Hillary Song
Category: Music

Hey there!

ARIEL has recorded and released a brand new song for the Hillary Clinton campaign. The amazing vocals are handled by our extremely talented label mate, the lovely Michelle Jacques of Chelle! & Friends (found here on MySpace at: http://www.myspace.com/chelleandfriends).

She's backed up by the familiar ARIEL lineup. George and JJ, who wrote the song incidentally, along with Walter on bass and Christian and Kristian on guitar.

We made a video to go with it in the style of a James Bond movie trailer. It's up at You Tube. The link is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPBLKNpJld4

Please check it out. Hope you dig it.

ARIEL

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Attention Recording Academy Members!
Current mood: excited
Category: Music

If you're a voting member of the Recording Academy, ARIEL needs your support!

ARIEL's performance of "Wrequiem" has a chance to be nominated for "Best Rock Instrumental Performance" in the 50th GRAMMY® AWARDS.

The GRAMMY® AWARDS nomination ballots have just been sent out and we are hoping to get your help for a nomination.


To vote for ARIEL's performance of "Wrequiem"
enter the 3-digit code 001 on your ballot
in category 19 (BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTAL PERFORMANCE).?

To hear "Wrequiem," please visit:
http://www.jenpet.com/ariel-naras.html

For more about ARIEL, visit:
http://www.myspace.com/arielrockstheworld
and
http://www.jenpet.com

We'd also like you to spread the word to others that you know who are voting members and ask that them to please support ARIEL also.

Remember, your ballot (hopefully with a vote for ARIEL) must be returned to NARAS by the Wednesday, November 07, 2007.

Written by ARIEL's George Petersen and JJ Jenkins, ?"Wrequiem is the featured instrumental on the band's ?"SURE THING, YOU BET" album, which features Petersen on drums ?and Jenkins on keyboards, along with bassist Walter Bush?and guitarists Christian La Rocca and Kristian Habenicht.

Thanks in for your support and encouragement!

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Demand ARIEL!
Category: Music

Greetings Arielites,

Wanted to let you all know that we've added a new fiendish thingy on the site. You can now "demand ARIEL to come to your city" and play by clicking the button on the new little red box on the lower left of our profile (Scroll down a bit brother). So if you'd like us to come through your town next time we're out making the rounds, let us know and we'll do our best to make it happen.

Also, please keep on requesting ARIEL on those radio stations. They tend to forget pretty fast if someone doesn't remind them the people want their ARIEL.

If there are any RADIO PARADISE < http://www.radioparadise.com> listeners out there, give some positive votes to "Franklin, Jackson and Grant," and "Crank Up the Victrola" currently on their listener review list. If we get a few more positive votes, they'll add us.

Thanks for your support!

ARIEL

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Download ARIEL!
Category: Music

You can now download individual tunes for 99 cents each. ARIEL has signed up with SNOCAP, the hot new MP3 dispenser that's going around, and we've placed a store on our MySpace page. We will also set it up on our official home page too as soon as we can figure out where to put it. Meanwhile, all the songs from "Sure Thing, You Bet!" are up and ready to download. We will be adding some of our older material as well. And of course, new recordings as we complete them. We'll try and get some of the choice live recordings up too. Thanks for supporting ARIEL!

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ARIEL Voted Most Rousing Band!
Category: Music

A big thanks goes out to East Bay ARIEL fans!

The May 2nd edition of the East Bay Express just named ARIEL the Most Rousing Band in their annual Best of the East Bay contest.

We'd like to express our gratitude to ARIELITES everywhere, especially our East Bay fans, for making ARIEL number one!

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Wrequiem on InstruMental Madness Show
Category: Music

Tune in and turn on to the April 25th edition of the "Instrumental Madness" show at Preying Lizard Music to hear host Les Lewellyn spinning "Wrequiem" from the new ARIEL CD "Sure Thing, You Bet!"

Here's the link:?http://www.preyinglizardmusic.com/im.htm ?

You'll dig the "Instrumental Madness" show if you love rippin' lead guitar, jamming drums, and far out snyths with a grooving bass. From metal to blues there are some great guitar instrumental songs and even some totally mind expanding experimental bands! Please support the show. Let your friends know that we're getting airplay and to check out all of Preying Lizard Music's podcasts. And be sure to drop Les a line and let him know that you appreciate the music he's bringing every week . . . like . . . ARIEL!

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Barry Rudolph Reviews Sure Thing, You Bet!
Category: Music

Occasionally people hear stuff they like and post reviews at Amazon.com.
Usually they're from casual listeners--ordinary folks. But we were surprised
this week to see a review of ARIEL's new "Sure Thing, You Bet!" CD by Barry
Rudolph. Not your average fan, Barry is one of the top studio recording
engineers working in L.A. In fact, Barry's discography on his web site
(http://www.barryrudolph.com) is 7 pages long! He's worked with acts such as
Hall & Oates, Rod Stewart, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Mathis, Mick Jagger, Pat
Benatar, The Corrs, Toots and The Maytalls, Levon Helm and dozens more,
including engineering Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Street Survivors"--certainly one of
the greatest rock albums of all time.

Anyway, when guys like Barry Rudolph--who music-wise, has heard it all--gets
excited about hearing an album like "Sure Thing, You Bet!" then you know
something's special going on.

So what did he have to say? Check it out for yourself: Just go to
http://www.amazon.com/Sure-Thing-You-Bet-Ariel/dp/B000MX82GE and scroll down
to the Customers Reviews section. Yeah!

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Crank Up the Victrola!
Category: Music

Check out the February 25th edition (posted March 2nd) of the "Hot Sheet Mon Show" at Preying Lizard Music to hear host Les Lewellyn spinning "Crank Up the Victrola" from the new ARIEL CD "Sure Thing, You Bet!"

Here's the link:
http://www.preyinglizardmusic.com/podcast.htm

The "Hot Sheet Mon Show" is the number one Hard Rock Indie Podcast. Please support the show. Let your friends know that we're getting airplay and to check out all of Preying Lizard Music's podcasts. And be sure to drop Les a line and let him know that you appreciate the music he's bringing every week . . . like . . . ARIEL! The music Les plays is fresh and vital, and not the stuff you'll hear on your local broadcast station. At least not yet anyway.

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Halfway to Harris gets Airtime!
Category: Music

Wanted to let you all know that "Halfway to Harris" from the new
album was featured on the February 17th edition of the Road Rash
Blues show, the number one blues show online.

You can hear the show at
http://www.preyinglizardmusic.com/podcast.htm
Scroll down the page to see the playlist.

If you want to download an MP3 copy of the show that you can listen
to anytime on your computer or IPOD, you can use this link:
http://feeds.blastpodcast.com/preyinglizardroadrashblues/index.xml
And please take the opportunity to look at some of the past shows.

Preying Lizard Music podcasts about a half a dozen shows a week
featuring outstanding artists and musicians that you won't hear on
your local broadcast stations.

Check out their different shows and get turned on to some happening new music.

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"Sure Thing" Available From CD Baby!

Sure Thing, You Bet! is now available from CDBaby.com for just $9.99. We're keeping the price low so everyone can afford 'em. Don't ya think CD's are just too damn expensive now a days. We do. That's why we're doing something about it. You get 18 (count 'em) new cuts from ARIEL for under ten bucks. I call that a good deal. So if you haven't got your copy yet, well here's your opportunity.

And if you buy multiple copies, you get a discount. So pick up an extra copy for a friend.

The link is:

http://cdbaby.com/cd/arielsounds

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