26 October 2010

Fluid bike accessories are rubbish

In my experience, all Fluid bike accessories are absolute rubbish. I
bought a bike tyre pump which I had to return because it was faulty. Got
a replacement one (I would have preferred money back but the sales
assistant was very insistent on replacement), which I don't use as it's
impossible to get onto the valves without a huge amount of effort. In my
opinion, fluid bike tyre hand pumps are only good if your tyre is
entirely flat.

My Fluid bike computer died on me a few days ago too. It's only about 6
weeks old and I've done just over 350km on it. It just refuses to work,
except for the clock. I replaced the battery. Still no luck and another
out of pocket expense. I've just phoned the shop which has asked me to
bring it in to see what the problem is. Another trip out there and back
(remember the earlier one with my bike tyre pump!). They'll insist on
replacing it for me. I want money back this time. I think I might take
out the hand pump too. Piece of rubbish it is.

Things like this really put a sour taste in my mouth. You pay good money
expecting something to work, but you just get rubbishy inferior goods.

A-L
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Musical style is intense chill; an edgy cocktail mood that blends a retro inspired vibe with a modern electronic twist.

Anne-Lise's music "is an original mixture of jazz/funk/blues for the annoyed, the bitter, and the broken-hearted, for the dramatic drama queens who want to throw back dry martinis to feed their angst" Maria Galinovic, The Leader 2009.

The new album, PLANETS ALIGNED, out now!

BUY PLANETS ALIGNED: www.cdbaby.com/cd/anneliselarsen2
BUY I'M ALIVE: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/AnneLiseLarsen

Both releases also on iTunes

OFFICIAL SITE
www.anne-liselarsen.com
FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/anneliselarsenmusic
MYSPACE
www.myspace.com/anneliselarsen

BROADCAST QUALITY MP3s for radio professionals
www.airplaydirect.com/anneliselarsen

21 July 2010

Fuel My "Mic Me Baby!" Project

In times gone by, the public appreciated and supported arts, culture and music. Rocket Hub has just started a new online movement to do the same in the 21st century.

I need a new studio condensor mic. Ideally, I would have preferred to fund a world tour, but I realised that may have been a tad ambitious for my first fueling! Ha ha! People have downloaded over $10000 worth of my music in the form of mp3s in the past 5 years for free. Now I'm asking for just a little in return, and for your fueling of my project, you'll get some great rewards from me. Check out the Mic Me Baby! project here, and think about fuelling me a couple of bucks. All it will take is another 98 people adding $2 worth of fuel, and I'm there.

Oh, but there's a time limit. I have another 58 days to make it happen. If I don't reach my target, all your fuel is refunded. If I make my target, your reward from me will be sent your way. Check out the rewards per fueling on the link above too. The more you fuel, the better the reward.

Anne-Lise

04 July 2010

An Aussie Apple A Day

We don't manufacture much in Australia anymore. Many of our well known brands are now owned by overseas companies or are made in China.

What we still have is an abundance of fresh, local produce. I think, the best in the world. Yet, why is it that we have opened the doors to apples grown in China?

Australians, if you value our lifestyle, quality of fresh produce and the hard working people on the land, please buy Australian fresh produce. It's the best quality, it's seasonal, and you're supporting Australia and Australians prosperity. By supporting imported fruit from China, you're supporting inferior product and the continuation of cheap third world labour.

If you have never done so, I'd suggest visiting an orchard in Tasmania or Stanthorpe, Qld where you can see the fruit growing on the trees and you can see and talk to the people who grow our fruit.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/rotten-ruling-a-threat-to-apple-industry/story-e6frea83-1225853376729

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/orchards-feel-the-pinch-as-import-barriers-tumble/story-e6frf7jo-1225887308374

Anne-Lise

10 June 2010

Thank you to the nice radio people!

A BIG thank you to all the radio stations who have played my music over
the past number of years, and support new music and musicians. A few of
whom I know about are listed below!

Australian Internet Radio ( FM). Wentworth Falls, NSW Australia
Best Unheard Music [BUM] (56k Internet). Sound Beach, NY United States
Radio Gets Wild [RGW] ( Internet). HUNSTANTON, United Kingdom
RFB [Musi] ( Internet). Birmingham, AL United States
Firestorm Radio .com [Fire] (128 kb Internet). Montague, MI United States
Hotmix 108 [HMX1] ( Internet). Birmingham, United States
CKWR-FM [CKWR] (98.5 FM). Waterloo, United States
smooth jazz [cont] (JazzFu Internet). gardena, CA United States
Planet Radio [rrpj] (88.0 FM). West End Qld, Australia
OZCATRADIO.COM [OZCA] (100.1 FM). VALLEJO, CA United States
3WestTv.com [3Wes] (http:/ Internet). Calgary Canada
Radio Caroline [Sky] (0199 Internet). London, United Kingdom
Green and Gold Radio [GGR] ( Internet). Carnarvon, Australia
All Australian Music [AAM] ( Internet). Sydney, Australia
Best Unheard Music [BUM] (56k Internet). Sound Beach, NY United States
SwissGroove [SG] ( Internet). Zurich, Switzerland
Best Unheard Music [BUM] (56k Internet). Sound Beach, NY United States
Radio Gets Wild [RGW] ( Internet). HUNSTANTON, United Kingdom
BLUZZRADIO [Stre] ( Internet). Paris, France
Neon Productions Radio . Bristol, CT United States
radio42.com [radi] ( Internet). Hamburg, Germany
QFM [Qfm9] (94.3 FM). Tenerife, Spain

Anne-Lise

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Musical style is intense chill; an edgy cocktail mood that blends a retro inspired vibe with a modern electronic twist.

