Yes! We Just Have Opened Our Boutique!!!

Hello!!!
Storming in with some great news!!!

Ania on behalf on glen landing just opened up a boutique on etsy.com where we are going to sell some glen landing stuff and her handmade things! It's called Be My Surf Princess

Lets see what Ania has to say about  this project in this little interview:

GL BLOG: "So how do you feel?"

Ania: "Oh, probably accomplished, because i had this idea for a long time and finally it is reality! It is a virtual boutique, and i hope one day it will be a physical store on the street : ) or even a chain of stores so i can have one in Philly, South Miami beach, and Minsk!!! Bubbly and carefree!"

GL BLOG: "What does the name mean?"

Ania: "I have chosen a name a long time ago, Be My Surf Princess. And the homie there is my baby seal. I like surfing culture, and you know Britney is Pop Princess, Grimes is Garage Pop Princess... And the seal is Surf Princess : ] (i know, it's way too complicated) It's more likely for the girls, something like Hello Kitty brand"

This is the logo for the tee shirts with the seal!

GL BLOG: "What kind of things are you selling there?"

Ania: "First of all, it is official Glen Landing boutique. We have so much merchandise and tee shirts, so many cool designs and colors. And we have the whole section for girls! We usually sell it only at our shows. Now it is so exciting to finally being able to sell it online! And usually girl shirts designs somehow incorporate the baby seal. So it is perfect for the boutique!
Along with out official Glen Landing merchandise I am going to sell all other stuff i make, including accessories, tee shirts, paintings (mm, of the seal...) and even i hope soon dresses and clothing!"

GL BLOG: "Who makes the items?"

Ania: "Well, we print our Glen Landing apparel, and usually Dan comes up with the designs. He is so good at it!!! he comes up with the dopest designs ever! and there are so many other design that he has ideas for.
And for the other items, i make them. I have been sewing since i can remember myself. I have so much stuff made and so much stuff in sketches/ideas. I will be adding more items to the boutique inventory as i make them"

A Tee with neon pink Seal :]

GL BLOG: "What is your inspiration?"

Ania: "Glen Landing. Baby seals. Bubblegum (original flavor) Japanese Harajuku fashion. Blue. I am all about color! I love bright colors, interesting color combinations, neon colors. And vintage 60s fashion. "

GL BLOG: "Why a baby seal?"

"I don't know why this image came to my imagination. But it did ( and i think i know why now). I remember sitting in class at the College of New Jersey, and just drawing this seal for the first time in my notebook. And since then, i could not stop drawing it in classes. I had all different kinds, a seal with spots ("spotted seal!!!"), with guitar, in hats and with accessories, a badass seal :) ... And then i started to draw it, using watercolors and oils. Then it started to appear on our gear, on my shirts, and even on my dresses now!
Also i love a seal as an animal and i would like to support the movement of PROTECTING BABY SEALS against their cruel murder for their beautiful white fur. So in the future i am planning on donating a percent of my sales to the organization that protects them."

This baby seal pretends he is
 a giant snowflake :)

GL BLOG: "What are you future plans for the boutique?"
Ania: "I want to open a branch on ebay.com :] I would like to have some music equipment related things, cute stuff for girls musicians. Also dresses. And of course more fun Glen Landing merchandise"


So if you would like to check out the boutique here is the link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeMySurfPrincess

New Songs: Ania + LogicPro

My newly styled mic & favorite Russian poems...

Hi

Ania here. And I am going to be honest with you.

I am in love !!! .... with LogicPro :/  This is a computer program that have literally changed everything for me.  It is more than love, it is pure addiction. 

I can not stop using it. I can not stop making music with it. It is amazingly simple and yet so POWERFUL!

LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Especially all the effects you can use, and especially on vocals!!!

In a progress of recording my new song 'Zvezdnie Zvezdy"

Now there is time when it seems to me all the pieces of the puzzle are coming together and i see a clear vision.

Now it's the time when there is going to be Russian Lyrics and songs in Russian with me singing. Yeah! glen landing is like a coin :) There have always been a Russian side of it, and finally it is time for it to be flipped!!!!

Well, it's tough to say that it will be glen landing songs... But what i am doing is a part of glen landing. So we decided to call it me, Ania, featuring glen landing!!! YEAH!

We had the program for 3 days and after spending these 3 days (mmm, like non-stop) with magic Logic, i have recorded two songs.

And i will call it Shelest EP 2012 (remember, it is in Russian :))))

I will upload the songs to www.soundcloud.com/glenlanding VERY SOON!!!

I just have to put the finishing "mastering" touches to it! I have never even thought i will/can ever do this. Now i feel i found a real JOY in it!!!

Recording lyrics on the fly, getting inspiration from Anna Akhmatova poems...

Thank you for your time.

And i will talk about it more in my future posts!!!
Stay tuned!
And look at the stars tonight - they are beautiful....


