From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V11 #108 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Saturday, April 29 2006 Volume 11 : Number 108 * 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] YWMFM vs. A&A [Shawn F ] Re: [EDA] YWMFM vs. A&A [Me ] Re: [EDA] just me? [Me ] [EDA] Anyone for Scranton [Shawn F ] [EDA] Re: Anyone for Scranton [Shawn F ] [EDA] goodbye yellow brick road.... [JewelMic@aol.com] [EDA] Guitar pic? [Me ] Re: [EDA] goodbye yellow brick road.... [] [EDA] fragile Heart - a single?? ["Chrissy Pfingst" Subject: Re: [EDA] YWMFM vs. A&A I can really see the "You were meant for me" in this song I mean honestly just look at some of the lyrics when you compare them i mean like same kinda references and everything. I think the most Noticable "You were meant for me" shout out is in this line "Like a movie I once Saw In the Darkness i Recall Feeling the beauty and the pain Like when u call my name" " I saw a movie it just wasn't the same It was happy Or i was sad It made me miss you oh so bad" I mean just compare the whole damn song im sure u can find more similarites between the 2. Mark Austin wrote: I seem to be on a long-overdue posting spree this evening! For those of you who don't know, Jewel has been touting "Again and Again" as "You Were Meant for Me: Part 2." Its her take on the same idea, only more grown up and less naive. Stripped down in its acoustic form, especially in recent radio performances, this is starting to really show through. The guitar playing, her vocal stylings, and the song format all reflect You Were Meant For Me to a pretty far extent. I'm starting to think if she had her time back, she would have produced it differently. Shes pushing this idea now more than ever, but the striking similiarities are shrowded under the pop-radio production of the album version. Just a random thought. I was wondering what you guys think? Mark - --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:47:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Me Subject: Re: [EDA] YWMFM vs. A&A I nevef thought that! Great insight! *runs off to find A&A acoustic! Mark Austin wrote: I seem to be on a long-overdue posting spree this evening! For those of you who don't know, Jewel has been touting "Again and Again" as "You Were Meant for Me: Part 2." Its her take on the same idea, only more grown up and less naive. Stripped down in its acoustic form, especially in recent radio performances, this is starting to really show through. The guitar playing, her vocal stylings, and the song format all reflect You Were Meant For Me to a pretty far extent. I'm starting to think if she had her time back, she would have produced it differently. Shes pushing this idea now more than ever, but the striking similiarities are shrowded under the pop-radio production of the album version. Just a random thought. I was wondering what you guys think? Mark ~*~*~ The Faithful Angel ~*~*~ - --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail goes everywhere you do. Get it on your phone. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:50:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Me Subject: Re: [EDA] just me? I agree about anit-flaming but sometimes with posts I read (such as on lj) I'm like I simply don't care. I respection opinions, but I guess that's the good and bad of the net. You can skip over stuff. Sasafrass wrote: No need for a flame war, but I will say this.... We're all entitled to our opinion, & if you don't like it, that's fine. But Jewel can sing however she wants ;) - --------------------------------- http://darkangelfans.proboards43.com http://www.geocities.com/sasafrass452/darkangel.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sassyscorner IM me! Sasafrass452 (Yahoo) nikossong@aol.com wrote: > OK, I can't stand it anymore. This may have been brought up, but as an almost decade-long member of the list, I have slacked off on my post reading. > > Anyway, with that said, I am ready for the flames. > > Am I the only one that notices her amazingly annoying "cute" voice that has appeared on almost everything lately? Jewel's voice used to be very pure and melodic, but now it just says to me "Sure I"m over 30, but can't you see how adorable I still am?" I've only listened to a few songs off the new album, but each of these songs has that babyish voice. Am I the ONLY one that has noticed it? Or am I the only one that can't stand it? > > Bring on the flame, I can take it. > > Jenni ~*~*~ The Faithful Angel ~*~*~ - --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 09:31:57 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn F Subject: [EDA] Anyone for Scranton Hey I was just wondering anyone else going to be going to the Scranton Jewel concert on June 7th. I got tickets not through unedited and i got 4th row seats. Not too bad if i do say so myself - --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1"/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 10:49:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn F Subject: [EDA] Re: Anyone for Scranton For once I am actually close enough where I dont have a long trip ahead. I live outside of hazleton so Scranton is like maybe 40mins from me so it's not that bad at all. I have actuallly