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ParadiseES
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Nice to see a Spanish vocalist singing for a Norwegian band. She even took part in some Eurovision pre-selections with no luck.
This won't happen this time and I'm sure this will be high and will get some of my points
This won't happen this time and I'm sure this will be high and will get some of my points
Thank you for your nice comment. Glad to hear you enjoy our song. I am happy too that Spanish Ailyn does such a great job and has success with Norwegian SireniaNice to see a Spanish vocalist singing for a Norwegian band. She even took part in some Eurovision pre-selections with no luck.
This won't happen this time and I'm sure this will be high and will get some of my points
ParadiseES
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Just if someone is interested. Here is a song sung by Ailyn in Spanish preselection for Eurovision 2007. This song was my favourite finished 3rd, but sung by another singer, cause Ailyn didn't qualify for the final. And the other one is she singing Israeli song of ESC 2005 in her X-Factor times. So different styles than she has now with Sirenia
Thanx for the cool songs, ParadiseES!Just if someone is interested. Here is a song sung by Ailyn in Spanish preselection for Eurovision 2007. This song was my favourite finished 3rd, but sung by another singer, cause Ailyn didn't qualify for the final. And the other one is she singing Israeli song of ESC 2005 in her X-Factor times. So different styles than she has now with Sirenia
Interesting to know more of Ailyn's story
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FSC April 2011 - Norway
FSC Norway - April 2011 - Marion Raven - Found Someone
Representing Norway in April 2011 is Marion Raven, one of Norway’s most talented pop-rock singer/songwriters. Here is some more information about her.
Marion Raven is the international artist-name of Norwegian pop-rock singer/songwriter Marion Elise Ravn (born on May 25th 1984 outside of Oslo, Norway). Her surname is of Norse origin, with Ravn meaning Raven, which she adopted as her artist/stage-name as well as for her trademark raven logo. She started singing at an early age and went to be a part of a local choir at the age of 7. She also started playing the piano at an early age. From the age of 9 onwards she acted in stage-musicals in Norway (“Sound of Music”, “Bugsy Malone” and “The Wizard of Oz”) and from early on it was obvious that she was a very talented young lady.
Then in 1995, Marion’s father arranged for her to make a demo in a studio in Oslo, together with her childhood friend, Marit Larsen. The duo got a record deal with EMI Norway and formed the duo/group M2M. A year later, they produced a popular children’s album. M2M was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy, Spellemannprisen, the following year.
In 1998, M2M started recording pop-demos in English and struck a record deal with Atlantic Records after auditioning with Marion on the keyboard and Marit on the guitar. The two collaborated with many songwriters from around the world and produced their multi-platinum candy-pop debut album “Shades of Purple” which was released in 2000. The lead single "Don't Say You Love Me" featured on the soundtrack of the first Pokémon movie. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 72, selling 39,000 units in a week, according to SoundScan. Their second album called “The Big Room” was released in 2002. The album was more mature and less pop-oriented in sound. The first single from the album was the song “Everything”. The album became more critically acclaimed but less commercially successful than their first album. As a result of this their record company support slowly dwindled. Not long after M2M disbanded in September 2002.
Marion Raven was subsequently offered a million dollar recording contract with Atlantic Records and started a new career as a solo-artist and songwriter. Upon signing her deal with Atlantic Records, Marion Raven set about recording her debut-album, and worked with Swedish songwriters/producers Max Martin and Rami, as well as Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk and her husband Raine Maida from 2003 to 2005. According to some sources her record company was not initially confident of Raven's switch to a more rock-oriented image (pop-rock) and a darker, more personal style of songwriting. The resulting 14-track list, including 2 bonus tracks, cultivated a more manufactured rock/pop sound and was titled ”Here I Am”. The album, released in Norway in August 2005, saw Raven's transformation from the candy-pop music of M2M to a more angsty, pop/rock-oriented singer. The album was also released in Asia. It was well-received, with popular singles like “Break You”, “End of Me” and the title-track “Here I Am”, and saw commercial success.
