From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V11 #20 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Thursday, January 26 2006 Volume 11 : Number 020 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe from this digest, send an email to * jewel-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY the word * unsubscribe in the BODY of the email * . * For the latest news on what Jewel is up to, go to * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "calendar" * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V9 #___ gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [EDA] Love Monkey AND Jewel's message [E N ] [EDA] Re: Jewel Preps New Album, Releases Homegrown Video Preview - Canadian media article ["Allison Crowe Music Mgmt" ] [EDA] Cleaned-up version of Message from Jewel [Paul Schreiber ] [EDA] Video [Jenn ] Re: [EDA] living in a van [IxLNiCoLeIxL@aol.com] [EDA] alice video [E N ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:51:21 -0800 From: E N Subject: Re: [EDA] Love Monkey AND Jewel's message LOL ... I've never heard of that show, but yeah! Once can be funny ... but come on ... two times in a row? On 1/24/06, tface151@aol.com wrote: > Ok who writes for Love Monkey on CBS? Whoever it is hates Jewel. After > last weeks digs I thought it was over. But this week within the first 5 min > it continues. The main character is walking down the street and sees a > poster for a singer. Who's name is Zoe and looks an awful lot like Jewel > (thank God for Tivo pausing) and the name of the album in Kewel. In the same > font Jewel spells her name. Then the character goes on a diatribe about how > that is what is wrong with music today. Singers selling out and image being > more important than substance. Does an former EDA write this stuff?? It's > almost worth not watching the show for. > And to save some space - regarding Jewel's message - I just wanted to say I kind of got sad reading that message. It just feels like she is retiring and in a way, I am not ready to let go of Jewel. I mean, I don't really listen to as often as I used to, but I've been a fan for so long. If she retires, that will be really sad. I know she says she will continue to tour even if she quits the business (of course shows will be few and far between), but still ... ahh well. She is, afterall, just a singer (very talented of course). And if she finds happiness with Ty, then good for her =) Elizabeth On 1/24/06, MrBB wrote: > This was just posted in Unedited and I thought you would enjoy it. > Hope you're all doing well in the new year and all that happy hoo-ha. > Alan ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:46:39 -0800 From: "Allison Crowe Music Mgmt" Subject: [EDA] Re: Jewel Preps New Album, Releases Homegrown Video Preview - Canadian media article ah - I'm on Digest! and I sent in that news item, and minutes later received the word in today's Jewel Digest... so, sorry for the dupe, or, if it was caught, and deleted, then cool! here's to the new album, and peace, for Jewel ( : Ad ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 01:27:55 -0500 From: Scott Subject: [EDA] Is 'Goodbye Alice' up? Can an Unedited member tell me if 'Goodbye' is up yet, and if there's a way to get it out here (more importantly, to me! ;)). The message Alan posted seems like it was accompanied by the song on her site. Let us all know! I know it's getting leaked out soon, but I want it now! - -- Scott http://www.scottanthony.org/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:34:37 -0800 From: Paul Schreiber Subject: [EDA] Cleaned-up version of Message from Jewel So, my record is done! It's written, recorded, mixed and mastered. It's been a long journey, but I'm really really excited and exhausted. I really tried to live up to this record. Making records is kinda hard for me. Writing is easy. Feelings have overwhelmed me since I was young, and I spent years getting fluent at trying to get out of their way, to paint a picture with nothing in-between the feeling, and hearing those feelings. I did this alone. By myself. Just the feeling and me and a pen. I have always loved words and the craft of writing. It is a love affair that has outlasted many relationships! I am sure it will last my whole life. It has been a rewarding and calming pursuit. Never disappointing. Making records didn't start till I was 19. It's harder for me, because I had no grasp of the process. It is rigid and not alive in the way performing or writing is. It's been hard for me to adapt to, also, I guess, because I am not in control. I need to rely on musicians and producers and mixers. They all have to see, feel, and interpret my vision as clearly as I do. And that is hard to do. It's rare, especially because I don't like rehearsing. I don't like to practice. I am impatient and petulant. I don't even like things to be perfect, in a technical sense. I just like it to move you....... Well, it's been 12 years since I recorded my first CD, and I feel like I have learned enough to finally affect the outcome of one! On my first CD I avoided the whole problem by recording it live. That way nothing could come in between me and the raw feeling when I sang. I think I was able to do the same thing on this CD, but with some musicians playing! This is a singer-songwriter CD. This is a terribly personal CD. I was cryptic enough that I did not betray what I feel is personal, but I was able to exorcise the feelings I needed to. It has been a crazy ass life, and a crazy ass couple of years. What I can say about it, I said in the songs. I tried to make this an intensely personal record; one that is almost embarrassing to listen to. I pulled no punches. I tried not to repeat myself on any song. In some ways this is an old-fashioned record. I think u need to hear all 13 songs to get the whole picture. I hate records that have 2 or 3 good songs and the rest are low calorie fillers. I want you to hear the whole CD. Give it a chance. I spent so much time on these lyrics. So much blood and guts went into these songs. Even into what order they are in, so they complement each other. I layered it, so that hopefully every time you hear it, you get something different out of it. I have been in this business for a while now. It's kinda wild to think about. Sometimes my mind can't even compute it. I grew up in alaska. A weird upbringing, but a lot of good to it, too, I guess. I ended up homeless and living in a car. I used to shoplift so I didn't have to use food stamps. I used to have doctors turn me down for my kidneys cause I didn't have insurance. I used to hope beyond hope and I even believed in people who did not deserve my naive faith, but somehow it has all turned out ok. I mean, now I have plenty of money, great doctors, and I get to write songs for a living! Its all so unbelievable. But it is just as strange in new ways. Ghosts follow you, and it is still all on my shoulders. Just how I like it. I have made a life I really like. I live in Texas. It's not like Alaska, but it's a big ranch, and has nothing to do with the