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        <title><![CDATA[@Natalie Brown - blog]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Born in Canada,&lt;strong&gt; Natalie Brown&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;lsquo;s passion for music was nurtured from a young age by her involvement in theater, gospel music, creative writing and local session work as a vocalist and writer. Upon deciding to pursue a professional music career, she moved to California and was selected to sing with internationally acclaimed Gospel recording artist Ron Kenoly during his &amp;ldquo;Welcome Home&amp;rdquo; tour in 1996. She toured around the USA and upon returning to California, Natalie studied with world-renowned vocal instructors Seth Riggs (Stevie Wonder, Tevin Campbell, Deborah Cox) and Dave Stroud (Terry Ellis of En Vogue, Rosie Gaines).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Natalie&amp;rsquo;s debut album was released in late 2000 and contained thirteen original songs. Created with a thoughtful range of subject matter, tempo and mood throughout the album, &amp;ldquo;&lt;strong&gt;Let The Candle Burn&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;rdquo; was enthusiastically welcomed by fans and industry personnel alike. She painted an interesting tapestry of sound on an album that included carefree, upbeat tracks, mid-tempo chillout songs and sweet soulful ballads.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Natalie returned to the studio to record the 2003 Holiday album entitled &amp;ldquo;&lt;strong&gt;A Cool Christmas&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;, a 10 song Cool R&amp;amp;B/Pop influenced collection of Holiday favorites. The album included the beloved &amp;ldquo;Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas&amp;rdquo;, the soaring chime of &amp;ldquo;Silver Bells&amp;rdquo; and the quietly understated &amp;ldquo;I&amp;rsquo;ll Be Home For Christmas&amp;rdquo;. Natalie pulled Ray Charles&amp;rsquo; &amp;ldquo;Christmas Time&amp;rdquo; out of the archives and gave it a light, airy spin that served the tune well. Up-tempo numbers included a Swing infused &amp;ldquo;Let It Snow&amp;rdquo; and a contemporary pairing of &amp;ldquo;Winter Wonderland&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Sleigh Ride&amp;rdquo;. A mellow-groove rendition of &amp;ldquo;Give Love on Christmas Day&amp;rdquo; rounded out the sure-to-please Holiday offering.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the Spring of 2004 the digital singles &amp;lsquo;&lt;strong&gt;I Wonder&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;lsquo; and &amp;lsquo;&lt;strong&gt;Queen of Me&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;lsquo; were made available on Natalie&amp;rsquo;s official site. The songs garnered tremendous attention and In July 2004, &amp;lsquo;Queen of Me&amp;rsquo; was released by Avex, Inc. Japan on the &amp;ldquo;Soul Essentials 7&amp;Prime; series with songs by Rahsaan Patterson, Earth, Wind &amp;amp; Fire and others.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Much to the delight of fans eagerly awaiting new material, January 2009 saw the release of the long awaited sophomore album &amp;ldquo;&lt;strong&gt;Random Thoughts&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;ldquo;. The album features a selection of songs with varying themes (Natalie&amp;rsquo;s Random Thoughts) that range from the inspiring &amp;ldquo;Hold Your Head Up High&amp;rdquo;, the girl power anthem &amp;ldquo;Queen of Me&amp;rdquo; and the uplifting &amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s A Beautiful Day&amp;rdquo;, to the thought provoking &amp;ldquo;What&amp;rsquo;s Going on Next Door?&amp;rdquo;, the unity rallying call of &amp;ldquo;Come Closer&amp;rdquo;, the sultry &amp;ldquo;How I Love 2 Love U&amp;rdquo;, the soulful &amp;ldquo;You&amp;rsquo;re Mysterious&amp;rdquo; and signature love ballad &amp;ldquo;I Knew You Were The One&amp;rdquo;, and more.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Since late March 2010, Natalie shared via her &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.natalie-brown.com/biography/video/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;nVlogs Video Blog&lt;/a&gt; series the making of her latest project entitled &amp;ldquo;&lt;a title=&quot;The Relationship Odyssey&quot; href=&quot;http://www.natalie-brown.com/the-relationship-odyssey/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Relationship Odyssey&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;ldquo;. The album was released on January 17, 2012 with the partial support of fans via her crowd funding effort. You can watch the entire series on Natalie&amp;rsquo;s site or at her YouTube channel or on her web site &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.natalie-brown.com/video/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;www.natalie-brown.com/video&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Natalie has actively been licensing her music for Film/TV and Commercial placements since 2002. She&amp;rsquo;s had music placed on every major &lt;strong&gt;North American cable&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;network &lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;premium television programs &lt;/strong&gt;across the globe. A partial listing of domestic placements can be found &lt;a title=&quot;Licence Music&quot; href=&quot;http://www.natalie-brown.com/license-music/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Albums Available&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Relationship Odyssey (2012)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Random Thoughts ( 2009 )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Let the Candle Burn ( 2000 )&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a title=&quot;Buy Natalie Brown Music Online&quot; href=&quot;http://www.natalie-brown.com/music/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Buy Music (CD/Downloads) Online - Click Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
