Wanted to give you all an update but first a note from VICCI:

Hello Everyone!

it feels like yesterday we were frolicking in the summer wonderfulness…(i wasn’t, too busy) but it sounded like a good idea 😉 Now, its about to be HALLOWEEN!!! oh how the days just pass us by!

Really want to thank youall for all the messages of support you’ve given me through these busy and intense times… I definitely pick up on the energy, and am so fortunate to be receiving it. Remember, it’s all full circle, so don’t stop giving the love 🙂
We have finally decided on a couple of contenders for the first single. Although we are stiiilllll working on the record, and with that comes more songs out of the blue because I’m crazy and can’t stop working…I’m excited to say in a month or so, you will be listening to a brand new Vicci Track!

I’m currently hangin in LA, which I have to say  has been a great place. You all know I’ve been in Washington my whole life, so its been nice to change it up. I do miss my friends and family, but with all this work, I’m keeping busy.  Just wanted to give you all a quick heads up of whats to come…and again, thank you soooo much for all the support!

Love and light to you all and take care of yourselves and each other!!

xoxoxoxox

Vic

 So whats been going on…Lots.

Vicci has been writing and recording with Peter Svensson (Cardigans); Tim Pagnotta (Sugarcult); the amazing writing team The Matrix as well as Jason Nevins and some other amazing folks (which will be revealed later!)

Vicci also will be in Seattle for a brief moment in November as part of a wonderful benefit concert at Benaroya Hall for Seattle Children’s Hospital.  It will be a great night that features Mateo Messina (scored films such as Juno and Up In the Air); John Ondrasik of “Five For Fighting” and Windup Recording artist  Civil Twilight from Capetown South Africa.  Vicci will be performing as part of this
event.  Tickets are $40-$60 and you can CLICK HERE to purchase.  What a great evening and an even greater cause.

Stay tuned for some great stuff for the holidays, but can’t wait to let you all hear some music!

Finally, we are having a contest to NAME VICCI’s NEW CD.  CLICK HERE to email me your album title suggestions.  If we use your album title, we will send you a special Vicci Martinez pak with some extra goodies and fun collector stuff.  We have some working titles, but thought it would be fun to see what you guys can come up with!

It will start heating up pretty quick so get ready for next year!  It is going to be a great one.

 Team Vicci

**** To see the original news letter posted by Vicci’s Team you can click on the link below

http://www.reverbnation.com/c/fr5/artist_577736?eid=A577736_10108495_

TREBLE CLEF LIVE (unplugged and authentically indie) is a one hour radio show hosted and produced by Leigh Swansborough that features one indie artist live and unplugged with some Q & A. Hear and get to know the artists before they become mainstream.

Treble Clef Live has shared video clips of their interview with Vicci Martinez but here’s a link  to the full 1 hour audio interview.  Its worth hearing the whole thing!

You can see video of this interview under our video section by clicking it from the homepage or the direct link here http://bit.ly/pgoJ54

Once again thanks to Leigh Swansborough for allowing us to share this amazing interview with everyone. Vicci is truly one of a kind. If you listen to the interview or watch the videos you will hear Vicci talk about our web site “Vicci Martinez Army: Warrior fans fighting for love.”

In the past few weeks Vicci has been working with some huge music producers and writers for her upcoming album release. We still do not have a set date on when it will drop but Vicci and her team want to get it out as soon as possible. So far it is unconfirmed but I heard it may be out as soon as the end of October, but that is once again unconfirmed.

Right now Vicci confirmed via a Twitter that she is in Berlin, Germany writing and recording at the Hansa Studio’s with members of the Swedish Mafia we believe due to her Tweet seen below. Hansa Studio’s was founded by by brothers Peter and Thomas Meisel in 1964. It is known for its darkly reverberating sound quality giving the studio near legendary status among certain music genres.

