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Nijole
Ambient / Psychedelic / Folk

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ARTFUL MUSIC FOR EVOLVING PEOPLE



Santa Barbara, California
United States

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Last Login:  11/2/2009
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   Nijole: General Info
Member Since11/11/2005
Band Websitehttp://www.nijolesparkis.com
Band MembersI am a solo artist, so I always welcome hearing from other world music instrumentalists to play with. My CD is produced by Fritz Heede, a composer (though I write my own music) who writes a blend of dramatic, progressive, world, jazz and rock influenced music. You can hear more of his work at fritzheede.com.
InfluencesMilla Jovovich's "Divine Comedy" album, Kate Bush, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Enya, Joni Mitchell, Sinead O'Connor, Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir", psychedelic era Beatles, David Bowie's "Lodger" album, Natacha Atlas, Dead Can Dance, Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit", Loreena McKennitt, Amina, Bel Canto, Eddi Reader's "Mirmama" album, Najma, the Bulgarian Women's Choir
Sounds LikeMilla Jovovich, Kate Bush meets Enya, Peter Gabriel, Jane Siberry, Sting, Sarah Brightman, Sinead O'Connor, psychedelic era Beatles, David Bowie's "Lodger" album, Natacha Atlas, Dead Can Dance, Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit", Loreena McKennitt, Bel Canto, Eddi Reader

LATEST COLLABORATION:

I recently co-wrote and sang vocals for 3 tracks on Fritz Heede's electro-classical "Ritual Path" CD. It is the soundtrack to a gorgeous DVD by the same name, which features the organic animation of John S. Banks. Jon Anderson, lead singer of "Yes", also contributed a track to this project. Jon Anderson used the visuals from John Banks' and Fritz Heede's first DVD "Illuminated Manuscripts" on his recent solo world tour.

The visuals for this track, entitled "Enclosed in Rydal", were filmed at Rydal Mount near the home of William Wordsworth in England. Visual artist John Banks asked me to write the lyrics in J.R.R. Tolkien's Elvish language to match Fritz Heede's Celtic instrumentation:

For this extremely serene track, entitled "Blue Island", I wrote a poem in Lithuanian to match the visuals and to complement the other-worldly tone set by Fritz Heede's music. The lyrics speak of how we can be so deeply moved by a place we visit, that the journey never ends because it stays with us always.: "Miglota kaip sapne, o ezere sukurys mus svaigina. Kalnuose saule leidzias -- tyku ir ramu. Zemeje nuostabu kai svinta! Sieloje giliai jaudina -- ah! Kaip praeina sviesa per greitai! Tuojaus tamsuma apims kalnus visus... Bet sirdy dar gyvens visi jausmai -- ai! tos vietoves. Baigias kelione, ne visai, ne visai..."

"PARALLEL UNIVERSE" CD

Here's my music video "In My Dreams", from my "Parallel Universe" CD, that was featured on Harmony Channel for 2 months in 2006. I created it in Flash using travel photos I took in 5 different countries and 6 different US states:

A short excerpt from my flamenco-based jam tune "Rise", also from my "Parallel Universe" CD, which features occipital vocal singing -- I created this Flash animation using my travel photography from around the world:

Record LabelGolden Goat Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   About Nijole

"PARALLEL UNIVERSE" CD

{The "CD Sampler" in the music player above is FREE to use on your MySpace page or as you please! }

The "Parallel Universe" CD is available at CD Baby and Amazon, and individual songs can also be downloaded at iTunes and eMusic.

For a special treat, I have posted Emmy-nominated composer Jamie Dunlap's re-mix of my song "Parallel Universe" here for you to download for FREE! Simply right-click or Ctrl+click on the banner below and choose "Save link as" or "Download linked file". Enjoy, and let me know how you like it!

"I love creating music -- lush, melodic, exotic, passionate, deeply emotional. I believe Sound created the Universe, and that music can shift the vibration of the planet. It is my intention to see us shift to a higher plane of existence, so we create a Parallel Universe that is more to our liking -- a heartful place of global cooperation and respect for diversity, where everyone has all they need, where we discover a great new fuel/energy source, where there is no pollution of the air or water or food, where Global Warming is a distant memory, where everyone is inspired and spiritually nurtured, and where humanity can exist at its BEST. If you're willing, we can create it NOW."


NIJOLE'S OFFICIAL BIO:

Nijole creates her own blend of dreamy sensual world pop by combining the Lithuanian folk songs she grew up with in Chicago and her favorite influences from the psychedelic era. The result is a unique combination of world-flavored folk pop, featuring introspective, spiritual lyrics.