never been at the montage mountain venue but i have passed it its right by the cinemark theater so after the concert i might go see a movie since i haven't been up that way in a while. I dunno if this will top the Cleveland Orchrestra concert but we might very well find out This will be jewel concert 6 for me Mike Connell wrote: At 12:31 PM 4/29/2006, you wrote: >Hey I was just wondering anyone else going to be going to the Scranton >Jewel concert on June 7th. I've been considering it as I am just an hour north in the Binghamton areaand haven't seen a show of hers since March 1997...but I hate crowds anymore and just can't handle the rude talkative ones etc. Of course I realize the longer I wait the worse seats I'll get. Time will tell. You live in the Scranton area I take it or traveling there because it's the closest tour stop? Mike - --------------------------------- Blab-away for as little as 1"/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:15:03 EDT From: JewelMic@aol.com Subject: [EDA] goodbye yellow brick road.... ya know, it's just so sad that people bash someone they 'love' to listen to. sheesh. jewel worked very hard on this album and a majority of you are bitching because it doesn't sound like its live. but to me, that's like calling the kettle black. we all knew it was going to be produced and not a live cd. so, if you don't like the new album go listen to her live stuff! that's what bootlegs and InstantLive are there for. I think jewel does a great job pleasing ALL of her fans... i'm sure she knows there are the ones that like her live and the ones that like her studio work. no one is the same and i think she's acknowledged this... so stop your bitching. no one is making you buy the cd. peace and love. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 12:20:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Me Subject: [EDA] Guitar pic? Sorry for posting so much, but does anyone know if Jewel uses a guitar pic ever? I know she has them made, I want one but don't have one. Thanks. And I hope we treat each other more as EDAs. Maybe, I need to realize that I'm infact no longer 14. Haha. ~*~*~ The Faithful Angel ~*~*~ - --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:55:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Subject: Re: [EDA] goodbye yellow brick road.... i agree with you 100% (although i can respect other's opinions although I don't share them). regardless if i like the music or not i appreciate that it's exactly what Jewel wants her music to sound like so i try to keep an open mind to that. i also like knowing that the music on this cd is an honest representation of what she hears in her head when she plays the songs (especially the older ones), not someone elses and how she wanted them to sound. im fascinated with that seeing that i can't do it myself. i really enjoy this new CD :) (I didn't the first few times i listened to it--especially the end of sattellite) but am excited to actually get it in the mail to have a hard copy of it so i can rock out to it and look like "one of those" (you know what im talkin about) driving to and from work in my car... which btw i got an email from musictoday on Friday saying that it was in the mail so i am very excited! yaay! that is all if you don't like what i said then pay no attention to the (whoa!)man behind the red curtain ;p Melissa :) JewelMic@aol.com wrote: ya know, it's just so sad that people bash someone they 'love' to listen to. sheesh. jewel worked very hard on this album and a majority of you are bitching because it doesn't sound like its live. but to me, that's like calling the kettle black. we all knew it was going to be produced and not a live cd. so, if you don't like the new album go listen to her live stuff! that's what bootlegs and InstantLive are there for. I think jewel does a great job pleasing ALL of her fans... i'm sure she knows there are the ones that like her live and the ones that like her studio work. no one is the same and i think she's acknowledged this... so stop your bitching. no one is making you buy the cd. peace and love. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:09:24 -0400 From: "Chrissy Pfingst" Subject: [EDA] fragile Heart - a single?? Anyone else think that maybe Jewel recorded 'Fragile Heart' AGAIN so soon, because she wants to release it as a single? - -- Chrissy ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:41:13 -0400 From: "Kerri E. Ketcham" Subject: [EDA] 2 Jewel Articles (Sorry it's so long) HYPERLINK "http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&sto ryID=2006-04-29T003402Z_01_N28221770_RTRUKOC_0_UK-JEWEL.xml&archived=False"h ttp://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&story ID=2006-04-29T003402Z_01_N28221770_RTRUKOC_0_UK-JEWEL.xml&archived=False Jewel shines "Again" Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:34 AM BST By Chuck Taylor NEW YORK (Billboard) - The last time we all saw Jewel, she was prancing in red vinyl shorts and a white tank top. Her "I'm a naughty firefighter" look in the video for "Intuition," the hit from her last album, "0304," was a bit of a departure for Jewel, to say the least, and one that seemed to confuse her fans, who had come to associate the singer-songwriter with a more earthy-granola