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Monica Eide

About Me

A girl from the countryside right outside of Bergen who writes, plays and loves music. Thank your for stopping by and listening to my music!!..I got my layout at Cleanupmyspace.com . . . . . . ” Strong songwriting, very good melodies and very emotional songs. Good vocals, and good work with the production and arrangements as well”, Tapio Ahola, OurStage Field Representative, freelance music journalist.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/27/2007
Band Members: Monica Eide (vocals, guitar and "whatever-I-can-use-for-making-music"), Charlotte Asserson (cello), sometimes Tone Anette Elde (choir/carillon), Johanne Mjøs (violin)... and YOU?? if you re a smiling bassplayer, drummer, or a nice pianoman,..or girl!- - - - - From time to time I also get help from my dear brothers, Ørjan Eide (mandolinman) and Vegard Eide (vocal/cornet/melodica), and their friend Sondre Veland (drums).
Influences: In random order...Feist, Josh Rouse,Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Badly Drawn Boy, Segrov, Regina Spektor, Anais Mitchell, the "Wainrights", Real Ones, Rickie Lee Jones, Nina Simone, Django Reinhardt, Tom Waits, Fanfarlo, Kings of convenience, Richard Hawley, Sigur Ròs, Beirut, Lisa Ekdahl, Andreas Segrov, Bo Kaspers, Magnet, Jem, Ed Harcourt, The Ditty Bops, Chatham County Line, Josh Ritter, Jens Lekman and many many other great musicians, and life in general...
Sounds Like: sunday
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

"The Clock is ticking" på Urørt

"The Clock is ticking" ligg for tida inne på "Urørt Anbefaler" - lista! Så om du liker låten, kan du gå inn der og laste låten ned HEILT gratis! :)http://www11.nrk.no/urort/default.aspx
Posted by on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:06:00 GMT

"One more dance" #5 on Ourstage!

Jippi! :)  "One More Dance" finally made it to the top ten at the Folk channel on Ourstage and was ranked as  #5 out of 450 songs in february!http://www.ourstage.com/home
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:20:00 GMT

"Sorry Sue" - New Old Song

"Sorry Sue" was born several years ago, inspired by four younger siblings and some beautifull chords coming out of an old classmates guitar.  Just for the record, the lyrics are NOT based on a tr...
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:24:00 GMT

"The Turtle" on Acoustika Vol.9

"The Turtle" , and 20 other great songs/artists, will be found at the record Acoustika Vol.9 and released on the 4th of March! You can order your copy at www.amazon.com
Posted by on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:03:00 GMT