Sunday, April 29, 2012

EMILIE AUTUMN APPRECIATION POST

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Today I was on Twitter and I decided to see if there was something good there, and there was that woman with an amazing picture and Kerli was following her. Then I decided to find out who she is. :)
  Emilie Autumn is an American singer-songwriter, poet, and violinist. She draws influence for her music from plays, novels, and history, particularly the Victorian era. Performing with her all-female backing band The Bloody Crumpets, Autumn incorporates elements of classical music, cabaret, electronica, and glam rock with theatrics, burlesque, and "flamboyant" outfits. Outspoken about bipolar disorder and her experience in a modern-day psychiatric ward, she has written an autobiographical novel, 2010's The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls.
 She began learning the violin at the age of four and left regular school five years later with the goal of becoming a world-class violinist; she practiced about eight hours a day and read a wide range of literature. Progressing to writing her own music, she studied under various teachers and went to Indiana University, which she left over issues regarding the relationship between classical music and the appearance of the performer. Through her own independent label Traitor Records, Autumn debuted with her classical album On a Day: Music for Violin & Continuo, followed by the release in 2003 of her supernaturally themed album Enchant.
 She appeared in singer Courtney Love's backing band on her 2004 America's Sweetheart tour and returned to Europe. She released the 2006 album Opheliac with the German label Trisol Music Group. In 2007, she released Laced/Unlaced; the re-release of On a Day... appeared as Laced with songs on the electric violin as Unlaced. She later left Trisol to join New York-based The End Records in 2009 and release Opheliac in the United States, where previously it had only been available as an import and she played the role of The Painted Doll in Darren Lynn Bousman's 2012 film The Devil's Carnival.

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