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Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann in concert on 15 October 2005.
Aimee Mann in concert on 15 October 2005.
Background information
Born September 8, 1960 (1960-09-08) (age 47)
Origin Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Genre(s) Rock
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s) Guitar
Bass guitar
Years active 1982–present
Label(s) SuperEgo Records
Website Official website

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Contents

Biography

Aimee Mann was born in Midlothian, Virginia, graduated from Clover Hill High School and attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out to sing with her first punk rock band, the Young Snakes; the band released the EP Bark Along with the Young Snakes in 1982, and a compilation album was issued in 2004. Midlothian is an unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, Virginia, United States. Clover Hill High School is a Public secondary school located in Midlothian, an unincorporated community in Chesterfield County, Virginia Berklee College of Music, founded in 1945 is an independent music College in Boston Massachusetts. The Young Snakes was an American band formed in Boston in the early 1980s Lead singer and bassist Aimee Mann formed the group after she dropped The Young Snakes ' only EP released in 1982 Track listing "Give Me Your Face" – 310 "Suite Me" – 224 "Don't

In 1983, seeking a return to "sweetness and melody", she co-founded with Berklee classmate and boyfriend Michael Hausman the new wave band 'Til Tuesday, which achieved success in 1985 with its first album, Voices Carry. Michael Hausman is an American Percussionist and artist manager in the music industry (not to be confused with the Film producer of the same New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s ’Til Tuesday (often written as ’til tuesday) was an American new wave band formed in Boston in 1982. Voices Carry is the first studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1985 The title song is said to be inspired by Hausman and Mann's breakup; the video became an MTV staple, winning the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist, although Mann's then-signature spiky hair would lead some to dismiss the group. A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. The following is a list of the MTV Video Music Awards winners for Best New Artist. Mann performed with the rock band Rush on the song "Time Stand Still" (from Hold Your Fire, 1987), singing backup vocals and appearing in the music video. Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of Hold Your Fire is the twelfth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released in the fall of 1987 (see 1987 in music) With Mann playing an increasingly important role in songwriting, 'Til Tuesday released two more albums, Welcome Home and Everything's Different Now. Everything's Different Now is the third and final studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1988 On the final album and tour, musician Jon Brion joined the band, which broke up in 1990 when Mann left to start her solo career. Jon Brion (born December 11, 1963) is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist Singer, Songwriter,

Around the time of the first album's release, Mann began a romantic relationship with Jules Shear; they broke up before the final 'Til Tuesday album, which contained the song "J For Jules. Jules Shear is an American Singer and Songwriter born in Pittsburgh in 1952. " Professional relationships from the band would continue: Hausman later became Mann's manager, and Brion produced her first two solo albums, along with the Magnolia soundtrack. Magnolia is the soundtrack to the Paul Thomas Anderson motion picture of the same name.

Solo career

In 1993, Mann released Whatever, her first solo album. Whatever is the first solo album by the American Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 1993. Promotion suffered due to the collapse of her label, Imago. While only a small hit, the album was critically praised, and paved the way for her next release, 1995's I'm with Stupid, through Geffen Records. I'm with Stupid is the second studio album by the American Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 1995 Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label [1] Again, reviews were positive, but sales were weak.

Mann recorded Bachelor No. 2, but Geffen saw no hit singles in the material and ordered her back to the studio. Bachelor No 2 is the third studio album by American Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 2000 The album languished while Mann and the label fought.

Meanwhile, film director Paul Thomas Anderson, for whom husband Michael Penn and Brion had composed a soundtrack, became a close friend. Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26 1970 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated American Filmmaker. Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American Singer and Songwriter Mann gained greater public recognition in 1999 — indeed, more than anything else since "Voices Carry" — when she contributed eight songs to the soundtrack of Anderson's Magnolia, including the Academy Award and Grammy-nominated song, "Save Me. Magnolia is a 1999 American Drama film, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Save Me is a song by written and performed by Aimee Mann for use in the film Magnolia. " Anderson deliberately worked from Mann's lyrics to create the film's characters and situations. Mann soon became sought after as a soundtrack contributor.

Independence

Disillusioned with both the ineffectual promotion and artistic meddling by her record label, an experience documented in her song "Calling It Quits", she struck out on her own and founded SuperEgo Records in 1999. Mann self-released Bachelor No. 2 in 2000, having negotiated a contract release from David Geffen, and though initially only sold at concerts and via her website, the album became successful, allowing her to secure retail distribution through SuperEgo. David Geffen (born February 21, 1943) is an American Record executive, Film producer, Theatrical producer and philanthropist The album, which included some songs from Magnolia and new material, was widely admired and Mann's "more indie than indie" success was carefully noted by other musicians. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous

Mann, Penn, Brion, Fiona Apple, and other musicians had by this time developed a subculture around the Largo nightclub in L. Fiona Apple (born Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart on September 13, 1977) is a Grammy-winning American Singer-songwriter. Largo is a Nightclub and Cabaret in Los Angeles CA, known informally as Café Largo or Club Largo, known for its retinue of musical A. Penn and Mann formed a concept called Acoustic Vaudeville to recreate it on tour in California and eventually on an irregular, ongoing national tour. The Acoustic Vaudeville shows intermix music and stand-up comedy; among the comedians joining them for individual shows were Janeane Garofalo, Patton Oswalt, and David Cross. Jane Anne (Janeane Garofalo (born September 28, 1964) is an American stand-up Comedian, actress, political activist, writer Patton Oswalt (born January 27 1969) is an American Stand-up comedian, voiceover artist and Actor. David Cross (born April 4 1964 is an Emmy Award -winning American Comedian, Writer and Actor. Mann continued her solo career with Lost in Space (2002), a somewhat more somber album in the same vein as Bachelor No. Lost in Space is an album by singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released on her own label SuperEgo Records in 2002 (see 2002 in music) 2, featuring art by Seth. Seth is the Pen name of Gregory Gallant (born September 16, 1962) a Canadian Comic book artist and writer In 2003 her website released the Lost in Space Special Edition, which featured a second disc containing six live recordings, as well two B-sides and two previously unreleased songs. In November 2004, Live at St. Ann's Warehouse, a live album and DVD recorded at a series of June 2004 shows in Brooklyn, came out; the two discs were sold packaged together in either a CD jewel case or a DVD case. Live at St Ann's Warehouse is a live Album by Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City.

