Posted March 8, 200718 yr Updates in BOLD. New Album * Fifty songs were written, not sure how many recorded. * The producer of the album is David Kahne (The Strokes, The Bangles). * Twenty-four songs have been mixed by Andy Wallace, who has had a successful run as a producer/mixer working with acts such as Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Nirvana, Rage Against the Machine, blink-182, Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, System of a Down, as well as many others. He also worked on the highly-anticipated new Guns N' Roses album. * Legendary punk bassist Mike Watt played on six tracks for Kelly's album. * David Kahne confirmed that he produced "Maybe", "Yeah", and "Anymore", which Kelly performed on her last tour. * Besides the three songs previewed on tour, Kelly has also mentioned titles of "Haunted" and "Get Away" as well as "Irvine" which was written on tour in California during "the lowest point in my life." * The following titles were listed on the BMI music publishing site. They were written by Kelly along with her guitarist Jimmy Messer, and a writer named Dwight Baker: "Can I Have A Kiss", "Hole", "How I Feel", "Judas", "This Perfect Day." * In a recent fanclub interview, Kelly talked about her influences on the new album, naming singer/songwriters Ray LaMontagne and Patty Griffin. * From a Blender interview: "The soft songs will be softer and the hard songs will be harder. Who the hell wants to make the same record? That's boring. It's the fricken music industry." * Kelly performed a song from the album, "One Minute", on February 18th at the NASCAR Daytona 500 pre-race Tribute to America *Kelly announced in a journal entry on her official site that the title of the album is "My December." *Kelly wrote or co-wrote the entire album. *These are screencaps from a fanclub video of the album cover photoshoot: http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f211/jeremybingaman/kellshoot.jpg http://photos-451.ak.facebook.com/ip002/v63/196/41/194901530/n194901530_30191451_6587.jpg NASCAR Deal * Kelly performed Since U Been Gone, One Minute, and Miss Independent on February 18th at the Daytona 500 Tribute to America. Audio/video available at KCEMedia. * Kelly will film a 30-second promo spot during her performance that will feature the new song. This will be played on FOX, TNT, ABC, ESPN and SPEED, throughout 2007. * Kelly will also serve as spokesperson and ambassador for the fourth annual NASCAR Day on May 18. * Kelly will appear in an ad campaign promoting NASCAR Day for The NASCAR Foundation. The ad will premiere during the Daytona 500. * Kelly is scheduled to perform at the Nextel Cup Series Awards Ceremony in New York City on Nov. 30. Reba * Kelly is featured on Reba McEntire's new duets album which is supposed to be out late this year. * Kelly and Reba filmed Crossroads on February 22. The special is set to air in November on CMT. It features the duet they recorded for Reba's album, "A Lot Like You." Set List: Walk Away Why Haven't I Heard From You Because of You A Lot Like You (New duet) Breakaway The Greatest Man I Never Knew Does He Love You Since U Been Gone Fancy
March 11, 200718 yr Yeh, I thought it looked a little like 'Behind These Hazel Eyes' as well :lol: I can't wait to hear her new stuff! :D
March 12, 200718 yr Wow. 50 songs! :dance: I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it. :kink: Bursting into song already
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