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Решил все-таки создать эту тему. Здесь будут размещаться новости про второй сольник.

Как сообщает последняя запись в блоге новый альбом готов, отстался только мастеринг. Скоро будет объявлена официальная дата выхода.

The record, the website, and more...

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Hi guys,

Hope you're all doing well out there!! Things are brilliant here. I've got some updates for ya on the new record, the website, etc. It's been pretty nuts on my end!! So much going on!

As for the album, we're all finished recording and mixing now, and headed into the mastering phase. I'm really happy with the way the album's turned out. Like always, I've written all of these songs from my heart. We also shot some video inside the recording studio while we were making the record, so you guys can share in some of those experiences with me. I'll be uploading that footage to my new site when it launches (along with a bunch of other stuff.) I'll be making an announcement soon with the official release date for the album, and the official date the website will launch!

So, about my new website!! I just took a look at the new progress today, and it's really fantastic what the team has been up to behind the scenes.

I think my favorite thing about my new site is that it's going to be a really interactive experience for you guys. Some of the features include my own social networking community that's built right in, where you can create a profile, upload your own photos and concert videos, post blogs, create groups, chat live with other fans in my new chat rooms or post in the forums, etc. I just created my own account this evening, and uploaded my first new photo! Haha.

The team and I will be posting updates and uploading new videos, pictures, and tour news on the main page of the site, but members of my community will have access to a lot of exclusive stuff that non-members won't have access to... and it's totally free to be a member. :)

So after the new site is launched, I really hope you'll all join up, create your own profiles, and then leave me some comments or send me a message to let me know what you think!

Anyway, that's all for now. 2009 is just around the corner now! Really looking forward to seeing you guys on tour and sharing this new music with ya. Thanks for hanging in there with me. ;)

Loves,

Dolores xx

http://www.myspace.com/doloresoriordan

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В новом интервью для голландского портала Ze.nl Долорес подтвердила информацию, что песня The Journey была записана в самый последний момент, когда весь альбом уже был смикширован и для него уже была готова обложка. Идея написать такую песню пришла к Долорес внезапно, и она поняла, что именно The Journey должна стать первым синглом, потому что песня выражает основную идею альбома.

Также у Долорес в очередной раз спросили, какую музыку она сейчас слушает. Долорес отметила среди любимчиков Snow Patrol, The Killers и Lily Allen.

Интервью, переведенное гуглом:

She was the face and sound of The Cranberries. And she still, despite this fall's second solo album out. Dolores O'Riordan Ze.nl spoke about this' burden ', its burn-out and Lily Allen.

Once we are in two easy chairs in the American Hotel in Amsterdam, nestled in a jug of water, Dolores asks whether I am for. It amazes me how small and fine it is, I have my 1 meter 63 even look down. At this time she traveled through Europe for its new album, No Baggage, in September come to promote.

Open
Even Dolores says not to have been open since the Cranberries album No Need To Argue 1994. With that openness would not that people know her better: she wants to inspire people. "I think with my life to do. I want to show young people that they should not worry about small things. It is about what's really important: your parents, children, family and your health." The singer has the idea that many people today lose sight of what is really important is all the information on them coming through the media. "When I was twenty early in my Cranberries period, there was not such a large flow of information as now. And then I found it difficult! You can check how intense that is. The pressure of life is enormous. I want to inspire young people to believe in themselves and not to be guided by external pressure. "

Crazy world
The people need a bit of awareness to bring is something of recent times, says Dolores. Before mother was (she has two daughters, a son and a stepson), she had that much less. "I have a daughter of eight and one of four, and I see how difficult it is for young girls to grow up in this time. There is so much pressure from the media: everything is aimed at young people. It's a mad world . Children are children, who would not even stress may have! "

Choices
Dolores is surprised how technology, especially with the advent of the Internet, the world over the past fifteen years has changed. But one aspect remains unchanged: life is about choices. "Want to 'real' people to hear, or choose to make types made to go, because they happen famous or money? The idea is that you choose what you want and where you want. It is difficult because once you've chosen, it is difficult to arrive at that choice. "

"It's not about me '
Yet she believes that with her daughters well, because they are very driven. "My oldest wants to be a writer. She reads every night throughout the book and ask: 'Mom, did you read?" Usually I reply that I am not afraid and she tells me hundreds farthing. It opens my eyes and brings me back to my youth. She has a strong will and really want to be a writer. If that is what she wants, then they will go. I wanted a singer, and that is so successful. " Her children are so that they continue to develop. "They ensure that it is not just about me running."

