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tour 1 is coming to an end :( .....
Monday, June 30, 2008
Here is a little picture wrap-up of my first
tour. Tomorrow will be the very last day (six weeks total !!). After
having spent every day of the last six weeks with 10 other people,
I've come to feel like they are family. We already said our goodbyes
to the Nozuka's (justin, anthony and mark). But tomorrow will be the
last day with Eric , Jimmy, Kyle, Joni (and Tom even though he had
to go home a bit early as well ).
I have a bunch more pictures to share with you guys but here are
some to start it off. Some are by me, most are by Lance and some are
by Joni.
After tomorrow will be the start of a brand new tour with Gavin
Degraw! Hopefully more good stories to come out of that one ;) ...
and another opportunity to see all of your faces again !
xo marie'
ps - next single is ............. STUPID FOR YOU !
backstage at the National in Virginia
we stayed at a lot of holiday inns on this tour ;)
The 'Lance Stance '
great moment in Dallas, TX
Should the set list tonight be on paper plates or napkins??
Just did a new photoshoot for the Japanese Album cover and package
... album comes out on Aug. 6th in Japan and will be 17 tracks long
including a fully Japanese song called 'Korewa' !
Tour
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Hello Everyone!
I'm sorry that I've disappeared for a bit... I've been out on tour
and it's been hard for me to find even ten minutes to catch up on
emails !! As you can tell, I'm a little behind on my comments and
emails.. so sorry. BUT, the good news is, because i'm touring, that
means I'm getting the chance to meet many of you face to face !
This is my first ever tour and I have to say.. i am having the time
of my life so far. I am out on the road with Eric Hutchinson (whom
I've known for a few years now) and Justin Nozuka (very talented
Canadian singer). Both of the guys are phenomenally talented and ---
thank god--- very nice and down to earth because the three of us and
our bands are all sharing one bus !
If you haven't looked at the tour dates yet, please check them out
and if I'm swinging through your town, come and say 'hello' !
Here is a picture of the first day in MN...
Today we had a day off and our first opportunity to do some laundry.
Let me tell you-- there are some interesting folks at the laundromat
in Salisbury, Maryland ;)
There were incredible lightning and thunderstorms today !! I took a
picture of the sky about 10 seconds before the downpour began.
More updates to come as the tour continues!!
xoxo marie'
Say it Again - Official Video
This is my official video for Say It Again!! I
had so much fun shooting this video and I loved the props so much
that I took a few of them home with me! I really hope you enjoy
watching this ... :)
At the end you will notice a rollerskating tree - interesting note
is that I almost lost my head during one of the takes... Too bad
that was edited out.. ;)
Marié Digby: YouTubing to Pop Stardom
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Check out this article for NPR Music which includes an exclusive
interview with Marié.
Check it out
here
Say It Again music video !
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Yesterday we shot the official music video for 'Say It Again' and
it's going to be so cute !! I can't wait to see the final product
but here are some pictures from the shoot...
Even Misty came out to visit.. She's been making some remarkable
improvements since her stroke last week. She's able to get up and
walk around (even if it's a little wobbly) So thank you all for your
good wishes.. I'm sure that it helped in her recovery :)
xoxo
marie'
If you'd like to see more photos and a sneak peak of the video... Go
to Friends Or Enemies !!
Marié on National Public Radio this weekend
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Marié will be performing 'Say It Again' & 'Umbrella' acoustically on
NPR this Saturday on Weekend Edition!
If you are unable to listen this weekend, it will be posted at
www.npr.org as well!
Find a NPR station near you at http://www.npr.org/stations/
misty
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
To all of my friends -
You know that the love of my life is my dog Misty. She suffered what
seems to be a very bad stroke on Saturday morning. She hasn't been
able to walk or stand up since.. Please send your good thoughts and
positive energy her way.. she really needs it.
marie'
APRIL 8th 2008 !!!!!!
Monday, April 07, 2008
The Day is almost here...
If there were a beginning point in the map of my life when I began
to write music... I would be able to put a pin exactly on the
moment. I was a freshman at my new Catholic High School. I had just
transferred from my junior high school where I had pretty much
forgotten who I was after being ridiculed and excluded. Often times,
I’d come home angry because I didn’t know how to express all of the
awful things I was feeling and the only way I knew how to deal with
it was pushing everyone away, including my family. Luckily, it was
my mom who recognized that I was changing for the worse.. took me
out of that school.. and put me into the only school that would take
me in at the last moment.
