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Saturday, August 20, 2011
Your Job Is To Make You Happy
These new Dream Angel Vlogs will be coming out every Monday from now on publicly with an additional 3 video's coming out every week in the new www.leesafar.com website once it launches on August 27th.
If you love them, share them and comment to inspire someone's day.
They will be released on the new Dream Angel Youtube Channel and Lee Safar FB Fan Page
An Update...As taken from last weeks mailing list Newsletter
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Heya Beautiful People,
To say that things are busy at the moment is an understatement. So much going on and I'm having a blast as all this takes flight. Expect greatness from your life and that's what you'll find!
Let's get straight into the amazingness of what's going on this week...
The new single teaser!
We're less than a month away from evolutionary theory's release of the 8 minute epic remix of 'I'm Here' and we're about to release the next teaser (Tue August 16th PST, LA Time). The first teaser is at the bottom of the page for those of you who missed out! p.s. the responses to the teaser where a hoot! I'm nothing if not a great tease ; )
The next teaser will be more substantial and give you more meat from the song. You can hear Teaser 2 on evolutionary theory's Facebook page, or on his Soundcloud page. Make sure you check it, share it, and let us know what you think!
The single will be release on August 31st online everywhere...iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Beatport, blah blah blah! Show your love y'all!
The House of Jote signs Exclusive Distribution Deal
For the last few weeks, online digital distributor Valley Arm has been in negotiations with The House Of Jote, (the label I founded and own) to be the exclusive distributor of all music released by the label. Currently, that includes my back catalogue and the music that evolutionary theory will start releasing at the end of this month and beyond. With 3 other artists currently being considered to be connected to the label over the next year, this deal is pivitol to the growth of The House of Jote and businesses of the artists associated to the label.
Valley Arm is the fastest growing global online distributor and currently has over 2,000,000 singles available to online stores. This week the deal was finalised and we are all super excited about the deal. Many thanks to Sarah Hamilton and the amazing team from ValleyArm. My team and I very excited about this exciting next step in building the global presence of all artists, current and future, on The House of Jote label.
New Dream Angel Vlog!
Today the second episode of the Dream Angel vlog came out. An episode will be released every monday from now on and wil be available publically on all my social media sites. An additional two episodes will be released on Wednesdays and Fridays to the membership community on the new leesafar.com website launching later this month AUGUST 27th!
The feedback about the first 2 episodes has be phenomenal and we've received so many emails and messages from people asking for episodes on a variety of issues and topics. I heart your passion for your life. My team and I love hearing from you about what we can do to help you get inspired about living your dreams.
We are hear to listen and deliver. To contact me or anyone on my team, simply respond to this email or comment the video's on Youtube, Facebook or the Dream Angel Blog and we'll make it happen!
There are HUGE plans in the pipeline for the Dream Angel brand and they are all focused on creating a community for people who are trying to figure out how to live authentically happy lives! Tell us what you want to know more about and we'll do it! Shift your expectations to expect greatness and it WILL show up! I promise you!
Behind The Scenes Chat With evolutionary theory and Lee Safar
A few days ago we told you that evolutionary theory and I would be recording our weekly Skype meeting on Saturday night to give you an insight into how we created the single while on opposite sides of the world...and recorded everything from scratch!!!
That 2 hour conversation is being preped by my team as we speak and will be released later this week on my soundcloud page and posted to facebook and twitter! Check it out and let us know what you think by commenting!
My Latest Interview With the Lovely Nerina De Jager!
Late last week I as interviewed by the stunning Nerina De Jager. Nerina was the perfect person to interview me about all things Music and Dream Angel. This is a woman who is herself undergoing shifts in career in major ways.
As a result of our interview, which will be released online next week in various episodes, I've invited Nerina to be a guest blogger in the new subscription website. I'm so excited to announce that she's agreed and you'll be able to track this Hollywood Starlets rise to fame as she uses the idea's behind the Dream Angel process to transform her life!
Expect greatness from yourself and you will find it....and be it!
Peace Love and Peanut Butter
Miss Lee xxx
evolutionary theory - I'm Here ( Remix ) - featuring Lee Safar - teaser 1 by evolutionary theory
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Angelina Anniversary in the City Of Angels
As I sit here on my balcony on a Thursday afternoon, feeling the cooling breeze relieve the heat of this hot Hollywood day, it strikes me that in a few days I will have been living in Los Angeles a year! July 11th is a date I affectionately refer to as my Angelina Anniversary!
