YOU ARE NOT V FUNNY PERSON.

There are a selection of small videos taken from tour/ radio 1 big weekend and mtv on youtube now.

Here are my faves i.e. the ones that I do not come across as a total dick in.

THIS GUY HAD MY JACKET ON



HUW + MARINA = AKON. I was bit drunk.. :-/



MTV

SMELL IN COLOUR.

Been thinking about Synaesthesia today. As usual.

At one of my brief stints at 'University' when pretending to be music student, I vividly remember catching a lecture where I was led into talking about how I thought sounds had colours and tastes. Had originally gained entry to said-university by filling out my personal statement with a theory on this and how I experienced music solely through colour, texture and smell. Was not sure if this was normal but was pretty sure it was not Freakville, Ohio either and that other people out there might experience the same thing.

Did some research today. Got bored with scientific side of it very quickly but apparently synaesthesia is most commonly defined as when people perceive letters or numbers as inherently colored.

I feel very strongly about the days of the week having colours, as do I about numbers.

For example: 'My BrAiN sEz' that:

Monday = Red
Tuesday = Green
Wed = Blue
Thurs = Yellow
Fri = Red
Saturday = Orangey brown
Sunday = Yellow


Numbers:

Three- Green (SO fucking green)
Four- Purple
Five- Red
Six- Blue
Seven- Gold/ Yellow
Eight- Deep Purple
Nine- Brown
Ten- Black
Eleven- Silver


I do not agree with the below photo. What a joke.



Also see names and people in different colours. Also feelings and countries. Also smell scents that I absolutely know do not exist in the room at that time but not sure if that relates synaesthesia or something very different.

Below:

These are the colours some freak on the internet thinks the numbers on his Barbie-Phone represent.

He is totally wrong.

What a joke.



Do any of you diamonds think like this? I love (and equally hate) to hear what colours people think of for certain days- e.g. feels so wrong when one person thinks Monday is purple when it is so obviously red. Have had fights with people in past on this. Cannot punch anyone over internet though so please feel free to leave your thoughts.

AND SUDDENLY IT ALL MAKES SENSE.

New song 'Girls' is now available for full streaming on my myspace!

hope u all enjoy. Actually, if you don't it doesn't really matter. Think you either 'get' this or you don't.

H8 TWITTER. LOVE TWITTER.

H8 real human interaction, love electronic-marriage.

You have your very own club on Twitter now, Diamonds.

It's called 'The Diamonds Club'.

Wow.

Yeah I know. Can't help it if I have big, imaginative brain.

Sorry, dont be jealous, etc etc.

BEND OVER AND CURTSY.

Say hello to a new song called 'Girls'!

Complete with real Greek bouzouki player & 6 and 7 year old Josie and Kiera chanting on the chorus.

Once site reaches its download limit of 100, link will become defunct.

https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=689031048&email=58b73ea73059bc689c2401c892569947

Enjoy!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

After the last few blogs and the comments i've received from people, I've actually done a bit of a u-turn on my thoughts on ripping music. I have deduced that:

a- people will either rip your music or they wont
b- people will either invest in an album or they wont

The most important thing is sharing your music. Music makes you feel less lonely, can help you relate and should be a commodity available to everyone, whether they can afford it or not. Its then the consumer's choice if they want to buy it.
Times are changing and record labels are a bit slow at adapting. There will always be artists and there will always be audiences. The end.

So I think I'm gonna give away a new song on Monday morning. I will be posting a YouSendIt link on this site which will enable you to download an mp3 of said-song.

The give away will be limited to 100 copies.


Until then, have a lovely weekend shiny-ones! Im playing great escape tomorrow and am planning on getting F*CKED YP.

M x

CROWN MY JEWELS.

On that note, say hello to The Crown Jewels EP artwork.

Artwork: By Cristiana Couceiro. (Thank you Cristiana)

Digital Release: 1st June
Physical release: 22nd June

Tracklisting:

1. I am not a Robot
2. Seventeen
3. Simplify
4. I am not a Robot (Remix)

THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED.

Have been debating what is right and wrong for a while regarding 'illegally' ripping music and generally treating it as something that has no vale.

I am a musician so I am biased. But I know of many friends and piers (rich and poor) in the music industry who never pay for music.

Never really cared about it until yesterday. Just though 'Eh. Cant stop it now. Plus if the record labels hadn't screwed us over all these years by charging £12.99 for a CD (giving the actual artists 67p out of that) then we wouldn't be in this situation. I think that is call Karma kicking your rich butt'.
However, having given it some extra thought, feel quite upset. Feel weird about the idea that I/ any other artist may have slaved for 4 whole years to make a record only for it to be ripped off an internet site in 3 minutes and 40 seconds for nothing.

You = thinking now: Oh poor artist, poor Marina, she got no money, she is writing this blog to ensure that we all buy her album and dont get all illegal on her.

I = thinking now: This is not very moral. My previous theory of " If an artist sells over 500,000 copies, I can rip it off the net" has gone down the loo as it automatically assumes that music has no value, no matter how good it is.