So there I was, I had my brand new uniform... only knew 1 girl from
my elementary school who had transferred there as well. It was
different but I liked it... I felt like I was in some movie... with
the nuns walking around the campus, the old creepy hallways that
were still painted an absurd color of 1970 ish greenish-yellow, the
dark chapel inside the main building where I’d go with my friend
when we needed a moment away, the old and out of tune piano that sat
in the dining hall... most of all, I liked that I was starting over.
I felt like I could re-invent myself.. do whatever I wanted to
because no one really knew who I was.
One day in religion class, Sister Carol (one of the only teachers at
school who ever seemed to really get me and like me) told us that we
should take a little break and walk over to the dining room.
Everyone in class was raving about the original song that one of the
girls in my class had written and performed the night before at the
annual talent show. Sister Carol thought that we should listen to
Joanna perform it again in the dining hall on the piano.. so we all
left class and walked over there.. Joanna sat down at this old brown
wooden piano.. we all took seats around her... she began singing..
and it was one of the most beautiful things I had ever heard. I
remember so clearly how this pale white glow was coming in through
the huge glass windows next to us.. making it almost seem like
Joanna was this angel .. I just couldn’t believe that she had
written this moving piece of music by herself.. that those little
hands had created this song out of nowhere! I sat there stunned..
speechless.. that was the moment. I was just about 15 years old.
10 years later.. I am almost 25 years old and I am just about to
release my own album of original songs. The songs on this album were
written at 16 ,17...21.. 23... they really are a collection of
stories and experiences of my last 10 years. Songs like ’miss
invisible’ is like an exact tear sheet from my junior high school
journal. I didn’t understand why I had to go through that but I’m so
thankful for it now. I know that I wouldn’t be doing what I am
without having gone through that. It gave me such drive and
motivation to do something worthwhile with my life!! Also, to never
judge someone for the way that they look but for their character and
heart. Then there’s ’ Beauty in Walking Away’ which was written
about being at college and the moment I realized I had to start
paving my own path (even if that meant disappointing people I love
and leaving behind what I knew was safe). It was still scary because
I had only just started to figure out that music is what I loved
most in life but I wasn’t quite sure if I had the talent... the
skills to stand out. Then of course.. there is ’Unfold’ ... my
declaration to myself that I wouldn’t be bound by my insecurities
... that I will do everything in my power to be exactly who I am and
not let other people’s opinions of me or who I should be change
that.
Tomorrow.. will be one of the happiest days of my life. It is the
moment in which all of the hours I spent writing songs in the dark
after my family went to sleep, all of the days that I spent at the
open mics - waiting my turn to sing my song, all of the countless
years I spent praying and dreaming that my music would be heard by
people around the world... all of this comes to life. all of it is
realized.
It still however.. is just the beginning :)
I hope this next year will be nothing but touring .. touring..
touring. I hope that my music will give me the chance to travel the
world and to meet all of you who are as moved by music as me .
Tomorrow - if you love my music.. Please tell everyone and their
mother’s that my music is out !!! Tell your friends, neighbors,
carpool drivers, teachers, dentists, Chemistry lab-partners,
therapists, .. EVERYONE ! !! ;) Help me prove to all of those who
told me that I was making a mistake by letting everyone in on every
part of my album, all the songs... my personal life... that they
have it all wrong. It’s not about holding tightly to your music and
being secretive.. it’s about letting people know exactly what they
are getting...
I feel like we’ve already been through quite a bit together.. don’t
you? There were controversies before I was even worthy of one .. ;)
You guys came to my side to defend me.. we’re a pretty tight unit
now ..lol...
Anyway, when you get your CD’s.. I hope you’ll find that the most
important thank you is to all of you.. all of you who have watched,
listened, written, defended, attended a show.. I know for a fact
that no matter how hard I worked, none of this would be happening if
not for you. so thank you ..
and now for no good reason at all. Here is a picture of me with a
hot dog. (it’s actually from last week when i had to sing ’ take me
out to the ball game ’ in cleveland !.. I got attacked by these hot
dog people while trying to sing the song.. lol)
XOXO
ALL MY LOVE !!!!!!!!
marie’ :)
stuck in detroit
Friday, March 28, 2008
stuck in detroit. sucks big time.
