Beth's Music: Links to Beth's CDs, Lyrics, Videos & News

Post by **roxybeast** » July 3rd, 2009, 3:58 pm

Update: Should have printed hard copies of the CD available, hopefully with full color CD Sleeves, perhaps by the end of July, beginning of August. Will keep you posted. Thanks for loving our little Aardvark!

Post by **roxybeast** » July 7th, 2009, 12:06 am

I just put two songs from my new EP into a blind scientific "hit potential" computer algorithm, like on the show Numbers, and it determined that one of them "Magic" was a "Platinum top charting hit (8.9)" & the other "Happy" could also be a hit with full-band version ... Should we believe the science?

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Watch a video about it from the TV shows Numbers ...
http://uplaya.com/about_hss/hsstech

Check out these endorsements: http://uplaya.com/about_hss/hssquotes/

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Post by **roxybeast** » July 7th, 2009, 10:43 pm

Arrangements for duplicating the CDs for the new EP and for printing the sleeve have been made, so the official release date of the new "Aardvark" EP will be August 1, 2009! Stay tuned for more details.

Post by **roxybeast** » July 8th, 2009, 3:16 am

"Every song is a good song & every performance is good in it's own unique way. I believe in putting my heart & soul into my songs & performance, but these days it just seems like everybody only wants overproduced static perfection. Maybe there's no room for this kind of thing anymore." Beth Isbell
"Aardvark" EP (coming Aug. 1, 2009)
http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/1575845

Post by **roxybeast** » July 8th, 2009, 3:34 am

"I like most of the original songs I've written, but other than with The Good Woman Waltz CD, all my prior releases feature some good songs & some really nice performance highlights, but with each of them either the song grouping, or recording quality issues, or even the occasional song choice or performance always left something to be desired. But with "Aardvark" it's just different - I feel something coming. I just listened again after not hearing it for a month or so, and I really like this collection of songs, the packaging, & the presentation. It's not 'perfect' by any means, but every song is good, they each mean something, & they all flow really well one into the next!"

"God bless my little Aardvark - may her legs take her all over the world!"

Beth Isbell, discussing her upcoming EP release "Aardvark"

"It's a very special little Aardvark, mighty and strong, not overproduced, raw and real - I love it!!" Red Parlor Records recording artist Manda Mosher (who recently appeared & performed on the Craig Ferguson show)

Post by **roxybeast** » July 8th, 2009, 6:12 pm

Sent out press release about the new EP to Pitchfork, CMU & lots of other music industry press & other folks. Here's a copy of the Press Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Beth Isbell “Aardvark” EP Set for Release August 1, 2009

Oklahoma City singer-songwriter Beth Isbell will officially release her new DIY solo acoustic indie rock “Aardvark” EP on August 1, 2009. Beth is a strong emerging songwriter & artist who placed two songs in the finals of the 2008 USA Songwriting Contest and was also chosen by TAXI, one of the nation’s most-respected independent A&R companies, as one of their Top 10 Songwriter-Artists for the month of July 2008. "Every song is a good song & every performance is good in it's own unique way. I believe in putting my heart and soul into my songs and performance, but these days it just seems like everybody only wants overproduced static perfection. Maybe there's no room for this kind of thing anymore," said Beth Isbell, discussing her upcoming EP release Aardvark. "I like most of the original songs I've written, but other than with The Good Woman Waltz CD, all my prior releases feature some good songs & some really nice performance highlights, but with each of them either the song grouping, or recording quality issues, or even the occasional song choice or performance always left something to be desired. But with "Aardvark" it's just different - I feel something coming. I just listened again after not hearing it for a month or so, and I really like this collection of songs, the packaging, & the presentation. It's not 'perfect' by any means, but every song is good, they each mean something, & they all flow really well one into the next. I hope folks love my little Aardvark!”

"It's a very special little Aardvark, mighty and strong, not overproduced, raw and real - I love it!!" Red Parlor Records recording artist Manda Mosher (who recently appeared & performed on the Craig Ferguson show).

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Listen to the Advance of Beth’s "Aardvark" EP (coming Aug. 1, 2009)
http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/1575845

Aardvark is available for $6.99 for hard copies or $4.99 download @
http://www.mytexasmusic.com/bethisbell/

Individual song downloads for any song on the Aardvark are also available @ http://www.broadjam.com/bethisbell

For more information about Beth & her music, see her official EPK:
http://www.sonicbids.com/bethisbell

To contact Beth for interviews, send your e-mail to roxybeast@hotmail.com
or locate her /bethisbell on Facebook, Myspace, Reverbnation, or Twitter

Post by **still.trucking** » July 9th, 2009, 9:51 am

Thank you for the music

Post by **roxybeast** » July 9th, 2009, 6:29 pm

Breaking News 7/9/09 ...