Ania

"Russian Party" Explained By Dan. Part 3

I may call these "Russian parties," but  the main common thread amongst all these students is that they can speak the Russian language.  They may be from Mongolia, Mondolvia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and many others.  Most of these countries were part of the Soviet Union until the 90's which meant the common language was Russian.  Even though they all have their own languages, they all can speak Russian.  Except me, I know like 5 words.

Being that some of these college students are from major cities and others from village like towns, the access to such parties is not a staple back home for all.  "Turn that music up man!!!!" says one party animal to another.  The bass is pumping and peeps are dancing.  The stereos are always big and pumping and they don't skimp out on the light show either.  With a box full of DJ lighting and smoke machines to boot, you'd think you were at a club by the ambiance of the room.  Instead of going out to the club, they just make the house into a club.

Glen Landing has been lucky enough to become the house band of these, "Russian Parties."  Providing live music for these house gatherings that don't usually start until the stroke of midnight.
Since Ania is from Belarus, she is GL's connect to all this.  If I didn't know Ania, then I'd probably never even know that this underground scene existed.  Every party that we have played is a little different.  Some are more of a listening party and sing-alongs, then others have been all-out bangers going until the sun's up.  The crowds of college students flocking to the scene, looking to rage and have a good time, all enjoy a live band.  Glen Landing comes and brings the noise to help add to the experiences that these students take home with them.  It is special for us to share this with them and equally special for them to experience it with us.





Music is the one common thread that all people in this world can relate to.  It is our link to one another. Without understanding one word spoken of another, you can still find  a relation in song.  I have found that their is many more casual musicians at these parties than at an "American" party.  Before and after Glen Landing rocks these parties, you could call it an open jam.  You'd be pleasantly surprised to see that probably half these party goers can play an instrument, so they rock out too!!!  I'm bringing the accordion next week to see who is truly legit!!!





My experiences have taught me that if u want to sing-along, then you should.  It's a, "everybody sings" community of friends.  From all walks of life and different nations, they sing loud and in with harmony together.  I don't understand what they are singing but, I've been told they are traditional folk or pop songs.  Sing loud while holding your brother or sister next to you, feeling the vibes and spreading the love and never the hate.  I hope i have clearly explained of what a "Russian Party" is, so I thank my foreign brothers for sharing in these great times with me and Glen Landing.  Till the next one...... this SATURDAY!!!!

"Russian Party" Explained by Dan. Part 2

With heavy accent, "Dude, we go to Russian Party tonight!!"  I have heard this phrase many times in my years of chillin at the southern jersey beach town of Wildwood.

Yanna, Treece, Yuraslava, Ania

To explain how these Russian parties happen it starts with college students from all over Europe coming to America to work for the summer. They work many, many hours and party hard thru the night.  Most kids live in hostel type housing in wildwood so the parties always happen at Russian houses.  In the "Russian Houses" their are veterans of the work and travel program that help facilitate these parties to happen.  Here is the General.  Thats just how he smiles.  LOL!!!  Good friend of mine.

(singing with accent) "HAppy Birthday!!!"

Their doesn't need to be an occasion for these parties to get nuts.  Just vodka and some beer !  This past Tuesday it was a birthday party!!  That's the birthday girl right dere and the dude on the left is Andre "King of Wildwood"  He throws many killer parties and his dance moves are hot.  Just ask Chuck Treece, Andre was telling Treece about how the girls just come to him when he dances at the club in Miami.  Oh yea, Russians have this thing with Miami.  They all have to go Miami at some point.

TO BE CONTINUED.... and don't forget to share this on your pages!!!!  Click below to get our single "BubbleGum"  for free download

House Party Addiction! Part 1

Hello friends!

Ania  is here, reporting live from fresh beautiful and charming beach of North Wildwood, NJ

Recently we found ourselves having such awesome time while playing at Wild Russian Summer Parties 2012! Yesterday was the second show we played and it was so cool!!! Both parties were Birthday celebrations for two Russian girls both named Zenia! (is there any other Zenia's that are going to have birthdays soon?! i wonder...)

We love the energy, the vibes, the different languages, all this interesting new people we meet! Mostly Russian students that are spending their summer 2012 here in USA, in Wild Wildwood!!!

There were lots of people, everybody having fun, dancing, singing!

WE LOVE YOU, OUR NEW FRIENDS!!!!
(specail thanks to Zenia Soshkina for pictures!)

Meet our new friends! This is Julia, Zenia, another Zenia (it was her birthday party), and Slava!

Slava and Zenia are our neighbors, they are my favorite girls here !

We love to hang out and play at these parties!

We have played 6 songs, including Holiday acoustic, a new version of Criminals, Disco featuring me on guitar and singing (oh yeah these disco days are HOT), and of course BubbleGum.

The show was very intimate and just enough loud to hear everything clear.