There’s a snow storm here in Detroit, MI.
I’ve been sitting in this seat next to my gate for hours. At least I
have a view... I am looking out at the runway, seeing airplanes come
and go. Directly in front of me there are a line of planes out in
the open.. almost like horses are lined up at a stable. These
gigantic crane-like machines come by to each plane and it looks as
though they shoot hot water onto the tops of the airplanes to melt
off the frost. It’s a very futuristic sight, especially now that
it’s dark.. You can see the giant high reaching claws of these
machines and the huge clouds of steam as they move about the
airplanes spitting out hot water.
I guess I’m not used to seeing things like this since I’ve grown up
in L.A... When I left home two days ago, it was almost 80 degrees !
It definitely felt like summer was just around the corner...I think
it’s taken some traveling around this country for me to finally
realize why my parents always said ’L.A has some of the best weather
in the world’. They’re right. But that doesn’t mean I don’t stop in
child-like awe when it first begins to snow... :)
My first stop on this promo trip was Minneapolis. I went to go visit
a radio station that has been spinning my single ’Say It Again’...
did an interview and two acoustic performances. One of my oldest
best friends’ (we’ve known each other since the second grade) lives
in Minneapolis and although we sent about 10 texts each and called
each other hourly, we couldn’t quite find the right time to get
together :(
(I’m peeking out my window again and seeing the snow start to pile
up... that’s kind of crazy that planes fly all the time in this
stuff)
Today I played for folks at Borders and Walmart. Performances like
those are always a tad awkward because I walk into an office room,
neon lights, white boards and all, while the staff are chomping on
take-out chinese or pizza delivery and I suddenly have to bust out
my tunes! But you guys know all about those by now since I’ve
blogged about it. It’s all part of setting up a successful album
release and I feel lucky that I can even get up there in front of
these huge corporate people and play my songs.. just me and my
guitar. Truth is, it was never my intention to release a record that
would be listened to by 20 people (although, I’d be happy for that
too).. I want it to be available all over the world because I know
that my fans are not just from L.A .. you guys are from every corner
of the world.
Which brings me to the next bit of great news.... My fans in Asia
have really spoken and thanks to all of you.. I’ll be visiting very
soon . The places I believe I’ll be visiting are Malaysia,
Philippines, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. It won’t be for
another few months but I’m coming :)
So back to where I am now. Still in this seat.. the airplanes have
come and gone. I hope mine’s on it’s way.... i’ll check back in soon
* Its only day 2
PS - Normally, I take at least 4-5 hours a day to keep in touch with
all of you .. writing back to all of your lovely emails but as you
can see, it’s going to be nearly impossible for the next two weeks.
Please sit tight! I will be back very soon....
and no, I didn’t have any internet at the airport!
Hear ’Unfold’ in it’s entirety at FriendsorEnemies.com!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Hey everyone!
You can now hear Marié’s brand new album ’Unfold’ in it’s entirety
on FriendsOrEnemies. com!!!
Click here to listen now!!!
blogs blogs! ahhh
Thursday, March 20, 2008
okay.. i know you guys have been blogged out of your minds today but
here’s the last one for tonight ;)
I am leaving for a pretty intensive (yea, another one ! wee !) trip
that will take me through many cities up until the release of my
album. There are so many important things and exciting things that
I’ll want you all to know so I’m going to have my label take over
sending that information to you so I don’t miss telling you
anything!
There will be more bulletins and blogs than usual but that’s just
because it’s SO close to the release date! it’s gonna be BUSY...
My heart is about to explode.. !!!! so happy. so elated.. so
impatient ;)
thanks for helping me sell out the troubadour for april 8th. we are
going have the BEST TIME EVER ****
PRESS: ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - March 7th
PRESS: Marié Digby - Blackbook Interview - 3-12-08
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Marié Digby - Blackbook - 3-12-08
Marié Digby Makes A Splash..:
From YouTube to U2—with GAP ads and a controversial exposé scattered
along the way—the guitar heroine is inching her way into mainstream
pop, learning a thing or two about going viral in the process. Oh,
and she’s got a message for everyone over at The Wall Street
Journal: You ain’t seen nothing yet.
