Ok. Um. I just need to say:
YOU GUYS ROCK MY SOCKS!!! :)

THANK
YOU SOOOOO MUCH :) Because of your tremendous, over-whelming support, I
have cleared the top 20 and secured a spot into the top 10 at the "Be
Legendary Contest" at OurStage.Com!!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS??
It
means that my song will most definitely be placed in the hands of John
Legend for consideration to perform with him on stage in Los Angeles,
California! YAAAAAAAYY!!

I. Am. So. Souped.

Ok - so even
though I can now rest somewhat knowing I have a 1 in 10 chance of being
chosen, there is STILL one last thing we can do to improve my
chances!!...and you know what it is...

VOTE ONE LAST TIME :)

Right
now I'm in last place, so people are REALLY pulling out all stops and
getting their friends to vote! I need you guys to keep up your amazing
effort for this last battle!

SEMI-FINALS WILL END TOMORROW NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT....THIS IS THE LAST ROUND OF VOTING.... I promise. Lol.

For
those of you who have voted already, you know there have been a TON of
battles. Well, rest assured there are only 45 battles now so you can do
all the voting in just a half hour!!

If its your first time
voting... here's how to do it! (If you are a pro-veteran voter... don't
bother reading the instructions.. you know the drill :)

Much love,
Anj

P.S.
To all those who also voted for me in the "Female Singer/Songwriter"
category, thank you so much! My song "The Rest of Me" is in 2nd place
as of now!

http://www.ourstage.com/judge?channel=106-female-singer
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Please click on the link below, sign up for Ourstage and begin voting.

1)
Listen to 15 seconds of a song ( if/when song reappears again you DON"T
need to listen to it, just vote). Then judge which song is better.
These are called battles. There will be 45 battles - and it will say
"Thank you for voting" when you are all done! You can also log out and
back on as many times as you want and pick up where you left off.

2) WHEN YOU SEE MY SONG COME UP, CLICK BEST!!! :)

THIS IS THE LINK:
http://www.ourstage.com/judge?channel=180-be-legendary

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This is a call to action my fabulous fans!!!

I am currently entered in a cover contest for a chance to perform my rendition of John Legends "Everybody Knows" on stage with him in California!!! The world has been voting for the past 23 days NOW I NEED YOUR HELP!!

Please click on the link below, sign up for Ourstage and begin voting.

1) Listen to 15 seconds of a song ( if/when song reappears again you DON"T need to listen to it, just vote). Then judge which song is better. These are called battles. There will be many many battles, so don't feel the need to do all of them. Just try to vote until you see my song come up at least once. You can also log out and back on as many times as you want and pick up where you left off.

2) WHEN YOU SEE MY SONG COME UP, CLICK BEST!!! :)

THIS IS THE LINK:


On March 25th the top 20 songs will go into the quarter-finals and a new round of judging occurs! On March 28th the top 10 will go into the semi-finals!

****JOHN WILL THEN JUDGE HIMSELF WHICH PERSON OUT OF THE TOP TEN WILL PERFORM LIVE ON STAGE WITH HIM!!***

This is the opportunity of a lifetime and I really need your help. Please, if you can find any time in your schedule to do a little voting, I will be eternally grateful!

Much love,

ANJ

P.S. any questions navigating the site - please contact me here at facebook or at anjnewlsetter@yahoo.com

Alrighty peeps. I now have about 7,000 friends on myspace - and that is definitley awesome... but the question stilll remains...

Who out all of you are my TRUE FANS? 

What is a TRUE FAN, you might ask?

Well, a true fan might look something like this:
- You attend shows, traveling sometimes long distances, and/or dragging along siblings, friends and significant others to come with you.
- You have bought my music online or at a show, and are the first in the line to buy new music as it is released to the public.
- You subscribe to my newsletter and/or blog and keep in touch with me!
- You want to help spread the word any and every way you can!!

If this describes you - then I would like to recruit you to become an offical

                           GUARDIAN ANJEL!!!

This new team of carefully selected True Fans will be my right-hand men and women, each helping in a small way to build the ANJ fanbase. This will not include leaving your house, pouding pavements, or harassing people on the street!! This can all be handled from the comfort of your own computer desk! Now you can be a true fan in slippers and pajamas. Bet you didn't think it could be THAT easy, right?

But as an "Anjel", you will be entitled to some very nice benefits such as...
- free t-shirts, autographed posters, concert tickets, reserved seating and even back-stage passes!
- Private-In-Home Concerts, Pre-ordered-early-delivery copies of my latest albums, and speical E-STREET  concerts for only members of my team.
- Have me write a song for you - and sit on stage with me while i play it!!
- Cash prizes and gift certificates to online stores for being the TRUEST fan of the month!
- and much, much more!!

