Showing posts with label Thinking of Someone Else. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thinking of Someone Else. Show all posts

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Tinatin on HFM, Sunday April 26th!

Tinatin will be a special guest on the Dave Charles show on HFM radio in the UK.


You can listen to the exclusive phone interview featuring some of Tinatin's songs on 102.3 across South Leicestershire and Northhamptonshire (no, not the Hamptons in Long Island!!!) around 21:20 UK Time or right here on the HFM website on your computer!


Be sure to tune in and check back again soon for details on the upcoming SecretCity radio interview in Germany... "Thinking of Someone Else" radio promo is in full gear!!!




Friday, January 16, 2009

"Thinking of"... Tinatin!!


An amazing blog review from Chuck Taylor, Senior Correspondent for Billboard Magazine:

“Singer/songwriter Tinatin, whom I featured as "A Face To Watch" in Billboard one year ago this week, has released dance single "Thinking Of Someone Else" as a four-track digital download in the U.S., U.K. & Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. This outrageously catchy song has already charted in clubs in Europe—not to mention a top 40 finish on my Taylor Top 40 for 2008. Among the collaborators on the track is Chris Neil, who produced many hits for Sheena Easton and Celine Dion. How could it be anything but a smash, eh?”

P.S. Very special thanks to Chuck Taylor for his incredible support!!

Friday, January 9, 2009

"Thinking of Someone Else" - available NOW




And finally - "Thinking of Someone Else" 4-track EP is available for download on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster and other major international digital outlets throughout the US, UK & Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

International radio promotion will be launched shortly, but in the meantime, here's quite an amusing forum created re: "Thinking of Someone Else" in the UK...

A few more of these have been active in Russia, Poland, etc. as of lately...

Not to mention new remixes and reworks of the Riffs & Rays and Dr. Octavo versions of the track... Loads more are available on youtube and a particularly ear-catching rework is DJ Simon Cox "Puerta Del Sol Vs ToSE", so do check it out!

Can't wait to hear what you all think of the extended club remixes of "Thinking of Someone Else" available for download on iTunes as bonus tracks to the radio mixes - feel free to comment and share your views, personal favorites, etc. on the iTunes page for "Thinking of Someone Else" (just type in Tinatin and/or the title of the song - et voila!)

Here's to a prosperous AND productive 2009, and as always, so grateful to you all for your immense support - this is only the beginning...so stay tuned ... TONS more on the way!!! :-)


Tinatin – “Thinking of Someone Else”

(Tinatin/Neil/Robbins)

1. “Thinking of Someone Else” (Riffs & Rays Radio Edit)

2. “Thinking of Someone Else” (Dr. Octavo Charmix Radio Edit)

3. “Thinking of Someone Else” (Riffs & Rays Extended Club Mix)

4. “Thinking of Someone Else” (Dr. Octavo Charmix Extended Club Mix)

© 63 Songs/Catalyst Music/Private & Confidential Music Publishing/Hornall Brothers

© Photography by Cambridge Jones

Friday, October 24, 2008

The Aftermath

Are apologies in order on my part?

Yesterday I openly shared my excitement about "Thinking of Someone Else" approaching the Top 20 slot in the UK on my blog, and my gosh, did I regret doing so shortly afterwards!



A series of comments and immediate feedback from some followed within minutes (thankfully, behind the scenes and not plastered across the myspace wall!) and a lot of the messages, except for a few lovely notes, were surprisingly... Judgmental, if that's the right word?

They say if you want to be successful in any shape or form, you've got to learn to take it all in, good or bad, within your chin up and mouth sealed tightly. So instead I flipped through the private messages with a smile on my face. Or wait, was it me smirking in front of the screen?

To make the long story short, I was reminded that art is only art and not a gamble nor a race for the desperate. Some accused me of over-reacting to a mere Top 20 in the making, "big hairy deal", etc. Funny, truly funny, and taken with vast amount of humor and a big smile on my face.

But deep down, let's be honest, who'd want to be rained upon their ultimate parade in that rare moment of... well, yes, bliss...? Not me, not I!

Initially, I seriously thought about apologizing for making the chart results public, but then I realized there's nothing really worth feeling guilty about.

On a slightly more professional note, I may have said this before but perhaps I wasn't in the right frame of mind to know exactly what I was referring to. Commercial success of any kind, especially when we decide to make music or any other form of art a career as opposed to a mere hobby can be a very stressful process. In fact, it should be handled like a business, not a creative venture for one's own satisfaction.