In early 2006, however, it was announced that Marion Raven had been released from her contract with Atlantic Records due to "artistic differences". Soon after this, she announced that she was to record and release her U.S. debut-album under the indie label Eleven Seven Music, created by her management company 10th Street Entertainment. An EP called “Heads Will Roll” was released on October 31st 2006. The EP was the result of a collaboration of several musical artists and featured what Marion herself called “fun rock songs”. There was some controversy over the music-video to the song “Heads Will Roll”, since it featured scenes of a half-naked Marion Raven on top of ten naked women crammed into a futuristic box. A censored version (without nudity) of the video was made available for daytime airplay on music video channels.
In 2007 Marion Raven released the album “Set Me Free”. The album incorporated a mixture of fresh tracks and previously released tracks, with some revised versions from her Asian and Scandinavian debut-album “Here I Am”. She also played the piano, acoustic and electric guitars on the record. “Set Me Free” headlined Raven's inclination to harder pop-rocking songs and a darker lyrical scope. “Falling Away” was the first single from the album. Raven went on a tour in Europe to promote the album.
Whilst working with Desmond Child on new songs for the “Set Me Free”-album, Raven met Meat Loaf who was also working with Desmond Child on his latest album called “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose”. Desmond Child suggested that Raven join Meat Loaf on a duet for the song "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," a song written by Jim Steinman for his Pandora's Box album, “Original Sin” (1989), and later covered by Celine Dion in 1996. The song was picked as the first single from the album in October 2006. It became Raven's first UK Top 10 single, and second charting single in Britain. In late February 2007, Raven joined Meat Loaf on an extensive Canada and U.S. tour.
In 2008 Marion Raven started writing songs for a new album, her third solo-album. For different reasons the album-release was pushed back several times, and the latest information indicates that the album - which Marion herself claims will take her sound in a more “piano-rock” directions - will finally see a release in the summer of 2011. Meanwhile, Marion Raven has released 2 digital singles that are expected to be included on the forthcoming album. The first single called “Flesh And Bone”, an uptempo pop-rock number, was released in September 2010 to mixed reviews. A second single called “Found Someone”, a piano-ballad, was released in December 2010 and this song, which was even better received and which spent some time on the iTunes chart, is the song we have chosen as the Norwegian entry here in FSC April 2011.
Besides working on her new album, Marion Raven has taken part as one of the judges in the panel of the most recent Norwegian 2010 X-Factor competition. She performed her song “Found Someone” during the finals in December 2010, playing the piano and singing. She has also written songs for other artists and writes many of her own songs. Her talent as a songwriter matches her vocal abilities and stage presence, she is a multi-talented pop-artist and songwriter from whom we will without doubt hear more from in the coming years.
Our entry for FSC April, “Found Someone”, is alas a beautiful piano-ballad performed and sung by Marion Raven. The song has a beautiful melody and beautiful lyrics, a quality piece of music. We are happy to enter Marion Raven in the FSC for Norway. This entry is also different in style from our past months entries and we are glad to show the diversity of Norwegian music.
Below are the English lyrics for the song. We hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for April!
Marion Raven - Found Someone
Restart my heart
It is falling apart
The memories are gone
Yeah, it´s really been that long
But to count those days on my hand
It´d be like counting grains of sand
But I found someone to follow
Follow my sorrow
His love he will lend
A dime an hour for pretend
Found someone to follow
His heart he lets me borrow
I wake up and you´re gone
But I found someone
Heaven and the sky
Here and now I defy
You to come to me
Don´t care if you don´t agree
To walk the steps to get where you are
I´d be like counting every star
But I found someone to follow
Follow my sorrow
His love he will lend
A dime an hour for pretend
Found someone to follow
His heart he lets me borrow
I wake up and you´re gone
But I found someone
Will it come to this
When I stop to miss
I want him to stay
God, I long for that day
Found someone to follow
Follow my sorrow
His love he will lend
A dime an hour for pretend
Found someone to follow
His heart he lets me borrow
I wake up and you´re gone
But I found someone
I wake up and you´re gone
But I found someone
-M
FSC Norway - April 2011 - Marion Raven - Found Someone
Representing Norway in April 2011 is Marion Raven, one of Norway’s most talented pop-rock singer/songwriters. Here is some more information about her.
Marion Raven is the international artist-name of Norwegian pop-rock singer/songwriter Marion Elise Ravn (born on May 25th 1984 outside of Oslo, Norway). Her surname is of Norse origin, with Ravn meaning Raven, which she adopted as her artist/stage-name as well as for her trademark raven logo. She started singing at an early age and went to be a part of a local choir at the age of 7. She also started playing the piano at an early age. From the age of 9 onwards she acted in stage-musicals in Norway (“Sound of Music”, “Bugsy Malone” and “The Wizard of Oz”) and from early on it was obvious that she was a very talented young lady.
