124: Anya Marina

Anya Marina was the hottest DJ on the hottest radio station in San Diego. She had a natural, direct and conversational way of talking on the mic that made her a perfect fit for FM radio, she was a witty improviser, and she was fearless in the face of celebrity. Plus from an early age, she loved comedy and had even considered a career in comedic acting.

She could see her life laid out ahead of her. The only problem was, it wasn’t the life she wanted. So she walked away from her career in radio for the career she knew she needed: music, what else? She started releasing her songs independently before signing with Chop Shop, a label that specialized in finding high profile syncs for their artists in an era before “sync” was a word people in the business really thought about.

Her music, intelligent, infectious and hooky songwriting delivered with delicious restraint, found its way to popular TV shows and movies including Grey’s Anatomy, Twilight: New Moon, and Gossip Girl.

She moved. From San Diego to LA. Then she moved again. From LA to Portland. Then she moved again. From Portland to New York. She was busy, in writing sessions, pitching songs for her publisher, developing her career as both a singer and a co-writer. 

She continued to release music. (I co-wrote and produced a song on her 2016 release Paper Plane). She could see her life laid out ahead of her. Again. And she thought: now’s the time to bring it all together. 

Over You by Anya Marina (written with and produced by Ian Keaggy) stream / download full song here: iTUNES: https://goo.gl/uQZk6u SPOTIFY: https://goo.gl/PqYojg PANDORA: https://goo.gl/A2r7Nv AMAZON MUSIC: https://goo.gl/wCPahC Lyric video by Extra Magic Consulting http://www.extramagic.consulting

Serious Love - official video (from Anya Marina's Serious Love EP, available for pre-order at http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/anya-marina Serious Love - Single by Anya Marina now available at: iTunes: https://itun.es/us/BSCVhb Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MSERFNU Bandcamp: https://anyamarina.bandcamp.com/track/serious-love Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/3Bfuqp7jMJ6lxrh5ZfVS3I Video directed by Indio Martinez; Sam T Wilson (AC), featuring Josh Wald Makeup and hair: J Brandon Thomas

Written by Anya Marina and Zayde Wølf. Produced by Zayde Wølf. Also 13 Reasons Why Season 2 Trailer song...and it's amazing! Link for the Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XuOkYlUWIs Lyrics in description. https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/how-far-does-the-dark-go/1382484779?i=1382484784 https://open.spotify.com/album/4B83lxBowhvxCjt9nu0A5c https://twitter.com/zaydewolf?lang=de http://www.zaydewolf.com/ https://soundcloud.com/zayde-wolf https://www.facebook.com/zaydewolf http://anyamarina.com/music https://soundcloud.com/anyamarina https://www.facebook.com/anyamarinamusic https://twitter.com/anyamarina "How Far Does The Dark Go?"

Anya welcomes us into her world as she documents her next project. First stop... her label Starring - Anya Marina - - Nigel Fullerton - - Bry Poole - - JulieAnne Bornales - - Shaun Melady - Subscribe to The Warner Sound below so you're never out the loop: https://www.youtube.com/channel/thewa...

© 2011 WMG Download this song here: http://atlr.ec/h6wnm8. Taken from the album 'Slow & Steady Seduction: Phase II

© 2009 WMG Satellite Heart [with film footage] (Video)

Provided to YouTube by TuneCore Something Sweet · Anya Marina Paper Plane ℗ 2016 Good Rope Records Released on: 2016-01-29 Auto-generated by YouTube.

Maybe she didn’t think that. How could I know what she thought? But whatever was going on in her head, she created a web series (Anya Marina: Indie-Pendent Woman) in which she stars as a singer songwriter in New York named Anya Marina. The series, a mockumentary style sendup of a self absorbed pop singer, gave Anya the chance to bring all her original loves together, music, acting, improvisational performance, and keeping company with the odd celeb. 

So, is this the life Anya imagined for herself? 

With Anya Marina, Brooklyn, April 2019

We got together recently to talk about how her Russian mother never taught her how to say the word “water” correctly, why she’s committed to “experiencing something together with my audience,”  what makes her a good storyteller, and that “when a thought becomes an obsession, that’s when you know you’ll make a change”.

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