By Nick Haramis
..It’s overcast, rain threatening to spoil an otherwise mild March
morning, as I make my way to meet Marié Digby, one of YouTube’s
latest darling sensations. While holding the door open for a young
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/>West Village eatery Sweet Life Café, the sky parts for a moment,
unleashing a few droplets on an otherwise dry street. The man
unearths an umbrella from his satchel, and holds it out for his
girlfriend. "You brought an umbrella," she squeals, before kissing
him on the cheek. Walking past, I hear his faint echo as he braves
deeper into the drizzle. "Ella, ella, ella… "
In 2007, Rihanna took hold of pop lovers and music critics with her
hit single "Umbrella," a song that won handfuls of awards and topped
even more year-end best-of lists. Shortly after its release, Digby,
then unknown, sat down with her guitar in her Los Angeles home, and
transformed the track into an acoustic ballad. Viral it became.
Since then, Digby has built upon her reputation as an online cover
artist, interpreting everyone from Linkin Park to Britney Spears.
Her success has been formidable. When, in September, The Wall Street
Journal ran a cover story on Digby (more on that later), her YouTube
account had already soared past 2.3 million viewers. Since then,
she’s created her own YouTube channel, which has received over 1.6
million views. A MySpace phenomenon, Digby is not. (That profile
weighs in at a paltry 900,000 views by comparison.) Things were
looking up for the young singer-songwriter, and it appeared her
debut album, which was last seen dangling dangerously close to
post-production oblivion, might actually see the light of day.
And then the bottom fell out.
Literally, it was dropped on her doorstep. On September 6th of last
year, The Wall Street Journal’s Ethan Smith published a feature
meant to expose Digby as a fraud. It was suggested that her
homespun, golly-gee gullibility shtick had been created and
cultivated by an army of PR executives over at Hollywood Records.
During a phone conversation with BlackBook earlier this week, Smith
said he stood by his story, explaining, "The piece speaks for
itself. No one has ever questioned its legitimacy." The story,
"scathing," according to Digby, was the result of her first
interview ever. Put-on persona or not, she was new to the game.
Despite the tone of the piece—and, in all probability, because of
it—Digby’s profile only increased. She’s since been featured in
Rolling Stone and Spin, and recently became one of the faces of
GAP’s "The Sound of Color" campaign. And like Clay Aiken and Michael
Jackson before him, she’s stuck to her wide-eyed naïveté routine,
reusing the word "unexpected" in almost every one of her interviews.
I enter the greasy spoon on time, but Digby is already
seated—pleasant proof that she’s still a novice—flanked on one side
by her New York publicist. She smiles politely, and looking back, I
get the impression she was sizing up my abilities as a journalist:
was I looking for a "scoop" or was I interested in her favorite
color? ("Yellow," as the GAP commercial would suggest.) I wasn’t
sure myself what I was looking for as we chatted about her
unapologetic embrace of pop, her learning curve, and her decidedly
commercial career forecast. This last topic of conversation, more
than anything, seems to be where Smith went wrong. Digby has never
made any attempts to be anti-commercial or under the radar. Hers is
an ambition that covets mainstream success. For argument’s sake, had
Digby and her label not created the online blitzkrieg that
catapulted her into stardom—and they stand by the claim that they
did not—they should have. It’s genius.
Initially a touch reserved, Digby opens up over her second cup of
coffee. ("I’m so sorry for stealing all the milk. I like when my
coffee tastes like candy.") Dressed casually, she exudes a natural
beauty, which has no doubt helped position her as the girl with
guitar next door. She’s eager to talk about her new album, Unfold, a
collection of original, introspective lazy Sunday strumming, but as
time soon proved, she was even more eager to set the record
straight, so to speak.
..
BLACKBOOK: The difference between you and traditional cover artists
lies in that homespun sensibility. Your songs don’t rely on musical
mimicry as much as they do complete acoustic overhauls.