Then in 1995, Marion’s father arranged for her to make a demo in a studio in Oslo, together with her childhood friend, Marit Larsen. The duo got a record deal with EMI Norway and formed the duo/group M2M. A year later, they produced a popular children’s album. M2M was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy, Spellemannprisen, the following year.
In 1998, M2M started recording pop-demos in English and struck a record deal with Atlantic Records after auditioning with Marion on the keyboard and Marit on the guitar. The two collaborated with many songwriters from around the world and produced their multi-platinum candy-pop debut album “Shades of Purple” which was released in 2000. The lead single "Don't Say You Love Me" featured on the soundtrack of the first Pokémon movie. The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 72, selling 39,000 units in a week, according to SoundScan. Their second album called “The Big Room” was released in 2002. The album was more mature and less pop-oriented in sound. The first single from the album was the song “Everything”. The album became more critically acclaimed but less commercially successful than their first album. As a result of this their record company support slowly dwindled. Not long after M2M disbanded in September 2002.
Marion Raven was subsequently offered a million dollar recording contract with Atlantic Records and started a new career as a solo-artist and songwriter. Upon signing her deal with Atlantic Records, Marion Raven set about recording her debut-album, and worked with Swedish songwriters/producers Max Martin and Rami, as well as Canadian singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk and her husband Raine Maida from 2003 to 2005. According to some sources her record company was not initially confident of Raven's switch to a more rock-oriented image (pop-rock) and a darker, more personal style of songwriting. The resulting 14-track list, including 2 bonus tracks, cultivated a more manufactured rock/pop sound and was titled ”Here I Am”. The album, released in Norway in August 2005, saw Raven's transformation from the candy-pop music of M2M to a more angsty, pop/rock-oriented singer. The album was also released in Asia. It was well-received, with popular singles like “Break You”, “End of Me” and the title-track “Here I Am”, and saw commercial success.
In early 2006, however, it was announced that Marion Raven had been released from her contract with Atlantic Records due to "artistic differences". Soon after this, she announced that she was to record and release her U.S. debut-album under the indie label Eleven Seven Music, created by her management company 10th Street Entertainment. An EP called “Heads Will Roll” was released on October 31st 2006. The EP was the result of a collaboration of several musical artists and featured what Marion herself called “fun rock songs”. There was some controversy over the music-video to the song “Heads Will Roll”, since it featured scenes of a half-naked Marion Raven on top of ten naked women crammed into a futuristic box. A censored version (without nudity) of the video was made available for daytime airplay on music video channels.
In 2007 Marion Raven released the album “Set Me Free”. The album incorporated a mixture of fresh tracks and previously released tracks, with some revised versions from her Asian and Scandinavian debut-album “Here I Am”. She also played the piano, acoustic and electric guitars on the record. “Set Me Free” headlined Raven's inclination to harder pop-rocking songs and a darker lyrical scope. “Falling Away” was the first single from the album. Raven went on a tour in Europe to promote the album.
Whilst working with Desmond Child on new songs for the “Set Me Free”-album, Raven met Meat Loaf who was also working with Desmond Child on his latest album called “Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose”. Desmond Child suggested that Raven join Meat Loaf on a duet for the song "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," a song written by Jim Steinman for his Pandora's Box album, “Original Sin” (1989), and later covered by Celine Dion in 1996. The song was picked as the first single from the album in October 2006. It became Raven's first UK Top 10 single, and second charting single in Britain. In late February 2007, Raven joined Meat Loaf on an extensive Canada and U.S. tour.
In 2008 Marion Raven started writing songs for a new album, her third solo-album. For different reasons the album-release was pushed back several times, and the latest information indicates that the album - which Marion herself claims will take her sound in a more “piano-rock” directions - will finally see a release in the summer of 2011. Meanwhile, Marion Raven has released 2 digital singles that are expected to be included on the forthcoming album. The first single called “Flesh And Bone”, an uptempo pop-rock number, was released in September 2010 to mixed reviews. A second single called “Found Someone”, a piano-ballad, was released in December 2010 and this song, which was even better received and which spent some time on the iTunes chart, is the song we have chosen as the Norwegian entry here in FSC April 2011.
