Jillian Ann

Jillian Ann - Neverland (cd Emperor Penguin Recordings)
Posted by: Side-Line on Jan 06, 04
Hailing of New York, JA is already active for a couple of years in the underground scene. She set up her own label to release her records and send us her latest production! While she seems to have been compared with artists like Sopor Aeternus, Enya, Portishead… I would either link some of her influences with Björk! I just feel the same fascination to explore the limits of different styles and create an own sound. That sound combines neo-classical elements together with pop refinement while her vocals are also evoking the whispering style of Björk. I personally like the piano moods on cuts like “Precious” and “Higher”, which brings her maybe closer to some artists of the great Projekt stable! Jillian Ann is very open-minded! She’s able to touch sensitive fields (cf. “Help me”) and than dive into mysterious and enigmatic parts (cf. “Vapour”). She’s definitely one more female artist that tries to compete with the merciless macho world! But she would be not the first to get the challenge! This is an encouraging production that certainly deserves some attention! www.jillianann.com (DP:7)DP. - Side-Line Magazine

(EMPEROR PENGUIN)
DARK, PIANO-LADEN MINIMALIST POP: Jillian Ann conjures up an emotional maelstrom on her debut release, Neverland. The driving force behind the music on this release is Jillian's voice, which ranges in tone from that of helpless, child-like innocence to barely suppressed rage. In conjunction with subtle piano parts and minimal electronics, this creates an almost lullaby quality to some of the songs, and yet there's almost always a hint of barely contained darkness lurking around the edges, resulting in a dynamic tension that propels the music forward. On "System," this darkness moves to the forefront, combining Jillian's wails with an unsettling piano and menacing ambience to create the suffocating atmosphere of a haunted house. "Little Space" and "Neverland," placed back to back in the middle of the album, give off a sweeter, more hopeful vibe, offering a brief respite from the air of quiet desperation that blankets most of the disc. There aren't many outright beats on Neverland, but the ones that are there are programmed creatively, usually with slight distortion and erratic downtempo rhythms, like on "Never Enough" and "Precious." From start to finish, Neverland is an impressive debut that manages to keep a consistent tone while simultaneously triggering a number of different emotions. ~ Daniel Slaten - OUTBURN

Emperor Penguin Recordings
It has been said that Jillian Ann is "Sad gothic tinged new age piano music" (neo-zine.com). DiePunyHumans called Jillian's fine craft, "Slow-motion, drugged dreampop from the dark side of the world, with hidden razors in its gloves." Daniel Slaten of Outburn states, "From start to finish, Neverland is an impressive debut that manages to keep a consistent tone while simultaneously triggering a number of different emotions." One thing is for sure, Jillian's alluring exterior seems to almost mock her churning, hot-coal insides. Having been in front of a camera for most of a decade, Jillian seems to possess an acute ability of taking what she knows the world sees when they look at her and severely distorting it, making sure that her innards project their own specific visuals. What's most peculiar about the easy-on-the-eyes model, turned actress, turned musician, then blended, is the fact that she's such a self-starter. No one forces her to constantly write while in-between fashion shoots and off-kilter movie deals. Jillian seems to invoke anger in a rather bizarre group of individuals - mainly writers who automatically think that her unique, often crackly or warbled, little girl lost, icicle-voice - which clearly is not intended to sound normal in any sense of the word - is poor ability to properly vocalize. Yet this characteristic is the one, true, amazing element that rips her out of the world-be-worthless, mainstream spotlight that she'd otherwise, sadly, fall. Jillian is incredible, like a colorful songbird, sitting on a rickety branch, in the middle of all the seasons at once. Frankenstein meets Bjork. A psychotic Tori Amos. - Media Plus

ANN, JILLIAN
All-round talented workaholic
Jillian Ann is not only the beautiful cover girl on BLC Music's new compilation, "Interbreeding V: Terrorland", but also involved in lots of other artistic projects. She's an actress, a model, a musician, a painter and last but not least a very strong person. The sleepless beauty lets us catch a look into her fast life...

VIRUS!: It seems that your days have at least 100 hours. Don't you need sleep?

