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Finally…the trailer for the first single of Twisted Tales

5 January 2012 Yunyu

Ahh…here we be.

I proudly present the trailer for the first single off our new album project Twisted Tales…Dorothy. Dorothy discovers that her magic shoes will no longer return her home as she is the cosmonaut lost in space.

Twisted Tales is an international collaboration between myself, the lovely Queenie Chan (New York Times #1 bestseller Manga Artist) and aweso animation collectives “The Commonist”

It is an exciting Music, Manga and Animation album that asks the question of what happens when Fairy Tales come to live in our modern universe.

Enjoy!!

 

Dorothy Manga

2 January 2012 Yunyu

This is Queenie Chan’s take of Dorothy.She’s explained to me that Dorothy actually does meet Wizard of OZ in the end.

of Twisted Tales and were-santas.

13 December 2011 Yunyu

Dear Spiderlings

How are we all? Been helluva while since last update but much has been happening. We’ve been real busy putting the final bells and whistles onto the second album and we can now share…! YAY!

Firstly we are doing a wonderful piece of collaborative work with Music, Manga by Queenie Chan and animation by The Commonist.

We will have more about them in the coming weeks so keep the eyes peeled.

The project is called TWISTED TALES – which answers the question “What happens when fairytales infect our universe?”

For an idea of how long I’ve been obsessing over this…a mouldy 2006 entry.
http://yunyu.com.au/home/2006/09/29/the-thing-about-fairy-tales/

Then there’s this…my attempt at pseudo comics pied piper (took awhile to unearth this post…dammit my wordpress filing sucks)

http://yunyu.com.au/home/2006/11/27/poisoned-music/

So it is madness, new site should be up in the next couple of weeks. New songs, new album. All in a little bit.

Meanwhile…I return with a piece of music that tries to explain why Santa Claus can fund your Christmas, good spiderlings – done to the tune of It’s the most wonderful time of the year

 

Artwork done by Queenie Chan. See more of her work on Queeniechan.com

Join the mailing list http://yunyu.com.au/home/mailing-list for a FREE copy of the track or click the “Buy” link at the embed…which still gives you the FREE goodies!

Lyrics

It’s THE crap crappiest time of the year ?My head’s jingle belling?And hippies are telling me “Be of good cheer” ?It’s the my most sorrowful time of the year ?It’s the crap-crappiest season of all
When I become santa, and no I’m not mental
I just want a cure?from this crap crappiest sickness of all ??I was making a killing
In stock market trading
Cashing in on all the loopholes
I’m worse than Charles Ponzi
I took more than Madoff
But hey you’re not perfect yourself
?It’s my most sorrowful time of the year
A were-santa he got me he bit me that bastard
and now once a year
I’m transformed into this ponce with the bells??I’ll pay anything for a cure for this sickness
and swap this for lycanthropy
And anything’s better than riding with sleighbells
and giving my fortunes away.

It’s my most sorrowful time of the year
my pockets are echoing
my world is ending and
Don’t you dare cheer
It’s the most sorrowful time
It’s the most sorrowful time

It’s the most sorrowful time of the year

A collection of minion awesomeness.

14 April 2011 Yunyu

This post is dedicated to the dear spiderlings who consume the music, talk about the music and make awesome awesome artwork/ remixes of the music. I’ve meant to do this for awhile now…but I am still one (almost) and still trying to be legion. 😛

I guess the work is never done, and as I run around like some highly caffeinated mad hatter to get the album released on time, with the bells and whistles that I think are important, I’m ticking about and wondering what happens after this album….Perhaps it’s another concept album, (like this coming one is perhaps it’s back to something like Spiked Soul…where I let the muses roam free. Either ways, I’ve started sketching album 3 as album 2’s singles slowly make their maiden voyage towards you in the mid year.

It’s been awhile I know, but with a limited budget and pesky life’s distractions, everyone on deck’s zipping along as fast as they can and finally…finally we can say we’ve got a singles release round about mid year…and regular releases every 10 wks(ish) after that.

So before I finally leave the old album behind and start telling you about the new… here’s a collection of the various musical incarnations from Spiked Soul. I guess to fascinates and flatters me when I see re-interpretations of my songs. So here they are…starting with the originals.