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                <title><![CDATA[Pre-Purchase Natalie Brown’s Limited Edition Autographed CD & Live Show DVD - @natalie-brown]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/natalie-brown/blog/3083/pre-purchase-natalie-browns-limited-edition-autographed-cd-live-show-dvd</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[ &lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m excited to announce that we&amp;rsquo;re taking pre-sales for my Limited Edition Autographed CD (The Relationship Odyssey) &amp;amp; Live Show DVD. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m running a campaign called &amp;ldquo;The 20k in 60 Days Project&amp;rdquo; where the funds raised from pre-sales will be used to produce and manufacture the CD and DVD. With the effort of fans like you, we have 60 days (until October 2nd, 2010) to raise the money needed for the project. This is called &amp;ldquo;crowd-funding&amp;rdquo;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please support the effort and read more about the project here: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.indiegogo.com/natalie-brown" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.indiegogo.com/natalie-brown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In addition to supporting, please share this with friends, family and people in your social network.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you&amp;rsquo;re enjoying your summer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace,&lt;br /&gt;Nat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="480" height="385" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wp6udvwdz1s&amp;amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wp6udvwdz1s&amp;amp;rel=1" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;      ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 18:32:02 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Latest News: New Album in the works, weekly vlogs - @natalie-brown]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/natalie-brown/blog/3024/latest-news-new-album-in-the-works-weekly-vlogs</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[ &lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How are you doing?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sorry I haven't posted an entry in ages. I've been working on a new album and I wanted you to know that I have been doing weekly video Blogs on YouTube (vlogs) since the end of March. I am generally hanging out online at &lt;a title="Natalie Brown Video Blogs" href="http://www.youtube.com/nataliemedia" target="_blank"&gt;YouTube&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Facebook page" href="http://www.facebook.com/NatalieBrownMusic" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Tweet!" href="http://twitter.com/Natalie_Brown" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;. So come find me there!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am going to be making a big announcement in the next 10 days so please make sure you are on my mailing list so you get the news! &lt;a title="Join my mailing list for updates" href="http://www.natalie-brown.com/list.htm" target="_blank"&gt;CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Weekly nVlogs" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/nataliemedia#grid/user/2CA04F5C476864DB" target="_blank"&gt;Check out my weekly vlogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="480" height="385" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mpUwuEpCAEg&amp;amp;rel=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mpUwuEpCAEg&amp;amp;rel=1" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See ya!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lots of love,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Nat&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;xo&lt;/p&gt;         ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:45:50 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Better Late than Never! - @natalie-brown]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/natalie-brown/blog/2995/better-late-than-never</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[ &lt;p&gt;Well loves... it's official! I suck at updating all the sites I am on. &lt;br /&gt;The new album was released in January and only now am I uploading some tunes from it to Mixposure. Sorry about that. I'm on Facebook and Twitter more and more these days it seems. It's a better centralized location for all the 'stuff'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you are all well and that you enjoy my latest originals. Lots coming in 2013 so stay tuned on Facebook if you want to stay up to date. &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/nataliebrownmusic"&gt;http://www.facebook.com/nataliebrownmusic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;h3&gt;About the new album "The Relationship Odyssey"&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;p&gt;These songs, in an electro-soul / R&amp;amp;B / Pop style, represent an odyssey through personal relationships of fictional and real-life characters.This album was 2 years in the making, all recorded in a home studio I built with my writing/production partner in Toronto, Canada.