Song clips are lofi demo,streaming for promo and to demonstrate Lena's creative contributions, which have been lied about recently. Original Le Deux CD was mastered by Kevin Nettleingham (at Lena's expense & with JH's agreement to reimburse her for his share of costs.
He agreed that 20% of net profits were to go to an orphanage in Lithuania (84 children).
Yet, some obssessed, greedy parties expressed animosity, bullied her to try to unjustly take over,and/or muckup her projects/works. She was threatened with violence, when she refused several times. She suffered a physical attack at a CD release party, from one such creature. ( Others were harmed by these same ghouls ) The libel/hate campaign on myspace which the CharlesMansonGurlWannabees purported was not unique. In addition to soley struggling with time-consuming costs/promo, unprovoked bashings, slander and threats, most of her efforts were hindered unjustly after her investment, and the CD started to sell
A donation was given the orphanage by Lena, out of pocket, even though there were no actual profits, or recoupment of her costs. Thanks to a few Lithuanian-American Groups, some generous donors came forth and helped out the children, including the U.S. Army who helped with building.
Help AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL to
FIGHT VIOLENCE TO WOMEN
There's a growing epidemic of emotional, psychological and physical violence to women all over the world. Visit Amnesty's section of their site. Please Do what you can. Guys ...Think before you strike out... cruel words, lies, conning, degrading, overlycritical &
coldhearted actions are acts of emotional/mental violence as well. Having experienced extensive abuse herself, Lena has realised what distorted, "enabling" views some have about women who have been subjected to violent threats and/or violence.
PLEASE NOTE:
Re: Le Deux CD (10 song) was legally published in 2002... ( at Lenas Expense) NO bogus record" label" publisher, production company, "online labels" or third party has rights to manufacture, give away, sell or use her material , without a legit Fair written agreement, which should include Reimbursement for costs and/or proper advance to Her. -- records were kept & Proper documents were filed. NO offer was made for reimbursement of her costs by ANYONE, nor any fair deal presented to her. NO decent offer was made for other songs she cowrote with "Mr. V" at His request. Her material is copyrighted.
Regarding Le Deux first CD (c)(p) 2002: Lena wrote/performed All vocal melody music, most lyrics, additional keyboard melodies and arranged the vocal melodies in song structures, as well as did final mixes and paid for mastering, with her cowriters full approval. Coerced ties with shady people, led to an unfair fight between her and JH.. Scammers fueled the fight--some Posing as Lena and making threats. NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS!!!
It is not wise to fall for gross lies that can easily be debunked. Do Research before being Snowed or being an accomplice to Grievous Bodily Harm or copyright Violations. .
Ungratefulness , usury, malice and miserliness are not Charitable, no matter how much one claims to be for "charities" or "causes". It appears the bombardment of gross fabrications are more than "publicity" attempts to get sympathy. Just because you have disagreements with others, does not give you the right to sabotage, damage, pilfer, usurp or plagarise their works. Giving proper credits/sharing proceeds, with rightful creative contributors, is part of good business and harmonic associations.
Respect and encourage your fellow artists, and your true self. Your "competition" is best being with what you wrote/performed before. You don't need to ride roughshod over others, help nick from, claim undue credit, unfairly degrade, or follow nonce tactics to get "ahead". That is not True success.
"IN MY BOOK" CLIP (with the mezmerizing keyboardist/producer D. Mezzer (Meredith) - A trippy downbeat tempo with spacey vocals.
"CODE NAME JEZEBEL" (with R. Deacon) is a lofi CLIP of a sultry dancebeat rhythym with lyrics about a femme fatale, who could trick even 007.
"BELIEF"-- a clip which was up before is from a poignant dreamy triphop song, cowritten/performed with Dave East,. who, along with his mum & Dad are survivors of Katrina...after being stranded for over 3 days.
(additional keyboards by Magdalena.. the "trills' too.)
----- Dedicated to Dave East, his family, & everyone affected by this. Dave lost his home due to the damages. -- please keep him in your thoughts and prayers. Ironically the song "Like You" (Someone Like You) which Dave cowrote with Magdalena hit No. 2 in the Euro Pop Charts on soundclick the same week. Not much consolation, although he was pleased to hear it. It made it to NO. 1 in the Charts shortly thereafter!