Besides working on her new album, Marion Raven has taken part as one of the judges in the panel of the most recent Norwegian 2010 X-Factor competition. She performed her song “Found Someone” during the finals in December 2010, playing the piano and singing. She has also written songs for other artists and writes many of her own songs. Her talent as a songwriter matches her vocal abilities and stage presence, she is a multi-talented pop-artist and songwriter from whom we will without doubt hear more from in the coming years.
Our entry for FSC April, “Found Someone”, is alas a beautiful piano-ballad performed and sung by Marion Raven. The song has a beautiful melody and beautiful lyrics, a quality piece of music. We are happy to enter Marion Raven in the FSC for Norway. This entry is also different in style from our past months entries and we are glad to show the diversity of Norwegian music.
Below are the English lyrics for the song. We hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for April!
Marion Raven - Found Someone
Restart my heart
It is falling apart
The memories are gone
Yeah, it´s really been that long
But to count those days on my hand
It´d be like counting grains of sand
But I found someone to follow
Follow my sorrow
His love he will lend
A dime an hour for pretend
Found someone to follow
His heart he lets me borrow
I wake up and you´re gone
But I found someone
Heaven and the sky
Here and now I defy
You to come to me
Don´t care if you don´t agree
To walk the steps to get where you are
I´d be like counting every star
But I found someone to follow
Follow my sorrow
His love he will lend
A dime an hour for pretend
Found someone to follow
His heart he lets me borrow
I wake up and you´re gone
But I found someone
Will it come to this
When I stop to miss
I want him to stay
God, I long for that day
Found someone to follow
Follow my sorrow
His love he will lend
A dime an hour for pretend
Found someone to follow
His heart he lets me borrow
I wake up and you´re gone
But I found someone
I wake up and you´re gone
But I found someone
-M
PeterLPZ
Well-known member
What a wonderful song. Congrats for this choice. 
Thank you, glad to hear you like our song by Marion RavenWhat a wonderful song. Congrats for this choice.
Glad you enjoy it!This girl has such a wonderful voice...
Narmina
Well-known member
the song is sooo good!Thank you, happy to hear you like it!
FSC May 2011 - Norway
FSC Norway - May 2011 - WaterflyMusic- Black Pearls & Fantasy
Representing Norway in May 2011 is WaterflyMusic, a Norwegian Trance Music Project. Here is some more information about them.
The Trance Music Project WaterflyMusic was created by Norwegian Stig Rindvoll who comes from Trondheim in Norway. He had listened to and played different music styles over the years and wanted to incorporate various styles and sounds (from mythical folk-music to rock to classical music) in his composed music. His songwriting is inspired by the beautiful Norwegian nature and mythical landscapes as well as romantic classical composers from the past.
The production techniques he uses have been borrowed from Trance music (artists like for instance Robert Miles, Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk) and other modern music. He uses synthesizers, computers, acoustic and electric guitars in creating his sound.
Joining him in his music project have been several other people, like fellow Norwegian songwriter Jan Roar Gjersvold, and Øyvind Wærnes, Hanne Elnes and other vocalists.
Some of the songs WaterflyMusic have made are:
The Mountain
Norwegian Sunset
Slow
Dovre
Air
Detective
Black Pearls & Fantasy (DJ Beat Records, February-March 2011)
Having been on the Norwegian Underground scene for several years WaterflyMusic got a record contract with the music label DJ Beat Records and released the digital single “Black Pearls & Fantasy” (in several versions) in February-March 2011. It is the radio edit-version of the song which we have chosen as the Norwegian entry in FSC May 2011.
“Black Pearls & Fantasy” is an original song which has music by Stig Rindvoll and lyrics by Bruce Posey. Contributing on the song (with female vocals/instrumentation) are, besides WaterflyMusic: the Norwegian artists Ann Helen Stamnsve, Anne Judith Stokke Wiik, Lise Olden and Tale Fjell Egeberg. The song mixes Trance music elements and beats with Norwegian-Celtic instrumentation and melody in an exciting and innovative blend of styles and sounds.
Our entry for FSC May, “Black Pearls & Fantasy”, is alas a melodious and energetic Norwegian-Celtic Vocal Trance song by WaterflyMusic. With this entry we also wanted to show you something different, another musical style from the large tapestry that is Norwegian music. We are happy to enter the talented Trance music project WaterflyMusic in the FSC for Norway.
