Please Demand moi via Eventful so that I may gig in your city!

Please visit my Eventful profile and enter your Demand so that I will know where to plan my tours. I will be in the Pacific Northwest on April, so let me know if you'd like me stop in your locale:
eventful.com/performers/...-000096419-6

Or visit here to make your very own customized Veronique Eventrul Demand sticker (like the mockup that is depicted here- you can choose from many other colors as well) to add to your web site or MySpace profile (tribe does not yet offer this feature, that's why I only have the mockup posted here.):
eventful.com/performers/...ickers/flash

I would truly be most humbly appreciative if vous would consider adding the Eventful sticker to you profile, and telling your fiends, er, friends about moi as well. The more who make a Demand on my behalf, the sooner I will be able to come and share my special brand of musical madness with vous.

Merci beaucoup!

Vampire Surprise Voted Best New Halloween Song for 2007 by The Mad Music Archive!

With gratitude I thank everyone who voted to have this wonderful honor bestowed upon my song. Merci beaucoup! Oh, and remember: Eat more garlic, & use lots of tenderizer on your vampire. You wouldn't want a tough old roast spoiling your Thanksgiving feast, now would you? ;-)

* The Vampire Surprise Song Page on The Mad Music Archive website:
www.themadmusicarchive.com/song....aspx

* LA Daily News "Vinyl Word" Features Vampire Surprise as its Halloween Treat:
www.insidesocal.com/music/20...reat.html

* Sepiachord.com: "Vampire Surprise" named Best New Halloween Song:
sepiachord.livejournal.com/164861.html

Veronique's New Twisted Gothic Comedy Halloween Song: Vampire Surprise

Vampire Surprise Airplay:

* Seattle's Best Eclectic Radio: HeadCaseRadio.com

* All Accordion Radio: AccordionNoir.org

* Tess's Indie-Wave Radio: live365.com/stations/HorrorFreak13

* Lestats120Minutes Radio: live365.com/stations/Lestats120minutes

* Hallows Gate 10/31 Radio: live365.com/stations/KingOfHalloweenlon

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*** Vampire Surprise named "Sepiachord.com Song of the Day"! A Two-fer! ***

I am beside myself with pleasant shock to report that, (exactly one month after being honored with "Contraceptive March"), on October 11th, my creation, "Vampire Surprise" was bestowed with the honor of being the Sepiachord.com Song Of The Day!!! (Be still my beating heart...)

For those of you who unfamiliar with Sepiachord, here is an explanation:

"Sepiachord is the "genre that doesn't exist".----- It is to music what "steampunk" is to literature and cinema: something that looks back to the past to comment on the present while looking sideways at the future. A cubist aural experience.---- As goth & glam are the bastards of David Bowie, Sepiachord is the made from the genetic material sown by Tom Waits.---- Sepiachord is assembled like a clockwork orchestra, from such elements of music as: Sinister Circus- Cabaret Macabre- Chamber Pop- Organic Goth- Celtic/Gypsy Punk- Mutant American- Ghost Town Country----- It is the music our grandparents or great-grandparents would have listened to, if they were as off-set as we are."

I encourage you, once again, to visit their blog directly and show them some love:

sepiachord.livejournal.com/2007/10/11/

Listen to the full song on the Sepiachord Online Jukebox:

www.sepiachord.com/juke.htm

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Full Vampire Surprise lyrics & more!

Yay! Happy Hauntings Everyone- you now the ability to listen to, purchase, and download my first spooky single, Vampire Surprise, as a little appetizer for next year's Polka Haunt Us compilation recording.

Hear it: MySpace.com/PolkaHauntUs

Song Title: Vampire Surprise

Written by: Lyrics- Veronique Chevalier, Music & Production- Jann Castor

About Jann: He's is an accomplished composer, sound engineer & sound effects specialist, and film editor, who was nominated for an ARIA Award (the Australian equivilent of the Grammy's) for the soundtrack of the film "Red Express." In Poland, he was the founder, of the band Res Publica, (which was later renamed Republika, and under Grzegorz Ciechowski went on to much acclaim in that country).