Jillian Ann: I do sleep, it's strange, I just spend all my waking hours working or creating or connecting and talking to those who are part of my work. I never watch TV, I rarely watch movies, I tend to go out dancing once every few weeks, I am very disciplined and focused with my work. Because to me it's not work, it's an adventure. I usually sleep four or five hours for a few nights, then sleep ten on others. Dreams are a vital part of my creative process.

VIRUS!: How do you get all these things together?

Jillian Ann: Magic (smiles) and vision meditation, and I tend to multi task a lot and always have. I have learned how to connect dots and cross collaborate, I also have a handful of people who help, interns, virtual street team, lawyers and other genius people who are always there to help with ideas and concepts as well as help keep things in check and order. I recently have been connecting with people to help expand and move the website into a more interactive and live world. That project will take sometime.

VIRUS!: Did this behavior increase when moving to New York ("the city that never sleeps")?

Jillian Ann: When I was a little girl, my mother used to send me outside to run laps around the backyard until I could sit still. I have a load of energy and I found if I channel it into art it has a purpose. But if I had been in the system I would have been drugged and dosed for my energy levels, I often wonder how many other little artist are drugged to the point that they never even discover the purpose of their energy levels. Moving to New York has made it a challenge because there are so many people and doors and projects. I am like a child who wants to play with all the toys and it's not possible, I do as much as I can and then I sleep deep every day.



VIRUS!: Your bio says: "When I was four, we moved to Smyrna, Georgia, and lived in an apartment. We lived there until somebody was killed nearby which led my parents to think it wasn't safe out in the middle of nowhere, so we then moved to a place called Paulding County which is a booming town now, but back when I was a child, there were only churches, a Wal-Mart, a movie theater and a skating rink." What's your comment on America's gun law?

Jillian Ann: I have a few thoughts, I don't like the idea of the government being the only ones allowed to have guns that, too me, has its own bit of a dark side I feel, but at the same time I don't really like knowing half the people in my building could lose it one day and shoot someone. Being in New York City though I can understand the need for protection but yet at the same time will it be safer with more guns? If more people can kill someone easily will that make us safer?
It's a big complex situation but I think the bigger issue has to do more with ethics and lack of consideration and compassion for one another, to me the root of the problem is the mindset of doing whatever you want or it takes to get what you want without consideration or thought on how it will effect the people involved. I don't think guns can be controlled. I mean, can we control drugs or the drug trade?

VIRUS!: You are a very strong person. You escaped from being addicted to drugs, lost weight, became a model and moved to New York. What gives you power to keep on going your way?

Jillian Ann: Life is a teacher, the dark portions and parts of my life were teachers, I had a choice to learn from them and walk through them or to stop and let it consume me. The strength comes from awareness that I am not a body, I am not skin and bones, I am not what I own, I am not my resume, I am not what people think of me, I am nothing anything that can be killed, the I is not something you can destroy unless you let fear destroy the reality that you are not what can be wiped out by the things that happen to us.
Understanding that spirit can not be killed, and energy will never die, and that we are spiritual beings and everything we are in the physical and material plane of existence is coming from that source of spirit. Which, if connected to the creative force that created the spirit in the first place, brings you into a place of understanding that even death won't stop us. I learned to stare at fear till I saw through it and then saw there was nothing there, and it was only an illusion which once I stopped being afraid of vanished. So I suppose it's because of a deep spiritual sense of knowing all things happen for a reason and to teach me. Even those things which are very hard to walk through.



VIRUS!: You used to have lots of problems because of "being different" in other people's eyes because of listening to metal, wearing black etc. Do you think that these are problems people living in smaller cities mainly have? Do you think "being different" is not that hard for people who live in major cities like New York?

