"One of my finds here at the end of the year--her name is Emily Arin. She's one of the most interesting new song writers I've come across in a while." -Vin Scelsa
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Luke Z. Fenchel of The Ithaca Journal writes: "Not to be missed Montour Falls singer and songwriter who is one part Jana Hunter, one part Richard Swift and one part Lavender Diamond. "White Heat" from Time & Space, the culmination of Arin's 2007 subscription series, burns soft and warm like a kerosene lantern in winter." Click HERE to read Luke's article in the December 11, 2008 edition of The Ithaca Journal.
A Los Angeles native, Emily Arin migrated to upstate New York in August 2007 to settle into small town living for a while. Winter in Montour Falls is cold. And though her heart flutters at the thought of Spring, Emily is happy to be indoors listening to music and writing songs. This site features some of Emily's more recent work and is intended to generate enough support for her to continue growing in her craft for many years to come. Thank you for listening. For more stories and photos from Montour Falls, visit Emily's blog "Won't You Help Me Tie My Apron?" SUBSCRIBERS WEIGH IN "Hi Emily, What a sweet song. I feel I've gotten my [money's] worth already:-) I certainly identify with the message and yes, it evoked a tear. So thanks for being a good and caring friend to us all!" -Bob Kelchner in response to the first song in the 2nd New Music Subscription series "Dorothy, What Should I Be Giving Up for Lent?" |
Emily Arin is now taking subscribers for her 3rd New Music Subscription series which can be purchased on the Store page of this site.
If you are new to the idea, the subscription includes receiving one newly written and recorded song via email each month over the course of six months. Subscribing is an environmentally-friendly way to support independent music—and it's fun!—a surprise in your inbox every month (which always includes a story behind the song). The project also offers a unique way to act as a modern day patron of the arts, wherein each subscriber plays an active role in producing new work in the world. The $15 for the 3rd series will additionally help provide free music lessons (either on piano or guitar) over the six month series to three students in Schuyler County, New York--the northern-most county in Appalachia where Emily currently resides. The monthly emails will include an introduction to the students and updates on their inspirations and progress as young musicians. For each city or college with 250 subscribers or more, Emily will gladly perform a free subscriber-only concert in 2009. |
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Emily entered the Williamsburg Live Songwriting Competition 2008 and, unlike last year, made it to the semi-finals this time around.
About the competition: From 700 submissions, 150 songwriters were chosen to perform live over 8 nights at alternating venues in Williamsburg to an audience of fans, friends, and industry judges. From these 150, 18 advanced to the Semi-Finals on Friday night. Here's a clip from the Jezebel Music blog: "That’s it! At Royal Oak, the last three contestants have been chosen to advance to the Semi-Finals of the WLSC2008, TONIGHT at Public Assembly on North 6th Street. There were contestants from Nashville, Seattle, Canada, and as far as Ireland, all coming together in Williamsburg to share their song, make new musical acquaintances, and of course, win $4,000. But as always, there can only be three lucky winners (pictured, left to right). Emily Arin is a markedly skilled songwriter, and strong performer. I couldn’t help but be reminded (in a good way) of Jaymay, a highly revered WLSC2005 Finalist. Mike Schrieffer put a ton of heart into his performance, spinning a forlorn alt-country tale of a war widow, and earning himself a slot alongside what promises to be an extraordinary line-up tonight. Todd Michaelsen vivaciously strummed his Parker Fly electric guitar as his projective voice soared and delivered him into the Semi-Finals." Emily Arin has had the pleasure of singing country duets almost every week with Salty Austin over the past six months. Some of them have made it onto his Sunday night radio show on 92.1 WCKR (“Your Country Home”) broadcast from Hornell, NY. Click here to listen The Ithaca Journal has published an annual musician's survey for the past ten years in which Jim Catalano has "polled many of the movers and shakers in the local music scene with three questions: 1) What was your personal musical highlight for 2007? 2) What was the best CD you heard (locally and/or nationally) in 2007? 3) What are you most looking forward to musically in 2008?" In response to the second question, Gordon Rowland of The Common Railers highlighted "Time and Space" as one of his favorite new CDs in 2007. In November, 2007, Emily was selected to play in Jezebel Music's Williamsburg Live Songwriting Competition. The Following is Ben Krieger's review of her performance at Brooklyn's Trash Bar: "As the performers wandered into Trash Bar for check-in, the joke was that this particular evening was "Ladies Night." Actually, the lineup was only 2/3 female, which is not a statistically significant imbalance. Considering that they all looked lovely standing around those scruffy, casually dressed male performers (no Kaz tonight), it was easy to see why people had that impression. I, for one, was not complaining. Regardless of gender, this was another solid night of music. Let's start with my favorite who didn't win... As I mentioned in my pre-blog blog earlier today, Emily Arin completely won me over. Walking up onstage in her coat and scarf (it was SO COLD in that room) she played a timeless, Hank Williams-inspired number. It reminded me a bit of Jaymay, who snagged a WLSC 2nd place slot a few years ago. But unlike the personal songs of that excellent, Dylan-inspired artist, Arin's "You Won My Heart Outright" was a lovely old school number with lyrics that were timelessness and resonating. I sat there wishing--imagining, even--that she had written that love song about me..." VIDEO: See the first Emily Arin video "Spend Some Time With Me" (created by Meredith Snider) on youtube! Series of 3 bedroom photos above were taken by Elizabeth Jebef: www.eyebrightstudios.com All song material posted on EmilyArin.com is owned by Emily Arin Snider. © 2006 Emily Arin Snider. All Rights Reserved. |
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