NELSON MUSIC

Love. Feel. Dangerous. Release

Finally!  It took four years to get this thing out.  "90 Days" was the first track to be recorded for this EP in late 2007.

For me, "Love. Feel. Dangerous." touches on what it's like to take risks on a personal level.

Its pre-release has been reviewed here, here and here.

Track listing:

For those of you who've been following me, most of the songs will be familiar (except these versions are mastered).

Two of the bonus tracks are new: 5 (SpekrFreks remix) and 8 (Tim Lorsch orchestral).  The orchestral version of Unsaveable for me is the gem of the lot.  Unsaveable is my favourite song, but this stripped down mix is a lot more vocally and emotionally revealing.  Unsaveable gives the EP its name in the line "does my love feel dangerous?".  In my mind it is the project's core.

Anyway there are several places online where you can grab a copy.  A few of them are listed in my sounds page.

Enjoy!

-Nel

Pop the cork!

It has been a very busy year indeed.

One of the projects I've worked on is finally out for the holiday season.  It is called "Champagne".

Links to listen and download here.

Photo by Debbie Collins Photography

The Art’s Ego

Three photo shoots in one week.  Phew!  I love collaborating.  When people think "photo shoot", you think "ego", "glamour" and waiting on the subject's every beck and call, right?   In reality it really can’t work if anyone has an ego.  Self fullfilment, whether it comes from the star, the director, the producer or whoever, often means disaster for the project.  The project is everything.  The art.  Not the individual.

By the end of next month (cross fingers) "Love. Feel. Dangerous." will finally be let out to roam the iTunes wilderness.  With any luck, before Christmas.  There's a pretty special orchestral version of "Unsaveable" on there and another remix from my favourite DJs, SpekrFreks.

I’ve also been working on a little side (very different) project that should be released before New Year.  I’m so lucky.

Add to that, I’m involved in making a film.  The challenges are somewhat tenfold.  An array of dedicated individuals slaving away for the love of the art, again.  Damn you art and your persitent wanting!  More on that bonanza some other time.

Lately I've been thinking of the world as one big collaboration.  Life is more of a pleasure when you decide to work with it rather that expecting it to work for you.

Brilliant.

-Nel

Where's The Curl?

As I've said before, I'm a huge fan of Superman.  I was truly sad when the 2006 Singer/Routh version "bombed" as I quite liked that movie.

Today we got a first look at the "Badass" new superman that is in the works:

My first reaction was "woah, cool.... but... um... wtf? Where's THE CURL?".

Seriously... it can't be superman without a strong dose of hair spray to fix a C shape to his forehead.