Mann described her next album, The Forgotten Arm (2005), as a concept album set in the 1970s about two lovers who meet at the Virginia state fair and go on the run. The Forgotten Arm is an Album by Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann with illustrations by Owen Smith. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" The Commonwealth of Virginia ( is an American state The Joe Henry-produced album, which was recorded mostly live with few overdubs, was released May 3, 2005. Joe Henry is an American Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist and Record producer. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The album's illustrations and title reflect Mann's interest in boxing. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, The album title derives from a boxing move in which one arm is used to hit the opponent, causing him to "forget" about the other arm, which is then used to deliver a harsher blow. The album received weaker reviews overall, with critics impressed at the totality but unimpressed with any individual songs.

Mann also released an EP for Christmas in 2005 as a cover single of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" for sale through her website and iTunes. " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " is a Christmas song introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me In St iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc It also included "Christmastime", the 1996 duet she recorded with Penn for the Hard Eight soundtrack, and a cover of "The Christmas Song". Hard Eight is a 1996 film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C "Christmas Song" redirects here For the Mannheim Steamroller record of the same name see Christmas Song (album. The iTunes version replaced "Christmastime" with a cover of Joni Mitchell's "River" and "I Was Thinking I Could Clean Up for Christmas" from The Forgotten Arm. Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7 1943) is a Canadian Musician, Songwriter, and

Mann's independence from the industry led to more overt political stances. She joined Artists Against Piracy, a group formed to act against the illegal downloading and file sharing of copyrighted music from the Internet. To download is to receive data from a remote or central system such as a Webserver, FTP server, mail server or other similar systems See Shared resource for the conventional meaning of file sharing File sharing refers to the providing and receiving of digital files over a Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks Mann, Penn and Hausman took their experience with SuperEgo to found the independent music collective United Musicians, which is based on the principle that every artist should be able to retain copyright ownership of the work he or she has created, in contrast to normal music industry contracts. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels A collective is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest or work together on a specific project(s to achieve a common objective United Musicians is an independent music collective founded by Aimee Mann, Michael Penn and Michael Hausman. Copyright is a legal concept enacted by Governments, giving the creator of an original work of authorship Exclusive rights to control its distribution usually for

In July 2006, Mann announced that she would be releasing One More Drifter in the Snow, a full-length Christmas album. One More Drifter in the Snow is the tenth Album and first Christmas album by Aimee Mann, released by SuperEgo Records in the United States The album featured primarily covers of Christmas standards, as well as a new version of Christmastime and an original song, called "Calling On Mary", written by Mann and bassist Paul Bryan, who produced the record. It was released on October 31 in the US, and late November 2006 in the UK. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse [1]

In July 2007, the music video for a song entitled "31 Today" (which featured comedienne Morgan Murphy alongside Mann and Bobcat Goldthwait as director) was posted on YouTube. The name Morgan Murphy may refer to the following Morgan Murphy (baseball (1867-1938 a former Catcher in Major League Baseball Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait (born May 26 1962) is an American Comedian, actor screenwriter and film and television director YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees [2] The song appears on Mann's seventh studio album, @#%&*! Smilers, released on June 3, 2008. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2008 [3]

July 31, 2007 saw the release of the soundtrack for the motion picture Arctic Tale featuring two new Mann songs, "The Great Beyond" and "At the Edge of the World". Arctic Tale is a 2007 Documentary film from the National Geographic Society about the life cycle of a Walrus and her calf and a Polar

Discography

With The Young Snakes

With 'Til Tuesday

Solo

Misc. The Young Snakes ' only EP released in 1982 Track listing "Give Me Your Face" – 310 "Suite Me" – 224 "Don't Voices Carry is the first studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1985 Everything's Different Now is the third and final studio album by the American band 'Til Tuesday, released in 1988 Coming Up Close A Retrospective is a compilation culled from the works of 'Til Tuesday. Whatever is the first solo album by the American Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 1993. I'm with Stupid is the second studio album by the American Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 1995 Bachelor No 2 is the third studio album by American Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released in 2000 Lost in Space is an album by singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, released on her own label SuperEgo Records in 2002 (see 2002 in music) The Forgotten Arm is an Album by Singer-songwriter Aimee Mann with illustrations by Owen Smith. Solo

Virtual albums

Guest appearances and covers

Promos

(directors in parenthesis)

Acting

Personal life

Mann met fellow singer-songwriter Michael Penn in the late 1980s and with comparable songwriting styles and record-industry woes to share, they struck up a friendship during the recording of Stupid (to which Penn contributed vocals), which blossomed into romance and their marriage in 1998. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Michael Penn (born August 1, 1958, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American Singer and Songwriter [1] Penn and Mann live in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. Los Feliz, also Rancho Los Feliz ("Feliz Ranch" is a district of the City of Los Angeles California, named for its land grantee José Vicente Feliz Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West They have no children, but Penn has a son from a previous marriage.


References

  1. ^ a b Aimee Mann - Current Activities. United Musicians. Retrieved on 2008-03-13. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II.

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