music scene. Just like when I was young, music is just something I love and do. It's not a scene, its not parties or schmoozing, or being political. Don't get me wrong, I am gonna do my job to the best of my ability. I am competitive, and like succeeding. I will promote my CD, and work hard, and do everything I have to, to try and get people to hear this music, but on all my off days I am at the ranch riding and eating at the local diner. I am truly lucky. In fact, on this record, im gonna try to do a lot of my press at the ranch here. I'm also gonna go home to alaska and do some stuff up there, so u guys can see it. I never really have shown it to anyone, and id like to now. It goes with the music. I have been thinking a lot about this CD, about the music business, about how everything works. I am in the business, but in a lot of ways I have the freedom to do things my own way. I care a lot about this record. It means a lot to me, and I want you guys to get a feel for it. It gets frustrating that fans only download one song they hear on the radio. It gets frustrating that radio only plays certain songs that fit a certain format. I have songs that I think will do good on radio, but there is one song that sums up this record and this time in my life, my whole life really.......And I don't think it really has a shot at radio cause its 6 minutes long. So, I had a friend shoot me singing it at the ranch on Super 8, and I'm gonna release it on this web site tomorrow. I want people to hear and see things when there is still nothing between me and the feeling. Soon there will be interviews and singles and the dance will begin. The circus will wind up and I will dance for my songs the best I know how, but for now I want to give you a visual that is as raw as my lyrics. It's the title track on the record. 'Goodbye Alice in Wonderland'. I think i said it all in the song, and it is all pretty clear. But I guess I will answer questions about it if u have some. I won't do that for the press, most likely, because it never really works. I hope you enjoy. The CD won't come out until early May, so this is my teaser. I may even leak this on the web, so that more people can see and hear this song before the first single drops. Hope you all are well, Jewel [demime 0.97c-p1 removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature which had a name of smime.p7s] ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:44:30 -0500 From: tface151@aol.com Subject: [EDA] Re: message from Jewel will someone post all the Q&A about her songs from unedited? For those of us too poor to pay $30 to get web content? Thanks, Teresa ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:06:52 EST From: Reecord2@aol.com Subject: [EDA] living in a van I was sitting and pondering, and the question came to me, how did Jewel pay for gas and food when she lived in her van? Totally random, nearly pointless question, I know. But really, how?? The idea of grabbing my guitar and living in my Saturn is becoming more and more attractive as this boring life wears on. I'm just... y'know, broke. Kthxbye. ~~Richard Angel in Devil's Shoes ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:47:52 -0500 From: malmal700@aol.com Subject: Re: [EDA] living in a van I believe street singing helped her out financially. Maybe she had a job waitressing too at the time? I don't know. I know she had some random jobs when she was just trying to pay the bills but I can't remember if she worked anywhere while living in her van. But I do remember a story from Chasing Down the Dawn I think it was where she was talking about how she needed $5 for dinner one night. It was getting late and she didn't think she was going to get any money for food but some kids rolled up on their skateboards and asked her if the guitar that was sitting by her belonged to her. She said it did and they told her to play it for them. She asked what they would give her in return and they gave her $5. :-) Kind of a cute little story. Escaping the world and living in my car does sound sort of nice. I would imagine living near the beach would make it easier because you can just use the outdoor showers they have there. :-P ~Mal - -----Original Message----- From: Reecord2@aol.com To: jewel@smoe.org Sent: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:06:52 EST Subject: [EDA] living in a van I was sitting and pondering, and the question came to me, how did Jewel pay for gas and food when she lived in her van? Totally random, nearly pointless question, I know. But really, how?? The idea of grabbing my guitar and living in my Saturn is becoming more and more attractive as this boring life wears on. I'm just... y'know, broke. Kthxbye. ~~Richard Angel in Devil's Shoes ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:30:54 -0600 From: "Matt Sullivan" Subject: [EDA] Again and Again Does anyone have lyrics or audio for Again and Again? Can you post them if you do? Thanks!!! *so glad good day isnt the lead single =) * _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:08:18 -0800 (PST) From: Jenn Subject: [EDA] Video Is anyone else having problems accessing the video? I've been trying all day to see it and it keeps saying it's unavailable! Jennifer MD Angel ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:17:19 EST From: IxLNiCoLeIxL@aol.com Subject: Re: [EDA] living in a van lol lets just buy a bus and we can all live in it... may as well.. im starting to get bored too =P~ jejeje ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 18:53:11 -0800 From: E N Subject: [EDA] alice video Just had to share my opinion about the video/song. I must say I really prefer it acoustic. I think it fits the song better since the idea of the song is "raw," the acoustic sound was better a better fit in my opinion. I mean, I still like the song, but yeah ... The instruments make it too "busy" and drawn out. I think the instruments make it sound a bit cheesy. I don't really know how to describe it - like the bridge sounds awkward to me and the ending part just starts sounding bad to me as more and more instruments get in there (like the chorus towards the end) ... eww. It actually sounds alright except for the end. Perhaps it will grow on me. In fact, most likely I will learn to love it! haha. I'm easy like that I guess ;-) I hated the album version of "Do You Want to Play" and yet, I find myself singinng it out loud when it comes up on my playlist. I also was imagining the video to be more something like showing her home and of her traveling or riding her horse or something. LOL. I know she said it was shot with Super 8 and I don't know how much you can really do with that, but I thought it was just okay. She said the video is raw, and raw it is, but it's just her making googly eyes at the camera. I feel mean saying that her video is not great after her nice letter ... Oh well. It doesn't mean I not excited for her new album because I really am. Her letter totally brought me back to Jewel-mode! ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V11 #20 ***************************