| Song of the Week: | ![]() |
| Julia Marcell | |
| Dancer |
TalentCast's Song of the Week:
Dancer
by
From Julia Marcell's website: "My name is Julia and I write songs - that’s what I do most of the time when I don’t sing. So out of these made up little tunes sometimes something worthwhile is born and these are what I call classical punk songs. Classical because of my intentions, punk because of the execution. Mostly they are stories - I write them simple to make sure everyone gets them, but still not too simple to make sure everyone gets them in a different way. These songs-stories are very different from each other, so to balance things out, I like to have modest instrumentation - natural, organic sounds of wood, string, finger hitting a piano key and voice whispering, cracking, breathing - this is the world of sounds that excites me.
In October 2007 I reached 50k on SellaBand, a website where people invest money in future albums of independent artists. Thanks to the money of 657 people I recorded my debut album in Berlin with producer Moses Schneider and it came out fantastic - raw and full of energy, recorded live with all the room sounds, accidents and mistakes. If you get ready for this meeting, it might like you. For good..."
Very soon after Julia Marcell signed up on SellaBand, she became a phenomenon. Investors were coming fast, and she reached her recording budget in a very short time, after only three months. And it is no wonder - her songs, at the same time very original and very easy to listen to, in a way minimalistic and still filling the listener's ears with a richness of sounds, with lyrics that sound easy but after a couple of listens make you go: "aha! that!"
Julia Marcell has been compared to Kate Bush, Björk, Regina Spektor. The biggest similarity between her and these artists would be that they are all original, daring and unforgettable. Contrary to what she sings in another song, Jack the Ripoff (perhaps tongue-in-cheek?), you cannot really say about any of her songs that "it sounds like this and it sounds like that". Julia's style is her own, unforgettable, sensitive and powerful at the same time. Her songs to many have proven addictive, so you keep listening to them until you know them by heart; yet when you have a chance to attend one of her live performances, you feel as if you have never heard them before.
In spring 2009 Julia Marcell, right after her tour in the Netherlands, Julia flew off to Tokyo to collaborate with a Japanese composer Michiru, writing some of the lyrics and singing on a few of the tracks on Michiru's new album World's End Village.
Julia Marcell's album "It Might Like You" is available, among other places, in SellaBand Store.
* Ede FM will play the Song of the Week at least 40 times.
* TalentCast plays the Song of the Week again in the next edition.
Song of the Week is voted by our members.
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We are interested in offers for our members like: airplay, promotion in a (web)magazine or on a website and places on stages at gigs. We offer in return a special membership and promotion on our homepage. You can contact us about this at studio @ talentcast . nl (remove spaces).
What can I do with my account on TalentCast?
Artists, you can use your account to:
- upload files
- advertise on Gigs and Events
- post on Messages of our members
- vote for the Song of the Week
- advertise your website on Websites of friends
- request your videoclip to be selected as Videoclip of the Month.
Other members, you can use your account to:
- advertise on Gigs and Events
- post on Messages of our members
- vote for the Song of the Week
- advertise your website on Websites of friends
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- advertise on Gigs and Events
- post on Messages of our members
- download our next program and Song of the Week
- vote for the Song of the Week
- advertise your website on Websites of friends
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How do I vote for the Song of the Week?
To vote, you need to be a member of TalentCast.
- Log in during the voting time on TalentCast.
- Click on the link Vote for Song of the Week.
- Click on the green vote button of your choice.
- Confirm your vote.
The results of this weeks voting are next Saturday at 23:00 (CET / GMT +1) on our charts page.
Voting starts every Saturday at 17:00 (CET / GMT +1).
Voting ends every Wednesday at 23:00 (CET / GMT +1)
How do I send music / video files to TalentCast?
To upload, you need to be a member of TalentCast.
- Log in.
- Click on the link Upload page.
- Read the instructions and conditions carefully.
- Click on Browse and select the file you want to upload.
- Fill in the title of the song.
- Click on Accept conditions and start the upload.
- Wait (it can take a while) and do not refresh or leave the page until a newly opened page shows the text Upload completed ....
I have a videoclip. Can you play it on your website?
Every artist who is a member of TalentCast can request their videoclip that is available on YouTube to be played on our main page. Once a month the crew of TalentCast selects one videoclip out of the requests we have received. The selected videoclip is displayed in this player on our main page.
We only inform artists whose videoclip is selected as Videoclip of the Month by sending a comment on their profile page. Artists can send one videoclip request in six months. We save all requests so there is no need to request the same videoclip again.
Follow these steps to request your videoclip:
- Log in on TalentCast
- Click on the link Request your videoclip
- Fill in the Song title of the videoclip
- Fill in the URL to your videoclip on YouTube
- If you like, you can leave a comment to the crew of TalentCast
- Click on the button Send
I uploaded a file to TalentCast. What happens with it?
The file will be stored on the server of TalentCast and on the servers of our cooperation partners. No one besides the crew of TalentCast and our cooperation partners shall have access to your file.
TalentCast and / or those partners will probably play it sooner or later, but we do not guarantee airplay. If your music is played in TalentCast or if your video is played by our partners, we always announce the airplay on your profile page.
Why do you need my e-mail address if I want to sign up?
Your e-mail address is only needed to log into TalentCast, to receive the e-mail with your account information and to resend your password in case you lose it.
If you sign up for our newsletter in Your settings, you will also receive our newsletter.
We do not send e-mail you did not request, unless we have really important news for our members.
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Go to the page Lost password and fill in your e-mail address. Then click on the button Mail my password and your password will be sent to your e-mail address. You should receive it in a minute. Check your spam filter if you did not receive it after 5 minutes.
Can I request a song to be played in your radio show?
Yes, but we only accept independent music / unsigned artists. You can send your request to studio @ talentcast . nl (remove spaces).
We will play your request if we have the song already on our server or if the artist is willing to upload it to TalentCast. Feel welcome to invite your favorite artist to join TalentCast.
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