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This was the first time I used &amp;ldquo;Crowd Funding&amp;rdquo; as a way to pay for an album. The experience was both exciting and nerve-wracking! Normally my recordings are funded up-front and then I try to sell enough to pay for the album and it was interesting this time to pre-sell it. Even though I felt that having the funds up-front would be helpful, there ended up being a lot more pressure having to guarantee that I would like what was recorded and creating a product that was worthy of release. An artist doesn&amp;rsquo;t necessarily always like what they create and it&amp;rsquo;s always nice to have the flexibility to keep recording until you&amp;rsquo;re happy rather than release on an artificial deadline. The experience was indeed a roller-coaster but I&amp;rsquo;m glad to have gone through it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharing the songs and giving updates via my YouTube video blogs as they were being written was a great way to get feedback, and the interaction, while it made me feel vulnerable was inspiring and gave me a lot more confidence and strength. Since these songs are about relationships, it&amp;rsquo;s been good to hear that people are able to relate to one or more of the topics covered in &amp;ldquo;The Relationship Odyssey&amp;rsquo;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Pick up a copy of the album and I&amp;rsquo;m sure you will enjoy it if you are a fan of Pop/Electro-Soul/R&amp;amp;B music!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a title="Buy Now" href="http://www.natalie-brown.com/the-relationship-odyssey/" target="_blank"&gt;Buy "The Relationship Odyssey"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:37:41 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Hello MixDarlings! - @natalie-brown]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/natalie-brown/blog/2234/hello-mixdarlings</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[&lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sorry I've not been around more... it's been so super busy. But I want you to know I do get around every month or so to check email. Terrible, I know... but such is the way it is right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Been busy working on lots of top secret stuff... heee heeeee I will reveal all when I am permitted to do so!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meantime, sending you all love and light!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peace,&lt;br /&gt;Nat&lt;/p&gt;]]></description>
                <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:56:51 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Only 72 hours left to pre-order The Relationship Odyssey and the Live Show DVD - @natalie-brown]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/natalie-brown/blog/2007/only-72-hours-left-to-pre-order-the-relationship-odyssey-and-the-live-show-dvd</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[ &lt;p&gt;Hi Everyone! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There&amp;rsquo;s only 72 hours left to get your Limited Edition &amp;ldquo;The Relationship Odyssey&amp;rdquo; CD and the live show DVD. These items are ONLY available during the pre-sale period up until Midnight Eastern October 2nd, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a few months a 10 song, digital only version of "The Relationship Odyssey" will be released. So don't miss out on 5 extra songs and your chance to help fund the Live Show DVD.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Limited Edition album will not be available on iTunes or at any other retail store! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can only pre-order at: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a title="Natalie Brown Crowd Funding" href="http://www.IndieGoGo.com/Natalie-Brown"&gt;http://www.IndieGoGo.com/Natalie-Brown&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only until Midnight Eastern October 2nd, 2010. &lt;br /&gt;PS Watch the video on that page and read what I wrote, it explains everything.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muah,&lt;br /&gt;Nat&lt;br /&gt;xo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  ]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:09:14 -0400</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[It's Been A While... - @natalie-brown]]></title>
                <link>https://mixposure.com/natalie-brown/blog/1702/its-been-a-while</link>
                <guid>https://mixposure.com/natalie-brown/blog/1702</guid>
                <description><![CDATA[ Hi Everyone &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for coming by! I am so excited to share all of the 'new' with you after such a long gap between releasing new music. After many twists and turns, my latest album 'Random Thoughts' is finally available. Yeeeehooooooo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;You can check out full length versions of the songs and purchase downloads and the CD on my official site. All my albums and digital downloads are available from there also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; I've been very active in the world of film and TV licensing over the past 6 years and I felt like now was the right time to come back with a solo project. I really hope you enjoy Random Thoughts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you, my friends, for your support over the years. I can't even begin to express how much you mean to me. I hope you enjoy the new music and as always, I look forward to hearing how it touches you. I can be reached via email at my web site (&lt;a href="http://www.natalie-brown.com" target="_blank" title="Natalie Brown"&gt;www.natalie-brown.com&lt;/a&gt;), and of course you can always message or comment me at MySpace (&lt;a href="http://www.myspace.com/nataliebrown" target="_blank" title="Me @ MySpace"&gt;myspace.com/nataliebrown&lt;/a&gt;). Thanks again for being the best friends an artist could wish for! Here's to Chapter 2 of our book together &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots of love, &lt;br /&gt;Nat]]></description>
                <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:26:28 -0400</pubDate>
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