The chart results are as important as the quality of of the product itself being marketed every which way in the industry. Not only do our personal egos thrive of commercial success or lack of it, but it's the team of people involved in making this happen that need to see the outcome and always hope for the best results.

Quite frankly, who would want to invest time, money and effort into something they don't believe will ultimately generate income that surpasses the initial advance budget? Again, we can't ignore that music is also a business - even more so now than ever before, as it is shrinking as an industry day by day and those involved in it are, mildly speaking, becoming desperate for that extra bit of dosh.

If you are among those treating any form of art as a hobby rather than a career, that is of course a personal choice, and you can feel free to disagree with all that's been said above by a relative beginner in the field. I am not simply writing based on my limited experience (or arguably, the lack of it) but it's the reaction, the feedback and at the end of the day - reality - of what we have to face in order to either make it or break it in an industry that's unfortunately not at it's best nowadays.

This is all subjective, of course, but the beauty of living outside of the Soviet lock is undoubtedly the freedom of speech!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Now on a serious note... voila the charts!

Below are just a few of the pop/club chart links, while in the meantime we're awaiting this week's Music Week UK Chart and the latest results...

Watch this space! :-)

DJ Pages Chart - DMC World

No. 4 - DJ Neil Harland!

No. 13 - DJ Neil Brown


And a little bonus surprise....

"Thinking of Someone Else" on Bear Essentials Mix of Oct. 08 - Pop Remix Mixes of the month by DJ Charlie on iTunes

EBAY? Already? Too, too funny!


An excerpt posted by an Ebay seller:

This is your chance to get hold of this rare 2 track promo cd single by Tinatin, who is a U.N. Radio correspondent in New York !


This cd has been played once but is still in excellent condition and comes supplied in a plastic sleeve wallet which will be well protected for posting.

Includes mixes by Dr Octavo.

Catalogue no. none listed.

Tracklisting : Thinking of someone else

1.Dr Octavo charmix

2.Dr Octavo extended charmix

I always offer postage discounts for multiple purchases.

Please feel free to check out my other items!

Be sure to add me to your favourites list!

Recorded delivery is optional to all UK bidders, buyers from other countries please ask about insurance as 'Airsure' or 'International signed for' can be arranged should you want it.

Proof of posting is always obtained. Good luck with your bidding !

Grab a real bargain !!

direct ebay link

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Long Time No Blog!

After 10 days of absence from the blog scene, I was startled to discover some of the sweetest, funniest inquiries about my unexpected silence.

Had I disappeared after the crash of Wall Street having been affected by the financial crisis first-hand? Am I well and healthy? Is there a specific cause for the longest-running silence ever since I first launched the blog?

The unexpected volume - and warmth - of these messages caught me by surprise, although I have to admit, it was immensely flattering - and inspiring, too!

Truth be told, my days and nights have been absolutely frantic lately, ranging from official debut single release preparations and first reactions from England, UN and radio work, manuscript development and editing, personal matters of the heart, etc. All positive, exciting and hectic - so no worries at all, I'm still here! :-)

The major source of excitement is, of course, obvious to most of you by now - the UK radio & club rotation of "Thinking of Someone Else" double single: initial feedback and reviews from some of the top-notch clubs across the country, as well as additional commercial Top 40 compilation albums in the UK and Canada which will also feature the track as one of the upcoming highlights of Oct/Nov/Dec '08.

There's one particular massive compilation album that will feature the song as an upcoming hit of the season... All confirmed but not yet released, so forgive me for not being more precise :-)

Absolutely over the moon, to say the least!

What has made it slightly less enjoyable is the lack of sleep and zero time to actually celebrate the first results... Except, I'm a true believer that there's always time to celebrate somewhere down the line - but first things first: work, work, work and multiply the initial reaction by 100, building on the first bits of success!!!

Well, what can I say? Too early to feel dizzy and dazed based on all of this madness, but all the more to work on and develop, day by day, minute by minute. There will always an opportunity to sit back and relax, but not now - far from it, in fact.

Instead, what I should do is find more time to blog more often, keep you all posted and above all, maintain our fascinating, fun discussions about this, that and the other... That's what I miss the most!

Thank you all so much for reaching out, caring to ask if everything is in order, and for proving once again that online correspondence can, indeed, turn into friendship both online and offline - regardless of the medium of communication! I can't quite describe how wonderful it is to know that you're all there, regardless of the silence - we're all just a click away, one way or another.