Jillian Ann: To me, I never felt the normal was in fact normal, it never felt right to me, and for what I was told was normal by culture to make me feel very out of place made me dig below the normal and different concept. I do not believe watching six hours of TV and living in a box is normal, I do not believe eating food that is nothing but chemicals, fat and sugar is normal, I don't believe us all dressing the same or liking the same things are normal. Something inside of me said this isn't right it can't be. I came to New York and I found not all but a lot of people had the same kind of feeling.
I find it's a common thread amongst both the creative and those who are aware. I began to dig and as I dug deeper below the surface of what I was taught and fed from the typical outlets of the media, I discovered that a lot of what is normal now was not 200 - 500 - 1000 years ago and then through learning I discovered that my difference was nothing more than longing and craving to be back in a more natural state of being. Because I was having a hard time finding that place where I felt I belonged which wasn't a place but rather it had to do with habits and choices and things I could control I reacted as many do with a out cry of get me out of here but since I didn't see anywhere to escape to it became a dark place.
But I learned what I longed for I could create in my life. The way I live may seem extreme to some but if you take yourself away from the last 50 - 100 years my life isn't so bizarre except maybe the amount of time I still have to sit in front of a box, although I use the box to put out my creations I don't use it for intake. All of the intake I do is either through nature, books, people and living, not through a box. I don't believe TV and or the internet can substitute for the real thing that goes for sex, love, relationships, communication, community, nature, living. If I am not working, I do not want to be sitting in front of a box, I want to be walking, dancing, touching, tasting, seeing, feeling, and not in a virtual world. I think the internet is a wonderful discovery tool but without balance it will remove you so far you forget life without it.

VIRUS!: Have you ever thought about writing a book or doing a movie about your life?

Jillian Ann: The book is in process with someone who has done 25 books (smiles), so I am looking forward to it. As far as a movie, if the right person team came around sure but only if they were on the same page.



VIRUS!: How has your behavior changed in the past years? Have you become more careful when it comes to meeting new people? Can you still trust persons?

Jillian Ann: I am more aware, I think about my choices and how they will affect me and the people involved with them now and in the long run. I have become more mindful and aware, I have learned that my gut feeling an intuition is usually right and not to ignore it. I have become more aware of people, I have learned that people who are empty and who use others or try to pull their energy from people, money, power, fame and who spiritually are not even aware or there are those I am more careful around because if their hunger I just may look like there next meal.
So I pay more attention, I still trust really easy, although it's based on awareness. I trust those I know who are aware and mindful, I trust them because I know they care about more than just getting taking and using. I have a lot of amazing friends and people I love who inspire me and are there for me. I just keep my eyes open for those just looking to use me for something and tend to avoid getting into situations with people like that, creative, lovers, friendships.

VIRUS!: Most women that got abused, raped can't talk about this or even feel guilty which is hard to understand for other people. How did you learn to tell the world about these terrible happenings?

Jillian Ann: It wasn't easy, part of me didn't want to because it's like showing people the scars on my wrist from when I used to think it would be nice to be far away from this world. But then I kept meeting others who had been raped or abused and who never got help, never talked to anyone and never healed, and I saw that maybe if nothing else if they saw I went through it and I talked about it and I made it out to the otherside, then maybe it would give them a little hope or encouragement to be able to do the same.
If you don't clean out the wound and open it up then it will just get worse and affect your whole world. There are so many out there who live in guilt fear and shame over something that wasn't their fault and they live in an inner prison afraid of being judged or rejected because of it. I know I did, and then I came to the place of knowing I had a choice I could risk the fear or the rejection or being viewed as tainted or live in a prison. So I decided to risk it to run and try to break out.
It's still not easy because some people like to use it to try to tear me down but at the same time I know through letters and emails that there are many out there who found some inspiration to face their own situation, and if I can give people that then it is worth the struggle it is sometimes to have some people be judgmental. But it's so common and it needs to not be treated as something to hide, people need to know it's not their fault and it's not something they should be ashamed of.



VIRUS!: When it comes to a near death experience, many people tell about a tunnel and a light at the end of it. Today, what do you think of this experience? How did it change your thinking about death?

Jillian Ann: Death is a passing from place to place, if you don't believe me go find out for yourself. (laughs) It floored me to realize that life was so much beyond anything I could ever even understand it is a mystery that is so beyond the reality we see its mind altering. I found a new sense of peace with that door because I know when I die it will be when I need to continue on in the next chapter, but the fear is gone; in fact I look forward to that door and the next adventure because I don't believe it will be anything less.

VIRUS!: You spent some time in Milan, Italy. This seemed to be a turning point in your life. Do you think that getting out of a daily routine is often a key to move forward?

Jillian Ann: Yes, very much so, and for me, it was the place I realized that music was my first love. I think everyone should leave the country go live in another one, leave your friends and lovers and family behind and just go and live. Because you find yourself when you are forced to because everything you know is gone. I had time there to reflect and I did a lot of that and I saw where I needed to be and even though it seemed impossible I learned that if it is meant to be it will happen even if you have no idea how. If you jump you won't hit the ground, if you face your fear something dips in and will build you wings before you hit the ground.

