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THE FIRST REVIEWS!!!!! Eric and Marco’s Evil Games (the tabloid song) gets great feedback!


ELEGANT LOUNGE 5 – 25 LAZY GROOVES including THE PAINTING IN MY HEART Eric van Aro feat. Marco “Soundee”Finotello

http://www.beatport.com/release/elegant-lounge-5-25-lazy-grooves/401324


Organic House Vol. 1 – including Marco”Finotello”Soundee ft Eric van Aro – Jazz (Marc Rodgers Mix)

Various Artists – Organic House Vol. 1 – Traxsource.com – Download Underground House and Electronic Music in WAV and MP3 format.


OUT SOON!


This rehearsal footage gave me goose bumps!


The Brothers riding on a sunday afternoon…….

ALEX AND HIS HARLEY


ALEX, VANESSA AND THE BIKES


ALEX


THE BROTHERS


What a rip off……AMAZON sells Caterina Valente Live 68 CD&DVD without the DVD!!! and that’s not all….

Dear friends,
a lot of you have contacted us after having bought some of our products at Amazon…….. and WOW……are you right to be angry!!!!!
Amazon, without our knowledge, have listed and are selling Caterina’s and Eric’s CDs which are actually CDrs burned by Amazon from Mp3s. In fact, if you look closely at the listings, it is written that it is so. But, apart of the fact that it is not the original CD, not the original booklet, for example, in the Caterina Valente Live 1968 CD & DVD, the DVD with the Heidelberg TV Special is missing!!!! (they don’t burn DVDs…. I wonder why)
WHAT A RIP OFF!!!!
Here are the cover pictures of the CDr listings, you clearly recognize them by the blue bar on top of the cover….. so if you see a listing with a cover picture with a blue bar…. IT AIN’T THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT.
So PLEASE, before ordering anything on-line, read everything carefully.
Be assured that we are doing everything to stop this…. as these are not the products we have released!
You are entitled to get the real thing!

In the mean time here is a link to the original Caterina Valente Live 68 CD&DVD at amazon.de (Germany)… no blue bar on the top of the cover :)

We will keep you posted and a big thank you to all of you who have informed us about this situation. It is thanks to you we can do something about it.

Cheers
Renee


THE TABLOID MENTALITY HAS GONE WAY TOO FAR!

FREE SPEECH (WHICH I AM TOTALLY FOR) IS A LAME EXCUSE FOR THE UNMORAL DOINGS OF A CERTAIN KIND OF PRESS WHICH, AS A RESULT OF THEIR WAYS, INHIBITS TO LIVE ONE’S LIFE AS FREE AND PRIVATE AS ONE IS ENTITLED TO. AND THE MAJOR PROBLEM, IN ACCEPTING THESE DOINGS, IS THAT THIS KIND OF MENTALITY SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE POPULATION RESULTING IN A TABLOID BEHAVIOR WITHIN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, WORKPLACE AND EVEN FAMILY. HOW CAN WE LIVE PEACEFULLY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES WHEN SPREADING RUMORS, LIES ETC. BECOMES AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR BEHAVIOR, MORALS AND EVERYDAY LIFE????

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Hugh Grant, Steve Coogan Rip Into Former News of the World Journalist

British celebrities that have been the victim of phone hacking are taking to the tube to discuss the re-eruption of the scandal.
The BBC had both Hugh Grant and Steve Coogan on Friday, giving them the chance to engage with former News of the World journalist Paul McMullen, who was in the studio.
Grant and McMullen have something of a history. Grant went to McMullen’s pub in Dover earlier this year to record boasts McMullen had previously made to him. McMullen repeated what he had said about rampant hacking and corruption, which Grant turned into an article for the New Statesman in April.
This time, Grant retold that story, with McMullen verifying and smiling all along. However, when McMullen eventually tried to defend himself and his former publication, Grant jumped all over him.
“You have no morals, no scruples at all,” Grant said. “You didn’t care who got hurt so long as you were able to sell your newspaper…your only motive was profit.”
Coogan, another victim of hacking, was equally harsh.
“You’re a walking PR disaster for the tabloids…you’re morally bankrupt,” he said.


Blast from the past …. here is a little video of my trip to South Africa Dec.2010/Jan2011


Oh Sicily….what a jewel you are!

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Party at the Bird’s Nest for The Manhattan Transfer and The New York Voices (July 3rd 2011)

What a great Sunday this was. We had lots of laughs (Alan and Peter won the award for best costume….) great food (Donatello outdid himself with culinary goodies) the music was not missing (Cristina, Sebastiano and Alberto got to sing with The Manhattan Transfer and the New York Voices) and a humongous amount of love and true friendship!
LIFE IS GOOD!
Photos courtesy of Janis Siegel, Barb Sennet Wilson, Eric van Aro

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Carmen McRae…. one of my all time favorites with one of the most beautiful songs ever. Michel Legrand and Marylin & Alan Bergman’s “What are you doing with the rest of your life”! Just listen to the sublime guitar of Joe Pass and what Carmen does with the song!!!


OUT NOW!!! East Volume Cinnamon By PING Includes Beats4Life Artist Marco Soundee feat.Eric van Aro “Jazz” Gottafunk Down Tempo Mix www.beats4life.com


Well…. it was pouring but we went on anyway…. here are some pics….. more to come. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME AND STAYED THRU THE RAIN! XXX

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Before I’m off to do the sound check 4 the perfomance 2night with the Nowhere Land at Beatles Night in Bellinzona, I need to chek some cars 2 buy, as mine died yesterday……

my friends THE NOWHERE LAND


he stopped fumbling!

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when he finishes fumbling around on his computer he wants me to start recording the new song…. problem is he never finishes fumbling around on his computer! :-)

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OUT SOON!!! East Volume Cinnamon (By Ping) Includes Beats4Life Artist Marco “Finotello”Soundee ft.Eric van Aro “Jazz” Gottafunk Downtempo Mix


2nd and last rehearsal for Beatles tribute concert on Friday the 17th of June…. OYVEY!

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the nowhere land taking 5

I had so much fun at rehearsals tonight!
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….going to rehearsals with the nowhere land, this is going to be exciting!!!


Confirmed… Eric will be making a guest appearance at Bellinzona Beatles Days with The Nowhere Land – June 17th


POESTATE 2011 – Eric van Aro sings international poetry – with Valeria Ferrario and Beppe Sanzari – 2nd June – Lugano, Switzerland

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what a wonderful evening we had last night. Armida, the founder and soul of the POESTATE FESTIVAL welcomed us with an open heart and an unmatched enthusiasm, which took over the whole audience.
And what an attentive and giving audience we had!!!
Thank you all for an extraordinary experience


It’s never too late to be who you might have been.

It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
George Eliot
English novelist (1819 – 1880)