MARIE DIGBY: I try to pick songs that I’m going to make sound
different. People now give me requests, like "Hey There Delilah" by
the Plain White T’s. But it wouldn’t make sense for me to do that
cover because it’s already a vocals and guitar track. For me, it’s
more interesting to take a song like Britney Spears’s "Gimme More."
When I’m first listened to it, I was like, Are there even any chords
in this song? What am I even listening to? The challenge lies in
being able to transform that into a singer-songwriter song with
melodies.
BB: Have you ever considered your interpretation an improvement?
MD: It’s never been my intention to make a song better. I just want
to make it sound different, and still good, obviously. I don’t want
to one-up the original.
BB: When you first started on YouTube, no one was watching or
listening, so you had the freedom to perform whatever song you
liked. Now that your videos have become so popular—viral, as they
say—are you more conscious about how you look, what you sing?
MD: I think about everything a little more, but not too much,
because what worked with the videos is that it’s obvious they were
sort of spur of the moment. And I think if I put too much thought
into what the background looked like, or what I was wearing, or how
I was presenting myself, or the choice of song, my performances
might lose some of their magic.
BB: YouTube is a strange, scary place.
MD: There are some nutty people in this world, and anyone with
access to a computer can chime in with their two cents.
BB: Let’s review some of the more recent user comments left on your
Britney video: "I would soooooo tap that ass," "You should consider
’American Idol,’" and "Can I have your number, please?" are among my
favorites. Are you freaked out yet?
MD: [Laughs.] The nice stuff is great, but I actually get a bigger
kick out of those crazy ones. I should start to collect them, copy
and paste them in an email, and keep the worst ones. There are so
many comments, like, "You’re ugly." And that’s all they
write—nothing about the song. But like I said, YouTube is open to
everyone around the world, and if someone wants to click on my video
because they want to tap my ass, okay, cool. Open it ten times more.
[Ed. Note: To avoid ambiguity, let’s make clear that Digby is
referring to her webpage.]
BB: The Internet is such a funny place, such an interesting jump-off
into celebrity. When signed to a major label, people are hired to
manage your public persona. This isn’t to suggest that you’re a
robot or that you’ll do whatever they tell you, but there is
guidance. Online, however, you’re on your own.
MD: I think you’ve tapped into something really important. It’s true
that major labels are completely in control of everything about you,
because you’re a product and they’ve invested a lot of money in you.
They kind of have that right. But having YouTube as my outlet into
the world has allowed me to be me, in my most natural state. That’s
what worked, and the label understands that. So now, they’re like, "Marié,
what would you do, what would you wear in this situation?"
BB: Mandy Moore came out with her own version of "Umbrella" around
the same time yours was released. You had to have been a little
pissed off, no?
MD: For me to take any ownership of that song would be ridiculous.
It would be ridiculous for me to be like, "Eww, what is Mandy
doing?" Plus, I love Mandy Moore! I think if we knew each other,
we’d be best friends. I think we’d love each other.
BB: You dropped out of UC Berkeley to focus on music. Have you since
regretted the decision?
MD: No regrets, thank god for that. I studied philosophy for one
year, and I think it was necessary for me to realize how badly I
needed music in my life. But I definitely want to go back and finish
later on in life, when I’m a mom, when I have tons of free time.
BB: Um…
MD: [Laughs.] Okay, so maybe not when I’m a mom. When I was at
Berkeley, I was a do-just-enough-to-get-the-grade type, so I think
for me to waste away four years doing that would have been sad. I
think if I go back later, I’ll study what I want, not what I think
would get me the best grade. I didn’t pick philosophy because it was
my favorite subject. I picked philosophy because I only had to write
two papers each semester.
BB: You totally just cheapened my next question. It seems that the
creation of music and the study of philosophy have a lot in
common—both are about introspection and observation.
MD: I’m absolutely fascinated by people. I love questioning human
nature and people’s choices, so yes, I think they work together. I
like broad questions like, "Does fate exist? Does God exist?" But I
don’t approach songwriting from that perspective. I might later on,
but right now, all my songs are really personal and introspective. I
haven’t touched upon world peace or political issues. Not until I’m
at U2 status.
BB: Are you more satisfied when performing your own songs as opposed
to covers?
