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Anji Bee on Bloody Mary Release

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It may be a well-kept secret but the Jin Choi remix of Bloody Mary‘s recent single, “Arabesque,” features an ethereal vocal sample of Anji Bee culled from the CC Mixter “Freedom to Share” Remix event. The excellent Arabesque EP, originally a Beatport exclusive, is now available on iTunes and Amazon, as well as other digital music stores. You can read more about the project on the Beatportal Taste Test, where DJ Bloody Mary lists Jin Choi’s RMX in her Top 3 songs for November 2010. Listen to the full song on Chillcast #244: Pop Edged or just check out a clip of “Arabesque (Jin Choi Remix)” highlighting Bee’s contribution in the SoundCloud player below. Bee is currently collaborating with Bloody Mary on a new single for Mary’s Dame Music, so keep your ears peeled for it!

Bloody Mary “Arabesque (Jin Choi Rmx)” [clip] featuring Anji Bee

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Chillin’ with Lovespirals #81: Remix Winner

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Anji and Ryan of Lovespirals have selected the Grand Prize winner and Honorable Mention of the Sony ACIDplanet Remix Contest for “Feel So Good”! We know that 40 some producers have been anxiously awaiting our decision since December 28, while we’ve been sorting through all of their entries. Turns out there were several really solid mixes and plenty of great musical ideas! Once again, we thought we’d make our winner’s announcement with a podcast, so we could share a bunch of our faves with the fans and give the producers our thoughts on their tracks. The remixes are presented in no particular order, aside from the winner and runner-up; the Grand Prize Winner is presented first and the Honorable Mention is presented last. The grand prize winner will receive a copy of ACID Pro, 5 ACID loop libraries plus all 4 Lovespirals albums on CD, and will be featured on an upcoming new remix single for “Feel So Good.” Hopefully several other mixes from this list will be included in that, as well. Details on that soon… Thanks again to all the very talented producers for taking part in this fun competition, and thanks to Sony for hosting it!

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Download Chillin’ with Lovespirals #81: Contest Winners (mp3)

Lovespirals’ Fave Remixes:

  1. Feel So Good (Yumenomado Remix) Grand Prize
  2. Feel So Good (Noizz Factor Remix)
  3. Feel So Good (National Pool Remix)
  4. Feel So Good (Def Men Walking Remix)
  5. Feel So Good (Electer Remix)
  6. Feel So Good (Kagami Remix)
  7. Feel So Good (Asilyak Remix)
  8. Feel So Good (Jack Ketch Remix) Honorable Mention

Check out all these plus 4 more great remixes on Anji Bee’s ACIDplanet page.

Happy Holidays Single
Anji Bee releases “Happy Holidays” single and video! Buy the single on iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp, or CDbaby.

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Anji Bee Releases Holiday Single

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“Happy Holidays” is the first all-original holiday song released by vocalist/lyricist, Anji Bee, who’s perhaps best-known as the hostess/producer of weekly electronica music show, The Chillcast. Co-written with Ryan Lum (of Lovespirals and Love Spirals Downwards), Bee has crafted a deceptively bittersweet pop nugget filled with heartugging disco-infused violins, funky bass and wah guitar, and a relaxed house beat with a hint of cool wintry nights wafting through. Bee’s warm, enveloping vocals pleasantly recall Tracey Thorn (of Everything But The Girl) and Karen Carpenter with their laid back yet passionate delivery and personal holiday message.

Sometimes in the midst of the holiday hub bub of parties and pretty blinking lights one finds themselves reminiscing of the past and wanting to reconnect to a long lost loved one… just to say “Happy Holidays!”

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Podcasters and Internet or Traditional Radio DJs are free to include “Happy Holidays” in their shows. Check out Anji Bee on Mevio’s Music Alley, formerly known as the Podsafe Music Network.

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Anji Bee Single “Happy Holidays” Out Now

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“Happy Holidays” is the first all-original holiday song released by Lovespirals vocalist/lyricist, Anji Bee, who’s perhaps best-known as the hostess/producer of weekly electronica music show, The Chillcast. 

Working with Lovespirals partner, Ryan Lum, Bee has crafted a deceptively bittersweet pop nugget filled with heartugging violins, funky bass and wah guitar, and a relaxed house beat — with just a hint of cool wintry nights wafting through. Bee’s warm, enveloping vocals pleasantly recall Tracey Thorn (of Everything But The Girl) and Karen Carpenter with her laid back yet passionate delivery and personal holiday message. 

Sometimes in the midst of the holiday hub bub of parties and pretty blinking lights one finds themselves reminiscing of the past and wanting to reconnect to a long lost loved one… just to say “Happy Holidays!” 

