
Jem Happy Thanksgiving everyone in the US! Have a wonderful day :) I was up til 5.30am in the studio & then up early too, the turkey is going to knock me out! Good news - new song to come before the holidays xxx

It has always been one of my aspirations to move and connect people through my music, just as I myself am moved and connected through other musicians works. It is uncanny how the right song seems to come along and jump in your path, just when you need it the most...

Gotta get back in the studio to edit some vocals in a min, hope you're all well! "Tweeted" a bit today if you wanna come over, www.twitter.com/jem think you can check them out even if you don't sign up, not sure about the links tho.....

My superbowl commercial submission is now up here : http://www.crashthesuperbowl.com/#/video/5724/ You have to wait a min for the site to load, I think lots of people are going on at the moment so it's a little slow, and then after that you can skip the intro by clicking on the bottom right corner...

Uploaded my 30sec commercial submission into the 'crash the superbowl' competition last night with 1 minute to spare and it's made me feel like I am due a day off today! A bit like the day after an exam, which I thankfully haven't done for years...

Jem Any techy-genius-brain-savy-web-mastermind got any idea why my comments arn't showing up below? Sometimes they do and sometimes they don't. When I'm logged in I can see them but they're not showing up now for eg, for the post below about Ducks & Eagles... The inner workings & mystery of computers & the web...curious t...hings sent to challenge us!

Another great story from Dr. Wayne Dyer about his friend Harvey Mackay : No one can make you serve customers well. That’s because great service is a choice. Harvey Mackay, tells a wonderful story about a cab driver that proved this point. He was waiting in line for a ride at the airport. ...

My friend gave me a copy of a page from this magazine a few years ago and I thought I'd share a point a day this week, this is REAL and CLASSIC! I'm sure the men will appreciate it, one of my favorites : Listen to him...

Check out the new single and remix for "I Want You To..." featuring the lovely Rhymestein who I met earlier this year via the web. I've always wanted to work with a rapper, especially a 'conscious' MC, but little did I know he would appear out of London town not the US...

I get a personalised email everyday in my inbox from the 'universe' (explained below), and I thought today's was pretty funny so wanted to share...

Don't know how long this link will last but check this out!!! : http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20091020/video/vod-amazing-runaway-bus-drama-caught-on-dfc7e2c.html

I just wanted to say that :) There are so many things a singer "should" apparently do to promote themselves these days which leaves little or no time for actual songwriting. I feel quite happy throwing those kind of "shoulds" straight out of the window...

From Sylvia : "after losing 2 of my 3 children, i was inspired by this man. thnx-needed this today!" Sylvia, that is so heartbreaking, I'm very glad this was helpful, and want to send you lots of love and good wishes from everyone here :)

A wonderful emotional short by filmmaker Nic Askew. http://www.nicaskew.com/2009/06/portrait-of-a-human-being/ So touching...

Jem Check out my brother's bands' album - Glass Pear - "Streets of Love" on itunes! It's wickeeed :) Already been in Grey's Anatomy, 90210 & Vampire Diaries. His facebook page is ridiculously on it (click on link), now there's a man who knows how to work it! ;)
Glass Pear is singer/songwriter Yestyn Griffiths. The Welsh-born singer is the younger brother of recording artist Jem. After co-writing songs for her debut “Finally Woken” and follow-up “Down To Earth”, Yestyn sent a 4 track demo to tastemaker DJ Nic Harcourt of KCRW. Nic’s early support for tracks “Last Day Of Your L...ife” and “Vultures” was instrumental in getting the music heard. In late 2008 the producers of 90210 chose “Last Day Of Your Life” to end the debut episode of the new series and Grey’s Anatomy featured the track in early 2009. Aptly described by Dave Matthew’s A & R as being like “Keane but with balls”, Yestyn cites Jeff Buckley and the Beatles as influences, while echoes of early Radiohead and Coldplay are heard throughout Glass Pear’s stadium-sized sound. Asked on NPR radio for her 2009 music tips, Gossip Girl’s music supervisor Alex Patsavas said that Glass Pear “will have a big impact in the future. [He writes} beautiful, melodic, well-crafted pop songs.” In October 2009, CW series Vampire Diaries featured Glass Pear’s song “Wild Place”. Fox's "Bone" followed with a prominent placing of "My Ghost" in November. The debut album “Streets of Love” is released on Yestyn’s own label WOL Records and is available digitally on iTunes/Amazon. The physical CD can be ordered from CD Baby. Why Glass Pear? Yestyn writes: “A lot of the songs I write are about the fragility and transiency of life and love. So I wanted to find a name that expressed that. Apparently the ancient Chinese believed that the pear was a symbol of immortality (pear trees live for a long time). Its also a symbol of affection in other cultures. In Chinese the word li means both “pear” and “separation,” and for this reason, tradition says that to avoid a separation, friends and lovers should not divide pears between themselves. So for me a glass pear is a pear that is fragile, breakable, needing protection, just like love.” www.myspace.com/glasspear Live band is: Yestyn, vocals Alex, keys Tom, guitars Tasha, drums Photos courtesy of Edmund Bing (www.edmundbing.com), Danny Griffin (www.flickr.com/photos/falsalama) and Nick Baylis (www.nickbaylisphotography.com) Management: chloe@crownmusic.co.uk
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