Monday 20 February 2012

Not a Big Porn Star: Like mother, like daughter?

not a big Porn Star Cover ArtThose of you who've know me for a while know that my parents are musicians. If you are familiar with the Melbourne music scene in the 90s, you might recognize the name Hard Candy.

Hard Candy was formed by my parents, Erika Bach and Demetri Vlass in 1992 after their goth/grunge band 'Ape the Cry' split up. The 80s' were over and the guitar was back in fashion, so they turned up the volume and quickly got themselves back into the Melbourne music scene with their debut CD 'Tattoo'.

In 1999, after various factors split Hard Candy up, my parents moved to Ithaca, Greece. Since then my mother has been writing and recording music under the name Lola Demo. And today I'd REALLY appreciate it if you stopped by her website and had a listen, and maybe even SHARED the link for others to see/hear.

There are two songs on her latest CD that are just so catchy that I've been playing them over and over all weekend. And dancing in my lounge room to them and wishing I'd written them myself! And for me to play my own mother's music over and over again is saying something. For the first time in years I'm listening to these songs without associating them with her being "my mother". I'm so excited about this album!

Care to take a look? My favourites are: Stain On Your Jeans and Nose Bleed.

Please Tweet, FB, etc, as I'd LOVE my mother to gain a little exposure again. It's been a while. Please tweet with @MsBessieBell and/or #LolaDemo. Pretty PLEEEAAAAASSSEEEE with a cherry on top? :o)

PS: I'm featured in a major Greek music mag today! Oh, and even better, I'm on the front page right next to an article about Paul McCarteny!!! 
<<<<<<
Seriously never thought I'd see my face on the same page as his in the media! I think it's time for a SQUEE, but that would be a bit childish, yes? ;o) It's all in Greek but if you go to Google translate it does a decent job.

17 comments:

  1. Very cool. I'll tweet about your mom.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Congrats to both you and your mum, Jess! How cool that she's continuing to put out music and that you can listen to it without thinking it's your mum. :)

    And wow, what an honour to be featured on the same page as Sir Paul. Even if he is a w*nker (sorry, couldn't resist), haha!

    ReplyDelete
  3. On the same page as Sir Paul..wow!! Did you know he's my date for the virtual blog party we are having at thefeatherednest? Oh yes!! Eat your heart out.

    ReplyDelete
  4. LOL! That is so cool about you and your mom's music! I'd imagine it would be hard to forget it's your mom singing b/c it's her actual voice you're hearing... *running over to check it out*

    And look at you. "Oh, Sir Paul. How you do blather on..." :D

    ReplyDelete
  5. That's wonderful! Congratulations to both you and your mom!

    ReplyDelete
  6. AWESOME!!! Congrats to your mom and congrats to YOU!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  7. So cool! And what a sweet daughter you are!!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Too friggin' cool about your parents!!! My son was in a band that played high level benefits with the likes of Whoopie Goldberg and Wycleff Jean. It was always exciting to see him play live. Now he's studying international affairs, but I hope he gets back into music.

    ReplyDelete
  9. That's wonderful your mother is still a musician. Didn't you say she wrote some of the songs for your album?

    ReplyDelete
  10. Just how cool is that magazine cover? :) Now I'm off to check out your mom's music.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Definitely will listen to your mother's new stuff!

    Congrats on appearing next to Sir Paul! That's amazing!!

    Oh, and before I forget, I dunno if you do these 'award' things, but I gave you one anyway:

    http://thefarseas.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/kreativ-and-versatile-blogger-awards.html

    ReplyDelete
  12. I love reading such tidbits about people, especially when they are really cool. I wish I'd had such musical parents. I love music and found out very late in life that I am fairly talented at it, but it's frustrating to know that if I'd been able to learn music much younger I could have done so much more with it.

    ReplyDelete
  13. How exciting!

    And I'll check out the music and tweet/fb it!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Hi Jess .. great music your Mum makes - and I sincerely hope she does really well ... but you too - looks like your boat has come in - being next to Sir Paul ..

    Great fun to read .. and loved your Mum's sound .. cheers Hilary

    ReplyDelete
  15. The album title alone is worth a tweet. LOL

    ReplyDelete
  16. I'm so glad you're bopping to your mother's tunes Jessica. How cool is that. I'll definitely visit.

    Happy Birthday for Sunday. I was on Maddy's blog so don't think I'm using ESP onya.

    Denise

    ReplyDelete

“I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it.” ~John Mellencamp

“Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace” ~Judith S. Marin

“I don't ever try to make a serious social comment.” ~Paul McCartney

“I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say the same thing and they'd all nod.” ~Charlotte Bunch

“Probably what my comment meant was that I don't care about the circumstances if I can tell the truth.” ~Sally Kirkland

“We're not going to pay attention to the silliness and the petty comments. And quite frankly, women have joined me in this effort, and so it's not about appearances. It's about effectiveness.” ~Katherine Harris