Nijole's vocals are hypnotic and her songwriting solid, but what sets her atmospheric sound apart from the crowd is her choice of exotic instrumentation and alluring Lithuanian choral background vocals, with appeal for fans of everything from the lavish pop of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Loreena McKennitt, to the harmony-laden Enya and the Eurocentric Dead Can Dance. Ethnic hand drums, flutes, sitar, Turkish saz and flamenco guitar, are combined with classical violin and cello, techno synths and electric guitar arranged by Fritz Heede -- composer of NBC's Emmy-winning "Mystery of the Sphinx" and the art-DVDs "Illuminated Manuscripts" and "Ritual Path".

Nijole has sung the theme song for the DVD release of cult film "Timothy Leary's Dead". Her songs are featured regularly on legendary DJ Jim Ladd's Theatre of the Mind radio show "Headsets" on Los Angeles's No.1 Classic Rock station 95.5 KLOS-FM. Her music video "In My Dreams" (featuring her own photography from around the world) was aired on Harmony Channel for two months in 2006. She wrote and recorded vocals for John Banks' and Fritz Heede's "Ritual Path" DVD, released in January 2007, which also features vocals by Jon Anderson, lead singer of the 70's super-group "Yes". Nijole is currently recording lush choral harmony background vocals for Jon Anderson's upcoming Trance-scendent Dance album.


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.."left">BTW, my name is pronounced "Neola" and it is the name of a
Lithuanian Goddess of the Underground (no kidding ;-> ).





   Nijole's Friend Space (Top 24)
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 Kate Bush 


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 Peter Gabriel 


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 Bel Canto 


 Natacha Atlas 


 Enya 


 Dead Can Dance 


 Lisa Gerrard 


 Sarah Brightman 


 Sinéad O Connor 


 Fritz Heede 


 Siouxsie and the Banshees 


 Cocteau Twins (Official Page) 


 Sting 


 Jane Siberry 


 Björk 


 David Bowie 


 Cirque du Soleil 


 Sara Lov 


 Devics 


 The Ditty Bops 


 VLADISWAR NADISHANA - multi-instrumentalist 


 Irina Mikhailova 





Nijole's Friends Comments
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Kate Bush

Kate Bush



Nov 2 2009 5:28 PM

Thanks for being a friend.


~D. @ The Kate Bush Tribute Page
Jaggery

Jaggery



Sep 4 2009 4:51 AM

hi nijole ! wanted to share our video, it won our director Most Promising New England Filmmaker 2009 @ The Boston Underground Film Festival:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3hpHiaoDGw

alkes-fradkin

alkes-fradkin



Sep 4 2009 4:51 AM

rescued from the eighties!!!
alkes-fradkin
co-authors of the Plimsouls'
and goo goo dolls'
"million miles away."
With their “girls in this town”
And “Missing In Action.”
Sunday at Noon (Eastern)
on ScrubRadio.com for ShockPop!
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Tim Cheatle

Tim Cheatle



Sep 4 2009 4:51 AM

Hiya Nijole!
Musical greetings from Portsmouth,England!
God Bless,
Tim.
SERPENTI

SERPENTI



Sep 4 2009 4:51 AM

Signore e signori...il nostro nuovo video!
Enjoy!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jL3qlujHrw
KARI anima-sassolino (prox LIVE sabato 21 nov!!!)

KARI anima-sassolino (prox LIVE sabato 21 nov!!!)



Sep 4 2009 4:50 AM

have a good summerrr!!!!!!!!!!!
Kosmic Evolution

Kosmic Evolution



Sep 4 2009 4:43 AM

Thank you so much for your friendship and for sharing your great profile, and your love and support. We are spreading love and peace with our music, hope you enjoy it and please come by and visit often. Sending our love always.
Love Bart & Jody
houwang

houwang



Sep 4 2009 4:43 AM

Hey ,Thank you for adding me. Your music I like very good! Good luck with it! Dear greetings from China ...
Sepiachord

Sepiachord



Aug 15 2009 6:26 AM

"I Used to Love Her" by Nijole is the Sepiachord Song of the Day.
D a ä R i

D a ä R i



May 29 2009 8:04 PM

thx
dos Amigos Tees...

dos Amigos Tees...



May 29 2009 8:04 PM

Hi Nijole,
Thank you for adding us, your music is so beautiful and inspiring. Please give us a feedback about our design work.
Have joy on your gig on Sunday,
dos Amigos
João
Rexsy

Rexsy



May 29 2009 8:04 PM

Greetings nijole!

Nice connection! Congratulations & Thanks!
Melodies of your wonderful music shine great light of joy to the Universe of beauty and love!