MD: Oh, totally. I knew that on YouTube, if I put up my original
songs, no one would ever find me.
BB: But people are searching Britney. How brilliant!
MD: Exactly. And if they accidentally find me, they might click on
some of my other videos. Being a cover artist is never what I
wanted. I just wanted people to listen.
BB: What about karaoke?
MD: I have to be drunk and coerced into doing karaoke. I hate it.
You know people are judging you, going, "Oh, you’re a singer, you’ve
got to be great." If I had the choice, I’d never do it, unless I was
by myself—then I’d do karaoke all day long.
BB: That’s not karaoke, Marié. That’s just singing on your own.
You’ve referred to the Toadies and Elliot Smith as inspirations. Do
you find it difficult to negotiate between your less commercial
influences, and say, deciding whether or not to become the new face
of GAP?
MD: Well, I don’t really think my inspirations come through in my
music. I wish I could be indie and write cool stuff, but I’m pop.
Even if I tried to write the next Death Cab for Cutie—wait, is it
Death Cab Cutie?—song, it would come out as a pop song. I recognize
that and understand that about myself, so for me, it makes total
sense to do commercial things. I don’t think it would make sense for
me to try to be like Elliot Smith, because my life isn’t anywhere
near as tragic. If we have anything in common, it’s that we’re being
genuine to who we are. I’ve had a fairly nice life and I’m a fairly
happy person, and I don’t hide that fact in my music.
..
BB: How comfortable are you with the glamorous side of pop music?
MD: I don’t like my photograph taken. I try to pretend that I do,
but it’s uncomfortable. I’d rather sing songs, but I know it’s part
of the deal, so if I’ve got to stand on a red carpet and smile for
some cameras in order to get more people to listen to my music, then
that’s what I’ll do. I don’t like going to parties, I’m not a club
person. I like sitting at home, watching Oprah, and eating cookies
and drinking milk. I prefer to do that, but that’s not going to sell
any albums.
BB: I think I’d rather smile for a few cameras. Getting up on stage,
pouring your heart out to a room of strangers, seems terrifying.
MD: At least it’s cathartic when you’re on stage. You’re getting
something back, immediately. If I have a successful show, it means
I’ve made a connection with whoever came to see me—10 people, 100
people, thousands of people—and, in my opinion, there’s no
satisfaction like that. You’re feeling exactly what the crowd is
feeling in that moment. You don’t get that when someone takes your
picture.
BB: It’s a tragic time for celebrities and the idea of celebrity in
general. Are those close to you nervous that you’ll fall into the
red carpet trappings that seem to eat young Hollywood whole?
MD: I’m such a nerd. I really couldn’t pull that stuff off, even if
I tried. If I didn’t wear underwear and went to some party, I don’t
think photographers would be like, "Oh, let’s get a shot of that."
And as far as those stars are concerned, I just think it all comes
down to bad parenting. They never had any kind of guidance. It’s fun
to fantasize about, being wildly beautiful and doing whatever I
want, nothing bad ever happening to me. They drink and do drugs, and
isn’t life amazing? "I’m a moving star!" I think it’s fun to
fantasize about, but I could never pull it off.
BB: What has surprised you most about the industry?
MD: My career started out really badly, and its all been uphill
since then. I had researched the industry for so long before
anything ever happened to me, that I feel as though I’m now
prepared. I’ve never felt like, This is unfair, or, I can’t believe
they’re treating me like this because I’m a girl. I worked with a
man from the age of 15 until I was 20, and it was a really terrible
situation, so I saw the worst of the industry before I saw the good.
I was a girl, I was young, and I was alone. I didn’t know how to
stick up for myself. I was willing to put up with anything because
it was all just a means to get to the end—my goal of being a
successful musician. I was willing to do anything. It wasn’t until I
was 20 years old that I was like, I don’t care if I don’t make it, I
can’t do this anymore. And now, I’ve become pretty good at seeing
through bad guys.
BB: This wasn’t always the case, though. I’m interested in your
cover story in The Wall Street Journal. It seemed as if their
"exposing" you as a YouTube fraud was less about you, and more about
the corporatization of one of the world’s most democratic websites.