Getting back to the frantic reality now, but do promise to write again sooner than you think - and then we can collectively complain about how often Tinatin posts her blogs without giving anyone sufficient time to go through them all, one by one! Hand on heart, I've missed that - badly.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Thinking of..."Thinking of Someone Else"...

Following a couple of weeks of anticipation and excitement about the new upcoming UK remix of "Thinking of Someone Else", here it is!

Along with Dr. Octavo's Charmix currently being played across the UK clubs, this additional version by the renowned Riffs & Rays is about to hit the clubs and selected radio stations in the United Kingdom in coming weeks...or days!

So please have a listen to both and do us a huge favor by picking your favorite version by voting below or on www.myspace.com/tinatinmusic !

Thanks so much to you all and stay tuned for more news......

Oh, and by the way, Dr. Octavo's remix is currently no. 1 on Ourstage... except that shouldn't affect your choice one way or another - tell us what you REALLY think! :-)

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Online Charts & Hush-Hush News...!

Hi everyone!

Having spent the last couple of weeks on the go and updating the myspace blogs via my little BlackBerry, I only just realized that both "Connected" and "Thinking of Someone Else" are back in the online charts on Ourstage. Or to be more precise, Connected is #4 and Thinking of Someone Else in climbing slowly but surely towards the Top 5 hotspot, currently at #7 in Dance/Club category.

And according to the very latest from London (still a bit hush-hush due to contracts, etc. so don't tell 'em I told ya!) you should definitely watch this space for a brand new upcoming remix of "Thinking of Someone Else" from one of the hottest club DJ's in the United Kingdom..... it won't be long.... In fact, due to hit the clubs much sooner than we suspected.... along with the Charmix currently storming the UK clubs and featured on more Dance/Club compilations in Canada to be released this month onwards........

Will keep you posted, as always! But for now - tara! (you, Brits, will get this one! :-)

Thursday, August 28, 2008

“Thinking of Someone Else” Tops UK Club Favorites…!


Tinatin's "Thinking of Someone Else" Dr. Octavo Charmix is beginning to top the club favorite's in the UK!

Top London DJ Jay Martin presents the hot summer anthem collection.

DJ Jay Martin - Take It Out In Trade (Summer Club Anthems August 2008)

01 Stare Into The Sun - Jamie Scott & The Town
02 Waiting For The Night - Henrique & Danny Merx
03 One Day - David Latoure ft De Marco
04 What A Wonderful World - Axwell & Bob Sinclar
05 Shine On - RIO
06 I Love You - Nerved ft Anna Hanser
07 Thinking Of Someone Else - Tinatin
08 Disturbia - Rihanna
09 Into The Nightlife - Cyndi Lauper
10 They Said I Said - Sugarush Beat Company

Watch this space for more news from UK and Canada about "Thinking of Someone Else", and by the way - more remixes by top UK DJs (and beyond!) are on the way... So stay tuned :-)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

"Thinking of Someone Else" on ERG Music Compilation, Canada

Tinatin's "Thinking of Someone Else" - Dr. Octavo Charmix - will be released in September for PROMO, RADIO and PRESS ONLY by ERG Music Canada among other late-summer hits of 2008 covering a variety of leading artists in the pop music scene, as well as the latest radio edits of Alternative, Rock, Pop, AC, Country, Hip Hop, House, Urban and Dance, and the top 12" extended releases of the summer!

For upcoming news about the U.S. promo release of "Thinking of Someone Else", check in with us in the coming weeks and you'll hear about it first!!

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

“Thinking of Someone Else” Charmix - Full List of UK clubs so far…


Tinatin's "Thinking of Someone Else" Dr. Octavo Charmix is bringing down the house in the following clubs across the United Kingdom - week one!!........



Queens Court

Central Nightclub

Stamford Lines and UK Venues

Various in NE Scotland. Main ones: Kode, Aberdeen, Pelican, The Office, Deka Vu, Peterhead

Cruz 101 (Manchester)

Affinity (Sheffield)

Man Bar

Flamingos Blackpool

Manchester Manto

Fibre Leeds

Spirit Manchester

Main Street Towyn Rhyl (N. Wales)

Black Cap (London)

Two Brewers (London)

Heaven (London)

Black Horse (London)

White Swan - London

Mobile Disco

Enigma Nightclub

Torbay Social Centre

Quebec Gust DJ at various venues

The Stag - Victoria (London)

The Coleherne - Earl's Court (London)

Edwards Bar (Cardiff)

