Music update: Interview & Charade track guide

I was recently interviewed by the wonderful Sean Hannam of Say it With Garage Flowers about my new record, Kickstarter campaigns and basically all things music related.  If you so choose, you can read that interview and a track by track guide to the record here: “I’m a late night, melancholy kind of girl” / MEG OLSEN

Enjoy as I yammer on and attempt to sound like I know what I'm talking about! (that's a laugh).  I hope you are very well! Back with a more fashion related fare soon.  xM

Music update: new merch!

I wanted you, lovely (patient) readers, to know that I have some brand new band merch available with a magical illustration by the one and only Miss Hannah Metz. At the moment, I've done a short run of 3x3inch stickers and some buttons but there will be a bit more to come! Pins and stickers (and EP bundles!) are now available at megolsen.bandcamp.com/merch 

Lastly, I am playing a very laid back set with some friends this Friday, November 1st at Sheddy's Wine bar! If you are around and fancy a glass of wine and some music please do swing by!

Back soon! xMeg

MY KICKSTARTER ENDS TODAY **Update** IT FUNDED!!! :D

Seeing as though I've been updating everywhere else I figured I should pop by the old blog to do a little Kickstarter last hurrah promo post! There are mere hours left so if you have been thinking about pledging it's now or never! Every last penny will help me get this new album out there into the universe.  Click here to visit my Kickstarter!

back soon! xMeg

With a Little Help from My Friends: My Kickstarter Project

Hello lovely readers! Now that I am feeling back to my normal non-feverish self I wanted to post about a project I launched last week more or less from my sick-bed. But perhaps I should back up a little…  Since releasing my EP at the start of the year I've been plotting (and being asked by many people)  when I might go into the studio to finish recording a full-length album.  Recording is quite a pricey endeavor. Even with dear friends who help make it all a bit more affordable it's still several thousand dollars to make a full-length album.  I know and have pledged money to a few people who have gone the crowd-funding route for music and it has worked out well for them.  I've also backed to several non-music projects as well - from funding the launch of a fashion line to helping someone sail around the world to donating a little to help someone pay for medical bills. When it works and is done well I think crowd-funding is genius and it really helps people get their projects off the ground.  Which brings me to my Kickstarter Campaign… 

I am raising $6,000 - a little over half of what it will cost for me to make and manufacture my debut full-length album.   As of right now,  the campaign has been running for 5 days and I'm only at 6% of my goal :( which is worrisome because with Kickstarter it's all of your goal or nothing! So… I need to ask a little favor. Whether you are a fan/friend of my music, my blog, or just me in general, please consider making a pledge.  A pledge of just $10 will get you the digital download of my new album when it is finished later this year. A $4 pledge will get you a digital version of my EP - that's actually a dollar cheaper than buying it on iTunes or Bandcamp!  There are several different incentive levels from pledges ranging $1 to $1,500 and believe me when I say every dollar counts.  Did I mention the stellar video I made for the campaign will sick with the flu? here's that little "gem"...

So that's it. I don't want to bog down my blog with Kickstarter propaganda but this project is very important to me so I want to make sure everyone knows about it! If you can't afford to pledge please tell someone you know about my project!  There will be a Kickstarter link in my sidebar for the rest of the campaign. thanks guys & gals!

All my love

xMeg 

It's EP release day!!!! (updated)

You really cannot imagine how excited/nervous/thrilled I am to get this EP out into the world and, in particular, to share it with all of you lovely people who have stuck with me and this blog over the past 6+ months while I plunged head first into the recording process.  (sidenote: I really wish I could have posted this earlier in the day but I only just got back from the Sundance Film Festival this morning and couldn't get to a computer until now!) Anyhow...

Without further ado, may I present to you my debut EP: Deal from the Bottom which came out today and is available digitally on iTunes (eek! worldwide)! I'd love to hear your thoughts and even if it's not quite your cup of tea, I would be forever grateful if you would share it with people who may like it. The iTunes link is below and I am also in the process of finishing my website where you'll be able to get hard copies in case you're a fan of holding an actual physical copy and looking at artwork like me!



*Update* Here is the first track on the EP - it's called "Corners of Bars"... I hope you like it!




xoMeg