VIRUS!: After all this shit happened, what are the most important things in your life now?

Jillian Ann: Love, truth, music, people, spirituality, creation, giving and growing.

VIRUS!: What is your advice to boys/girls who want to start a model career?

Jillian Ann: Learn as much as possible first, please. This is a work in progress but I put alot of advice here. Be very real, no one will make you a star, it's a job and it's hard work. It's not easy, and those who do well work really hard. It is a business. Learn as much as possible before you even start. Be very, very careful and don't take drinks from strangers.

VIRUS!: What does religion mean to you nowadays?

Jillian Ann: I am very spiritual, but religion is a topic I believe that has a lot of conflict around it. Mostly because throughout history some people have used it to control people and used it to get what they want at the cost of life peace and harmony. If we were created by a creator we are part of that, are we not? If we seek to know that I believe it will teach us. I don't believe there is only one way to connect, I don't believe that you need to go to a building to do it or sit under a tree. Religion has become tainted and it doesn't help when people use it as a scapegoat to serve their own interest which often have very little compassion for those it will affect. I stick my head in many doors and observe what's going on if I feel it is real and it inspires me and brings peace to me, then I will continue to walk down the path. I feel a large amount of religion has lost its soul awareness and spirituality.
To me, people like Christ and Buddha taught love, understanding, acceptance, and even Christ asked more questions than answered which to me means that much of it is a mystery still. But so many who claim to be followers have very little understanding about the philosophy and teachings of the ones they follow. Which to me is one of the main downfalls of religion? If you claim to follow someone then at least try to live it, and in the case of most religious people the first thing taught from Buddha to Christ was to love and accept. Looking around, that's what the world needs more of. Not to sound like a hippy or anything but the reality is that's the only thing powerful enough to change things. If I was ever going to support any kind of revolution or movement it would be for love without that nothing means anything. You can follow all the rules in the world and try to be so good that you lose your life to a million laws but without love what's the point? Is it not empty.



VIRUS!: You've done lots of different photo shootings. Is there a genre that you like the most (fashion, fetish, etc.)?

Jillian Ann: I love creative shoots, fashion, fetish, stories. I love making images that have a story, and it changes depending on the story. I like creative people and shoots, so anywhere I can find it that's what I am drawn to.

VIRUS!: Many people still have bad feelings about the fetish/s/m scene. There are lots of prejudices and lots of people like to categorize this scene as a playground for perverts. Time to finally kill these prejudices. What's, in your eyes, so special about this scene? What does it give to you that nothing else can?

Jillian Ann: It's a very creative world, and it's one of the last that still plays dress up, I am a massive latex fan. People are afraid of things they don't understand. If someone wants to play pretend with a lover a wife or the one there with what's the big deal? If we deny that we all sometimes think about things like what it would be like to be tied up or hang upside down or not be in control, then it will only grow into a monster. I learned a lot from that world, the only thing I learned, it's a world of communication which is something so many don't do. In my case everything was discussed that has crossed over into my life in all areas. Nothing happens unless both people are into it, and they want to.
It's also about trust. You have to trust someone to let them hurt you, even in play. I found I felt safer there than in so many circles. Because most the people are deep and intuitive and spiritual in their own way. Granted it's not a place for everyone, and or at all times. But if I end up married you better believe I am going to dragging them out to a few balls and trying to get them to at least explore the other areas of pleasure beyond the usual. The mind body soul experience has so many levels if done for the right reasons in situations were people are both into it, it's a very intense and amazing place to explore. Granted there is a dark side, and there are the vampires in that world, but not anymore than anywhere else. Adults like to play, just as much as anyone else.



VIRUS!: What are your personal fetishes?

Jillian Ann: At the moment latex, corsets and shoes. If I am with someone I like to explore a lot of things if they're willing to take that adventure. Right now, I am really into a lot of the esthetics of the scene and clothing. Most likely because I am in a strange kinda place in the relationship world.

VIRUS!: Acting, modeling, making music, painting... Is there anything you like doing the most? Or does simply everything belong together?

Jillian Ann: Music, videos and films is the focus at the moment. (laughs) I love all the others just as much though.