This is an strange place this City Of Angels, and as anyone who has come here for more than just a vocation will tell you...if you need to learn what you're made of, Los Angeles is the place to do it.
I have found that in all the cities I've spend time in all over the world, so far, none have spoken to me as directly and as honestly as LA. I have a question, she gives me an answer- and usually in the strangest ways. She has been the most direct & loving of mothers to me...never telling me what I wanted to hear, but always revealing my truth to me! The truth is not always that easy to hear, as I'm sure anyone reading this can understand.
I got talking with a stranger on the street a few weeks ago. One of those rare people born and bred in LA. When he found out that I was coming up to my first Angelina Anniversary, he nodded his head with a sympathetically and said "Things getting tough now about now right? Just stick it out. It all gets better if you can make it past your first year". Intrigued at this stranger who was offering up so much insight, I let him continue.
"Yep, I've seen them come and I've seen them go. The first 3 months are either awesome or hell, depending on how much money you brought with you and what attitude came with it. If you make it past 3 months, months 4,5 & 6 are always hell because no matter how much money you brought with you, you're living off of credit cards from the 4th month on." Fascinated at his analysis I signalled for him to go on.
"Things calm down a little between months 6-10 but not by much. After that, everything gets really really tough. That's when you get to see what Hollywood is really about. You start missing home, you realise that the people here are mostly fake, and that most people are friends with you for one reason- to find out how being friends with you can help them". By this stage I was wondering who the fuck this guy was and how he knew so much about me. I continued to listen.
"Hollywood is different from the rest of the world. The people who come here and live here are usually stuck in limbo. They're waiting for their lives to start. They've come here to make it big but most of them haven't grown up enough before they get here so they get lost in trying to be a star. When it all goes wrong for them they start smoking too much weed or they just leave and move back in with their parents because they've run out of money." Looking at this hipster, a self confessed stoner who became utterly disappointed at the discovery that I didn't smoke, I was blown away at his insight into so many of the people I had met. I asked him to continue....
"Now, if you came here knowing how hard it's going to be, and you can make it past the 12 months, everything will open up to you at around 1 year and 3 months. It's like you've proved yourself to her [LA] and she starts to help you with whatever it is you need. If you stay for 2 years, you're never leaving." We chatted for about another half an hour and I went about the rest of my day reflecting the whole time about what he'd said. I'd felt that this amazing woman [LA] had given me a heads up as to what was about to come and she'd used this conversation with the hipster stoner dude to get the message to me.
Things had become tough around that time, but only because I was being shown so much truth not only about myself, but about a lot of the people around me. Accepting that truth and letting go of some reoccurring patterns in my life was making acceptance tough. But she was telling me to stick it out. Armed with the knowledge she'd given me in her strange way, I maintained my focus on what I came here to do...create an album that embodies my exploration of my identity in a life that continues to fascinate and inspire me.
I was so inspired by the whisperings of this city, that I was lead to create this music video documentary for my previously released single 'All This Fear'. It shows the my journey so far in this intense yet blessed life of mine. If you haven't seen it yet please check it out below and share it with your friends. I hope that it inspires you and those you share it with.
This is an strange place this City Of Angels, and as anyone who has come here for more than just a vocation will tell you...if you need to learn what you're made of, Los Angeles is the place to do it.
I have found that in all the cities I've spend time in all over the world, so far, none have spoken to me as directly and as honestly as LA. I have a question, she gives me an answer- and usually in the strangest ways. She has been the most direct & loving of mothers to me...never telling me what I wanted to hear, but always revealing my truth to me! The truth is not always that easy to hear, as I'm sure anyone reading this can understand.
I got talking with a stranger on the street a few weeks ago. One of those rare people born and bred in LA. When he found out that I was coming up to my first Angelina Anniversary, he nodded his head with a sympathetically and said "Things getting tough now about now right? Just stick it out. It all gets better if you can make it past your first year". Intrigued at this stranger who was offering up so much insight, I let him continue.
"Yep, I've seen them come and I've seen them go. The first 3 months are either awesome or hell, depending on how much money you brought with you and what attitude came with it. If you make it past 3 months, months 4,5 & 6 are always hell because no matter how much money you brought with you, you're living off of credit cards from the 4th month on." Fascinated at his analysis I signalled for him to go on.
"Things calm down a little between months 6-10 but not by much. After that, everything gets really really tough. That's when you get to see what Hollywood is really about. You start missing home, you realise that the people here are mostly fake, and that most people are friends with you for one reason- to find out how being friends with you can help them". By this stage I was wondering who the fuck this guy was and how he knew so much about me. I continued to listen.