And of course our favorite part was all our new friends dancing (like the speakers were about to fall down from the SHAKE of the room!!!!!) and a lovely light machine that was setting up the mood of a Russian- American spaceship racing to the stars!!

A special and pleasant surprise was to have legendary Chuck Treece at the party too! he is freshly back from his European tour with a band Lemonheads! Lots of cool stories from him!

 YEAH, and baby seals were there too!!

GEAR! Orange and Space Echo are hanging out!

Stay tuned for the second part of the story - an inside view of an American of a Russian party!

Dan will explain how he feels about it and I am sure it will very interesting!

All the best, Ania

PS: don't forget to use a Translate feature  if you would like to read this post in your native language!
Google is amazing... :)

SummerTime with GL

Enjoying the sun and hot days, laying out on the beach, listening to whisper of waves, hanging out and making new friends, watching sunrises on the ocean...

SUMMERTIME!!!!!!!

And GREETINGS to all our new and old friends!
We are happy to have you!!

It was such great time at our new friend's Zenia's birthday partey hosted by legendary Andrey in Wildwood! Hope for many more good times!

We have been playing and creating new songs, new sounds, new beats, new vibes!
There will be a photo session very soon and hopefully some new recordings!!
Stay tuned!

Pearl Zemaitis Guitar...

Our lovely band member - vintage Fender Rhodes Bass Piano made in1972 . The only other band known for using it is The Doors! Wow!

Check out this new thing we had a chance to try out!!! it is so cooooool!!! It's a Kaoss Pad by Korg. Does magic!!!! Especially it is fun to combine such new technology with vintage instruments.... We DID IT! sounds great!!

Render Rhodes piano and Korg Kaoss Pad!! Nice!

Glen Landing And The Snowboarding Opossum

Hello!

Today we are going to reveal the connection between GL and The Snowboarding Opossum. No, it is not our opossum :( and we did not shot that video :( BUT

our new song is called "Pizza Without" - it is funny! And this opossum inspired us while writing lyrics!

The song depicts a TRUE story!!!!
and this is what happened - here is sneak pick of the lyrics:

Pizza Without  - by Glen Landing

Band practicing on Wednesday night
Got excited for a pizza slice
And Scott said he doesn't like pepperoni!
I said WHAT??! WHAT?! WHAT?!!!!

What's pizza's like without -
PEPPERONI!!! PEPPERONI!!

What's pizza's like without -
PEPPERONI!!! PEPPERONI!!

Posted on my facebook page
See what my homies had to say
it went viral like THE SNOWBOARDING OPOSSUM!!!!
They said WHAT?!WHAT?! WHAT?!!!!

What's pizza's like without -
PEPPERONI!!! PEPPERONI!!

What's pizza's like without -
PEPPERONI!!! PEPPERONI!!

Pizza without pepperoni

Is like koala bear without eucalyptus

It's like glen landing without Fender Rhodes

It's like Justin :0 without Bieber!!!!

Here it is! You can catch us jamming & dancing out to this song at our live shows :)))

And do you guys like pizza with pepperoni?!

Here are some shots from you from our show at Gloucester Township Day!!

Our drummer Scott, the one who DOES NOT like pepperoni! (;

Specail guest Rich Quick, awesome !!!!

Our Show At Gloucester Township Day

Hello!!!

Fresh report here from our show yesterday at Gloucester Township day at Veterans Memorial park!

It was a great begging of the summer celebration! The weather was gorgeous, fresh breeze and sunshine all day. We had our tent and table set up with t-shirts and seal gear :) and we had two contests going on: a FREE guitar giveaway which was such a hit! and also a huge gar of bubblegum, and you could win it if you guess the exact amount of pieces of gum in it.

It was awesome to watch kids trying to figure out how many pieces of gum is there. They were doing math, using a "Pie" method (?!) to calculate, they even asked for a calculator. Anyway, for everyone who guessed, there were 289 pieces of gum!!!! Right before BubbleGum song we announced the winner. A little boy won and he was so happy!

We want to thank ALL our friends and family who came to he show!! Especially our number ONE fan Jeff Knorr, our friend and our first bass player Brian Oberg now of The Wooden Owls , Neeka Caplan, and little Holly Evans. The stage was awesome,  lot of equipment there (well, that's how we roll). Also we got our sound engineer there, Ethan Caplan  - thank you Ethan!!!!!

The highlight of the show was appearance of our special guest Rich Quick, and WOW he killed it !!!! we played two songs together, and the energy there was unbelievable. Check him out! He is so talented.

Also we were happy to play our two new songs - Pizza and DiscoTeka!!!!! All little girls were dancing and having good time! yeah, that's what we want!

Just before our Pizza song we announced who won the guitar. And then a little rock star was born! you should see the excitement on the boy's face when he was running to the stage to get his prize!!!

GL and seals...

Seal shirt and Starr earrings that we sell at our shows 

My favorite quote by Walt Disney

Wishing you all the best!!!

Glen Landing