It’s been a rather quiet 6 weeks. I know you were worried that I was abducted by aliens, but I am in California ;) In my spare time, I have mostly been sitting quietly, watching birds and lizards in a beautiful home on the hillside looking over the valley, and writing new songs. Despite the quiet, we have some exciting news!

NEWS UPDATES

1. MTV LOGO’s NewNowNext PopLab will be playing “Shame’s A Bitter Game” Video on their 9/30/09 Episode at midnight!

This is a huge deal, so please support by going to the website and watch and comment and if you can link the video on your blog or Facebook page directly from MTV. MTV counts views and hits to the videos big time.

Here’s the link for the Broadcast Premiere of my video on NewNowNext PopLab:

www.logoonline.com/video/tiff-randol/441595/shames-a-bitter-game.jhtml?id=1622699

Please support the video: sign up, log in, vote and comment.

NewNowNext PopLab premieres a new episode each Wednesday night at midnight. Each week’s playlist can be found here:

www.logoonline.com/video/franchise.jhtml?ctid=2073

Thank you to all who made this video possible! Hugo, Tom, the crew, actors, Peter, Josh, Eddie, Arielle, and all of you for getting the word out!

NewNowNext PopLab is the home for party music in all its forms. It’s the glossy, brighter side to LGBT music. Radio stars, club favorites, and established and future divas blend together in an hour of music videos focusing on artists and material that matter the most to the LGBT music fan.

2. I owe you a song for September and a batch of video blogs ;) So here is the deal – I have something very exciting in the works and I have to keep it a secret ’til it’s official… Therefore, I do not have a song for September.

So what you can count on is that in October, I’ll either have some exciting news to share or I’ll have a brilliant new song for you. And perhaps both ;)

3. PLEDGE MUSIC: www.pledgemusic.com/tiffrandol – As many of you know I am participating in a wonderful project to help artists fund their records with the support of their fans, friends and family.

It would be extraordinary if you helped me by supporting this campaign and a percentage goes to FAMILY EQUALITY – www.familyequality.org

How you can do that is my buying a copy of my record in advance or some other cool package at www.pledgemusic.com/tiffrandol. There are a few offered – even Reiki ;)

Do a little advance holiday shopping and get triple Karma by supporting an artist, a charity, and buying something unique for your loved ones – like a signed copy of the album, a Reiki session, a spot in a music video or a guest spot at a recording session – tons of cool options. Currently we have $825 of $5,750 raised and it ends in 46 days.

4. A Quote That Sums It All Up: “Mind can accept any boundary anywhere. But the reality is that, by its very nature, existence cannot have any boundary, because what will be beyond the boundary – again another sky. That’s why I’m saying skies upon skies are available for your flight. Don’t be content easily. Those who remain content easily remain small: small are their joys, small are their ecstasies, small are their silences, small is their being. But there is no need! This smallness is your own imposition upon your freedom, upon your unlimited possibilities, upon your unlimited potential. Nobody is here to fulfill your dream. Everybody is here to fulfill his own destiny, his own reality.” – Osho

Thanks and Love to you,

Tiff

Listen and download now at www.tiffrandol.com/music

August Theme: Self-Centered

This is my favorite song so far from the collection. It is sassy, powerful, fun and a fine display of one of my biggest personal breakthroughs so far. As much as I may come off as doing and saying whatever I please, underneath it all, I aim to please. Yep, I hate to admit it, but I’m a people pleaser.

In the past couple of months, something has changed for me. I used to seek advice from 15 people before I made any major decision in my life. Part of it is that I want EVERYTHING and the other part is that I never want to make the wrong choice. Problem is – all 15 of those people have their own opinions, and none of them mine. ;)

So, for the first time in my life, I am officially over it! I don’t know what happened – honestly I think it may have been a combination of Reiki and many things that have happened since moving to California. Bottom Line: I just feel different. I don’t have that desire to ask people’s opinions. My gut is running the show – and it feels amazing.

Therefore, the theme of the month is SELF-CENTERED. This is a word that I think is sorely misunderstood by a lot of people pleasers ;) Break it down: Centered in yourself. My mom always said – you have to hug yourself before you can hug others ;)

self–cen·tered

Pronunciation: -ˈsen-tərd
Function: adjective
Date: circa 1764
1: independent of outside force or influence: self-sufficient
2: concerned solely with one’s own desires, needs, or interests

“PEOPLE TALK” downloads are available at:
www.tiffrandol.com/music

Please support more music being made through Pledge Music at:
www.pledgemusic.com/artists/tiffrandol

“PEOPLE TALK” CREDITS

Production: Ashley Witt and Roy Hendrickson.
Featured Performances: Buz, Ashley Witt, Mikki James
Contributor/Executive Producer: Clark Hamm and Marga Bakker

If you would like to show your support by being Executive Producer and bringing a new song to life email me at tiffrandol@gmail.com

Thank you to everyone who downloaded and contributed to The Polyamorous Collection this month from the bottom of my heart.

Love,

Tiff

My site: http://www.tiffrandol.com
Newsletter: http://www.tiffrandol.com/newsletter

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Tune in again to “The Polyamorous Collection”

“Don’t Don’t Don’t Call Me Baby,
Don’t Don’t Don’t Call Me Sweetheart,
Don’t Don’t Don’t Don’t be a Cliché,
You can do Better than that!”