VicciMartinez
(@VicciMartinez)
9/26/11 7:57 PM
in Berlin at Hansa Studios, its 1:50 AM on
Tuesday, one song down, now re-writing tmw’s song #SWEDISHMAFIA http://t.co/eUIMdlxa

Since she’s been in Germany she has also held to Stickcam sessions with fans. For those of you who do not know what Stickam is, its a live video and audio chat where Vicci can see and talk to her fans via her laptop or cell phone. To find more out about Stickam visit www.stickam.com

On September 20th Vicci retweeted that she was working with the incredible song writer Toby Gad. Toby was born in 1968 and now resides in Los Angles, CA. His first hit record was at age 19 with Milli Vanilli. Has a Grammy for his song w Beyonce “If I Were A Boy.” Gad wrote “Big Girls Don’t Cry” w Fergie. The song went 21 weeks at the #1 spot on billboard.com. According to billboard.com “Big Girls Don’t Cry is one of the top 100 songs of all time. If that is not enough to impress you Toby – wrote and produced with A-List superstars like Alicia Keys, Fergie, Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Kris Allen, Jordin Sparks, Robin Thicke, Brandy, Donna Summer, Veronicas, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus,Natasha Bedingfield, Veronicas, Sean Kingston, Colbie Caillat, Ricky Martin, and Simple Plan just to name a few!

Below is the tweet from September 20th, 2011 from Toby Gad posing in a photo with our own Vicci Martinez. I don’t know what they were working on but I sure know with these two together it’s going to be great!

toby gad (@tobygad) 9/20/11 8:37 PM Here with @VicciMartinez! http://t.co/SxZt0pTL

 
 
 
 
 

The week of September 14th Vicci tweeted that she was working with Max Martin at Conway Recoding Studios in Hollywood, CA. Conway Studios has hosted a number of producers and artits such as Bruno Mars, Ryan Tedder, Britney Spears, Dave Mathews, Barbra Streisand, U2, No Doubt, Micheal Jackson, Green Day, Dido, and Stevie Wonder just to name a few.

 Max Martin was born Feburay, 26, 1971. He orginates from Stockholm, Sweeden and is a singer/songwriter/producer.  Since 2008, he has written and co-written more than 11 number-one hits, including “So What” and “Raise Your Glass” by Pink, “Hot n Cold”, “I Kissed a Girl”, “E.T.”, “Teenage Dream”, “California Gurls”, and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”, by Katy Perry, “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson, and “If U Seek Amy”, “3” by Britney Spears. Since 2010, he has co-written 10 top-10 singles, including “Dynamite” by Taio Cruz, “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” by Usher, “Whataya Want From Me” by Adam Lambert, “Raise Your Glass” and “F**kin’ Perfect” by Pink, “What The Hell” by Avril Lavigne and “Hold It Against Me”, ‘”Till the World Ends” and “I Wanna Go” by Britney Spears.

Souce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Martin)

Note: Notice how Vicci talks about her BFF Emily Valentine. We now have a special name for their Girlmance: they are “Valentinez”

Brittany Frederick
Starpulse Contributing
Writer
http://digitalairwaves.net/2011/09/20/on-the-wavelength-with-the-voices-vicci-martinez/

(c)2011 Brittany Frederick/Digital Airwaves. All rights reserved.

Here’s the latest on and around NBC’s The Voice: I shine the spotlight on rocker Vicci Martinez, the semifinalist from Team Cee Lo and favorite of Javier Colon’s kids.

Vicci’s personality struck a chord with her coach and the fans, and season one champ Javier told Jay Leno that his two daughters loved her. It was easy to see why, as she brought a fire to every song that she performed through the season. Giving a roaring rendition of Adele’s “Rolling In The Deep” in blind auditions, she edged out Niki Dawson in a battle round duet of Pink’s “F–king Perfect,” then steamrolled her way through Dolly Parton’s “Jolene,” Florence and the Machine’s “Dog Days Are Over,” and a notorious duet with Cee Lo Green of Pat Benatar’s “Love Is A Battlefield.”