VIRUS!: Do you see music as your kind of personal therapy? Can you imagine where you would be without music?

Jillian Ann: Yes, music is my heart's expression. I couldn't live without it, I could never imagine life without music, that would be really, really sad and hard for me.

VIRUS!: How did you get in contact with BLC Music's Brandon?

Jillian Ann: He found me at Myspace, he emailed me, and it just went from there. I really like working with him. The internet is a beautiful thing.



VIRUS!: How would you describe the mood of your music?

Jillian Ann: It depends on the song, the season and the year. I change, and the music changes with me. But it usually has a dark deep sense too it.

VIRUS!: How have the recordings for your new album, "Never Say", been so far?

Jillian Ann: It has been going very well, I have written 15 tracks and will write 15 more, the label I am working with, Heavytone Records, has an amazing producer on it. I am very excited to finish it. The process has been amazing.
It's a whole new ball game from my other work. The few people who have heard it had been floored. I also intend on doing a remix record to follow shortly afterwards, and I am working with some of the top dance/jungle producers out there on that project. It's amazing to be working in the same building where the Beatles worked and part of "The Wall" was done. The people I am working with are so supportive and positive. I am really looking forward to releasing it because it is a record that it will be very easy to do a very cool live show around.

VIRUS!: It's hard to get a general idea of your current projects. What else have you been working on for the past few weeks?

Jillian Ann: I am working on my next main solo record and a show to do with it, so if all goes as planned I will have that done and a show late summer, early fall. I am so wanting to tour it's not even funny. I am working on a ton of small projects where I am sending other producers and/or remixes bits and pieces of other work, I have an ambient/noise EP I will be releasing soon I did with purity control.
As well as a bunch of other work in process, that's more experimental. I am working on a music video for Cold as well as some music videos for the new record. I am shooting a bunch in LA, Chicago, Philly and was just in Miami for some campaigns and interviews as well as for new pictures for the site. I am working on redoing the site and expanding it.
There is an art collective here I help run that is blooming, I am working on the technology and coding and planning of some new parts of the site. I just did Moby's next video and am going to be showing up in a few more major mags. I am working on expanding the resources on my site as well. It's alot of projects, I never really think about it. But the focus is the new record and new videos and a new site and a show, so by the fall I can go out and go to phase two.

VIRUS!: Dreams and plans for the future?

Jillian Ann: Oh my, that's a question, break rules, break molds, make people question reality. Release this new record, go on tour, release a book, release a remix record. Use the internet to break through to the masses. There are more but it's a secret something have to be left unsaid. (laughs)Dom, 27 Apr 2005
- Virus

Recently Midwest BEAT photo editor Niva Bringas had the opportunity to do a photo session with famous model Jillian Ann.
At the "shoot" we grabbed the chance to interview the rising fashion and music star. We discovered a young woman with many moods, methods and thoughts. It quickly became evident that she is much more than another pretty face.
Depth, determination, creativity and complexity are components which make up the persona of this omni-talented artist.
Jillian has an unmistakable devotion to achievement. Her ambitious and creative spirit is quite inspiring. She feels best when composing, performing, or listening to music. It is her driving force. Jillian considers music to be a special language that speaks to the heart and touches the soul. She recalls that even in her early childhood, music had an amazing effect on her life, calming her when she felt restless, it replaced anger or sadness with joy and happiness. As a little girl she felt the calling to become an artist.
Jillian began to develop and sharpen her musical skills by learning and practicing the piano. She regarded her musical ability to be a heavenly gift that must be protected, nurtured, given and shared.
As a young adult, at the age of 18, Jillian had the chance to join the mainstream of the music business. However, she did not accept the offer. At that point, she says, she would have had to compromise herself and her dreams, which would have been too high a price to pay. She feels she would have lost her aspirations as well as her identity as an artist. There is a very ethical artistic approach in Jillian's attitude. This is a very refreshing attribute in today's financially oriented society.
Jillian responded to questions concerning her career choices with considerable maturity. She feels that modeling and music are equally difficult. Modeling, she says, is "very challenging and competitive," although she finds the music industry to be "excessively brutal."
She told how modeling became her stepping-stone into the music world. Modeling afforded her the freedom she needed to develop a music career. Countless hours of work as a fashion, fetish and fine arts model provided Jillian with the funds she needed to purchase expensive music equipment.
After receiving a grant from the New York Foundation for the Arts, Jillian was able to dedicate time to song writing. Her music is actually a unique blend of music styles, it contains elements of pop music but also some avant-garde qualities. Jillian says it could be considered avant-pop.
When questioned about musical influences, Jillian responded with a list of several popular performers. Among her favorites are this month's cover artist -- David Bowie -- along with U2, The Cure, Madonna and others not so well known. She says they have often provided her with inspirations to carry on.
Though restricted to just studio work thus far, Jillian plans to perform before a live audience in the very near future; most likely in New York.
Her new CD -- written, performed and co-produced by Jillian -- is titled Neverland. She says the title is a social statement. Seeing all of the negativity that exists in the world today -- terrorism, fighting, war, sickness, and starvation -- she chose an ironic title.
The CD suggests a "special-safe-place feeling" generating a peace, fun, happy mood. Neverland was made possible when opportunity knocked on Jillian's door in the form of an e-mail from Emperor Penguin Records.
When she was assured of having complete creative freedom, she accepted the offer. Soon Jillian's music will be shared with, and enjoyed, by many music enthusiasts.
The "porcelain doll" -- innocent yet deadly -- look will grab her some attention, but Jillian's beauty is only the surface. Her versatile talents are matched only by her passion and vitality.
Though happy with Neverland, Jillian predicts her next CD will be a move toward a more energetic style of music.
Jillian Ann will surely gain a lot of recognition and admiration in the world of music and entertainment once this strong debut album starts getting the attention from the media and public it deserves.
This month, Midwest BEAT readers can get on board at the ground floor with this rising star and win a copy of Neverland.