So if you already are a big fan, if you already come to my shows, send me lots of love on myspace, facebook, sixtyone, ourstage, twitter, reverb and more, and want to become a more intricate part in the mission of spreading my music to the world - message me or comment below!! I will send you a welcome note indoctrinating you in, and give you all the info you will need.

Believe it or not, YOU are the most important piece of the ANJ puzzle!! So message me and let's make 2009 the best year ever... help me reach the "Choir of Anjels'" goal of creating 10,000 new fans this year!! :)

Much Love,
Anj

Yo Ho Ho and misteltoe my friends, it is I, christmas Anj. Offering you this holiday season, a welcoming invitation to join my brand-spanking newsletter. Since many of you subscribe to my blog, which has acted as my newsletter for many years, I want to encourage you to send your email address to ANJINFO@YAHOO.COM, or myspace message me it so I can add you to my list!

I am trying to move away from using myspace as my primary method of contacting people, but I certainly don't want to lose the many friends I've made on here. I am creating a real website for 09', and a bi-weekly newsletter to keep in touch with everyone. So if you wanna stay updated on what crazy antics I've been up to... again, just send me your info!

And hey, how about to start the comments going - what is your best christmas memory ever? Post below!

Here's hoping you are having a wonderful holiday season!

xoxoxo

Anj

Hello Friends :)

Well, this has been an AMAZING month for me. I'm sitting in my cousin's house in Burbank California, recovering ( and i do mean recovering ) from the TAXI ROAD RALLY in Los Angeles. I'm going to be resting up for the next day or so, and then I'm off to hit up the ASCAP/BILLBOARD/ TV FILM HOLLYWOOD REPORTER CONVENTION. Very exciting!!

I save my blog about TAXI for later, but I just need to say that I cannot offer enough good words about this RALLY to all aspiring musicians. For two years, I've practically offered free tickets to every friend and musician I have, but no one takes me up on the offer. Again, I just need to say, that THIS RALLY CHANGES LIVES. It changed mine, and next week when I return home, I will reveal my very very big news with all of you.

But for now - I have other news to share!! Last month, I got a call from the President of A&R at a record company out west. He offered me a licensing deal, and now my song "Former Stranger" is going to be released on a compilation CD called "GOOD GIRLS, GONE BAD" ( hahah so so so funny, now i'm a bad girl apparently), with major label artists Amy Winehouse and Duffy!!

Whhhhaaaaaat??? SO INSANE!!!

The album is set to be released Jan 1 and will be distributed through all of Europe in a sub-publishing agreement with Universal Records. Yay exposure!! Yay sharing digital writing space on a CD with two major label artists! Yay for another big ol' feather in my cap!! Yay! Yay! Yay!

I have to run to a meeting now, so I share any more details at the moment... but I am creating a newsletter to keep everybody updated.. so if you would be interested in signing up - please email me at ANJINFO@YAHOO.COM!! Sign up this week and receive my EXCITING NEWS before anyone else and access to a new song!!

And thank you for all of your love and support! I hope to see all you NYC fans at my show at Googie's this saturday night, to hear my new song "Bless America" played for the first time! See my gig list for more details..

Peace and Blessings,
Anj

Last night, I had the the astounding privilege of watching my country chose the 44th President of the United States. It was truly a monumental day, to see the first bi-racial man elected president. As I watched him give his speech, I saw the millions of people in the crowds, cheering, crying, holding each other - and looking to this man in an almost messianc light. It is a tremendous achievement to show the world and ourselves how far we have come in the last 100 years regarding race.

That being said, I did not vote for Barack Obama. I voted for a different man, one who perhaps represented in HIS age and skin color and party, too much of what we have had in America for too long. One who perhaps was unable to truly break down predjudices against HIMSELF, enough to get people from all sides to truly listen. This was a man, that when I heard him speak, it was not the voice of charisma that i heard, and there was nothing hypnotizing about his words. It was the simple, naked voice of the wounded, the tired, the undeniably strong: the ragged voice of a true American. And when I saw his face, I did not see the face of youth, of boundless energy and naivety: I saw the face of wisdom. I saw the body of a tortured prisoner, and the teary eyes of a man who so loves his country, he would die for it. I felt the spirit of a man who truly believes in the principles our country was founded on, and wanted to spend his last days on earth getting us back on track to restoring those principles, both in this land and in every heart of every American.

John McCain has and will always have, my unwavering respect. If I could shake one person's hand in this world, it would be his. He has restored my patriotism and my love of country. And I have never heard a more heart-felt, truly humble and genuine speech as I did last night when he conceded. He said last night, that running for this office was the greatest honor of his life. Well John, voting for you will no doubt be one of mine.

As to the future, I will respect my President for his office, and I will throw aside my ill-feelings and I will work with him to make America better as best I can. I do not believe he was the right man for the job, but I hope and pray that his 4 year term will bring good to our world. I hope to God that the facts i have learned about him over the past 7 months are not true, or that even if they were, that God will help mold his heart and help him to be wise in his decisions. If he is truly willing to work with "all of us", he will not be so radical in the plans he has set forth during his campaign.

