”. Now I was going to record it all in my home, but I thought I’d do it professionally ya know? It’s always better when you have a little bit of help. Someone to get your ass in gear, someone to push you that extra little mile because they know you can do it so they’re going to make you do it. So needless to say I thank Joel from the bottom of my heart for helping me with recording my first album which will be called “Faceless”.

This album will truly represent everything I am. Under all the layers of tough, strong exterior… I am not as strong or tough as the world likes to believe I am, and this album is here to declare that in full force.

Cheers,

Lilo SJ

A little Poetry for the Masses

Where do we go from here,
When nothing makes any sense,
When the world is spinning,
And no one can make it stop,
When suggestions are worthless.

Trapped. In a cage of selflessness,
Forgetting what means the most,
Taking advice from the worst,
Combine it with foolishness,
What happens now?

Forgotton to pay attention,
Feeling so empty and hollow,
As the path comes to an end,
Will it split off into different directions?
Or will it stop, Because there is nothing.

KRK Rokits

Hello my fellow earth walkers!

Yeah I’m weird, don’t press the issue. So I’m going through all the songs I wrote and recorded on my harddrive an ooooh man! THEY SUCK! Really…they really do. I have no idea what I was thinking, they don’t sound good at all. I mean the simplicity of some of them is genius regardless of the fact I had no idea what I was doing. But now that I listen to the mixes? They sound rediculously muddy, and I hear all the pops more clearly and what the song needs more clearly. I am doing my best to re-mix some of these songs to make them CD quality so 1. I can start distributing my music on disc, 2. get more shows cause right now its at Zero, and 3. create a larger fan base. I mean you can’t really have a fan base with NO MUSIC right? Well I mean I have those videos on youtube.com, but I mean the last time I did one was like a month and a half ago. And the songs I’ve written since have no guitar in them and are all done on the computer. So Whats a girl to do!? Well I’m gonna be a good little girl and get my shit in gear! Give me some time, and soon enough I’ll have a CD out that will be temporarily free!

Take Care guys!

Lilo SJ

Pro Soul Launch Party!

Pro Soul Launch Party

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The official launch party for Pro Soul Alliance!

Pro Soul is an artist-focused, innovative record label for the 21stcentury, and we‚ Äre revolutionizing the way things are done inthe industry. We work in partnership with artists to develop theirmusic career, And because we’re run by artists and producers, we understand what artists need.

Our team of professionals of varying skills help develop artists by consulting with the top leaders and futurists in the new music business to assist them effectively release music the way music lovers want to get it, build a growing audience, and earn income – while keeping artists interests in mind by making sure they keep the rights to their music, and by save money. And best of all, we don’t take any of their profits! It’s an incredible solution we’ve developed with a great team, and we wan’t you to celebrate it with us and some of the international artists we represent!

See a showcase of performances by Pro Soul artists, including

Bahiyyih, Haagen (aka Dasz), and Lisa/Grooved Whale, with music DJ’d

by JAMA with other special guests.

Admission is by donation to the MusicBC Charitable Foundation.

http://www.musicbc.org/?page_id=14

Get more info here:

http://www.prosoul.com/2009/01/06/pro-soul-alliance-official-launch-party/

Time: Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 8:00pm
Location: The Backstage Lounge
Street: 1585 Johnston Street, Vancouver, BC

Contact:604-473-1411 prosoul@prosoul.com

I look forward to seeing you there!

Feel free to invite your friends and artists you know

Pro Soul: Music Business, Done Better

http://www.prosoul.com