Although recorded and uploaded to a Vimeo account it would appear Juliana decided not to use this introduction video (or others she tried) for the PledgeMusic project at launch.
If you missed the chance to take part in the Q&A email incentive offered in Juliana's PledgeMusic project, one participant has kindly shared their exchange via the This Is The Sound group.
If you're not a member of that group (and why not?!) you can view the Q&A as a pdf here:
A big thanks to N'Awlins Contrarian (and Juliana) for making this available. If anyone else wants to share theirs (or parts thereof) please feel free to do so.
Juliana has added several copies of her How To Walk Away demos CD to the PledgeMusic incentives list.
This limited edition bonus CD was originally available by mail order with initial copies of How To Walk Away, released in 2008. It features a number of home demo versions from the album, many with a basic drum machine backing. The tracklist also includes demos from what became the Sittin' In A Tree EP plus a few previously unreleased songs.
If you missed it first time around, now is your chance. Allez.
As promised, Juliana has added several items of her artwork to the PledgeMusic incentives, mostly offered at $125 each.
Also, prior to her heading to the studio at the end of the month we now have 2 acoustic songs in progress, available only to those of us who have pledged on this project.
We're called 'pledgies' don't you know.
See the song above? Juliana has covered it.
Yes, Juliana has covered Jessie J. With rapping. RAPPING!
This outrageously good track is available as a download in Juliana's latest PledgeMusic update.
It would be an understatement to say the PledgeMusic project is going well.
Juliana reached her main target within hours of launch, with many of the incentives selling out before some of us in Europe had emerged from our slumber.
A look through Juliana's updates suggests she is really enjoying this and genuinely overwhelmed by the response.
To her fans this will be less of a surprise. She has a small but remarkably loyal following. The list of pledgers is so familiar it could have been compiled by Keyser Soze. It looks like some of us have been wanting something like this for a few years.
Juliana has just increased the allocation for some of the previously sold out incentives and added a few new ones, including custom guitar picks, a 20 question email Q&A, signed books and posters, with the promise of more artwork related options to come.
On the basis of the last couple of days, you might need to be quick. This is a good time to be a Juliana fan.
The cat is out of the bag. This is Juliana's new project. A new (possibly double) album project. Electric band, baby.
All the details are at Juliana's PledgeMusic project page where she says:
I invite you to participate in the making of my new album. You are the modern Medicis and I need your help to make this happen. Your pledge for any of the items and experiences I am offering will directly support the recording, production, packaging, and marketing of my new album.
Various options are available from pledging to buy the CD, through signed artwork and up to a day in the recording studio(update Apr 8 - the studio offer has now been withdrawn).
Some kooky options are there too, including a 15 minute Skype call which has already been snapped up, and the creeptastic prospect of a 'lock of Juliana's hair'.
This seems a natural progression from the honor system downloads, running her own record label and selling custom made songs.
Would anyone be surprised if Juliana lost money on How To Walk Away yet turned a small profit on Peace & Love? This, despite the latter selling far fewer copies? disclaimer: this is 100% uninformed speculation. smiley winking face.
Without a traditional advance from a record label, can non-stadium filling artists justify the expense of a full studio production and promotion?
In the dying days of the Juliana forum, there was a frequent debate on how artists can earn a living from their work in the digital age, a debate only heightened by Juliana's 'Song For You' custom project.
Often veering into the awkward territory of indirectly telling Juliana what we thought she should do (doubly awkward as she never asked us!), the forum consensus seemed to suggest something similar to Kristin Hersh's CASH Music projects and using some of her Strange Angels ideas without the subscription model.
Basically, most of us seemed to come up with the main principles of PledgeMusic before PledgeMusic existed. Now it does and it seems to make perfect sense for Juliana.
Let's really hope this works out for her, and by consequence for us fans too.
"pop/rock worker, dog lover"
So says the bio of Juliana at PledgeMusic, where we find a new song - a cover of Albert Hammond's It Never Rains In Southern California.
It's available to play via the above widget and you can download it in exchange for your email address or login via Facebook.