OFFICIAL SITE
www.anne-liselarsen.com
FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/anneliselarsenmusic
MYSPACE
www.myspace.com/anneliselarsen

BROADCAST QUALITY MP3s for radio professionals
www.airplaydirect.com/anneliselarsen

25 May 2010

One Week Only - 4 Free Downloads!

Download 4 free mp3s from Anne-Lise's ReverbNation (RN) page for one
week only. Existing subscribers to her RN mailing list will get the four
free downloads. By subscribing to her RN mailing list, anyone can
download the four songs for FREE. That's around $6.76* of free music!

Visit Anne-Lise on ReverbNation at
http://www.reverbnation.com/anneliselarsen. Offer ends 12am Saturday
29th May 2010 (Australian Eastern Standard Time) .

*Based on individual standard Australian iTunes download.


--
Musical style is intense chill; an edgy cocktail mood that blends a retro inspired vibe with a modern electronic twist.

Anne-Lise's music "is an original mixture of jazz/funk/blues for the annoyed, the bitter, and the broken-hearted, for the dramatic drama queens who want to throw back dry martinis to feed their angst" Maria Galinovic, The Leader 2009.

The new album, PLANETS ALIGNED, out now!

BUY PLANETS ALIGNED: www.cdbaby.com/cd/anneliselarsen2
BUY I'M ALIVE: www.cdbaby.com/Artist/AnneLiseLarsen

Both releases also on iTunes

OFFICIAL SITE
www.anne-liselarsen.com
FACEBOOK
www.facebook.com/anneliselarsenmusic
MYSPACE
www.myspace.com/anneliselarsen

BROADCAST QUALITY MP3s for radio professionals
www.airplaydirect.com/anneliselarsen

24 May 2010

Launch fizzle

I should say something about my Planets Aligned album launch that hasn't
quite happened. Unfortunately, it would seem that the planets have
indeed not aligned on getting my launch happening. Oh well - I can
always relaunch. Meatloaf rode a wave with his Bat Out Of Hell album for
5 years so I guess there's always hope. It didn't quite come together
for my EP, "I'm Alive" back in 2006 either. Maybe the next album will be
the hat trick with a mother of all album launches! Three's a charm. Ha!

A-L

01 April 2010

Every Woman Festival: Win an iPod!

Have been very busy of late working as part of the committee on the
Every Woman Festival, http://www.everywomanfestival.org.

It's a fabulous initiative to celebrate women of style and substance
from all walks of life. Each month there's a great competition to enter.
This is April's....

APRIL COMPETITION! WIN an purple 8GB Apple iPOD nano! Just email
info@everywomanfestival.org to nominate your best friend, telling us why
they're such a good friend, with a photo of the two of you together and
you could win!

Good luck!

Anne-Lise

02 March 2010

Every Woman Festival

Well, it's been a busy year so far. The beautiful and incredibly
talented Sophie Serafino is organising a new festival called the Every
Woman Festival and she invited me to be on the committee. How could I
refuse? I love Sophie; I love her integrity, determination and grit so
how could I go wrong being on her team, in an effort to unite and help
women? Impossible!

The Every Woman Festival is starting out in 2010 with the launch of a
new website at http://www.everywomanfestival.com.au and initially, it
will offer an online television series featuring some fabulous female
identities divulging their secrets and insights as to how they got where
they are today. The first sessions include Melinda Schneider - popular
Australian country singer/songwriter and Bianca Dye, Australian national
media professional and other fabulous women of style and substance (see
the website for more info). The ongoing series will feature women from
all walks of life.

The emphasis will also be on highlighting women's charities, with an
online auction aimed at raising funds for Lou's Place, a women's refuge
in Sydney's Kings Cross and FOCTHA, a charity in Malawi supporting
African women who find themselves raising their grandchildren orphaned
by HIV/AIDS. In association with FOCTHA, Every Woman Festival is also
launching the Support a Grandmother program, which will assist
grandmothers to raise chickens, providing an income for her and her
orphaned grandchildren.

In this first year, our aim is to raise awareness to the festival, with
the hope of launching a live event in Sydney, this time next year (2011)
highlighting Australia's top mainstream and independent performers - and
in turn, shining a light on women's causes, hopes, aspirations and needs.

Visit http://www.everywomanfestival.com.au for more info.

Anne-Lise

25 January 2010

Youtube confusing!

Is it just me, or is youtube just about impossible to navigate and find
links when you're trying to arrange uploaded videos on your own channel?

I'm trying to add a new main feature video and for the life of me, I
just can not find how to do it.

A-L


--
Musical style is intense chill; an edgy cocktail mood that blends a retro inspired vibe with a modern electronic twist.

The new album, PLANETS ALIGNED, out now!

Listen to, download or get the actual cd @ www.cdbaby.com/cd/anneliselarsen2 - Planets Aligned will be in shops everywhere soon!

Visit www.cdbaby.com/Artist/AnneLiseLarsen for the I'm Alive EP or download it from iTunes

Official site

www.anne-liselarsen.com

www.myspace.com/anneliselarsen

www.facebook.com/pages/Anne-Lise-Larsen/6811617509

BROADCAST QUALITY MP3s for radio professionals
www.airplaydirect.com/anneliselarsen