Interview : Diana Anaid
September 2nd 2010 09:27
Diana Anaid has come a long way since the success of the single “I’ll Go Off”. Countless tours criss-crossing the country and playing with Australian music’s more prominent women. She continues to write great folk based tunes and has started her own label to release her fourth album. Touring with good friend and recent collaborator Monique Brumby, Diana found ten minutes to sit down an answer some questions about her career so far and display her fondness for smileys!!!
What’s been going on in Diana Anaid’s world recently?
Last year I recorded my fourth studio CD at Alberts in Sydney, the first studio CD to be released on my own record label Forola Music. I have released 'Cynical On Waking' from the album and toured extensively with my band as well as going over to the US for the International Folk Alliance in memphis in Feb. Recently I wrote and recorded a song with my friend Monique Brumby and we are currently on a pretty long Aussie tour to get the song out to people, we are giving it away free to everyone who comes along to the shows
Tell us about the new song “Love Is A Weapon” and how you came to work
with Monique Brumby?
Monique and I toured together in 2001 on a tour called the ABC tour ( with Deborah Conway as well). We became friends and although we haven't seen much of each other, we get along so well that when we do hang out we get along like a house on fire. Monique came up with the title for the song and then it kind of just developed from there.
What advice would you give a young kid wanting to make music a profession today?
Write lots of songs, make lots of contacts, have fun following your dreams and use the internet to promote your stuff and get it out to people. And do lots of gigs.
How does the impact of family (losing family members and having your
son grow up) impacted on your writing?
My new album is less censored than anything i have ever done before, as my son is old enough to handle the adult content and my dad has passed so some of the lines in the songs about him, well he won't have to face it.
Most artists fade away after initial success, what has kept you
motivated to write great songs?
I had to come back with some pretty good songs after breaking out with the acoustic tune 'I Go Off' which nearly pigeon-holed me into a particular style and nearly placed me in the one-hit-wonder bin. My second CD, 'I Don't Think Im Pregnant' featured Perfect Family, Piece Of Me, Love Song For A Girl, Socially Defunct and Don't Believe In Love, and was lauded by fans and critics, with one reviewer calling it the 'best rock record of the decade - (it came out in 1999). I spent 9 long months working on that record to make sure it was different and better than my debut. Then I wrote Last Thing for my third CD, Beautiful Obscene, and I knew I had hit my stride as a songwriter.
Is it true that each album has a song dedicated to the poor fool who
dared to have a go at you many years ago at the Byron Bay Bluesfest?
Yeah, thats true, let me think, I Don't Think Im Pregnant had Socially Defunct and Blues Singer
Beautiful Obscene had I Go Off, the US version, and the title track Beautiful Obscene and Last Thing and the new CD has Riot and Wear Yourself Out
Who inspired you to play guitar and write music?
The Beatles, my dad and my brothers, strangers who would hear me sing/busk.
You’ve played just about every venue in the country, which has been
your most memorable show?
Yeah I've done a lot of touring! I had a great show at the Basement ( it may have even been on the ABC tour I am not sure) and Bryan Brown came backstage to tell me how much he liked my show, that was pretty sweet. Supporting Cake at Selina's was amazing, and playing Woodford main stage in 1998 was unforgettable. I like every venue for different reasons, from the sleazy little bars to the open air amphitheaters
Where about to head to the polling booth what would you like our new
P.M to focus on?
The new Anaid and Brumby song Love Is A Weapon
... and the environment.
1st song you would put on a mix tape?
Dry Your Eyes by the Streets.
What’s been going on in Diana Anaid’s world recently?
Last year I recorded my fourth studio CD at Alberts in Sydney, the first studio CD to be released on my own record label Forola Music. I have released 'Cynical On Waking' from the album and toured extensively with my band as well as going over to the US for the International Folk Alliance in memphis in Feb. Recently I wrote and recorded a song with my friend Monique Brumby and we are currently on a pretty long Aussie tour to get the song out to people, we are giving it away free to everyone who comes along to the shows
Tell us about the new song “Love Is A Weapon” and how you came to work
with Monique Brumby?
Monique and I toured together in 2001 on a tour called the ABC tour ( with Deborah Conway as well). We became friends and although we haven't seen much of each other, we get along so well that when we do hang out we get along like a house on fire. Monique came up with the title for the song and then it kind of just developed from there.
What advice would you give a young kid wanting to make music a profession today?
Write lots of songs, make lots of contacts, have fun following your dreams and use the internet to promote your stuff and get it out to people. And do lots of gigs.
How does the impact of family (losing family members and having your
son grow up) impacted on your writing?
My new album is less censored than anything i have ever done before, as my son is old enough to handle the adult content and my dad has passed so some of the lines in the songs about him, well he won't have to face it.
Most artists fade away after initial success, what has kept you
motivated to write great songs?
I had to come back with some pretty good songs after breaking out with the acoustic tune 'I Go Off' which nearly pigeon-holed me into a particular style and nearly placed me in the one-hit-wonder bin. My second CD, 'I Don't Think Im Pregnant' featured Perfect Family, Piece Of Me, Love Song For A Girl, Socially Defunct and Don't Believe In Love, and was lauded by fans and critics, with one reviewer calling it the 'best rock record of the decade - (it came out in 1999). I spent 9 long months working on that record to make sure it was different and better than my debut. Then I wrote Last Thing for my third CD, Beautiful Obscene, and I knew I had hit my stride as a songwriter.
Is it true that each album has a song dedicated to the poor fool who
dared to have a go at you many years ago at the Byron Bay Bluesfest?
Yeah, thats true, let me think, I Don't Think Im Pregnant had Socially Defunct and Blues Singer
Beautiful Obscene had I Go Off, the US version, and the title track Beautiful Obscene and Last Thing and the new CD has Riot and Wear Yourself Out
Who inspired you to play guitar and write music?
The Beatles, my dad and my brothers, strangers who would hear me sing/busk.
You’ve played just about every venue in the country, which has been
your most memorable show?
Yeah I've done a lot of touring! I had a great show at the Basement ( it may have even been on the ABC tour I am not sure) and Bryan Brown came backstage to tell me how much he liked my show, that was pretty sweet. Supporting Cake at Selina's was amazing, and playing Woodford main stage in 1998 was unforgettable. I like every venue for different reasons, from the sleazy little bars to the open air amphitheaters
Where about to head to the polling booth what would you like our new
P.M to focus on?
The new Anaid and Brumby song Love Is A Weapon
... and the environment.1st song you would put on a mix tape?
Dry Your Eyes by the Streets.
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