Just got notified that Music Connection magazine is going to do a New Music Critique review on me & my little Aardvark in their upcoming August issue - yay!

http://www.musicconnection.com/

Peace,
Beth

Post by **roxybeast** » July 9th, 2009, 8:02 pm

Yay ... just got the hard copies of the actual CDs themselves back from Crystal Clear ... now just waiting on the printing of the CD Sleeves - should have those back in two weeks or less.

My little Aardvark's official release date is August 1, 2009.

Post by **roxybeast** » July 10th, 2009, 1:28 am

I have 100 little baby Aardvarks that need a home - they're so cute, rolling around on the floor, all looking up and cooing at me!

Won't you adopt one?

Please!

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Hey ... I've got 100 cute little Aardvarks that need homes ... but this one needs a baby-sitter temporarily ... she's pretty low maintenance, ... just requires listening ... you don't even have to talk back or feed her or change her little diaper ... think you might be able to watch her for 20 minutes or so? ... anyway, here she is:

http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/1575845

Thanks!
Beth

ps--this is the musical farm where all the little Aardvarks & their friends live: http://www.studioeight.tv/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=16212

Post by **roxybeast** » July 10th, 2009, 9:23 am

Funny - my twins Abby & Bella are talking to all the little Aardvarks & totally buying into the little Aardvark a cute baby pet theory - they love the little Aardvarks! Did you know 2 little Aardvarks put up to your face look like big eyeballs? ... they're like, if the Aardvarks keep saying bad words, maybe we're gonna have to put them in time-out after they get done singing!

Too cute .... AAAhhhhhhh!

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Gave the girls all the plastic CD shaped CD spacers - so they're calling them they're little baby Koala Bears & having so much fun making them spin & dance on the floor, & trying to get them to roll! ... They're all like little sisters & brothers - they're just a few days old & the reflect rainbows from the Sunlight! Too cute!

Did you know the baby Aardvarks all sleep on top of each other?

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Post by **roxybeast** » July 11th, 2009, 7:34 pm

Should have the CD Sleeves back from the printer in a week or so! Yay!

Post by **roxybeast** » July 11th, 2009, 7:44 pm

The baby Aardvarks are talking! They're so cute! Wont' you adopt an Aardvark?...Their little noses are shaped like big hooks! They love to spin, be petted & polished, & you can even get them to roll around on the floor! They do need to be cleaned occasionally. These baby Aardvarks are so much fun! Now they do occasionally say a few bad words, but they're babies & don't know better! ... won't you take one home!

For more information on how to adopt your own baby Aardvark or even if you just want to hear what they sound like ... go here: http://www.studioeight.tv/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=16212

Post by **Arcadia** » July 15th, 2009, 10:30 am

The baby Aardvarks are talking! They're so cute! Wont' you adopt an Aardvark?...Their little noses are shaped like big hooks! They love to spin, be petted & polished, & you can even get them to roll around on the floor! They do need to be cleaned occasionally. These baby Aardvarks are so much fun! Now they do occasionally say a few bad words, but they're babies & don't know better! ... won't you take one home!

hey, I can´t resist that!, how you knew it???

I already listened "happy" and I´m into "magic" guitars part... wow!!!!!!!! great!!!!! and I´m also understanding the lyrics!!!!!!!!

gracias for sharing also the process with us, beth!!!!!!!!

Post by **roxybeast** » July 16th, 2009, 8:40 pm

Cute Sesame Street video of the Aardvarks & their theme song!

"I'm an Aardvark, and I'm proud, I'm an Aardvark, and I am happy, ... I'm an Aardvark, & I'm feeling quite terrific, ... I'm an Aardvark, fierce & free, I'm an Aardvark, standing bravely, I'm an Aardvark, and I'm tough & smart & strong, ... I'm an Aardvark, and I'm always right, and that's the way I'll always be!!!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDJe4gmxlbI

And that is the whole point of the Aardvark concept - celebration of the weird, yet proud & very interesting! ... and that's the idea behind the name of my new EP ... I feel like an Aardvark - my music is an Aardvark ... and this Sesame Street song captures the whole theme quite nicely ... maybe I should start playing this recording before each of my shows! ... Anyway, here's the link to listen to or adopt your own baby Aardvark:

http://www.studioeight.tv/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=16212

So how cool is that ... my Aardvark EP has it's own Sesame Street theme song!!! ... It even fits the whole motif & concept of the EP! ... Special thanks to my friend Patricia (who did her college thesis on Sesame Street) for remembering the song & turning me on to it! ... This totally rocks! I'm loving it!

... and (everybody now) "I'm an Aardvark, and I'm proud!"

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