"Hollywood is different from the rest of the world. The people who come here and live here are usually stuck in limbo. They're waiting for their lives to start. They've come here to make it big but most of them haven't grown up enough before they get here so they get lost in trying to be a star. When it all goes wrong for them they start smoking too much weed or they just leave and move back in with their parents because they've run out of money." Looking at this hipster, a self confessed stoner who became utterly disappointed at the discovery that I didn't smoke, I was blown away at his insight into so many of the people I had met. I asked him to continue....
"Now, if you came here knowing how hard it's going to be, and you can make it past the 12 months, everything will open up to you at around 1 year and 3 months. It's like you've proved yourself to her [LA] and she starts to help you with whatever it is you need. If you stay for 2 years, you're never leaving." We chatted for about another half an hour and I went about the rest of my day reflecting the whole time about what he'd said. I'd felt that this amazing woman [LA] had given me a heads up as to what was about to come and she'd used this conversation with the hipster stoner dude to get the message to me.
Things had become tough around that time, but only because I was being shown so much truth not only about myself, but about a lot of the people around me. Accepting that truth and letting go of some reoccurring patterns in my life was making acceptance tough. But she was telling me to stick it out. Armed with the knowledge she'd given me in her strange way, I maintained my focus on what I came here to do...create an album that embodies my exploration of my identity in a life that continues to fascinate and inspire me.
I was so inspired by the whisperings of this city, that I was lead to create this music video documentary for my previously released single 'All This Fear'. It shows the my journey so far in this intense yet blessed life of mine. If you haven't seen it yet please check it out below and share it with your friends. I hope that it inspires you and those you share it with.
Friday, June 24, 2011
The Night Before...
It's 4am here in Hollywood and tonight (or this morning) my mind is not my friend. It's always this way leading up to releasing anything...no matter how big or small the release is. Tonight I've realized that this is a very real part of being an artist...dealing with our doubts and the fear of how we will be judged for the things we've created.
Tomorrow (well today) we'll be releasing a music video documentary for the song 'All This Fear'. It's an account of my journey so far and putting it together was really quite an emotional process. To go through my personal footage of the last 6 years of my life and relive all those moments really gave me some perspective of how much has happened in that time. After watching the finished video yesterday I was really moved by my own journey. I felt a sense of relief in the fact that the video carried the same sentiment as the song. I was happy....tired and emotionally exhausted, but happy.
Yet in the wee hours of this morning, in the quiet outside when Hollywood is momentarily asleep, my thoughts are raging with nerves and unfriendly thoughts about what people will think of what's been created. Why? Why when I'm so happy with the end product am I still feeling like this and having these thoughts? Because no matter who we are, we all at some level care what people will think about what we create. As artists, until we release our creations, they're still not finished and can't be judged. But once we release them, we're saying we've done the best we could. It's a statement of finality. I've never been one for finality, or judgement, but moments like the stillness of this morning are helping me realise that this is all part of the ride.
I guess these feelings are an indication of how important all this is to me...
Tomorrow (well today) we'll be releasing a music video documentary for the song 'All This Fear'. It's an account of my journey so far and putting it together was really quite an emotional process. To go through my personal footage of the last 6 years of my life and relive all those moments really gave me some perspective of how much has happened in that time. After watching the finished video yesterday I was really moved by my own journey. I felt a sense of relief in the fact that the video carried the same sentiment as the song. I was happy....tired and emotionally exhausted, but happy.
Yet in the wee hours of this morning, in the quiet outside when Hollywood is momentarily asleep, my thoughts are raging with nerves and unfriendly thoughts about what people will think of what's been created. Why? Why when I'm so happy with the end product am I still feeling like this and having these thoughts? Because no matter who we are, we all at some level care what people will think about what we create. As artists, until we release our creations, they're still not finished and can't be judged. But once we release them, we're saying we've done the best we could. It's a statement of finality. I've never been one for finality, or judgement, but moments like the stillness of this morning are helping me realise that this is all part of the ride.
I guess these feelings are an indication of how important all this is to me...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
If It’s Broke, Don’t Fix It…..Just Yet!
If It’s Broke, Don’t Fix It…..Just Yet!