My prayer every morning for the next 4 years will be that every American will realize that we live in the greatest land on earth. That we are a country not of socialist ideas, but built on the idea that if you work HARD enough, if you NEVER quit, you can have your wildest dreams. I hope they will all realize that the purpose of the government is not to "fix all your problems", but simply to oversee. It is not its purpose to be a charitable organization, who takes money from those they deem rich enough and then give it to those them deem worthy of it. That responsibility belongs to each of us individually. I love my country, I love this crazy melting pot of individuals. And I only pray we will be stronger for this new President regarding the issues that matter to us most.

Today I am flying out to Los Angeles, California for two major music conventions, the TAXI ROAD RALLY 08' and the ASCAP/BILLBOARD FILM AND TV CONVENTION. With me, I will be taking a brand new recorded song...

It's called "Dear God, Please Bless America", and it is a patriotic, uniting song which I wrote and recorded with the help of an amazing black gospel choir, along with many musicians of different race and religious backgrounds. I think its the perfect time for this song, and I feel very confident someone will take interest in it. I shall post it next week!

I am excited to be going - to feel the rush of the plane, the roar of its engines beneath my feet; to be lifted into the clouds above all this worlds ugliness. To feel hope again. I am excited to have 10 days to myself, to restore myself and to devote my hours to nothing but music. It's been a long year, and my fire has dwindled. I need a spark again. I need to believe in my dreams again.

May God Bless me on my journey, you on yours, our President, America, and this volatile world, in which we must find a way to come together, or ultimately perish.

Much love,
Anj

A quick little review (talk about jam-packed) at Lucy Loosey Magazine of my newest album "When Grey Blushes"! I am scheduled to be featured in an online interview at this magazine next month!

Go to THIS LINK to read the review!!

Stay tuned for all kinds of new goodies to come... a new official website in progress, a new "song of the month" planned here for MySpace, the formulation of my street team, and more dates on my fall/winter tour of the Tri-State area!!

Much love,
Anj

P.S. - I know this is a heated election, but regardless of where you stand, remember to take everything these men are saying with a grain of salt. THIS STORY SAYS IT ALL Please go out on November 4th and vote. And please, for the love of God, know why you are voting for your candidate.

P.S.S. I use a Roland FP3 and I've lost my power supply PSB-1U. Anybody know a good replacement? Anybody know where the heck I can get this adapter in like two days?

Hey All,

I am flying out for the TAXI convention ( TAXI is the world's leading A&R company for independent artists) on November 5th and am interested in appealing to any and all of my female indie artists out there who might want to take advantage of a GREAT opportunity.

The TAXI convention is from November 6th-9th (thurs through sunday). As a TAXI member, and for my lofty membership fee, I get two free tickets to their massively huge music convention ( jam-packed with classes, cock-tail parites, mentoring sessions, panels etc).

I don't have anyone to go with :(

More importantly, I don't have anyone to ROOM with. The convention is held at the WESTIN hotel in Los Angeles, California - The rooms are $155 a night. It's a bit pricey for me to swing alone, but its worth staying there - the surrounding areas are shady and ghetto, and all of the networking happens at the wee hours of the morning.

SOOOOO - does anybody out there want to take my FREE GUEST TICKET?? You would need to pay for airfare ( i just got a plane ticket for $226 from Newark) and the hotel room for three nights would be $232.

This is the opportunity of a lifetime - and you would be getting the TICKET FOR FREE (I pay 200 bucks a year to use this company) !! We don't need to know each other - we don't need to fly together or even hang together. We just shack up in the same room.

Let me know if anyone is interested!!!

Grace and Peace,
Anj

P.S. Does anybody know of some venues out in L.A. that I might work on trying to get a gig at? I'll be staying after the convention for another week to hit the ASCAP convention, and would like to play a gig or two out in California. Help a gal out! :)

Well Hello Hello Hello. I got me some good news people. One, it turns out that Breyers make this stuff called "double churned ice-cream". OH MY GOSH PEOPLE. How have I lived a quarter-century on this planet and not known about this amazingly delicious stuff? And its fat free? Can that be possible? I swear, one bite of this velvety sweetness and you will be hooked.

Oh yea but wait what was I writing about? Oh right, music :)

So I got a call last week from Q. Music Collective in Hollywood, a music library which specializes in TV and Film placements around the country. After some deliberation and consulting the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (great bunch of people), I've just signed with their music library!! They are interested in using my music on a new show on the CW network called "The Privileged"!!! Doesn't sound like a show I would ever want to watch unless somebody tied me to a chair and held a gun to my head, but hey!! It's still very exciting!! Hip, Hip, Hooray!

I mean - Breyers Fat Free Double-Churned French Silk Ice cream in a cone for 70 calories, AND a publishing deal?

Life. Is. Good.

xoxo
Anj