After Jann's successes in Poland and Australia, he was admitted into the US as "alien of extraordinary ability." Since completing his collaboration with Veronique, he is working on orchestrations of chorale music with the legendary Jon Anderson, of the mega-band Yes. Find out more about him here: Composing.com.

About Veronique: Known as The "Weird Val" of Cabaret, for her hilarious parodies and side-splitting covers. (Imagine if Jim Morrison and Elvira had a love child with a French accent). Deemed "too extreme for Simon" she was gonged off the first season of "America's Got Talent", after only 20 seconds, which only proves her gifts are wasted on the masses. She is the recipient of The Unanimous Choice Award for Best Indie Cabaret Artist by the Los Angeles Music Awards. WeirdVal.com.

After completing the launch of the single version of "Vampire Surprise", she will be releasing a new, full-length recording, "Veronique's Red Velvet LIVE!" which features 14 tracks, including (a, you guessed it- live version of) "Vampire Surprise", as well as a "secret" bonus track. (BTW, the cover image of Veronique in the striped gloves was shot by renowned erotic photographer Justice Howard.)

Back Story: A post that Veronique placed on Craigslist for musical collaborators, brought her and Jann together, initially. Despite the fact that they were born of different parents, on different dates and in different countries, (she in France, and he in Poland), they have discovered that they are long, lost twins (siblings of spirit, in any case).

Shared Likes: Frank Zappa (aka as the God of Music! ;-)
Twisted humor, ala Mel Brooks, David Zuker (Naked Gun movies, Airplane, etc.)
Esoteric conversation
Garlic!

Parting thoughts: Vampire Surprise is not your grandpappy's polka. Although it is sung to accordion accompaniment, it's actually a new genre we call "berzerka" (as in "berzerk mazurka"). As the song progresses it becomes more and more dischordant, and ends in a bit of twisted spoken word. (This is the 21st Century after all. Time to modernize!)

For your reading pleasure, or if you wish to sing and speak along, here are the lyrics:

Vampire Surprise

Lyrics by Veronique Chevalier & Music by Jann Castor © 2007

VERSE:
Back in the Old Country
Where I learned to cook
Recipes they taught me
Didn't come from any book
Dishes so tasty
Ranged from "A" to "Z" but
The greatest ingredient
Started with a "G"
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CHORUS:
Garlic with a G
Fried or fricasseed
Keep it next to me
Potent Potpourri
Seasoning and spice
With a taste so nice
Has healthy bite–BUT…..!
The greatest thing of all IS….!
That it extends your life!
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VERSE:
Cooking one moonlit night
I heard a creepy creepy sound
Tried to find a wooden stake
But aT-bone was all I found
Didn't have a silver bullet
'Cause I don't pack a gun
Had to grab some garlic
So I'd live to see the sun
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CHORUS:
Garlic with a G
Fried or fricasseed
Keep it next to me
Potent Potpourri
Seasoning and spice
With a taste so nice
Has healthy bite–BUT…..!
The greatest thing of all IS….!
That it extends your life!
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BRIDGE:
Let the werewolves howl and bay
But if you display a garlic lei
You will make it through the night
Give Nosferatu a fright
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INTERLUDE: La la……etc
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VERSE:
Love to try new recipes
And serve them to my guests
They like my dinner parties for
They know my food's the best
Doesn't take much money
To make all this stuff
But the roast tastes funny cause
Vampire meat is tough
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CHORUS:
Garlic with a G
Fried or fricasseed
Keep it next to me
Potent Potpourri
Seasoning and spice
With a taste so nice
Has healthy bite–BUT…..!
The greatest thing of all IS….!
That it extends your life!
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OUTRO:
You can keep your fancy flavors
I found the one for me
Yes, the garlic is our savior
And Dracula is history
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INTERLUDE: La la……etc
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SPOKEN:
Hey Count, have you a cold or are you just "coffin"?
Which gang are you in- Bloods or Crypts? Ha Ha!
Who's your orthodontist? Jack the Ripper?
Hey, Drac, at a séance, do you go into a Trance-sylvania?
Fang you for the memories, Old Toothy!
That's Garlic with a "G"! Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh! Heh!

