I just got the great news that 2 of the songs from my album will be played across all the 'Cafe Nero' locations starting August 1!!! For those of you from outside the UK, Cafe Nero is the National equivalent of Starbucks. I am therefore mega thrilled!
Also- I have updated my album widget here: http://www.reverbnation.com/odette or just check previous blog!) with two more tracks: 'Just A Kiss' and 'We Will Find A Way'. Check them out and let me know what you think!
Here comes Part 2 of the making of my "Just Me" album. Arranging the songs and finding the 'sound' for the album:
Enter stage left: Marco. Marco was the guitarist in the first ever band I played in. I was about 16 and the band's name was 'Puzzle'. We played on stages in high school festivals across Rome doing Pink Floyd covers and original music inspired by Pink Floyd. You can just picture me standing on a stage pointing my finger to a bunch of Italian high school students with a serious face singing "so ya, thought ya would like to...go to the show...!" Ha ha!
Anyway, Marco and I got back in touch 2 years ago thanks to the miracle of Myspace. Aside from remaining a great guitarist, Marco had also become a successful producer and sound engineer in Rome. He loved the songs I had posted there and wanted to help me produce my album. A few months later, in April 2008, he moved to London from Rome and we started the 3 month long creative process of selecting the songs for the album, auditioning musicians, and finding the right sound/dimension for each song. I would give Marco indications of how I felt the songs needed to sound, how I had imagined them as I was writing them on my piano and he would perform the magic of taking my (sometimes vague and contradictory!) indications and make it happen. I think he came close to strangling me a couple times when i had changed my mind one too many times so I am lucky to be here all on one piece!
The collaboration made it so that I tempered his psychedelic rock tendency (he's still a Pink Floyd head) and he softened my country rock inclination and resulted in the unique sound that is "Just Me". So this is now June 2008 and the next step is starting the recording!
Stay posted for part 3!!
Kisses from me.
Odette Xx
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