Blue Pop 10th anniversary, and free download!
By adamdaniel | June 22, 2009
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the release of my debut album Blue Pop! Can’t believe it’s been a decade since the CD first hit record stores… This post is to thank you all—fans, friends, and family—for your ongoing, enthusiastic support.
Originally released by APG Music, and then reissued digitally in 2006, Blue Pop continues to earn new fans worldwide. I could not be more delighted by the album’s staying power, or more deeply flattered. In celebration and thanks, I’ve posted an mp3 of “Finally Asleep”—a song that was recorded for Blue Pop but left off the CD—at the Extras page of my website. An unmastered version of the song circulated around the internet some years back, and it’s my great pleasure to have now mastered the track, and to offer it to you finished and for FREE!
Click HERE to stream and download “Finally Asleep”
Also, upcoming in August, the Blue Pop 10th anniversary celebration continues with a reunion gig by The Adam Daniel Frequency! We’re getting the band back together, man! For one night only, as part of David Bash’s International Pop Overthrow festival here in Los Angeles, CA, me, Derrick, Brian, and new drummer Topher will be playing “Cured,” “Her Shake,” and all your Blue Pop favorites. Details are posted at this website’s Tour page.
Finally, below is a link to comment about Blue Pop, “Finally Asleep,” The Adam Daniel Frequency reunion gig, and/or anything else on your mind… Your thoughts and reflections are always welcome and appreciated! My love and thanks to you all.
The Last Hurrah
By adamdaniel | May 26, 2009
Two songs by Adam Daniel are featured in a new independent movie called The Last Hurrah. The comedy premieres in a couple weeks at the Dances With Films festival here in Los Angeles, and the screening is open to the public! Come hear bits of “Her Shake” from Blue Pop and “It’s Automatic” from 4-track demos: The Adam Daniel Frequency synced to film… Here’s full info:
The Last Hurrah—PREMIERE!
Tuesday June 9 at 7:15 PM
Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood
tickets: $10
And here’s web links:
The Last Hurrah website: www.thelasthurrahmovie.com
Dances With Films festival webpage: http://danceswithfilms.com/09_list_f_fl.html
The Dances With Films webpage has links to purchase advance tickets (scroll down about halfway to find The Last Hurrah). I’ll be there at the premiere, and would love to see you!
New single available now at iTunes!
By adamdaniel | April 30, 2009
As promised, my first release of 2009 is available now! The digital single Dream Out Loud / Always All About You is on sale at iTunes and CD Baby, and it’s also coming soon to Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.
Here’s direct links to purchase:
iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=314045337&id=314045017&s=143441&uo=6
CD Baby
http://cdbaby.com/cd/adamdaniel4
Liner notes, etc. are posted here: http://adamdaniel.com/dream-out-loud-always-all-about-you
This release is two tracks of fierce rock n’ roll… I had a seriously good time writing and recording it, and I hope you enjoy it!
And finally, thank you for all your comments about these songs when I previewed them in January and February! Your enthusiastic support flatters and thrills me. I have the greatest fans.
Cafe Wa s
By adamdaniel | April 14, 2009
Wanted to tell you all about my new weekly gig… I’m a piano man! Ivan Kane’s new Hollywood bistro Cafe Wa s has a baby grand on a rotating platform in the middle of the floor, and you’ll find me at it most weekends. I play and sing an improbable selection of covers, including:
“Starlight” by Muse
“You Know I’m No Good” by Amy Winehouse
“Rockin’ In the Free World” by Neil Young
“Crazy” by Gnarls Barkley
“Somebody Told Me” by The Killers
“Still Loving You” by The Scorpions
I do enjoy myself… and I also throw in the occasional original for flavor…
You can check out Cafe Wa s online at www.cafewas.com. It’s an amazing restaurant/bar with awesome ambience, and the best bacon-wrapped dates you’ll ever eat. My nights vary, so sign up for the RSS feed at the Tour page if you want to know when I’m there week-to-week.
Meantime, my writing and recording are ever in progress! More new songs coming soon…
The Flutterbies
By adamdaniel | March 25, 2009
Last year I wrote some cool alt-country songs with a local singer/songwriter named Maureen Davis. Maureen and I also played some acoustic gigs together, billed under her band name: The Flutterbies (pronounced “Flutter-byes”). This past fall, Maureen recorded some of the songs we wrote! I wasn’t involved with the sessions, but the resulting EP is awesome and I’m proud to endorse it as an official Adam Daniel side project.
