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I have to admit, this was not who I was currently working on snagging for our next featured artist. I got an email 2 days ago suggesting a new song that was written specifically because of Twilight by an up and coming artist. I quickly jumped on iTunes and downloaded the song and now I can't stop listening to it!
Ready for this?
Behold, I present you with "The Meadow" by Kate Myers.
How can you be who you are?
Your perfect skin and my clumsy scars
Our lives, we live so close it’s hard
To think that we would ever be apart
How is it you touch my cheek
And instantly my knees go weak
My body falls into you
Whether or not I mean it to
And I don’t think anyone has tried
To read my eyes the way you read mine
I never want to leave your side
And in this time our separate lives have binding ties
But you have fallen from grace
And you will always be mine
I don’t care what people say
I’ve never felt this love before
My body flows it’s life through you
And I have lost all self-control
Lift me up and make me fly
So seamless through the cloudy sky
Your body is so beautiful it makes me cry
I just want to feel your touch
See you just for who you are
Close my eyes and breathe inside everything that
Makes me smile with you
Cause you know that I want to
Chorus
First of all, she's got a great last name.  Second of all, she perfectly captures Bella's thoughts during that glorious scene in Twilight with the lyrics and also with the dreamlike piano reflecting her experience (as well as ours, the readers) and the poignantly bittersweet, burning strains of the violin reflecting Edward's feelings. The song is simply as beautiful as the scene itself. Last, but not least, isn't Kate beautiful? She looks a little like a Meyer vampire here, no?
Kate told me how "The Meadow" came about. She said, "I actually wrote the song before I knew that it was going to turn into a movie. The friend who sent you to me gave me the book a long time ago as a Christmas present and I was so inspired by the Confessions chapter that I had to put the book down right then and there and sit at the piano. My heart was bursting with emotion and inspiration and the song came out in like 20 minutes! It was crazy! I don't know if I've ever been so proud of a song...
"In terms of constructing “The Meadow,” I could easily identify which parts of the song I wanted to sound mysterious and curious as to relate to Bella and Edward constantly testing their boundaries of what they can and cannot do with each other, based on the obvious differences in their ‘natural’ urges. On the other hand, I wanted the sound to be completely innocent and submissive as if Bella and Edward do not even care that there is this difference – that they can get around it because their love is so strong that they should be able to make it work, no matter what.
"Instrumentally and vocally, I wanted to compose the different layers of “The Meadow” in close relation to Twilight. Edward plays the piano, and beautifully at that. He writes a song, a sort of lullaby for Bella so it was very clear to me to use the piano as the main instrument. I designated the voice of the lyrics to Bella because the book is from her point of view. So, the piano melody and lyrics was a kind of play on the two characters through mixing the song’s two main voices. Aside from the piano and vocals, I decided to write a cello line because the cello has a very melancholic, versatile sound that fits the exact emotions I wanted to provoke and convey through the entire song. The timbre of the instruments is very specific but still very flexible. I find that with string instruments I can do a lot more than one would think by using just one extra instrument.
"This song could just as easily take to huge production as it could to a simple cello accompaniment, but I wanted to keep it simple because that's how the chapter was. It was one of the most intense chapters, but no action really happened. The emotion provoked from the two during that chapter was crazily intense, but it was basically all an explanation of the feelings and senses that were activated, for lack of a better word. Thus, in “The Meadow,” the piano is Edward, the vocals are Bella, and the cello is the emotion aroused from these two people interacting.
Here is what others had to say about her music:
"Kate has an extraordinary ability to mix folk/rock guitar or melodic piano with a haunting voice, creating a unique sound of her own that's calming and quiet, yet strong and moving. Kate, now 23 years old, began playing guitar at the age of 11, and was writing her own songs by the age of 13. Kate began using her songwriting as a form of therapy, self-reflecting on deep thoughts and inner feelings which she transformed into lyrics. Kate's songwriting narrates her perspectives on love, life, and loss that relates to any individual.
"Music inspires my life, it's what I was destined to create," she says. She released a self-titled debut album in May of 2004. In an effort to inspire others with her music, Kate planted herself in coffee shops and basements of music stores, gathering a loyal following in her hometown of Valparaiso, Indiana.
"On the few dates I caught Kate Myers live I found her absolutely enchanting and I can't even say exactly why. I think I'm a sucker for that sort of artist who quietly slinks onto a stage with no sort of presence whatsoever, an almost apologetic charm, and as soon as they start to sing the room stops to watch what is going on." -Chris Chincilla (ex- Art Brut member) http://angryape.com/
"Keep an eye on Kate Myers. She's an artist to watch in the coming year." - Billboard
Kate has 3 albums out: 2004 Kate Myers, 2006 Blanket Sky, and "The Meadow" is on her brand new album Instant Clarification. The last two albums can be downloaded at iTunes.
To listen to "The Meadow" you can visit her myspace here: http://www.myspace.com/kateamyers and to find out more about Kate Myers you can visit her website here: http://www.katemyers.com/
I also just discovered another song on her new album that wasn't inspired by Twilight but reminds me of it nonetheless. It is "Hello" and I think the lyrics read like Bella's bad luck, the rain in Forks and how Edward protects her from herself and all her little black clouds that follow her. Go download it and listen!
Now all of you are probably thinking, "Wouldn't it be great if "The Meadow" was on the Twilight movie soundtrack? Kate would love it and so would I, but come what may, I know it will be what I hear during that scene regardless. 
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Ani Difranco is one of my favorites.