MD: They really wanted to do a piece on how major corporations are
duping regular people into thinking they’re discovering someone or
something when, in actual fact, they’ve got all kinds of money and
manpower behind them. That was their angle. But their mistake was
using me as an example, because my situation couldn’t be any more
different. I did have a huge company that could potentially be
putting lots of money behind me and coming up with these amazing
marketing plans to make me the next YouTube star—which, by the way,
isn’t even possible, not even if you’re McDonald’s or Coke—but that
wasn’t happening. I did take the piece personally. I took it very
personally because I didn’t have the support of my amazing, glitzy,
wonderful record deal. I was holding on to it by its last string and
doing whatever I could to make sure this album, that I had already
finished a long time ago, would see the light of day. That album was
in the can a long before the YouTube videos. Those videos were
honestly a last-resort attempt to prove I deserved a shot.
BB: Was this the story you had expected to read?
MD: Absolutely not. This was the first time I had ever talked to a
journalist. We were so excited—"Oh my gosh, The Wall Street
Journal"—that no one thought, Why? Why does a business journal want
to do a piece on a fledging musician? Except for my dad, that is.
He’s a lawyer and was like, "This isn’t right, we shouldn’t be doing
this." But, yeah, I totally spilled my guts out for hours to this
journalist, hoping I would get a little tiny blurb in the back. We
don’t have a subscription to the Journal, so my neighbor left it on
the front door that day, with a Post-it on the cover that read,
"Congratulations." When I looked at it and saw my face on the
front—I looked like a serial killer, like that was my mug shot—I
almost had a heart attack.
BB: Have you since learned your lesson?
MD: I don’t know that I’m much more reserved, but I pick and choose
the people I’m going to be candid with. If CNN wants to do a piece
on Internet sensations, I’m going to be a little bit more careful.
You just have to be smart about who you’re talking to.
Photography by Lauren Dukoff
Posted by Nick Haramis on 03/11 at 06:30PM
http://www.blackbookmag.com/features/comments/marie-digby-makes-a-splash/
PRESS: RADAR MAGAZING (April)
tickets and contests !
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Hello All !
Just a few updates .....
First off, tickets for the Troubadour show on April 8th are now
almost gone.. If you are planning on coming to the show, please make
sure to reserve your tickets at Ticketmaster
I won’t have any more tickets after they are gone !!
Next, I’m doing a cover/video contest for ’Say It Again’ !
Here are the details :
I am already blown-away by the some of the entries I’ve seen!
Popular questions are .. when’s the deadline? - april 30th. can I do
it if I don’t live in the U.S ? - of course ! What if I can’t sing
or play an instrument - do a video ! It can be a funny video, you
can use puppets, you can do whatever you want ;)
xoxo marie’
NYC
Sunday, March 09, 2008
So.. I spent this whole last week in NYC.. It was one of the
craziest, more stressful, most productive, most fulfilling trips
I've had in a while..
I always used to think of myself as a big city girl.. that is until
I spent more than a few days by myself in New York City. Watching me
try to get a cab was probably pretty hilarious to anybody who
happened to be watching. I just have absolutely no conviction in my
hailing.. My arm doesn't quite extend with enough confidence or
something and then.. some rude stranger would stand right next to me
and jump in a cab in less than 10 seconds, leaving me in the rain
for another 10 minutes trying to get another.. lol..
My hotel room was directly above this army-recruiting station in
Times Square which was bombed on my third night in the city. By that
time, I was already so used to trying to sleep while listening to
the symphony of fire-engines, ambulances, honking horns... that I
probably heard it in my sleep and just passed it off for a popped
tire. I came out of the hotel the next morning to go to a radio
station visit and I could barely walk down the street! It was shut
down to regular traffic and taken over by Crime Scene Unit vehicles
and Police. There I was, in my little dress and boots.. guitar case
in tow.. walking down the street - I began to think, is this just an
ordinary day here in the city?
There's something pretty intimidating about Times Square... or maybe
I was just too tired to put on my jacket and explore after a long
day of work. Most mornings and nights, I just preferred to look at
the city from my window on the 34th floor... I could see the MTV
studios across the street, I could look into a bunch of office
buildings and see people in meetings, sitting at their desks.. it's
pretty much the ideal spot for someone who loves people watching
like myself ;) come to think of it, I wonder if anyone saw me from
their window.. I sat there with my guitar for a while , looking
out... spacing out...