type of beauty. In a career that her label, Atlantic Records, says has seen her sell more than 25 million albums worldwide, "0304" was her first release not to go platinum in the United States. It's understandable, then, that fans, radio programmers, retailers and seemingly anyone else with an interest in Jewel's career are pleased to hear the first single from her new album, "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland," due May 2. The song, "Again and Again," leaves behind the synth-driven dance-pop of "Intuition" in favour of the sincere ruminations and guitar licks that first put her on the map. BACK TO BASICS "Again and Again" is already climbing the charts on adult top 40 radio, where it is approaching the top 15. And the video is back-to-basics Jewel: a plain white shirt and a pretty, catchy, soul-searching tune. But to really succeed -- to exceed expectations for this last album of her Atlantic contract -- she'll need more than a hit song. Every album Jewel has released since her debut, the seven-times platinum "Pieces of You," has sold roughly half as many copies as the one before it. "Intuition" was a top five radio single, but it was a tough sell for fans. "Once you're known as an authentic, earthy artist, the audience has a little bit of a lower threshold for reinvention," says Daniel Anstandig, vice president of adult formats at radio consultancy McVay Media. "A sudden change in character is a reinvention of a person (who) fans thought they knew." To Jewel's credit, the "Intuition" video -- with made-up Jewel logos branding elaborately choreographed, everyday scenarios such as buying a hot dog or walking past some firemen -- was meant to mock the branding of pop stars. But when the single and video were launched simultaneously with a Jewel-branded Schick women's razor -- the product line was called "Intuition" and a commercial featured the song -- Jewel's "joke" became a little less funny. "That probably threw the whole thing off," Jewel acknowledges. "But at the time, I didn't own the whole song and it was just beyond my control." Not that she's apologising: "S--- happens," she says of the whole affair. And "0304" remains one of her favourite recordings. "Anyone that really listened heard a smart record with good storytelling," she says. "I didn't fluff out or compromise; if I was going, 'Ooh baby baby' or 'Come on, uh-huh, uh-huh,' we might all worry about me. But I was getting into electronic music and dance remixes. I can't believe people didn't get it." 'WILD JOURNEY' The new album is a melodic goodbye -- to her 20s, to 10 years in the music business and to her first record label contract. The 13 tracks chronologically survey the artist's journey from the plains of Alaska to the streets of Los Angeles and the complexities that have marked each step. Jewel says "Goodbye" is "the most autobiographical work I have made" since her first record. "This record is a chronicle of my life, from being raised in isolation on a ranch to seeing Hollywood for the first time to the elixir of being signed to a label and going on a wild journey," she says. "Now, I'm looking at it full circle, living on a ranch in Stephenville, Texas." The singer says she spent a lot of time sequencing the album, "like a novel with a beginning, middle and end, so that it tells a story." As always, her lyrics are awash with enough grey metaphors to question whether those life experiences have been largely pro or con. "People tell me it's either the happiest record I've ever made or the saddest," she says. "I titled it 'Goodbye Alice in Wonderland' because a lot of the songs deal with letting go of fantasies or fairy tales and trying to see reality without becoming disillusioned or bitter," she explains. "The message is that I've been through some of my hardest times, but also some of the most rewarding." As usual, Jewel didn't write on-demand for the album. She tapped into her catalogue of some 500 songs to shape the direction of "Goodbye." "I'm constantly writing, so I never have to actually sit down and write a record," she says. "If there is a tempo or a theme missing, I'll write to fill that spot, but generally, with all of my records, I go back to things I have written in the past." AT THE CROSSROADS Jewel seems to be taking the success of her new single and her career crossroads in stride. When she recorded "Pieces of You," she was just turning 20. Now, at 31, "there is an introspection taking place," she says. "These albums are like bookends." So far, she has not signed another long-term record contract. And once her support of "Alice" is complete, she intends to apply gentle pressure to the brakes, and decide if the economics and necessary commitments make sense for her to sign another long-term contract. "The game gets tiring for me," she says. "I am very committed to this record, but after that, I don't want to stay as visible. I'd like to put out some smaller records, maybe a jazz standard or a country record. I've been competitive my whole life, and now I'd like to work out of my house more. I might even start looking into having a family in a couple years." Reuters/Billboard http://www.songwriteruniverse.com/jewel123.htm Jewel Returns Strongly With New Album, the Autobiographical Goodbye Alice