I cannot believe that "Stay" is now officially in the UK BBC Radio 1 charts at #9! It's obviously thanks to a young girl named Cher Lloyd who did a cover of it on X Factor this past weekend. I first heard it was topping the UK itunes charts but was quite surprised that it's actually the Radio One charts! We worked very hard many years ago to get it into the top 40 and now it's got legs of it's own thanks to Cher. Who would've thunk???!
All I can say is, God Bless the UK! I hope to get back there very soon, who knows maybe sooner than I think!
Much love;
Marcella xoxoxoxo
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
MuSIC BIZ TODAY
I received something from the Huffington post today @ www.huffingtonpost.com. it was something posted by Macy Gray, the great singer/artist talking about the problem of being a woman over 40 and putting out music. record labels have said, on record, "we don't know what to do with a record by a woman over 40, we can't get it played". ridiculous!! i responded to her post, please feel free to check it out. I also wanted to divulge this bit of info:
Earlier this year, while I was in the uK show, "Pop Star to Opera Star", someone representing me went to see someone at a very big record label in the UK to talk about getting me a record deal. They said they were only interested in signing artists who were "younger, that didn't know much about the music biz". They said that now, they are only signing artists that would be willing to give up some of their publishing and also an additional 10% to the label for management [the latter, i've never heard of and should be against the law, fact both of these things should be].. I would not qualify because, I'm older and "I know too much". This is simply OUTRAGEOUS! Artists should unite against this sort of thing. It's like the early days, back in the 50's and 60's where artists, lots of blues and soul artists, gave away all claims to royalties and songs they'd written. I frankly this it HEINOUS! but the only reason the labels get away with it is because artist's are desperate and they LET THEM! Every artist young and old should seriously consider this when signing any kind of contract: Be Aware, be informed and take control! After all, it's a big wide web world out there and we can do this independently. You can get distribution, hire good pr people at reasonable costs, get art work done, etc much easier than you could say 10 years ago, AND, you don't have to be NAKED in a video either to get attention-unless you want to of course.
Time to Stop the madness!!
Said with LOVE xo
Marcella xo
Earlier this year, while I was in the uK show, "Pop Star to Opera Star", someone representing me went to see someone at a very big record label in the UK to talk about getting me a record deal. They said they were only interested in signing artists who were "younger, that didn't know much about the music biz". They said that now, they are only signing artists that would be willing to give up some of their publishing and also an additional 10% to the label for management [the latter, i've never heard of and should be against the law, fact both of these things should be].. I would not qualify because, I'm older and "I know too much". This is simply OUTRAGEOUS! Artists should unite against this sort of thing. It's like the early days, back in the 50's and 60's where artists, lots of blues and soul artists, gave away all claims to royalties and songs they'd written. I frankly this it HEINOUS! but the only reason the labels get away with it is because artist's are desperate and they LET THEM! Every artist young and old should seriously consider this when signing any kind of contract: Be Aware, be informed and take control! After all, it's a big wide web world out there and we can do this independently. You can get distribution, hire good pr people at reasonable costs, get art work done, etc much easier than you could say 10 years ago, AND, you don't have to be NAKED in a video either to get attention-unless you want to of course.
Time to Stop the madness!!
Said with LOVE xo
Marcella xo
Monday, May 17, 2010
london may 2010
what a week! accomplished so much. just to think, at the end of february of this year i had finished "pop to opera star", went back to l.a. and took about a week off [after all, what's a careeraholic to do??]. then, i looked at the irish prayer that dear michael bradley sent me some time ago and suddenly, the melody came to me. I had been wanting to write music to that prayer for the longest time. i also had a title for a song called, "all is forgiven" and put the two together, and the song was born. i then asked my friend ed shearmur [who co-wrote one of the shakespear's sister songs with us, "i don't care"] if he would help me with it, doing an arrangement and if he could help me record it to which he replied yes. he did a fantastic job; i wanted the production to be more on the classical side which he did very well, though it still has a sort of pop sensibility. i wanted to do this as an "homage" to the pop to opera experience which rekindled my love and appreciation for classical music. ed recreated some of the song and i wanted to give him some writers credit. so, here we are, may 17th, i came to england on the 8th of may, and I've been doing loads of promo for "all is forgiven"; a fantastic radio day last week that my pr person set up. bbc breakfast last monday and they actually showed a good snippet of the video. i think I was on for about 15 minutes which was much more time than i thought I'd be on. it was great, is great, and I'm grate-full! so, then I did the moonwalk event for the walk the walk charity and played "all is forgiven" just after the moment of silence. I decided to officially release it on the day of the gig, may 15th. i also decided to give walk the walk 25% of the proceeds for their cause, raising funds for breast cancer causes. such a great and humbling experience.