What I appreciated most about Vicci was her confidence. With every song she did, and every interview we did, it was clear that she was comfortable in her own skin in a way that most of us only wish that we could be. One of the highlights of my Voice experience came during the Los Angeles tour date, when she spotted me in the crowd and pointed me out. She always made me feel not only like she was proud of herself, but that it was okay for me to be myself. Her inner strength comes through in all her music.

Just before going into the studio to work on her next album, Vicci talked with me about the recent Voice tour and future plans.

You can also check out Vicci’s available catalog of music on iTunes.

You finished the show and then went directly into the Voice tour, now you’re in the studio – have you actually had any time to catch your breath?

I feel like the last week has been a little bit more of a break. I was doing a lot of traveling and stuff and when I did have time off, I was making up gigs that I had to cancel because of the show and the tour. I feel like I’ve kind of done a little more of L.A. I’ve had some writing sessions but I’ve had a few days to just kind of experience my surroundings, because I’m going to be living here for awhile.

I enjoyed the opening night of the tour in Los Angeles. How was the rest of the tour?

It was really quick, it was fun. The shows were really entertaining. I didn’t expect the energy from the fans. We were in such a bubble that I didn’t even know people watched the show. I was just like, “There’s a lot of people here.” I really just drink in every moment, try to make everything a party.

How much can you say about what you’re recording now? What’s the plan going forward for you?

It was Dia [Frampton], me and Javier that got signed [and] they want the records out before they start the next [season]. I haven’t even recorded one song yet for the album. All I’ve done has been writing and demo’ing. Now they’re just picking out the singles.

With auditions for season two just starting in Los Angeles, I wanted to ask about those. How was your audition experience in season one?

It was great. I went in there kind of uneasy about the whole show. It’s like a stupid ego thing that maybe every artist has, I want to work for where I want to get to. I’d been working for ten years. So I was still in that mindset. I could feel the energy of the people in the casting crew. I could feel the sincerity.

How far did you think that you would really go? It seemed like everyone had Javier installed as the early winner, but his kids were also huge fans of yours.

I had a couple people that I thought were gonna go. I was a big fan of Javier’s and I was a fan of Bev’s [Beverly McClellan], too. As a musician and a singer, she can do it with her eyes shut. She is music and it’s really beautiful to watch. Javier has that quality as well.

With me, I was like, “I hope somebody turns around,” and then like every show it was, “If I don’t make it, it’s okay, but I hope I do.” When I found out I was a finalist it was just a party the whole week for me.

You worked with some wonderful people in your coaches, fellow contestants, and the crew – anyone special that you want to recognize?

My roommate was Emily Valentine. I’m really stoked that I got to meet her because she’s one of my best friends and a big support now that I’m living in L.A. It’s really great to have people that care about you, that you care about.

It was a great experience for everyone. We still keep in touch. We’re all pretty busy but we still let each other know that we love each other. The show’s about being genuine. I was so surprised, too; I didn’t think it was going to be like that. A lot of these shows want drama. Even if you were so good, if you were kind of like that bad seed in the garden, you got rid of yourself. The coaches didn’t want that. Nobody wanted that.

How did you adjust to all the media attention once it became clear how big the show was going to be?

I guess we didn’t really have time. I’ve dealt with [the media] like in Seattle, [but] the show kind of prepared us without us even knowing it, and then the more we did interviews, we got used to it. Nobody even knew that it was going to be this big of a hit. It was the best experience of my life.

What was your favorite moment or part of the process of being on television?

I really enjoy when I did the Florence and the Machine song [“Dog Days Are Over”] because it was like, I am a drummer, I got to do my thing. It was the most natural thing I’d ever done. It was just fun running around that stage with a mohawk and drums. I never thought I’d do anything like that.

In retrospect, is there anything about the whole experience of the show that you would have done differently?

Nope. I’m a firm believer that everything happens as it should. And it all happened as it should. I’m happy every day, I’m happy with the show turned out and opportunities that have opened up.

My thanks to Vicci Martinez for this interview! For more from Vicci, you can follow her on Twitter [@VicciMartinez] or visit her official website or Facebook.