BoyMeetsGirl Music Blog

Hi there…
…more interviews for you to peruse! Carl Wiser from Songfacts.com called and asked for details on BoyMeetsGirl history, little info-nuggets on a few of our songs: the Whitney Houston tunes plus Bring Down The Moon and Waiting For A Star To Fall for starters.
Go check out their site; there are oodles of links to ringtones, lyrics, sheetmusic, and a myriad of other interesting bits on songs of every kind. Thanks Carl, nice one!

Hey Hey Hi!
We are pleased to announce the availability of a podcast interview with BoyMeetsGirl, hosted by JADonnelly and Musicologist Shadoe Steele for their internet radio program at 98.5KRZ/107.9KRF. To find out more about James+Shadoe, check out the awesome website at http://www.985krz.com.
To hear the BoyMeetsGirl podcast interview go to MadPod at http://www.madpod.com. There you’ll find a promo, and farther down the page, the interview-it’s #149. We missed the actual broadcast which included our music interspersed, so you’ll be hearing us blab without the musical breaks. I suppose you could be PLAYING our music in the background…!
Shadoe has done interviews with many music celebrities of every magnitude, all of which can be accessed in the archive search at the podcast site. He is an energetic and gracious interviewer, and once George and I got over our initial nervousness we had a very fun time talking with him. I do think I sounded like I just stepped out of munchkin land or inhaled a little helium (I didn’t). George thought the same thing about himself… gonna have to work on our radio voices!! Look for news of more interviews in the future.
A macabre side note, shhhh: Shadoe happened to mention that a number of artists died shortly after he interviewed them… no kidding! Here’s a sample list of those he encountered on their way to rock ‘n roll heaven:
Eddie Rabbitt interview~ the day he died
Robert Palmer~the day before he died
Sheb Wooley (Purple People eater, remember that song?!!) ~a week before he died
Wavy Gravy, the elusive announcer of Woodstock ~shortly before his death
Wilson Pickett ~same thing
hmmmm… as Shadoe says, timing is everything-spooky!
So yikes, you take your LIFE in your hands talking with this guy, and not to be too cavalier but we’re pleased to say it’s been a solid three months since our chat and we are both alive and well!!
So, no worries.
On another note, we’ve received many beautiful emails from you and are ever grateful to be on your radar.
With love,
Shannon and George

(geo) This is a followup to the DIY Festival mention a month ago…
Email from Ian Hopkinson recently:
Now this is a story you have to hear. They have awarded me/us album of the year for an album I don’t even have. Very funny! I submitted 6 songs online as part of an Electronic Press Kit and I think they jumped to conclusions anyway…read the press release below!
LOS ANGELES (February 6, 2006)
The 2006 DIY Music Festival has named Hopkinson as its DIY Album of the Year for his “Strangers To Ourselves.”
The album, co-written and produced with George Merrill, is the fifth recording released by the Austalian ex-pat, who now lives in Los Angeles. His dreamy, sophisticated sound was tabbed by the judges as a compelling blend of influences that’s uniquely Hopkinson.
Also honored are Fire Bug, whose roiling mix of rock won them DIY Songwriters of the Year laurels; and Spookey Ruben, whose bubbly “The Office” is the DIY Song of the Year.
The DIY Music Festival is part of the fifth annual DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, which takes place Feb. 7-12 in Los Angeles. The convention celebrates independent film, music and books with seven nights of music performances, two nights of film screenings and two days of panels and workshops. More information on the DIY Convention is online at www.DIYConvention.com.
The DIY Music Festival and DIY Convention are sponsored by Spaceland Productions, BMI, Sonicbids, ASCAP, SESAC, CDBaby, Echospin, Music Connection, Discmakers, Imagic, Alcasid.com and The DIYReporter.com.