In Wonderland By Dale Kawashima Singer/songwriter, multi-platinum artist Jewel has recorded and performed her songs in different styles over the past decade, ranging from the acoustic folk of her first two albums (Pieces Of You and Spirit), to her rock and country explorations on This Way, and even the dance/pop sound of her previous album, 2034. Now with her new CD Goodbye Alice In Wonderland (on Atlantic Records), Jewel has returned to her folk, rock and country roots, while performing a set of sensitive, passionate songs which she says is her most autobiographical work in a decade. In a new interview, Jewel talked about her new album, which includes the hit single, Again And Again. She discussed how she wrote or co-wrote all of the songs on Goodbye Alice In Wonderland, and what the songs mean to her, at this stage of her personal life and music career. Jewel also spoke about producing this album, with renowned producer Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Goo Goo Dolls). The first half of songs on Goodbye Alice In Wonderland mostly feature full-band, pop and rock arrangements. Then in the second half of the CD, the songs are more acoustic-driven, presented with the intimate, sparse instrumentation reminiscent of Jewels first two albums. Key cuts on the album include the midtempo hit Again And Again, the slow, poignant Long Slow Slide, the imaginative title cut, the optimistic, uniquely crafted Good Day, and the personal reflection of her life in her new hometown, Stephenville, TX. Jewel explains why this album is autobiographical: Goodbye Alice In Wonderland is no fairy tale, but still it is a strange trip indeed. This record sort of chronicles my life, from going from Alaska to living in my car, to singing in Hollywood the first time, to getting signed for record deals, to now being at full circle and living on a ranch again, this time in Texas. This is the most autobiographical album I have made since Pieces Of You (her first album), and I spent a lot of time sequencing it, so that each song sets up the next, like a novel with a beginning, a middle, and an end. I really see this record as a bookend to Pieces Of You, she added. I think its because it was a similar time in my life in a completely different way, meaning that I was turning 20 during my first record. I was closing this period of my life where I was living in a car and just scrambling my whole life, to signing a six-record deal with Atlantic. [Then a decade later, when I was making my new album] I was turning 30 and Im at the end of that six-record deal. My life has changed so utterly and completely, [yet I was] able to come full circle and live my live in a way that I did in the beginning, on a ranch and having a really simple life. I make records, I go out and promote them, and then I go back to my really simple, normal life. When Jewel was recording songs for the new album, she had many songs to choose from that she had written over the years. Unlike many artists who write specifically for their next album, Jewel has amassed an extensive catalog, and she can select songs which fit her current albums perspective and theme. Songs on the new CD such as 1,000 Miles Away. Satellite and Long Slow Slide are already familiar to many Jewel fans, because she has performed them in her concerts. For me, [coming up with songs for an album] its been a luxury, because Ive never had to write a record, she explained. Ive never had that pressure of holy crap, I have to write a record! I feel like Im always writing and I always have something to draw from. So its never been that pressure, which I have enjoyed. I had a list of about 20 or 30 songs that were contenders for the new album. I showed them to Rob (Cavallo, her co-producer). He told me the ones he resonated with. We over cut  we cut about 18 or 19 tracks, and then the songs [which made the album] are the ones that seemed to really work well. Jewel spoke about her single Again And Again, and what the song means to her. I see Again And Again as a sequel to You Were Meant For Me (her hit from her first album). I was probably 19 when I wrote You Were Meant For Me, and it was this naove, sweet longing, and then you grow up and you actually fall in love, and you realize how hard it is and how much work it is. You start to realize the difference between lust and love, is that you actually stick around when its hard when youre in love. You find that you cant leave and the hard things seem worthwhile, and youre actually able to find poetry in the daily struggle of building a relationship. I began to find that romantic, instead of just looking for it to be constantly easy, and have simplistic notions of things being meant for each. So for me, I feel like the song is like a grown-up version of You Were Meant For Me. Now with the release (May 2) of Goodbye Alice In Wonderland, Jewel is embarking on a major concert tour, with fellow Atlantic artist Rob Thomas. The tour starts May 23 in Clearwater, FL. Im excited to be doing a tour with Rob, because I think it will be a show that fans will like. I will be doing a different set list every night, and Rob is great live. Well also be singing together onstage. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V11 #108 ****************************