Lloyds Bar - Crockerton Inn

Platinum (Cardiff)

Buzz Canaries Yoostream

Liberty's Nottingham Smooth

Radio East/West Midlands

Cube (Birmingham)

Zinc (Birmingham)

Sports Cafe (Birmingham)

Sports Cafe (Liverpool)

Sports Cafe (Manchester)

The Opera House

The Xchange

Bent

Nightingale Birmingham NG1

Nottingham Studio Lounge

Oxford Glamorous Bar

Birmingham Essential Nightclub

Manchester Queer Style Bar

Landmark Yate's Shornecliffe

Ramada

Glamorous Show Bar

The Village

Springhead Tavern

Kinky Boots

Holday Inn

Liquid Lounge

The Boston Northampton


And this is just the first week..... more to be added asap... watch this space!!!

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Something "Beautiful" is on its way....

A couple of days ago, I posted a news scoop on my new Guitarati application about two brand new tunes in the making...

In fact, one of the songs was mentioned in my earlier blogs where I talked about a long songwriting session with a real musical gem - Billy Stein - on a miserably rainy day.

It's called "Beautiful" and the title came as no surprise, because when Billy and I first started laying down some musical ideas for the tune a couple of weeks ago, we kept telling each other that it was already beginning to sound "beautiful"... So we thought, why not keep the title? (That is, when it's done and posted on myspace and you don't agree that it's beautiful, then we'll have to find a new title!)

We spent a session or two going in circles with the different ideas for a final topline, and ultimately we realized that coming back to the tune the following week would do us - and the song - a big favor! :-)

Earlier this month I started working with another great songwriter, Jeff Franzel, who like Billy has worked on some amazing projects and has got a whole list of incredible credits to his name. Jeff, a longtime songwriting partner of mine Ayhan Sahin (remember "Wild"? Billboard Top 10 Critics Pick for 2007!) and I are currently finishing another new song called "If I Lose You Now" (more on that later - we're recording the vocals this coming Thursday!!!) Jeff and Billy just happen to be based literally across the street from each other (that's quite impressive for NY!) and also have a million mutual contacts and friends in the vast world of music, so I thought "wouldn't it be fun to introduce them?" Who knows why their paths haven't crossed yet tete-a-tete!

And there it was... A fresh pair of very musical ears heard our "song in the making" - Beautiful - and made a suggestion or two "just as an idea"... And guess what? The three of us finished the entire song (so far just the music, lyrics are on their way - due any day now!) within a couple of hours, as I had to rush to a meeting at EMI, so a little bit of pressure was all the more inspiring and stimulating!

I was just listening to the rough guide vocal on my iPod and I'm so excited about this song... Every now and then, you come up with something brand new with a great group of people, which in itself is a blessing, and you can feel the excitement deep down - you know it's going to be something special!

Hopefully this feeling of genuine anticipation for the new song will manifest itself into a brand new "musical baby" that the three of us can be proud of. '

I sent Billy a text yesterday telling him how excited I am about finishing the song and playing it to EMI: for those of you who don't know, I met Billy Stein through Manhattan/EMI when I was preparing for the private performance earlier in April, so needless to say, I am immensely grateful for this wonderful hook up! Playing with Billy was so much fun not only at EMI but also at the Songwriter's Circle (check out my Bitter End photo album to see our snaps!)

All that's left to do to make "Beautiful" really beautiful is determine what is "beautiful" - that is, come up with a lyric! I'm still toying with the idea... It's strange but I've never really been that good at positive outlooks in the lyric. If you think about it, "Thinking of Someone Else" is a cruel lyric (Chris Neil, one of my co-writers and producer on the record alongside Ben "Jammin'" Robbins, is one of the most talented male writers from a female's perspective, that's for sure!) And even a happier song like "Connected" is a bit on the cynical side, too: it's an online chat that grows into a bond between two online characters, one of whom turns out to be a computer program - a mere software - "data flows through its veins" - while the person on the other side of the screen has fallen for this computerized character believing in all honesty in its truthfulness and "humanness". We've all been through this at some point, I guess, except maybe not on this level of cruelty and "robot"-esque unrealness. Do you remember the online chat boom in the 90's? Who knows who the people we spent hours chatting with back in our teens really were???

So, anyway, getting back to the new song and the upcoming lyric - just for a change, I'd like to try a slightly more positive vibe this time around... Even if it's got a twist by the end of it all... Otherwise, I won't be true to myself, will I? :-)

Time to retire to bed - it's Monday tomorrow - again!