My music gift 4 you:
www.Rexsy.com/audio_gallery

Also check out Rexsy's new Albums:
www.Rexsy.com/music_store

Enjoy!

Have a wonderful weekend!

"In the immense silence of emptiness, Universal Cosmic Energy illuminates omnipresently over the deep space of impermanent existence, where sufferings exist endlessly in the profoundly moving beauty of the Universe. Meditation is the greatest path to the cessation of sufferings under the movement of intelligence, peace, and love."
Rexsy
Rexsy.com
Luar

Luar



May 29 2009 8:04 PM

Hi Nijole! There’s a new piece of music on my page. I hope you like it,
Peace
João
PranaBoy Cosmyc Fashyon

PranaBoy Cosmyc Fashyon



May 29 2009 8:04 PM

I belief in
artgeneering...the artist is only a medium,connected to the spirits around him-translating vibes into symbolic shapes to reinitialize the ancient wayof using language...
the way of light and color...
without the disguise of words,right through the passage of our eyes...
to reach hearts and souls without taking the intelectual loop way...
natural formulas in an unnatural world...pure and uncensored...
awakening the visiual awareness, the centre of our inner universe...
to let it shine in the way it has allways been before these annoying
times,
that keep us away from our natural mission...
to stay connected with our great mother earth and her deep spirit of freedom and peace...
we have to regain our nearly lost nativeness,
to stop this wheel of opression and iniquity that haunts our world and our hearts...it's time for the rainbow warriors :-)


Helllo,this is PranaBoy from Germany...
...hope,you enjoyed my new page.
For more infos about cosmyc art,
please visit one of my sites:

www.pranaboy.de
www.artgeneering.com
www.pranaboy.com

Have a cosmyc day,
and feel free to comment back....
Víctor Guerrero

Víctor Guerrero
Online Now!


May 29 2009 8:03 PM

Hello Nijole!!!
Turning to leave greetings with my best wishes of success for you.
A hug and a kiss from Mexico.
troy donockley

troy donockley



May 15 2009 8:43 AM

Nijole,
Everything smooth and sunny at your place?

Have a nice day,
Nick.
D a ä R i

D a ä R i



May 15 2009 8:43 AM

merci
Pfundsweibpetra

Petra Bastani



Apr 14 2009 4:32 AM

Thank you for the Add.

Have a nice Day
♥ Pfundsweibpetra from www.petraspfundsweiber.de
Marie

Marie Strickland



Mar 21 2009 5:19 PM



Thanks for the add peace and blessings to you all
Marie
Shadow

Shadow



Mar 21 2009 5:19 PM

Hi Nijole,
thank you for the comment. The music in the player is my work.
All the best for your gig tomorrow
João
Bebegig.com

Bebegig.com



Mar 21 2009 3:03 AM

Hello,
Thank you very much for the acceptance. :)
I'm very happy to have you as one of My Friends Space. :)

All the best
www.bebegig.com
Rich Baumann

Rich Baumann



Mar 21 2009 1:14 AM


Thanks for including me!

Yesterday Is History
Tomorrow is a Mystery
Today is a Gift...
That's why we call it the Present

Blessings,

Rich Baumann ♫ folksinger ♫ songwriter ♫ storyteller ♫ educator


www.richbaumann.com




Paul Weston

Paul Weston



Mar 20 2009 11:01 PM

Hi Nijole,

Hope you've had a fun week.


Respectfully yours;


"Female.
"

"Imperfectly perfect
God's immaculate design
Naturally fragile, intuitively strong
Her beauty divine
Mother of the nations
Loves most passionate creation
Of all that is life and all that is real
Misunderstood by the brotherhood
Who choose to hide from their feminine side
Concealing their emotions and how they feel
She is alive to be loved and free as the wind on the sail of a boat in the journey of time.

As a man I fail
If I never receive the love, of life’s ultimate gift.

The female.
"

Wishing you love and happiness.


Paul
X

Renee~Paul

For more information on the Renee~Paul web shop.

Songs, Cards and Jewellery
See http://www. renee-paul. com/
B.A.M.F.

B.A.M.F.



Mar 20 2009 11:00 PM

How Cool to be friends on MySpace. I enjoyed looking at your profile because it seems like you are doing your best to help others succeed. Cheers to you!

All The Best,

Tyler J.
Forest
Tim Cheatle

Tim Cheatle



Mar 20 2009 11:00 PM

Hiya Nijole!
Really enjoyed listening to "Phoenix"-great vibe with excellent vocals.
God Bless,
Tim.
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