- Midwest Beat

Media PLus

{ MPM } Unlike common, commercial music, your methods of merging together melodies and electronic orchestrations seem to yield much more impact, yet they do so within many moments that are strangely, obtusely reserved as well. When you are at the very beginning of the creation process for a new song - what's going on in your head - above and beyond everything else?
{ JA } I tend not to think when I make music. I just let it come as it comes, direct from the heart, the soul, the emotion, and the experience. My music tends to write itself. If anything, I leave the thinking out of it and let the feeling, the sounds, and the creation happen naturally, in as pure of a fashion as possible. I think about music when I am away from it. So the reality of the matter is that I try to keep my head as quiet as I can. The only thoughts that pass through my head are usually about people, love, life, eating, running, and memories. It is more like a movie that I am watching and the music is me, creating a soundtrack.{ MPM } Having a strong message is, without doubt, a factor within the majority of your music. What direct messages are you most interested in conveying to your audience?
{ JA } The message is about many things. It's about love without lies and about truth being worth more than gold. It's about hope for humanity, as well as hope during periods of struggle - because we are always going to struggle in one way or another. It's also about believing in yourself and your own dreams. Plus, hope for all those who feel hopeless, dreams for the dreamless, and love for those who don't feel loved.{ MPM } Your very diverse, modeling and acting careers seem to run parallel at times to your musical career. At key moments, the three ventures jarringly rush together, head-to-head-to-head at intense, multiple crossroads. Which churns out more power for the others? Modeling and acting, giving a boost to your music side - or music filling your modeling and acting slices of life with an extra oomph, that it normally wouldn't have?
{ JA } They all feed each other in a dance that is beautiful and strange at the same time. Modeling and acting allow me to free my mind from intense hours of programming music and sitting in front of computers. Creating my music allows me to use my body as an instrument and music allows me to use my mind. I enjoy creating. I enjoying filling my time with the act of creating. I can't do music all the time and I can't model all the time either, but by doing both it keeps me from getting into trouble. - Media Plus