The Originals

This is Lenore’s Song (version. 0 – directed by the very talented Tahnee McGuire, produced by Matt Carter)

This is You are Expendable (version 0 – directed by Luke Gibbs)

Then, me dear spiderlings….this is what you did.

 

The vault of my awesome spiderlings

This is what Caitlin Turnbull aka heartprism created

This is by DominicanDemon144

This is by HomicidalFlea

This is by XxEnvyMomoxX

This is what 123ghostpenguin456 created

Another

This is something Alice Li Meichi created. You can find her work here, You can find her prints here. They are the awesome, because I say so…and because IO9 says so 🙂

Yunyu - by Alice Li Meichi

I’m sure I’ve left out other bits of minion awesomeness, so email me on spiders (a t) yunyu.com.au if you’ve created any and I’ll add them to the list and duly file them under #awesomeness. Because minion awesomeness is somethiing worth collecting…like garden gnomes…and shrunken heads.

And whilst I continue to distract here still, is Angel Arias, I’d love to see it re-interpreted, re-formed, re-born

Your Royal Madness
Yunyu

Sherlock Holmes as a nun

8 April 2011 Yunyu

There’s a few more things to set up and sort before we are ready to reveal the single from the new album. It’s been rather a mammoth project as you will soon see :). In the meantime, I shall continue to distract with interesting little bitsies found from the web, everytime I procrastinate…which is alot.

Here’s a little something from my good friend Queenie Chan has made this wonderful story of called Sister Holmes which you can enjoy here.

It’s basically a re-interpretation of sorts, of Sherlock Holmes. This time though, he’s a she, who’s a nun, who solves crimes.

Queenie Chan is the creator of “The Dreaming” Trilogy published by Tokyopop. To date, all three volumes have been published, with the last volume published in 2007. It has since then been translated into six languages. She has since collaborated on a single-volume graphic novel called “In Odd We Trust” with publisher Del Ray, a prequel to the “Odd Thomas” series of novels by New York Times best-selling author Dean Koontz.

The Sister Holmes comic can be enjoyed below. 🙂

Holmes

Of THREE things. of FREE things. of Happy things.

15 March 2011 Yunyu

Dear spiderlings.

At this point your royal madness is doing happy gnome dances because things are going great. 🙂 I’m dead tired of course, but things are just beginning and they are beginning in the most encouraging way possible. 2 radio interviews this week on ABC and newspaper coverage of the wonderful book BURN BRIGHT by Marianne de Pierres and the book single, ANGEL ARIAS, by your royal Madness.

Plus I just got invited to the Brisbane Writer’s festival. I think I’m gonna cry rainbow tears now.

So to celebrate, because more new things are coming out I’m giving away 3 FREE tracks to those who join the mailing list, and those who are already on it…three free things are on it’s way to you.

MAILING LIST

They are LENORE’S SONG, A PRAYER and DISCONNECTED.

They are old things, but they are GOOD things. And as a welcome to new faces who stumble your way here, they are for you….while you wait for some NEW things.

For the NEW things are not far now.

Meanwhile…the nearest available NEW thing


and on itunes

Messing with your reality always…
Your Royal Madness
Yunyu

ps: now I’m back to my writing hole writing a theme song for a film in development that possibly involves me learning old nordic words….

Oh my! ANGEL ARIAS is out!

4 March 2011 Yunyu

Finally! It’s been a long time coming. Angel Arias is finally here! You can buy it all on Bandcamp or on itunes. Links here

Itunes:

Bandcamp:

http://yunyu.bandcamp.com/album/angel-arias

BUY Angel Arias

 

Oh me oh my! Few thanks in order (and in no particular order) :

To my family and minions who wait, prod, ask, show love,entertain, and thenwait some more for new things to come. This is for you. Thanks for so very patient and kind. We know it’s been awhile…

Special thanks to Random House, Curtis Brown Literary for making it all happen. Tara, Zoe, Peri, Justin…Thanks for taking the foray with Marianne and I into unknown and exciting territories.

Big thanks to the lovelies at Elmac Creative, Alissa, Carolyn and friend/mentor/manager Lee McIver. Thanks for encouraging and polishing the madness that longs to be free.

Also to MGM, Mark, Mell and Sebestian…for offering so much help in getting Angel Arias out. Weeeeee!!! We did it!