The EP is called The Flutterbies featuring Maureen Davis. It’s available now on CD at CDBaby, and digitally at iTunes, etc. Here’s a bunch of links:
The Flutterbies’ website: http://theflutterbies.com
The Flutterbies’ MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/theflutterbies
buy The Flutterbies EP at CDBaby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/flutterbies
buy The Flutterbies EP at iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=309465356
If you like alt-country in the mode of Ryan Adams, Tift Merritt, Bonnie Raitt, etc. you’ll be delighted!
I’ll be sitting in with the band from time-to-time, both live and on record. If you go to The Flutterbies’ website, you can sign up for either the RSS feed or e-mail list to be kept posted.
Meantime, more new Adam Daniel songs coming soon…
Ballad: “Scarred”
By adamdaniel | February 16, 2009
Having satisfied an atypical need to produce some loud rock n’ roll the past couple months, I’ll be mastering and releasing “Dream Out Loud” and “Always All About You” as a digital single—available soon at iTunes, etc. My RSS feed and mailing list will keep you posted about the release date!
Meantime, a return to form: Picking up where my 4-track demos: Where You Are EP left off, today’s new song is the first in a series of viby ballads I’ll be previewing the coming weeks—it’s called “Scarred”. As always, the track was written, produced, recorded, performed and mixed by me, at home.
Here’s lyrics:
I never know which girl I’m gonna get: the one I love or the one that’s gone / I never know if you’ll be warm or really far away on the telephone / I’m tired of feeling like I’m chasing you, and covering when you don’t say a word / Yeah, we’re getting scarred now / I don’t know why I can’t just say the things I need to say, and it’s disheartening—I lose my nerve and I don’t stand up when it’s not okay how you’re reckoning I might sell you out like every other guy before, so you’re on your guard / If you’d only fought for me that night / If I’d only fought with you that time / If we weren’t both so scared so bad
Press play, below, to stream the song:
(For those of you receiving this news post via RSS, please click the “Read more…” link at the bottom to come to the website and listen.)
Comments ever welcome…
New song: “Always All About You”
By adamdaniel | February 2, 2009
So February’s new song is a funky white boy anthem about some hot trouble we can get into… It’s called “Always All About You”. Like last month’s track, this one was also written, produced, recorded, performed and mixed by me—God bless Apple and Apogee Electronics!
Here’s lyrics:
I think it’s time to call you out, how it’s always all about you / You look like a centerfold but it’s quite a self-absorbed view / Hey, you—it’s true / It’s always all about you / Every time, every line… You never want to know how I’m doing too / But I’ve got a crush, so I’ve got to just surrender to it / Do what I gotta do / It’d be some kind of miracle if some kind of reciprocal mood hit you and you noticed me, and how I’ve got a couple needs too / But it’s always all about you / And I’ve gotta say: You’ve got a way of showing you don’t care what I’m going through / And if you didn’t look like that when you walk I wouldn’t stick around, but you really do…
Press play, below, to stream the song:
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*Officially released April 2009, “Always All About You” can now be streamed HERE
(For those of you receiving this news post via RSS, please click the “Read more…” link at the bottom to come to the website and listen.)
Comments welcome again! Praise, slurs, what-ever…
New song: “Dream Out Loud”
By adamdaniel | January 7, 2009
My first new song for your monthly preview in 2009 is a bit of raucous fun called “Dream Out Loud”. The track was written, produced, recorded, performed and mixed by… me!
Here’s lyrics:
I don’t mind toeing the line / You’re unreal and I’m outright buying you if you’re on sale / You’re like Salomé when you dance in that veil, so say so and all the head you want is yours / I can’t help how I gulp you in stares / I just love watching you put on airs / Show me how / Shake me now / I don’t sleep sound / Sell me out / Make me proud / Baby, dream out loud / Your spotlight—it’s nice and bright / I feel a rush when I breathe you into me like you’re hash / You shine, glint and you’re sparkling and I’m just smashed / Lost and found / Chained and bound / I can’t come down / So take your bow and just knock me out
Press play, below, to stream the song:
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*Officially released April 2009, “Dream Out Loud” can now be streamed HERE
(For those of you receiving this news post via RSS, please click the “Read more…” link at the bottom to come to the website and listen.)
Comments welcome! Good, bad, nonsensical…
Happy New Year!
By adamdaniel | January 1, 2009
Happy New Year!
Last year was a busy and exciting time for me. In the fall, after delays and deliberations, I bought some shiny new home recording equipment and began tracking what will be the first in a series of upcoming EP’s. I recently, finally finished my first song, and I’ll be posting it online next week! I’m hoping to have a new track to share with you every month, and EP’s available for purchase at 6 month intervals. I’ve redesigned my website so you’ll be able to comment on songs and lyrics, etc. as I preview them, and I also have RSS feeds now, to keep you exquisitely informed… I’m looking to make 2009 a more fan friendly, interactive year.
Thank you for your continued support!