Read My New "Queen of Quirk" Music Column in Blue Railroad Magazine

I am very honored to be among a handful of fellow artiste/journalists to be a featured monthly columnist is a fabulous new zine called Blue Railroad. It was founded in February, 2007 by Paul Zollo, who has been the Senior Editor of "American Songwriter" for over 20 years. Fellow columnists include, piano man extraordinaire Bob Malone; former Plimsoul Peter Case; Parthenon Huxley- vocalist for ELO; John Doe of X, and OMG! Deepak Chopra!!!!!!!

Please visit us here: bluerailroad.com/columns/index.html

Guerilla Downloads & My Award-winning Music

In the spirit of "pedal to the metal" please allow moi to share with vous my passionate creation, Cabaret4Choice- a musical tapestry of various genres all on the theme of empowered reproductive decision making. (How's that for a mouthful? I am both pro-choice, as long as choices are made with full information available, and I am pro-life, as long as QUALITY of all life is counted into the equation- this is a complex issue after all!)

I am making all ten songs available for FREE download! Please help yourself to these free downloads and if you like what you hear, then please help spread the word.

cabaret4choice.org/Pages/Songs.html

I ask no renumeration. I just want this thoughtful music OUT THERE!!! This is my heart's work and one of the ways I love being of service.

This record won me the Unanimous Choice for Best Indie Cabaret Artist at the 14th Annual Los Angles Music Awards lamusicawards.com/recipients.htm , so this is a quality project, with some very well-respected guest artists, such as Burleigh Drummond, founding drummer of that long-ago radio hit band Ambrosia, and Eje Lynn-Jacobs, formerly with Maria Muldaur's ensemble.

If you would be so kind as to repost the following bulletin ANY and EVERYwhere in cyberspace, I would be so grateful.

Also, if you are so inclined put my banner or link (at the bottom of the repost) on your page, or simply if you wish to go on record as being a Friend of Choice, I will put your link here:

cabaret4choice.org/Pages/Friends.html

Viva La Liberte!

~Veronique~

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FREE SONGS from VeroniqueCyphyre- Celebrating Artistic Independence

In the true spirit of Independence, I am offering alll ten full-length songs from the Veronique Cyphyre's Cabaret4Choice recording, as well as the CD cover art from the Cabaret4Choice cabaret4choice.org web site, or just click on the links below.

I am really proud of this project, which won me the Unanimous Choice for Best Indie Cabaret Artist at the 14th Annual Los Angles Music Awards. This is a quality project, with some very well-respected guest artists, such as Burleigh Drummond, founding drummer of that long-ago radio hit band Ambrosia, and Eje Lynn-Jacobs, formerly with Maria Muldaur's ensemble.

If you really like what we created, feel free to buy the CD from CD Baby or Seven South Records. The actual record comes with a beautiful illustrated lyric booklet, that you can't get from the download. Oh and the money is donated to pro-woman/pro-choice orgnaizations- this project is strictly a labor of love, so you choose. (This project is about choice, after all!)

Viva la Indie music !

Listen to and/or Download FREE full-length Cabaret4Choice MP3's here:

Who Owns Me Anyway- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/Wh...nyway.mp3

Motherhood Ain't For Me- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/Mo...ForMe.mp3

Rock-a-bye My Baby- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/Ro...yBaby.mp3

Basic Biology- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/Ba...ology.mp3

Strong Little Swimmer- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/St...immer.mp3

Population Time Bomb- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/Po...eBomb.mp3

Speculation- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/Speculation.mp3

Lullaby- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/Lullaby.mp3

Anthem For Choice- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/An...hoice.mp3

Contraceptive March- cabaret4choice.org/Sound/Co...March.mp3

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Download the Cover Art here- cabaret4choice.org/Pages/Art.html

This is the code for our banner- www.cabaret4choice.org/images...ner.gif

If you want to link to the Cabaret4Choice site, feel free to add our banner to your page. Let us know, and we will
reciprocate on the C4C site, on a page called "Choice" Friends- http://cabaret4choice/Pages/Friends.html