"SYNTHPOPPY" CLIP aka/ "SEE INSIDE ME" -
This is ruff lofi clip to demonstrate Lena's works. The vocal melody Music & Lyrics by Magdalena A. (c)2004 U.S. Reg date 1-25-05, were Not completed for and NOT agreed for another vocalist to use, nor for Samples to be used thereof, and NOT to be put on free download, traded, published, or sold by/to any other parties. Lena did NOT give permission for free download lately ANYWHERE on any of her material. Song demos have been given away already in the past, and has resulted in Hard financial difficulties
The song is registered with BMI. The song was performed live by her in December 2004, at a charity show. (She was not even allowed to see the video reportedly taken at that show.! )
PLEASE TAKE NOTE:
Magdalena did NOT and does NOT "stalk" ANYONE. Au contraire, her music projects, some friends, and she have been stalked, Hacked, nicked from and threatened. She does NOT and did NOT rip off anyone, and has put heart and soul into each project she has done, including with others. She was conned.
The first copyrighted vocal version of "Synthpoppy"/aka/"See Inside Me"
(c) 2004 was misused & reportedly given away against Lena's rights, by a woman in NC who had a website for her then now- defunct "label" ( in 2005)--- and other places. JRH claimed later that this "ex" of his pressured Him into doing dodgy deals & dissing artists' works. NO ONE who really cares about a person would coerce, condone, push or aid an artist to muck over his/her fellow artists.
Don't believe FALSE accusations, and malicious fliplip spread round, Ask and check. There is evidence. She was deceived, fooled, financially & emotionally drained, with misrepresentations from a guy who promised to assist and benefit her. On/off affronts coerced by some of his Vulturel associates, & egged on by noncey stirrers, caused her & others undue duress, physical injury and loss. Those who aid and excuse this type behaviour are accomplices.
Projecting blame for intentional harm and extreme selfishness is Not the way to harmonious progress.
Magdalena has had serious car accidents (not her fault), and has been striving to use music as a healing, to help herself where possible, as well as, Genuine causes. Yet vicious nonces take advantage of Indie artists who are not as financially privileged as them.
Pirating, illegal downloading and/or sampling of Others' works without proper consent is Ruining the Economy and seriously affecting dedicated D.I.Y. artists who are Not wealthy and who have limited funds to put into their projects. Very few of us are rich or have someone to pay our way.
Quote from PETER GABRIEL:
"Internet piracy, if it continues, will eventually hurt those who love to make music. Some of the young and minority musicians we work with derive most of their income from record sales. If this is all taken away, most of them are going to have to look for other work. There are many people trying to provide legal access on the net at much more reasonable prices. I support the Pro-music initiative to encourage people to find out for themselves what is available legally and decide if they think it is fair value or not."
Pro-Music Artists Speak
Infringement and scams have happened to too many Musicians, Graphic Artists, DVD & Filmmakers, Writers, Photographers, etc. due to internet scammers & pirates, some posing as "labels", "distributors", file-sharing sites, cd duplicators, etc. Take precautions, if you are serious about your works. Don't sell yourself short or believe the prats.
The U.S. Federal NET Act (passed by Bill Clinton) is to protect songs/films/creative works from being traded, or given away, on free download or transfer, without ALL Writers/Performers Consent. It should be all writers/performers CHOICES if they Want to "give" a song away.
The websites that offer "free downloads" , make profits from Something......be it Advertising,etc. Some leave malicious codes on computers. SEE:
Free Music-Pro-music.org All entitled Artists/Performers are not even considered. How is that fair, if an artist does Not Want to do that? It should be FREEDOM OF CHOICE. IF an Artiste/Writer/Filmmaker/Graphic Artist, etc, Agrees to offer something they invested time/money/caring in for free, then it should be Their Choice. Mostly, that's the only actual "property" an Artist has.
"The Void" is another one that Lena was asked to do by J.R Hopkins in 2005. Despite his posts on myspace, et al, JH asked HER to do projects t with his Promises, that HE wanted to make Amends, Barter for what HE owed her, and help her recoup losses. Yet ridiculous Lies are still spread round about her??? That is not on.
Songs Lena has been working on include, "Mr. Vanity", "Test", "Sentiment Doux", "Twit", "Nocturne Paws", "Turkish Love Song", "Silicon Heart", "Net Stalker", "He Did It", etc.
"GAZE BEYOND" was written/recorded by Magdalena using a hiphop drum sample CD from Germany that Magdalena bought. Magdalena rewrote this, after writing/recording vocal melodies/lyrics at JRH's REQUEST June 4, 2005, for the "Gaze" project , but no mutual agreement or proper credit was presented , and it looks like she was deceived. So she later wrote new underlying music round her melodies/lyrics, which is no easy task.