now, in my hotel/apt. contemplating this week; i did "smooth radio" network interview today. this goes out all across the midlands of the uk. on friday I'll be doing "magic" radio network with the amazing dave lee travis. more stuff coming this weekend which i'll talk about once it's confirmed.
now it's time to rest my careeraholic brain. attending an event tomorrow, having a meet with a good friend to talk about my doing a surprise gig in london before i leave on may 31st!
more to follow
love, peace, gratitude;
marcy xo
now, in my hotel/apt. contemplating this week; i did "smooth radio" network interview today. this goes out all across the midlands of the uk. on friday I'll be doing "magic" radio network with the amazing dave lee travis. more stuff coming this weekend which i'll talk about once it's confirmed.
now it's time to rest my careeraholic brain. attending an event tomorrow, having a meet with a good friend to talk about my doing a surprise gig in london before i leave on may 31st!
more to follow
love, peace, gratitude;
marcy xo
Saturday, April 17, 2010
long time, no bloggy.....
ah, what happened???? i haven't blogged since february, since the pop to opera star experience. i guess i've just needed some time to wind down, or is it, to continue getting wound up??? i tried to relax and in fact, i've really started a relaxation regime and it's really helping. now, as of today, i was supposed to be going to england tomorrow to do lots of things, songwriting, gigs, photo shoots, etc but it's all come to a grinding halt due to the massive volcanic ash cloud over the uk and europe! it's unknown when i'll be able to depart now. incidentally, the last time that volcano erupted [200 years ago] the eruption lasted for a whole year! thousands of people are now stranded, unable to get home due to this catastrophe. this is the first time in my life I can say that a volcanic eruption prohibited my air travel. wow, pretty freaky. but, it's better to be in the safety in my own home with my loving family than up in a steel tube in the sky with the chance of dropping out of it! so, here i remain until they announce my "tour of duty" so to speak.
this past week was very exciting and exhausting. what i did was work on my upcoming single called, "all is forgiven" with a great film composer and songwriter, ed shearmur. ed actually cowrote one of the shakespear's sister songs with us, "i don't care". i wanted to do a classical/crossover song for the single so i wrote this song. what i did was, took part of the irish prayer and wrote a melody to it and came up with a chorus for it. we added all the instrumentation and vocals this week, now it just needs to be mixed. the good news is, now that i'm staying, I will be able to attend the mix with ed which will be good fun. then i can take it over to the mastering house down the street from ed's studio. once it's all mixed and mastered i can put it up on 101 d distribution, an online only distribution company. after they receive it, it will be up on itunes within 2 weeks and some other media downloading sites. my goal was to have the single ready by may 15th to coincide with my performance in London at the "moonwalk, walk the walk" event that happens annually, bringing awareness to breast cancer. following performances, there's a huge marathon that begins at midnight going through the streets of london for 24 miles. in case i don't make it to london due to mother nature, i'm still aiming for the release date of may 15th.
i thought i was leaving so had to cram in lots of activities. now i realize how exhausted i am. i need to take it easy, so, tomorrow, i am taking the day off!!!!! not sure what i'll do with myself!
before i go, in case you didn't know, i have my own webisodic called "careeraholic". the second webisode was just uploaded this evening. check it out at: www.youtube.com/marcelladetroit.
i hope you'll enjoy it. nitey nite!! xx
this past week was very exciting and exhausting. what i did was work on my upcoming single called, "all is forgiven" with a great film composer and songwriter, ed shearmur. ed actually cowrote one of the shakespear's sister songs with us, "i don't care". i wanted to do a classical/crossover song for the single so i wrote this song. what i did was, took part of the irish prayer and wrote a melody to it and came up with a chorus for it. we added all the instrumentation and vocals this week, now it just needs to be mixed. the good news is, now that i'm staying, I will be able to attend the mix with ed which will be good fun. then i can take it over to the mastering house down the street from ed's studio. once it's all mixed and mastered i can put it up on 101 d distribution, an online only distribution company. after they receive it, it will be up on itunes within 2 weeks and some other media downloading sites. my goal was to have the single ready by may 15th to coincide with my performance in London at the "moonwalk, walk the walk" event that happens annually, bringing awareness to breast cancer. following performances, there's a huge marathon that begins at midnight going through the streets of london for 24 miles. in case i don't make it to london due to mother nature, i'm still aiming for the release date of may 15th.
i thought i was leaving so had to cram in lots of activities. now i realize how exhausted i am. i need to take it easy, so, tomorrow, i am taking the day off!!!!! not sure what i'll do with myself!
before i go, in case you didn't know, i have my own webisodic called "careeraholic". the second webisode was just uploaded this evening. check it out at: www.youtube.com/marcelladetroit.
