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Departments => Music => Topic started by: The Jade Knight on July 20, 2005, 02:20:10 PM
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[Shameless Plug]
Anyone here planning on attending the Pearl Awards ceremony this year? I don't know how musically inclined this forum is, but I figure someone might be going, or some of you might at least be familiar with them.
For those who don't know what the Pearl Awards are:
http://www.pearlawards.com/
Sounds like they'll be hosting a very nice dinner for the Awards this year.
In addition, my sister (April Meservy) has been nominated for two different awards (Best Contemporary Recording and Best Studio Vocalist). Last year she won the award for Best Studio Vocalist.
I'd attend, but my Dad is taking us boys on a very long vacation up to BC, and so I'm wondering if anyone else will be there to see the proceedings.
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What ever happened to that Israel Curtis guy she did vocals for once? Or was that a different sister?
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Same sister. Israel's currently finishing up a CD with Justin Ellswick (sp), known as "Sleepthief". I think April and He are planning on working together more in the future, though right now she's working on her own CD, largely in conjunction with Sam Cardon.
Justin's the one with all the money, and so even though I've a hunch Israel's doing most of the work, Justin's name is going on the album. You can hear samples (and watch a music video) of their work at www.sleepthiefmusic.com.
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The website confused me. Do you have to be a volunteer to go to the Pearl Awards? I didn't see anything about just attending, only information on how to volunteer. And I think the date for the Gala was June 20--but that is past already. All I can say is: huh?
Maybe JadeKnight can shed some light (heh, I rhymed ;D).
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I'm pretty sure it hasn't happened yet. Might even be this weekend, but I don't know. I'd email them. I'm pretty sure it's open to the general public, but I don't really know much about it.
Seeing as I'm not in Utah, I wont be going.
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If it's this weekend, I won't be able to go either. I won't be back in Provo for at least another week.
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I don't know when it is. I'll ask my sister next time I hear from her.
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Update: Pearl Awards are tomorrow (Tuesday).
Hope someone can make it.
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Update: Pearl Awards were tonight.
My sister walked away with the award for both Best Studio Vocalist and Best Contemporary Recording. Congratulations, April!
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not bad!
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Well most of us knew the outcome before the awards due to Ninja Monkey intervention.
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Yay for your sister, JK! I liked the free downloads of her music I got--perhaps when I start making money again and have a little extra I will be able to buy a CD.
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Her CD's STILL not out, after about two years...
You should write her and beg for samplers. She'd love it.
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How did she win an award if she doesn't have a CD out? From performances? ???
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That is a preposterous and unfitting question! How dare you think of such profound things to ask!
:-/... Erm, I really don't know the answer.
She does perform a lot, but that shouldn't have anything to do with winning Best Studio Vocalist or Best Contemporary Recording...
I think it has to do with all the random tracks that're out there, like she's on EFY about four times, things like that. She also gives out lots and lots and lots of sampler CDs.
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Her Best Contemporary Recording was a song she did for EFY, and is on that album (the most recent year, I think. I'm not sure). The Studio Vocalist work is stuff she's done for other artists.
Hopefully her album will be out soon.
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Cool. Is the one she is on Stand in the Light (2004)? Or the one that just came out this year?
I have Stand in the Light, but not the most recent. I like to get the EFY CDs so I have some good music to listen to on Sunday--fun and spiritual.
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She's actually been on two or three. I'm not sure which, unfortunately.
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Hey JadeKnight, I just thought you should know I'm the only person on www.thefacebook.com who has listed April Meservy as an interest...
She should totally be my sister. I'm going to steal her from you.
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No. You'll just have to marry me and share her.
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Let's set the record straight!!! Jadeknight made a very ignorant comment about a Project Israel Curtis is working on called Sleepthief! Jadeknight not having ANYTHING to do with Justin Elswick or Sleepthief said that Justin was just the one with the money and that Israel was doing most of the work...I find this to be a very rude comment when you know nothing about Sleepthief. Justin Elswick was working on this Album long before he ever met Isreal..Yes Israel is helping Justin with the album, but Justin wrote the majority of the songs...It is JUSTIN'S album..I really think you should do your research before you make comments like that...and I have a hunch that you're bitter because your sisters not on the album!
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Chill, dude. He just said he had a hunch about it, it wasn't a personal attack on the guy. You'll make more friends around here with a calm, mature post correcting someone's mistakes than you will with an over-emotional attack.
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I don't know for certain about most of the tracks (seeing as I haven't heard them all or asked Israel specifically about the project), but one track at least, "Desire of Ages", is without question primarily Israel's work. I could show you a version of the track pre-Sleepthief and you could compare it to the Sleepthief version, and you'd agree, too (the primary difference being the vocals). (And, for my part, I actually prefer the pre-Sleepthief version).
And the fact of the matter is that Justin is the one with the money, and regardless of who does the work, his name will go on it because he is employing Israel.
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Let's not speculate about who wrote what for the Sleepthief album until we see the actual credits, hmmm?
As listed on his Website, the album is a collaboration of many artists with Justin as a primary/co-writer, over-seer in the production. Jade Knight, your first statement was unfair to suggest that Justin was mostly a money man for the project. Please be careful about what you post on the WWW.
Btw, your sister has a phenomenal voice. I am a big fan.
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I think that Voice of Reason is a bit misnomered.
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As the creator of SLEEPTHIEF, I thought I would clarify the relationship between myself and Israel and the other artists appearing on the album.
First, April has been a good friend of mine for several years and has been supportive of the album. Initially we had discussed her involvement, but she was very busy and things developed differently. April is talented and I think she is doing a great job with her music.
Israel IS a very talented engineer, producer, programmer and musician. And DESIRE OF AGES was a song that he primarly wrote before I really knew him. When I heard the rough demo he had, he offered the song to include as part of the SLEEPTHIEF album because he felt it would "fit." I thought it was a great tune and felt a strong lyrical message in the music.
Besides the two cover songs, Afterthoughts and Nightjar, the balance of the songs were all written by me (the underlying music). Some of the vocalists contributed melodies and/or lyrics. Israel and I worked closely in the studio. Many of the songs already had various string arrangements and percussion and so forth that I had already programmed. When we "dumped" the data onto Israel's system, we basically replaced many of the instruments or added additional layers.
Therefore, while the work was a collaborative effort and Israel was an integral part, I (IN FACT) provided more than the money--I wrote most of the songs and also lyrics to several tracks...I am not just the "brain" that got everyone together...I am a songwriter and piano player as well as a lyricist. Furthermore, it was my connections with the artists that brought them on board. Israel and I are not competitive or precious. SLEEPTHIEF is my project, but like most good things, I had a very important and talented group of people supporting me and contributing--without them, the album would not be what it is.