The song dates back to the early 1970's when it sounded like this:
A couple of photos from Juliana's performance with Evan Dando last night at the Blue Ocean Music Hall, Salisbury, MA.
Thanks again to David Young for sharing his photos.
The full set is archived here:
The three Peace & Love 'outtakes' which have been streaming on Juliana's MySpace since last year, are now available for mp3 download from her official site.
That's two songs which didn't make the final album - I Won't Let You Go and Between The Clouds, plus an alternate version of I Picked You Up.
As ever, it's the honor system. You know the drill.
It's been a bit quiet here for news over the last month, then BOOM!
No more details other than one line on Juliana's blog:
"NEW ALBUM COMING IN THE SUMMER"
In block capitals, no less. More as and when.
Another Juliana & Evan performance has been added for Mar 26, 2011 at the Blue Ocean Music Hall in Salisbury, MA.
No ticket info yet.
UPDATE: The event is billed as 'An Evening with Gomez, Evan Dando & Juliana Hatfield', to benefit the non-profit Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation.
Tickets are now available.
UPDATE 2: As Charlie points out in the comments the VIP 'meet and greet' ticket option is now billed as only for Gomez not Jules/Evan.
There's a NY Daily News review of the Neil Young Tribute show at New York's Carnegie Hall on February 10, 2011, with another group pic in the New York Times review.
UPDATE: photos from Evan & Juliana's set at Flickr here, here and here.
Elsewhere, Andy Greene in Rolling Stone said:
"Things picked up when Juliana Hatfield and Evan Dando led the house band through a lightning-quick "Cinnamon Girl" that featured their near-flawless two part harmony."
Their performance was also described as "fuzz-tastic" at Spin and "seemingly underrehearsed" at The Star Ledger.
Juliana was also onstage in typical low-key form for the traditional show-closing ensemble disaster.
And, in the interest of completeness, a reviewer on the Evan Dando forum advises that Juliana sang Inside of Love with Nada Surf at an aftershow thing.
Juliana & Evan rehearsing Cinnamon Girl last night at City Winery, ahead of tonight's Neil Young tribute show in New York.
UPDATE: There's a couple of photos on Flickr here, here, here and here, plus other videos here and here. And, as Don points out in the comments, a shot from the soundcheck at Carnegie Hall at Getty Images. - there's a non-watermarked version now on Flickr, plus a couple of Evan pics here and here.
Ev's people advise that the Dando / Hatfield roadshow plans to hit Canada this summer, playing the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on June 16 as part of NXNE 2011.
UPDATE - MAY 2011: The venue has changed to Lee's Palace.
Completists may care to note that Fire Records have recently reissued Swerve by Giant Sand. The album dates back to 1990 and features Juliana's "Wonder Chirp scat & sings" backing contribution on three tracks. It's available in physical and download formats and if you have Spotify it's there too.
thanks to Carlos for the info.
The new t-shirts as available at Juliana & Evan's recent shows are now for sale at Juliana's site.
There's only 80 of them, so you'd better be quick. They are a different design from the shirts sold last year and, at $15 (plus shipping), $5 cheaper.
You can watch the entire 'Cabinet of Wonders' from Wheeler Opera House in Aspen on January 30 at Grassroots TV.
The Juliana and Evan parts are:
5:15-6:00 introduced by Wesley Stace (John Wesley Harding)
42:10-54:50 Juliana & Evan acoustic - Ride With Me, Butterflies, Pale Blue Eyes
1:21:50-1:28:15 Juliana reads "The Harpsichord" from "When I Grow Up"
1:35:00-1:47:25 Juliana & Evan with The English UK (John Wesley Harding's band) - Choose Drugs, My Drug Buddy, $1000 Wedding.
Hat tip to Andrew for the info and timings via This is the Sound.
Nerd's note: The video is a .wmv file and the Grassroots site looks for Windows Media Player. It therefore won't work on some browsers or mobile / non-Windows devices. Mac users will need something like VLC or Flip4Mac installed, and for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard may also need to play the file outside of QuickTime X in the browser. To download the 240MB .wmv file do the right click and download / save as thing on this link: 9470-1.wmv