For example: Really good band makes really good album. Most of its consumers are aged 14-21. This section of the market rips music of the 'nets like a bitch. So album only sells 20,000 copies though is owned by more than 200,000 people. Record label thinks band has underperformed and is therefore 'shit' so band gets dropped. Band/ artist goes back to working in "x" job and cannot survive by off making music anymore. 14-21 year olds got something for free but have kind of been instrumental in killing a good band from going further with their 14-21 yr old consumer habits. CoOoOl!

Some people justify action by saying 'Hey, i ripped the album but i DID go and see them twice this year and I bought a t-shirt'.

My answer: Ha ha ha.

Do you know how many artists actually see any of that money, especially indie ones?
Fun Fact: Record labels no longer make money from records anymore, so they have to pull revenue from somewhere else in order to survive. Example: Live, Merch etc.

My opinion on this is very far from being money motivated. As long as I'm allowed to do this forever and am not being blatantly swindled/ screwed over, I'm a relatively happy person. Just can't help but think that this is really disheartening. We all now automatically think that music has no/ little worth? If you think ' I download music for free- But that doesn't mean I think music is worthless' then you are WRONG.

Your actions have a knock- on effect, no matter what you currently think. You cannot get something for nothing.

These actions are very disabling for artists. If you respect art, buy the record. Spend that humungous 79p you would unthinkingly spend on an overpriced chocolate bar in gas station. You spend £10 on 2 drinks in a club every week (your £10 going to a coked up club manager in a back room btw- i have worked in enough clubs). You also may give £5 to a big corporation like McDonalds for a skanky meal deal, so why not an album?

I just don't really get it, yall... :-( Don't wanna be chosen over McDonald's yall.. :-(

I would really like to hear your opinions on this, diamonds. Positive or negative, as long as they are honest- ie dont bother saying ''Yeah, I totes agree with you, I respect artists and buy their albums all the time' when you just ripped Lil Wayne's album of the internets 2 hrs ago.

Just want to understand this problem more and see if my thoughts/ opinions might be somehow wrong or outdated or naive.

-What does music mean to you?
-Has it changed your life/ views/ helped you in certain periods?
-What would your life without music be like?
-Would you have the guts to go up to a street artist, grab one of his paintings and run off down the street with it?

Thanks for reading.

CAREBEARS.

Helo.

Feeling lethargic today. Great Escape happens tomorrow and I am pretty excited. All of my friends and band are already down there and it sucks, especially when I am sat here in my dressing gown as scared as hell because I have an unexpected day off and don't know what to do with self.

Mainly am contemplating Richard & Judy, GMTV, The Wright Stuff and other tv programmes. Also been thinking about air- kissing and how odd it is. I have to air kiss because I wear bright pink lipstick, even in my sleep, and so don't want to get men in trouble with their girlfriends/ wives by branding them with huge pink stamps. Plus it is royal bitch to get off your face.
Have mainly been thinking about how everyone in life seems to be confusing me as to whether they kiss ONCE or TWICE. This is REALLY important because if you are giving the CEO of Fanta (for example) a kiss on the cheek and they go the wrong way/ go for two kisses, YOU MIGHT MEET IN THE MIDDLE AND ACCIDENTALLY SNOG. !

Can I just clarify to all potential air-kissers of mine now on- I kiss twice. That is what Greek people do and also one kiss seems uneven and incomplete. I am just going to stick with this and FORCE people if necessary to kiss twice. Because up until now I have tried to memorise which of my friends and aquaintances kiss once and which kiss twice. NB- Noone kisses three times. That is just pervy (if you are not French/ Belgian)

Can we all just agree to kiss twice and end the future embarassments?

Diamonds, have u ever gone to kiss someone on the cheek and accidentally gone for mouth, e.g. with your best friend's mum or something

BABY CHEERLEADERS.

Ebay is so dark.

I was innocently browsing through cheerleader costumes yesterday morning, when LOOK what I came across.

Introducing: Australian Creations- wow, your 1- year old baby can look like a sexy cheerleader too.



Fucking terrifying Dutch farmer baby



If you're not into that, they have Batman.

I mean... this little dude is freaking the shit out of me. Seriously. Please stop making these outfits.



Honestly- who buys this stuff. Do you think is aimed at teen pregnancy types? e.g a 14 yr old may think its 'cute' to dress her baby like a dutch farmer.

Q: What's the weirdest thing you have ever bought on Ebay?

Have you ever bought something for over £9.99 that didnt turn up which forced you to go all the way to the sellers house in Newcastle up on Tyne on the Mega Bus (£1 return ticket) to kill them with your Baby-All-Gone TM doll?

GUILTY ON THE RUN.

You can listen to a preview of a new track, 'Guilty' now on Myspace..

WIN TICKETS!

Hello diamonds- Got some good news! My lovely label have just given me 2 pairs of guest passes to give away to 4 Diamonds for Radio 1's Big Weekend gig next Sunday. Its the biggest free festival of the year and you cannot buy tickets for this.

If you want a chance of winning, just type in your name and email address below. Competition closes at Tuesday midday. GOOD LUCK+ SEE YOU THERE!

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