JULY SONG: “DON’T CALL ME BABY”

Song #6 of the “The Polyamorous Collection”

JULY THEME: DEFIANCE

Oooh, this is one of my favorite themes… I bet not many of you know that my parents were ministers – hence the obsession with acting out ;) lol. Little by little I will divulge all my secrets to you…

de·fi·ance

Pronunciation: di-ˈfī-ən(t)s, dē-
Function: noun.
Date: 15th century
1: the act or an instance of defying : challenge
2: disposition to resist : willingness to contend or fight – in defiance of : contrary to : despite [seemingly in defiance of the laws of physics]

DOWNLOAD IT NOW at www.tiffrandol.com. In the spirit of bad manners and rowdy behavior, enjoy.

DON’T CALL ME BABY CREDITS

Production: Tiff Randol. Mix: Andrew Schneider. Engineering: John Hill (Santogold). Featured Performances: Mikki James, Joe Bennett, RJ Osterhaudt, Dennis Cahlo, Michal The Girl. Thanks to Ashley Witt.

Contributer/Executive Producer: We NEED someone for this song… Anyone?? If you would like to show your support by being Executive Producer and bringing a new song to life email me at tiffrandol@gmail.com

Thank you to everyone who downloaded and contributed “The Polyamorous Collection” this month from the bottom of my heart.

MP3 Download: http://tiffrandol.com/music
Video Blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eei_ts_hotk
Blog: http://blog.tiffrandol.com/the-polyamorous-collection

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Newsletter: http://www.tiffrandol.com/newsletter

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Facebook: http://fblink.com/tiffrandol
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Tune in again to “The Polyamorous Collection”

“change is never easy, but it’s necessary. we’ve grown up and grown apart, a common story.. every night I pray our love will never fade, but time keeps playing games like yesterday..”

Today is the official release of “Hush Don’t Cry”, Song #5 of the “The Polyamorous Collection.”

“Hush Don’t Cry” is a song about that moment where we hold on for dear life, even though we know it is already too late. I had originally written this song for Miles who was my partner in crime for many years. I remember the moment I wrote it. It was at a point where I knew something had changed between us and it tore my heart.

JUNE THEME: CHANGE

Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes. Turn and face the strange…

Change

Pronunciation: ˈchānj
Function: verb.
Etymology: Middle English.
Date: 13th century

1a: to make different in some particular: alter
1b: to make radically different: transform [can’t change human nature]
1c: to give a different position, course, or direction to
2a: to replace with another
2b: to make a shift from one to another: switch

DOWNLOAD IT NOW at http://www.tiffrandol.com/music

It will make you honest.

A fun review from LIMEWIRE: http://blog.limewire.com/posts/17211-songstress-tiff-randol-gets-polyamorous

TELL ONE ON YOURSELF. Who broke Your heart? ;)

HUSH DON’T CRY CREDITS:

Production: Tiff Randol. Vocal Production: Todd Perlmutter (Blue Man Group). Mix: Andrew Schneider. Engineering: John Hill (Santogold). Featured Performance: Mikki James, Joe Bennett.

This song is alive in the world because the following people contributed to the cost of recording and made it possible!

Executive Producer: Jeff and Terri Randol (yes, my mum and dad ;)

If you would like to show your support by being Executive Producer and bringing a new song to life, email me.

Thank you to everyone who downloaded and contributed the Polyamorous Collection this month. I always know who is contributing to the recordings and I thank you from the bottom of my heart because you allow me to continue making music to give away.

My site: http://www.tiffrandol.com
Newsletter: http://www.tiffrandol.com/newsletter

MySpace: http://myspace.com/tiffanyrandol
Facebook: http://fblink.com/tiffrandol
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tiffanyrandol
Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/tiffrandol

Tune in again to “The Polyamorous Collection”

May Theme: Surrender

To surrender to is to abandon oneself entirely to a powerful emotion or influence; to give into. To let go of everything you think is supposed to look a certain way and surrender to the present is the ultimate expression of love and selflessness.

sur·ren·der Pronunciation: sə-ˈren-dər

Function: verb Etymology: Middle English surrendren, from surrendre, noun Date: 15th century

1: (surrender to) abandon oneself entirely to (a powerful emotion or influence); give in to

2a: to yield to the power, control, or possession of another upon compulsion or demand b: to give up completely or agree to forgo especially in favor of another

May Song: “I’ll Pick You Up”

This song is the story of life. Time passes, Dreams die, and Nothing is certain, but the sun and the stars and the moon. And when we stop for a moment and surrender to them, Time is irrelevant, Dreams are born, and Everything is Possible.

Produced by Tiff Randol. Mixed by Andrew Schneider. Engineered by John Hill. Featured Performance: Mikki James, Joe Bennett, Erin Hill.

This song is alive in the world because the following people contributed to the cost of recording and made it possible!

Executive Producer: Anita Carlisle. Thank you for making this possible.

DOWNLOAD “I’ll Pick You Up” at http://www.tiffrandol.com/music

My site: http://www.tiffrandol.com Newsletter: http://www.tiffrandol.com/newsletter

MySpace: http://myspace.com/tiffanyrandol Facebook: http://fblink.com/tiffrandol Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tiffanyrandol Zazzle: http://www.zazzle.com/tiffrandol

Tune in again to “The Polyamorous Collection”.