On my second to last night, I decided that I absolutely had to get
out of my hotel room and do something.. so I decided to go see a
Broadway show. Before you laugh at me for my choice.. just remember
that I grew up in the 80's with some amazing Disney movies like
Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, the Lion King.. so I went to
go see the Broadway show for Little Mermaid. I made my way into the
theater which was packed with little kids and parents... The show
was obviously a little low budget but I still LOVED it !!! I was
probably the only person in there above the age of 10 who was
tearing up at the end. I couldn't help !! There I was, 24 years
old.. getting all misty eyed at the Little Mermaid and doing my best
to keep it together.
Overall , my everyday schedule for that week went something like
this : wake up at 6:30 am, order some coffee and whole wheat toast
from room service ($15.. crazy right), shower, get ready, vocal
warm-ups and practice... singing at that hour of the day is
torturous ;) Meet label rep down in the lobby to drive to radio
station... play three songs for staff at radio station, if all goes
well I get to go into the studio and record a few , drive back to
the city, go to meet MTV or VH1 and play for the executives (all
kinds of strange and sterile environments where all the pressure is
on me to make them think i'm cool.. lol.. which i'm not.. but i
still have to try). And i've got to say something about these
performances... they are so random !! Sometimes, they'll just pull
out a seat for me in the middle of their office cubicles , neon
lights and all.. and I have to bust out my guitar and sing my heart
out .. it's like an Open Mic but with A LOT more pressure.. But in a
way, I've come to enjoy them a little bit because it's such a
challenge to to play in a situation like that and still make a
connection with these strangers... and sometimes, they are people
who are totally jaded and not easily impressed. If i'm still able to
sing my songs and pull them in, it's such thrill..
These kinds of things can be pretty draining though when you have 4
of them in one day just because, I'm naturally a pretty introverted
person ( I really enjoy being quiet, being alone.. just sort of
turning off my 'social' self) but on these days, I have to be 'ON'
all day long. What I mean by 'ON' is that I have to be at my
perkiest, most alert, most energetic self for the whole day and by
the night.. all I want to do is lay in my bed and stare at the
ceiling.. !! LOL.. so maybe that's the real reason why I didn't go
out very much.
But the thing is.. despite the pressure... being 'on'... waking up
early.. weird/random performances... all of that stuff.. I feel
SOOOO grateful to be doing it. This is what I've wanted all along.
This is the moment that I've dreamed about.. and the truth is, after
I complete each part of the day, I feel so accomplished - for doing
so many things that scare the hell out of me and getting through it.
The nerves never go away but I've learned to work through them.
I feel like I'm growing...
I don't know that anyone has cared to read down this far into my
rant of a blog but my flight back home was a whole other INSANE
STORY !!! The short of it is that.. I was supposed to fly out of JFK
airport on friday night. It was pouring - like hurricane level
pouring.. My driver picked me up from my hotel at 6:30 pm and I
missed my 8:50 pm flight due to traffic. I didn't realize how long
it took us to get there because he was telling me his incredible
story of the 18 months he had just spent in Iraq ( i could go
forever on this part) ... Anyway, so i miss my plane.. i'm stuck
with more luggage than 3 people can hold. I get ripped off for a
luggage cart and use the last of my cash.. It took me 2 hours to
find my way to a nearby hotel.. pushed my luggage through the
pouring rain to find the shuttle.. made it to the hotel and got a
key that didn't work after having lugged all my luggage up to my
room without a bell man (since i didn't have any cash left to tip I
felt bad).. BUT there is a happy ending to this story as well.. When
the man came up to my floor to hand me a working key.. he also
brought with him.. A FRESH BAKED , WARM CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE!!!!! I
sat there on the floor of the hotel and thought that just that one
cookie made up for everything that just happened in the last few
hours.. that's how good that cookie was.
Anyway, I got back yesterday and spent all of today doing nothing
except going to a nursery and picking out flowers, taking naps.. and
catching up on emails.. it was a beautiful , typical, Los Angeles
day :)
I'm home and happy.. ready to go again. ...
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