Also thanks to the folks at Coolshite on the tube, who are always at the ready to help spread the word. 😀

And lastly and very especially, Thank you Marianne, for allowing my muses to frolic in your universe. They’ve enjoyed every moment and were last seen in a carriage heading towards Danksoi with Ruzalia. They’ve sent a post card with only 2 words.

Burn Bright and Angel Arias burn brightly in Courier Mail

2 March 2011 Yunyu

Courier Mail coverage…

This coverage from Courier Mail definitely made my day.

In other news, I have an interview with the Daily Telegraph tomorrow to look forward to, and then it’s more war room stuff…and writing. Back to writing. There’s a movie script on my desk yelling at me to be looked at…and I’m yelling back with rude things and not really meaning it. No time no time no time… 🙂

The truth is… I’m one happy preppy puddle of joy at the moment…but crazy busy.

***ANGEL ARIAS out this FRI!!***


That plus the fact that Angel Arias is out this Friday. What more can a girl ask for? (ahem…heaps more actually…like MORE time…where does it go?)

Angel Arias by Yunyu

The artwork is done by the very talented Catherine Geaney. Catherine Geaney is a digital artist who graduated in 2010 specializing in illustration, animation and film. A passion for all kinds of creative projects and always interested in exploring new styles. Other interests include Japanese and reading too much. See her work at www.catherinegeaney.com

***Coolshite interview, giveaways galore***

REMINDER: Marianne de Pierres and Your Royal Madness are doing an interview on the coolshite podcast on all things BURN BRIGHT and ANGEL ARIAS. So tune in for the goss, the genesis of the collaboration and the tales….which I promise are very entertaining.

      You can send questions to feedback@coolshite.net remember….the best asked questions get sent a gift pack –

A SIGNED BOOK + SINGLE (Burn Bright and Angel Arias combo) by yours truly and Marianne de Pierres

Angel Arias by Yunyu

There are also giveaways on my facebook page on facebook.com/yunyumusic if you tune in Australia time – Morning ish… We have 2 more Giveaways to go…so tune in!!

Your Royal Madness
Yunyu

Thank you Beat Mag, the countdown begins, and appearances…in book stores

26 February 2011 Yunyu

Thanks Beat Mag! for putting up an article about Angel Arias/ Burn Bright Collaboration :). My gnomes are so happy.

Angel Arias by Yunyu

Angel Arias will be out on Itunes and Bandcamp in 6 more days. Countdown time everyone! 🙂

Also I shall be making some appearances here with the lovely Marianne de Pierres for the Burn Bright/ Angel Arias collaboration….never been to a book signing before (from a non fan girl perspective) , never had to meet too many people before the dark hours. It’s all brand spanking new for me…come say hi? There might be FREE tunes/books afoot!

Ultimo Library
March 21
Ultimo Community Centre, L1, 40 William Henry St, Ultimo, 200. 4 – 5pm

Galaxy Books signing 5.30pm
Wednesday March 23rd

Kinokuniya event : 6.00pm
Thursday March 24th

ANGEL ARIAS/ BURN BRIGHT premiere on Coolshite.net

14 February 2011 Tags: Yunyu

Angel Arias/Burn Bright Premiere on CoolShite.net & a 1Minute Sneak Peak of the single

On March 7th at 8pm AEST, tune in to www.coolshite.net to join the live podcast interview with genius wordsmith Marianne de Pierres and Yunyu on the eve of their dual book and single release.
Her Royal Madness, Yunyu, has produced a stunning single, Angel Arias, written to compliment de Pierres’ first young adult dark fantasy novel, Burn Bright.


Interview + Book and Music GIVEAWAYS!!

Bruce Moyle and David Quinn from CoolShite will interview them and play Yunyu’s single in a world premiere. Join the fun!

Questions about Angel Arias/ Burn Bright/ and anything about their collaboration can be emailed to CoolShite via: feedback@coolshite.net or use the voicemail line @ (02) 8011 4365 or skype @ razorbolt

Marianne and Yunyu will also be giving away a set of the Marianne’s book Burn Bright and Yunyu’s single Angel Arias to 3 lucky winners who submit their questions.

For more information go to:
www.coolshite.net
www.yunyu.com.au
www.mariannedepierres.com

And now….I present a 1 minute preview of the single – Angel Arias.

Watch the book trailer of Burn Bright here

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