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Lovespirals Remix Contest on ACIDplanet

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Come enter Sony’s ACID Planet remix contest for Lovespirals! Remix the duo’s song, “Feel So Good,” from the 2010 album, Future Past. Download a zip file with a folder of official song stems including Anji Bee‘s main and backing vocals (both dry and with Leslie Rotary Speaker effect) and Ryan Lum‘s phased electric guitar, Fender P bassline, and Hammond organ line, plus a folder of 20 Sony bonus loops consisting of “Organ Donor” organ lines and “What Is It” basslines. Sony is also offering a free download of ACID Express which contestants can use to create a remix if they like. One grand prize winner will receive a copy of ACID Pro, 5 ACID loop libraries and all 4 Lovespirals albums on CD, plus the opportunity to be included on a new remix single for “Feel So Good.” Get started now, you’ve got until DECEMBER 28TH, 2010 to enter!

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Buy “Feel So Good” from Future Past on iTunes

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Anji Bee Photoshoot Video

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Short behind-the-scenes video of a 2009 photo session with Susan Jennings for my band Lovespirals. Video captured on a Flip Mino HD by Ryan Lum, of Lovespirals. Song featured: “Feel So Good” by Lovespirals from Future Past. Sony Acid Planet will be running a remix contest for this song starting Nov. 16th so check for that at www.acidplanet.com.

Buy Lovespirals Future Past CD at www.lovespirals.com/webstore

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Freedom to Share Remix Event

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Anji Bee has contributed an accapella to the big ccMixter Freedom to Share remix event going on right now. The community remix site is responding to recent attacks made by ASCAP against the Creative Commons license concept. This event seeks to “demonstrate the power of creative collaboration using Creative Commons licenses.” If you’d like to get involved, you can create your own remix using any of the Freedom to Share accapellas, including Anji Bee’s “We Are Connected” vocal. A number of completed mixes are already available for download and reuse in podcasts, vidcasts, radio, and various other non-commercial purposes. You have until August 28, 2010 to upload your remix!

Personally, I’ve been thrilled by the interactions I’ve had with musicians and other vocalists working within the CC format, and have no problem with making some of my work available under the Attribution-NonCommercial license. In  2007, I contributed vocals to 2 songs on the Creative Commons free download album, Adrift, by Moosefrog and in 2008, I contributed vocals to 2 songs on the massive CC Asia Band project, CABACA. I have since made several other vocals and spoken words available on ccMixter.

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NPR Quotes Anji Bee

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National Public Radio is in the midst of a radio series called, “Hey Ladies: Being A Musician Today,” using research gathered from questionnaires answered by hundreds of women working as musicians and/or vocalists today. Additionally, they are publishing solid articles on their music blog, The Record: Music News from NPR. In the latest installment, “Pop Star Pomp, Real World Circumstance“, writer Frankie Kelly includes a quote by yours truly:

But some say they’re annoyed by what they see as attention-grabbing antics. Do pop stars’ constructions (be they costumes or stage sets) put pressure on less well-funded women musicians to be outrageous, to get more naked or cross more lines just to get noticed?

Anji Bee, Lovespirals: From my perspective, the most important thing is to develop a strong internet presence that includes quality audio, video, and photos. The more professional you come across, the more likely people are to take you seriously. I personally wouldn’t rely on gimmicks to get attention, but that seems to be working out for Lady Gaga, so who am I to say anything against it?

For the record, the question I was answering was: “What advice would you give to a woman musician just starting out?” You can read all my responses to the NPR Hey Ladies questionnaire.

This is a great series which includes many fantastic female artists who gave much more interesting answers than I did in my questionnaire, and I highly recommend you check it out!

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Cyber Pr Interviews Anji Bee

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The Cyber PR site posted a new interview with Anji Bee called New Media Pioneer: The Chillcast with Anji Bee. Heather Smith asked Anji about her shows The Chillcast and Chillin’ with Lovespirals, as well as the concept of Podsafe music, and more.

“The Sexiest Voice in Podcasting” Anji Bee of the Chillcast talks about the show and her double life as both podcaster and musician.

The Chillcast features a sexy and sophisticated mix of  calming, chill podsafe music, hosted by Anji Bee. The station plays a blend of Electronica, Jazz, Soul, and New Age music.

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Anji Bee on New 7 Day Visa Album

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The brand new 7 Day Visa album, Buenos Aires, includes one track featuring Anji Bee. “Que Quiero” is a lovely reworking of a Creative Commons collaboration with Moosefrog from 2007, originally titled “En la Oscuridad.” Jamahl Richardson of 7 Day Visa (and The Shanghai Restoration Project live band) created a completely new arrangement of Bee’s Spanish language lyrics set to his original music, which was inspired by his recent trip to the cosmopolitan capitol of Argentina. Wistful, dreamy, and sensual, this chillout tune is sure to set your mind wandering with memories of warm, lazy days filled with the vibrancy of Summer. Other special guests on this album include German Alejandro Pla, Joseph Allan Johnson, Matthew Szemela, and Lucas Cantor. You can check out “Mano y Mano (ft. Matthew Szemela)” on The Chillcast #224: Chill Favorites. 7 Day Visa also produced two excellent remixes for the recent Lovespirals release, Love EP, both of which you can download free from Lovespirals’ Bandcamp Page. You can also check out the Chillcast Artist of the Week feature on 7 Day Visa for the album, Tokyo, which includes a free download of “Sakura Stroll.”

Que Quiero (feat. Anji Bee) – 7 Day Visa by anjibee

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