i hope you'll enjoy it. nitey nite!! xx
Saturday, February 6, 2010
week 4, pop to op star
ok, wtf! can't believe i made it thru, what a blessing! it was pretty scary being in the bottom two last night. i thought, well, if this is the way it has to be, i'll just have to accept it. i was hoping i would go thru and thank goodness i did. katherine and meat saved me, the judges were split,then it was down to the audience vote. i have to say, I was pretty worried about my performance yesterday; it was so stripped back,[just me and the harp, which was beautifully played by the way, and my first instrument choice as a kid which parents squelched due to heaviness and expense, so i took up violin instead]. i had trouble connecting with it at first but in the end i felt it. very hard watching everyone else with their huge productions, but that's showbiz. the good news:i made it thru! and now, I made it to the initial goal i set: the semifinals, wow! who would've thunk??????! so, this week, i'm gonna dig VERY deep and do this and get into the finals! i welcome the challenge and am enjoying every little bit of this!
much love;
marcy xoxoxoxoxox
much love;
marcy xoxoxoxoxox
Sunday, January 31, 2010
week 4, pop to opera star
well, here i am, week 4. so happy i've made it this far. it's a definite challenge to sing opera; i feel like i've been running a marathon! we only have saturdays off, then back at it on sunday for the next song. not sure what's going to happen if i make it into the semifinals or finals? i would imagine we'd be singing a few songs in a nite if there are only 2 or three of us. we shall see, it will be a surprise. but then, it's all a pleasant surprise as it is. i wasn't sure i'd make it past week one since i've not been in the public eye over here in the uk for quite a long time except for a few small [but great!] gigs that i've done since my jewel album. but i'm so grateful that people like what i'm doing and are supporting me, fantastic!
v. sad about jimmy osmond going last week though. i have to say, he is one of the coolest, most down the earth, genuine people i've ever met in show business or just in general actually! we shared a car a few times on the way to itv studios on the days of the show the past 3 weeks. always sweet, always supportive, humble, kind, you name it. i think he's very talented too. i know he's fine with going home now, he hasn't seen his little children for about 4 weeks now, that's a very long time. but, he will be sorely missed here.
well, could be time for a nap, guests are coming over in a little while.
love and gratitude, always;
marcy xo
v. sad about jimmy osmond going last week though. i have to say, he is one of the coolest, most down the earth, genuine people i've ever met in show business or just in general actually! we shared a car a few times on the way to itv studios on the days of the show the past 3 weeks. always sweet, always supportive, humble, kind, you name it. i think he's very talented too. i know he's fine with going home now, he hasn't seen his little children for about 4 weeks now, that's a very long time. but, he will be sorely missed here.
well, could be time for a nap, guests are coming over in a little while.
love and gratitude, always;
marcy xo
Thursday, January 21, 2010
eve of show 2, pop to opera
i want to know how thursday came around so quickly??? had a lot to learn this week, a whole new song and again, in italian, thank goodness. next week is german, yikes! very difficult, i don't know the language very well at all; that alone will be a challenge. anyway, re: this week, really looking forward to it, the orchestra sounded amazing today at the rehearsal playing my song. this is so incredible. i wish my father was alive to see this; he loved classical music so much. he used to take me to see orchestras, took me to see the great viloinist, isaac stern, it was just beautiful.
today was a very long day: a fitting for my dress, vocal training session, meeting with the mentors to run through my song and talk about the acting/drama aspect of it as well. rolando had both katherine and i in tears talking about the character singing my song and what she is singing about. phew. i'm looking forward to tomorrow. i felt so much better today at the orchestra rehearsal today; i felt like i was present, which was a nice change from last week. everything seemed to be so frenetic, including me, and, my nerves. i've had so much great feedback from friends, family and supporters, it's wonderful and i so appreciate it. i'm really enjoying myself. don't want to go home yet!! so, i shall do me best.
now, i need to rest...
ciao for now.
love always;
marcy
on itv1 2morro nite, 9pm, yeah, oh and alan titsmarsh sometime before that. think i spelled his name wrong in my last blog, sorry alan!! he is truly a lovely man!!
today was a very long day: a fitting for my dress, vocal training session, meeting with the mentors to run through my song and talk about the acting/drama aspect of it as well. rolando had both katherine and i in tears talking about the character singing my song and what she is singing about. phew. i'm looking forward to tomorrow. i felt so much better today at the orchestra rehearsal today; i felt like i was present, which was a nice change from last week. everything seemed to be so frenetic, including me, and, my nerves. i've had so much great feedback from friends, family and supporters, it's wonderful and i so appreciate it. i'm really enjoying myself. don't want to go home yet!! so, i shall do me best.
now, i need to rest...
ciao for now.