(From my Dream Angel Blog post May 25th 2011- This will explain my I haven't blogged in a little while)
I have a very beautiful Mac Book Pro. I spend alot time with him and use him to do most of my work. I write and record music on him, manage my music business on him, stay in touch with family and friends all over the world, and keep in touch with fans using social media all with Mac. In my eyes, best kinda husband a girl could have ; )
Well last week my husband [Mac] decided he was going on hiatus (right after his 3rd birthday I might add). One minute he was on, I went to check on the laundry, and when I came back he was totally turned off and couldnt be turned on again (no pun intended). All I could do was laugh. Everyone said to me, “you watch, once your warranty runs out, he’ll die. All Mac’s do it.” I was convinced my Mac was different. My ever faithful husband had never let me down. When he did end up crashing 2 months after the warranty had run out I didn’t even bother getting angry about it. I decided that I would just take time to the Mac store and get him fixed.
I woke the next day at my usual 6am and found myself reaching for Mac, the second my eyes opened, to check my emails and what had been going on with everyone on FB and Twitter. Then I went into shock. I remembered he was sick and needed to go to the doctor. Hell, what was I going to do for the first 2 hours of my day without him and then for the 2 hours after that while waitin for the Mac Store at The Grove to open??? How was I going to check the blogs I normally check, stalk what my friends had been doing in the hours I had been asleep and check the dropbox my producer and I share for any new material he’d worked on since yesterday??????
I couldn’t do anything that was in my usual routine.
I took a second and though, screw this Im going for a hike. There has to be a reason why this has happened. You may have established from my previous blog posts that Im a thinker. Nothing can just happen in my life for no reason. Everything has a reason and I needed to understand why Mac had abandoned me (or why Apple was being so cruel as to force a predetermined rift between by trusty husband and I).
As I made my way up Runnon Cannon searching for the reason to this shocking event in my life, it came to me. I was addicted to my Mac!!!! Me, the chick who’d given up the corporate life and most of her possessions to live a simple life and not formulate any unhealthy attachements. By the time I’d got down the hill I realized that Mac was going to have to stay asleep for a little while. At least a few weeks. I needed to know what I had been missing out on because of my blind sighted addiction to him.
It’s been a week now and I have to tell you, two things have happened- well three actually.
1) I have been alot more productive with my life and found new ways to get things done that will infact benefit the album and my personal life.
2) I have a much greater appreciation for Mac and what he means to me
3) I have been cheating on Mac with Teddy- my iPod touch (it’s not an emotional relationship though so it doesn’t really count)
I’m going to give it another week and then take mac to Hospital to bring him put of his coma. I’m enjoying the new-ness our time apart has brought into my life, like right now I’m sitting in a park in Hollywood typing this blog post around other humans. I never make time to do things like this and am actually loving it. He’ll be back in my life soon enough but the time apart has done us both some good!
Peace Love and Peanut Butter
Miss Lee xxx
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Something Special Coming Before The First Single!
Recently I told fans on Facebook & Twitter that there would be a special little musical surprise coming before the release of the first single 'Shackles' from the new album. The single is due for release some time in April and both Producer Luke Emrose and I are super excited about the direction the single and album are taking.
This week, I'm excited to let the cat out of the bag and announce that Luke, AKA Evolutionary Theory, will be releasing a remix of 'I'm Here' (Twilight Saga: New Moon fans may recall the buzz when the original version was released). The remix should be in clubs everywhere this coming summer and will be released on iTunes sometime in April.
This weekend while we were in the studio with Joe Vezzetti here in Hollywood recording the vocals for 'Shackles', we took the opportunity to cut the vocals for 'I'm Here'. Here is a little 'Behind The Scenes' video of what that looked like.
Thanks so much to my BFF Amira who flew out from Australia to spend some time with me over the last month! YOU ROCK MY WORLD. I love that you finally got to spend some time in the studio with me and that you had such a great time...Love you loads mama xxx
This week, I'm excited to let the cat out of the bag and announce that Luke, AKA Evolutionary Theory, will be releasing a remix of 'I'm Here' (Twilight Saga: New Moon fans may recall the buzz when the original version was released). The remix should be in clubs everywhere this coming summer and will be released on iTunes sometime in April.
This weekend while we were in the studio with Joe Vezzetti here in Hollywood recording the vocals for 'Shackles', we took the opportunity to cut the vocals for 'I'm Here'. Here is a little 'Behind The Scenes' video of what that looked like.
Thanks so much to my BFF Amira who flew out from Australia to spend some time with me over the last month! YOU ROCK MY WORLD. I love that you finally got to spend some time in the studio with me and that you had such a great time...Love you loads mama xxx
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