Write
Dolores wrote all the text and music for No Baggage itself. No, that is not to be. "Then it's not. It should come naturally. Sometimes I have friends to drink some wine and we are comfortable talking to when I suddenly get inspiration. Then I just isolate to write. Often know friends that do and let me alone at such moments. "

Grateful
As for The Cranberries Dolores also wrote all the songs, it's not crazy that the typical sound now sounds in her solo work. That they will thus always remain associated with the band is not very, it is grateful. "The band has made me who I am. I was only eighteen when we breakthroughs. Maybe risky, so young and so successful, but also beautiful. I have a reasonably young age and experienced everything now, while I still 'm still fairly young (37 - ed), still a 'normal' life. For example, I just young children can get. "

New single
In August, the first single from the album No Baggage: The Journey. And while they actually only wrote the song when the rest of the album was all mixed and recorded. Even the photos for the cover were made. "Suddenly there shot a catchy song in my head and I took it. Both the European and American label had something of them still on the album. Furthermore, it was clear that this is the first single should be. It's about the journey of life and says in a song I wanted to tell this whole album: Enjoy the moment and not take things' for granted '. "

Respect for Lily Allen
When asked what they like to hear recent music, called them bands like Snow Patrol and The Killers as a favorite. "And Lily Allen. I find it cute how she deals with her fame. I know from experience that it is not easy at that age with all the attention and papparazzi to go. People often forget that an artist but also a man . The media kick bad news. I do recognize that if you have a weak moment, it is in all newspapers. That is the downside of success. But as Lily maintains itself, I great respect for. She is a strong girl. "

'Sick of the world'
The success at a young age was also not Dolores clothes sit in the cold. It was an eye opener with great highlights, but when she was 25 she got a burn-out. "After seven years in the business, I was fully sat and I stepped out of the world. I hated to be known and disappeared as far as possible from the screen. I got a family and looked no more." It was not from 'the world' to resign. "You have no control over fame and reputation. Whether you like it or not, you're followed everywhere and that is pretty scary. Actually selling yourself: your life, your songs. And if you all have given, you still laugh at people from with stones and throwing them at you. But that is own man. You must be strong, stand up and go again. Children make sure you back with both legs on the ground to assist and provide a certain peace. " Fortunately she recovered herself in that peace and music to make them again.

Highlights
When we went to Dolores' peak in her career, will without doubt that its participation in the concert "Pavarotti & Friends." Here she got the opportunity to meet with Lady Diana at dinner. "I was the only female artist that night and we are all sat at the table. I have about twenty minutes talking with Diana. My parents were there too. My father is from the countryside and do not read newspapers, so he never so informed. My mother called it was an honor to meet Diana and asked her how it went. I told my father: 'This is Lady Diana. " Whereupon he said: 'Ah, where are you from? "Dolores laughs. "It could have to laugh. It was so cute. Parents make you see everything in perspective and keep your feet on the ground."

About the culmination of her life she says: "Marriage is very nice, but the birth of my children ... Mother is changing the relationship with your partner: you do not know if it all goes well, come, it's very exciting. But if the child that really you together is born is so great! It has me and my husband very close together. Although you have less time together. " What she especially wants to bring children? "Believe in themselves and develop strong values. This is so much more important than before. I think that is especially true for girls. For them, growing up difficult. If you guys have problems, they fight it out and about. For girls different. I want them to learn that they must do what they like, firm should stick to their own values and that they are not influenced by outside pressure. "

Kiss
The interview with Dolores fly over. I have not even a sip of water can take, when the time is done. Dolores is on, spread her arms and gives me a kiss on my cheek. Although I previously thought that they agree a person might be inaccessible because of its slightly sour expression, shows the opposite and she is right: what you are and what you stand for is more than show.

Dolores O'Riordan The Journey single in August. The album No Baggage follows in September.