New Blog Posted: Athan Maroulis, my new vocalist

(excerpt)...When Athan came into the band (again) last year, a majority of the
songs were written and Brian Viglione's drums were laid down for about half of
them. The first song Athan & I worked on was "Sailor Boy." [As I said at the
very
top, in most bands the singer handles the lyrical/melodic songwriting side of
the music. Athan did it for his other bands, Laurie did it for High Blue Star.
It's different in my band. In Black Tape For A Blue GIrl, I'm the director. I'm
the
one who has the whole concept spinning 'round in my head. I write the songs,
words & melodies, and provide my singers with a recorded guide of me performing
the words the way I envision them. I'll admit this is non-traditional, but it
has
worked for me.]

That first day, it didn't take long in the studio for Athan to have "Sailor Boy"
recorded. I knew he was a good choice! Athan brings his own personality and
touch to the song, while respecting the intention with which I imagined it. In
"Sailor Boy," Athan's high-spirited performance portrays a Russian-syntaxed
sailor with a mistaken understanding of the nature of his relationship --
who is the master and who is the slave?

Read the full blog at blacktapeforabluegirl.com/ or
[http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=28504415&blogI\
d=495184192]
myspace.com

Sailor Boy / Tell Me You've Taken Another final mix.
Listen to the MP3:
[http://blacktapeforabluegirl.com/inprogress/Blacktape_A2_progress.mp3]

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I need some Wikipedia help!
Do you work on the Wikipedia site? One of the administration types
deleted the page for Halo Star for the inaccurate reason "Non-notable music
by artist with no Wikipedia article." As there are pages for all the other
Black Tape For A Blue Girl albums (and even the side projects), this reason
makes no sense. Could somebody go in and start a new Halo Star page, and
also one for 10 Neurotics? Email me when you have done it. Thanks.

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Sam's personal T-shirt sale
I have some old Tshirts I am selling. My own internet stoop sale.
Proceeds are going towards buying Sasha a bitchin' toy for his 7th
birthday. Details on what and how,
[http://www.projekt.com/tshirts/tshirts.html] here.

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We interrupt your busy, stressful day with a delightful distraction from

BLACK TAPE FOR A BLUE GIRL
I uploaded a short video for "Marmalade Cat" to my youTube page.
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKhF6CrYfI4]

Talk with you soon.... Sam