It's a wierd blend of Trip/hip Hop, Ambient and Eerie, yet has lyrics with a positive message.
September 2006 - Magdalena performed with SYD ZED at the "Puppets in the Attic" Theme Show along presented by Jim O'Rourke and Lue Velvet (The Purple Snails). There was a video made of the show, which we hope to get soon.
August 2006 - Magdalena performed (keyboards) at the Syd Barrett Live Tribute Show at the Peacock with Jim O'Rourke, Lue Velvet & Josh ("Sleepie Hippy" DJ) The place was packed and there were good vibes all round.
May 2006 - Syd Zed (former cowriter/parnter) was No.2 on WPRK's Most Popular Local Artists.
"We are the Law" with Dave and "Nick the Lunatic" from the Le Deux CD were given a spin on Cubby's show at WPRK on Christmas 2005. "We Are the Law" , which is a rather wild techno .., went on right .. "Delirium". Both got cranked up and sounded great through the station speakers.
Songs cowritten with Syd Zed, "Give Us a Break" and "Ghost" were played at the Halloween Party at WPRK, on Matt's show. He did a brief on-air interview with Magdalena. DJ's Tony and Rachel were in the "trick or treat" room, enjoying Tony's goodies he brought, while Yip Yip played a rather wild acoustic piano duet.
Magdalena sang at a live gig in September at WPRK 91.5 radio station Marathon, with Syd Zed & guest musicians - Freddy Mullins, Johnny Wells (ex-"FANTASIE"- now "FOFIS") and Kevlar (ex-BELLOWS).
Syd's cowritten song with Lena...."Ghost" was featured on a telly show called "Laura", as well as on a radio show in Taiwan recently. They even got BMI royalty checks for that!
Check out Lisa's site. She is an inspiring, uplifting writer/illustrator in the UK.
LISA
Female fanapaths of JRH have apparently been Impersonating Lena, (and/or Le Deux) stirring up contention, reportedly making threatening "calls", ridiculous posts, sending emails, etc. The Pillock has about 3 Personal profiles, under different names.
CONTRARY to deliberate False Accusations by JH & some ghouligans:
Lena was taken, used & misled into providing her musical material, time & investments, then hindered /Bullied from recouping, and later harmed, for querying and objecting. This is the M.O. of predators/Abusers who have no remorse.
The hate campaign leading to the intentional injuries to Lena has been documented and those participating/aiding/abetting, will be held accountable.
Ask before buying into prattalk and outrageous fabrications. A lovely singer/songwriter/artist friend of Magdalena's in Europe was impersonated, lied about, attacked & misaligned for over 5 years by another so-called female "artist", starting back in the mp3.com days, who apparently was using & abusing her to gain notoriety for herself.
An emotive, dark-artsy, yet spiritually-motivated music video "Femininity" is being re-touched.
Blessings to those who give encouragement & shine lights in the darkness that has plagued musicians,-- indie or major. Many lost their jobs because of sales pirating & illegal downloading. (if an Artiste Chooses to give away songs...that is different).
. Indies, who slog to make ends meet, are losing on their cherished works.
Mucho appreciation to those who don't go along with the notion of greedy taking, and thinking that Entertainment should be free, without proper compensation/credit to writers/performers.
Seems the ones who can afford to buy or spend on luxuries, are mostly ones pilfering from Creative endeavours of all kinds....including Paint/Sketch/Graphic Artists, Filmmakers, Novelists, Writers, etc.
THANK YOU to those giving moral support, especially during the tough times. Lots of love and hugs to you!!
For More Info and serious inquiries, please send message. This "space" is not really the main music site.
"Abstraction", "A World Inside", "Nick the Lunatic", "Last September", "Come September", "Justice", and "Satyr"
from the "Portals D'Esprit" CD, got radio airplay, and positive feedback.
(Come view the the Rock N Go No Hall site)
Rock N Go
"Drifting Towards the Sky" vocal demo hit No. 5 ( out of over 350 songs) in Ambient Charts and top 20 of Britpop charts on soundclick last year. Magdalena did vocal melodies/arrangements & additional lyrics Yet after it was popular, she was insulted and hindered from efforts of making any royalties or getting proper credit. This is how selfish bootleggers operate, with the help of uncaring people who sell out other fellow artists.