Below are the English lyrics for the song. We hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for May!
WaterflyMusic - Black Pearls & Fantasy
Snow white lays, mystery
Black pearls & fantasy
A gothic novel, somehow come to life
From the heather dark and still
Sings a lonesome whippoorwill
Held captive by desire of the night
As she bids me to come
My spirit on the run
To where I last heard that siren call
From the misty moonlight sea
Arms reaching out to me
But I cannot seem to get there through the fog
Slow motion like a dream
I cannot find my feet
As mire from the moorlands hold me back
So it begins to fall
As I lose all self control
I wake like a freight-train jumping track
Ah-ah-ah..
-M
FSC Norway - May 2011 - WaterflyMusic- Black Pearls & Fantasy
Representing Norway in May 2011 is WaterflyMusic, a Norwegian Trance Music Project. Here is some more information about them.
The Trance Music Project WaterflyMusic was created by Norwegian Stig Rindvoll who comes from Trondheim in Norway. He had listened to and played different music styles over the years and wanted to incorporate various styles and sounds (from mythical folk-music to rock to classical music) in his composed music. His songwriting is inspired by the beautiful Norwegian nature and mythical landscapes as well as romantic classical composers from the past.
The production techniques he uses have been borrowed from Trance music (artists like for instance Robert Miles, Tiesto and Paul Van Dyk) and other modern music. He uses synthesizers, computers, acoustic and electric guitars in creating his sound.
Joining him in his music project have been several other people, like fellow Norwegian songwriter Jan Roar Gjersvold, and Øyvind Wærnes, Hanne Elnes and other vocalists.
Some of the songs WaterflyMusic have made are:
The Mountain
Norwegian Sunset
Slow
Dovre
Air
Detective
Black Pearls & Fantasy (DJ Beat Records, February-March 2011)
Having been on the Norwegian Underground scene for several years WaterflyMusic got a record contract with the music label DJ Beat Records and released the digital single “Black Pearls & Fantasy” (in several versions) in February-March 2011. It is the radio edit-version of the song which we have chosen as the Norwegian entry in FSC May 2011.
“Black Pearls & Fantasy” is an original song which has music by Stig Rindvoll and lyrics by Bruce Posey. Contributing on the song (with female vocals/instrumentation) are, besides WaterflyMusic: the Norwegian artists Ann Helen Stamnsve, Anne Judith Stokke Wiik, Lise Olden and Tale Fjell Egeberg. The song mixes Trance music elements and beats with Norwegian-Celtic instrumentation and melody in an exciting and innovative blend of styles and sounds.
Our entry for FSC May, “Black Pearls & Fantasy”, is alas a melodious and energetic Norwegian-Celtic Vocal Trance song by WaterflyMusic. With this entry we also wanted to show you something different, another musical style from the large tapestry that is Norwegian music. We are happy to enter the talented Trance music project WaterflyMusic in the FSC for Norway.
Below are the English lyrics for the song. We hope you’ll enjoy the Norwegian entry for May!
WaterflyMusic - Black Pearls & Fantasy
Snow white lays, mystery
Black pearls & fantasy
A gothic novel, somehow come to life
From the heather dark and still
Sings a lonesome whippoorwill
Held captive by desire of the night
As she bids me to come
My spirit on the run
To where I last heard that siren call
From the misty moonlight sea
Arms reaching out to me
But I cannot seem to get there through the fog
Slow motion like a dream
I cannot find my feet
As mire from the moorlands hold me back
So it begins to fall
As I lose all self control
I wake like a freight-train jumping track
Ah-ah-ah..
-M
Thank you, we are glad you like our song!Misterious and nice song!
Narmina
Well-known member
amazing song this edition! in my Top 3 soon you will see the results
soon you will see the results Thanx for your nice comment, great that you enjoyed our song!amazing song this edition! in my Top 3
Thanx, glad you like the song!
Thanx, glad you like it!
No, it is not taken from a (film)soundtrack as far as I know, though it sounds like it almost could have been with its mysterious Norwegian-Celtic sound. The Norwegian Trance-project WaterflyMusic like to experiment with sounds/rhythms taken from folk-music/mythology and other genres in the music they make.