love always;
marcy
on itv1 2morro nite, 9pm, yeah, oh and alan titsmarsh sometime before that. think i spelled his name wrong in my last blog, sorry alan!! he is truly a lovely man!!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
gearing up for show 2, pop to op
been a busy week. i can't believe it's already wednesday. i've been training every day since sunday for the next show this friday. it's another challenging song. did some drama rehearsal today, and then some vocal work. just going to rest my voice for the rest of the night, not a lot of talking. i hope my friends are not upset with me by my not calling them; talking is harder on the voice then singing so i'm trying to remain silent and save it for friday except for rehearsals tomorrow. oh, tomorrow will be v. busy: fitting for my dress around 2; vocalising, meeting with the mentors and then rehearsal with the orchestra.
so, going to go have some dinner now, feeling hungry and a bit tired.
love always;
marcy xo
so, going to go have some dinner now, feeling hungry and a bit tired.
love always;
marcy xo
Monday, January 18, 2010
week 2, pop to opera
well, had my 2nd rehearsal for week 2 today. a beautiful puccini piece from madame butterfly, i adore it. can't believe how physically demanding singing opera is. every time i leave a session i feel like i've done a hundred sit ups! but it's just great, fantastic experience, heavenly music to sing, interesting people to meet, it's all good.
got to get my beauty sleep. tomorrow is a busy day, more training, etc. i'll be baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
love always;
marcy xo
got to get my beauty sleep. tomorrow is a busy day, more training, etc. i'll be baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!
love always;
marcy xo
Saturday, January 9, 2010
snowing in london town
well, was just gonna go out for a bit and it's snowing like crazy-a very wet, annoyinng snow, so came back in to do some emailing. today is my first day off since i've been here. had a much needed rest, got to sleep in, glorious, thank you thank you. trying to rest the vocal chords today; talking is harder on the voice than singing in some cases ie. talking above loud music in clubs etc. so, just chillin. did a few vocal exercises to keep it oiled up. all's good. everyone is keeping to themselves; that being said, most of the contestants live here in the uk so they are all going about their respective lives. i do have some friends and family here. i will meet everyone [i think] at the press launch on monday. gonna be a loooooong day, but good. getting the word out there.
one thing about these competitions: it's very much based on fan base. half of the contenders have quite viable fanbases; it's been many years since i was in the public eye in the uk so it's going to take some work to make people aware that i'm here. so, if you're reading, please help spread the word. i've got a marcella detroit fan page for my "pop star to opera star" experience. feel free to go to my facebook page: www.facebook.com/marcelladetroit and look for the link to my fan page and please tell anyone you might think is interested. thanks!!!!!!!
love always;
marcy xoxoxoxoxoo
one thing about these competitions: it's very much based on fan base. half of the contenders have quite viable fanbases; it's been many years since i was in the public eye in the uk so it's going to take some work to make people aware that i'm here. so, if you're reading, please help spread the word. i've got a marcella detroit fan page for my "pop star to opera star" experience. feel free to go to my facebook page: www.facebook.com/marcelladetroit and look for the link to my fan page and please tell anyone you might think is interested. thanks!!!!!!!
love always;
marcy xoxoxoxoxoo
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
day 2 in london
wow, today the jet lag got me good. early morning start, snow falling, the city and suburbs grinding to a halt. i feel bad for people who were stuck in the cold with no power, terrible.
had a great session with rolando and katherine today; i met katherine jenkins today for the first time, very beautiful. they gave me some great tips. i'm chanting these tips, i'm eating them for breakfast lunch and dinner for the next x days! all good. quite an adventure. i'm a very lucky and grateful bugger!
more to come..
love always;
marcy xo
had a great session with rolando and katherine today; i met katherine jenkins today for the first time, very beautiful. they gave me some great tips. i'm chanting these tips, i'm eating them for breakfast lunch and dinner for the next x days! all good. quite an adventure. i'm a very lucky and grateful bugger!
more to come..
love always;
marcy xo
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
the making of....
well, didn't forget! just got things on hold right now. jp did the mixes all is sounding great and moving forward in that department. my manager is coming over to the uk next week to join me and have some meetings on my behalf regarding my record and all things music. all is good; i'm on the tv show on itv, "from pop star to opera star", just got here yesterday, hitting it already today in a vocal session. tomorrow i'm meeting the amazing katherine jenkins for the first time. i'll see her and roland villazon so they can see how i'm doing with my song; it's "casta diva" from the bellini opera "norma" an amazingly beautiful song. just heard it in a scene on the way over in the plane in the movie "all about steve" with sandra bullock. very coincidental, n'cest pas?? been online for an hour now, gotta get my beauty rest. watch this space. big day tomorrow.
love always;
marcy x
love always;
marcy x
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