Neverland -- Interview with WCHRadio

1. Is this your 1st CD?
Neverland is my first solo CD but it is my second CD. I worked with David Kirby on a project called elucido which is a IDM progressive electronic album. The CD we did is called Beta and you can see more about it on my website at http://www.jillianann.com/elucido.html
2. How long have you been in the music industry?
I have been lurking underground and getting my education and making observations for a few years. I am like a cat. I often find a dark corner and watch for some time to see what is going on before I make my moves. I got a bit of a push to move into it by Brian Sirgutz, who was someone who helped me speed up the process of understanding the nature of the industry.3. What inspired you to get into music?
Music to me is the language of the soul. Music is my air and music saved my life. I grew up alone and isolated, but music filled me with hope and understood me. Music was my friend. Music gave me the ability to feel things that the rest of the world was telling me were wrong. Music gave me freedom. I got into music because that is where my heart is and so I had to go.
4. How would you categorize your music?
I would like to create a new category because I am tired of all the old ones. It is emotional and it is human. It is my soul speaking. I am over the mold game, the fit into a label game, and the all music sounding the same. I make music to break rules, not to make them.
5. How did you come up with the name for the band?
It's my name and, well, I got sick of thinking of names and changing names and adding and figuring out who owned it, so I just used my own name.
6. How many poeple are in the band?
It is me, I am like a Trent or a Prince. I do it all and then I bring in David Kirby to do his magic as a producer. He comes in and takes my record and adds icing and candy to it. But I write all the music, the songs, the lyrics and I play all the instruments. I am the band.
7. How did you decide the style of music you wanted to play?
By the way I feel. I can write everything from classical to pop to metal to hip hop. I would rather take elements from all places and make something new than to do what has been done over and over. Brian Sirgutz opened my eyes to pop and why it works. I tend to use the way pop music is structured as a a skeleton for my creations but then as opposed to building things in a usual way, I do what most people would never think of doing. But then again most people have not explored music to the depth or the detail I have, so they do not understand that there are millions of ways to make music, not just the usual standard way which we seem to adopt as a do or die policy.
8. One of my favorite songs is "what?" And how did that come about?
Vapour: I was walking home and thinking of someone I love who has issues with not accepting love, and how it seems that those who seem dark are often the most loving yet the world tends to judge them and put them down. This makes them often feel guilty and ashamed and then they end up feeling no one could love them. I had had a very intense night the night before which involved the person telling me I couldn't love them and it was all a lie, and then I felt myself breaking down because I do love them, but I felt as though it was years of lies and abuse and anger that I was up against caused mainly by people lying, judging and using that person and not loving them. So the song came from the pain and hurt of seeing those I loved and hundreds of people destroyed or harmed to the point that they can't accept love because of people judging them, lying to them, using them.
Little space is also a fave. It is about war and about how if we would give a little more and not take so much we would have much less of it.
9. Why did you go the independent route?
The major labels are in a state of flux. I want to make sure people can get my record. I wanted creative control, and all the A&R people I knew who were artists, supportive and those I trusted lost their jobs. Music to me is my baby. I will let it grow and develop and will pay my dues. There is no rush for me to go to a major. I want to make sure the music gets to the people and doesn't sit on a shelf. When there is someone who understands me and my vision and supports it, who is a gatekeeper at a major and that I trust and see truth and integrity in, then I will go there. But music is like my baby, and I want to make sure the daddy (so to speak) will take care of it and not abuse it.
So I am speaking with and meeting many people. But I would rather feed it myself than put it in the hands of someone I didn't trust 100 percent.
10. Can we expect anything new from you in 2004?
Of course! My next album is in the works. It is darker, more intense, more a reflection of the current state of the world. It deals with many issues and many topics from love to religion, drugs to being controlled. It is a culture commentary and I will be making a full length film/visual to go along with it. I am looking to finish the record this spring or summer. The next album will be heavy and intense, but still beautiful.
I am also working on a film called "life in motion." You can see clips on my website. And for all of you, I am creating an online digital community that will be up in January where artists and fans can all connect and if we all work together, we can create a nice little space to spark a fire from. The website is www.MentalSanctuary.com and it will be open in January, so bookmark it and come back when it is ready. I am also acting and modeling when I can. And dj'ing,. So needless to say I am a very busy thing.
Thank you for asking:)
11. Do you have any advice for new artists or people thinking about getting into the music business?
First and foremost, go get the books Hit Men, All You Need to know about the Music Business, The Artist's Way, and Fit for Life. If you want to continue your education, also check out Artist Management and How to Start and Run Your Own Record Label. Then, go and get books on how to create your own home studio. I highly encourage you as an artist to learn how to write, record, and produce your own music. Also, if you are a singer, invest in a vocal coach. It makes a huge difference. Learn how to make a website, learn how to connect with others and learn everything you can about every aspect of the music business, including the business. If you think you will survive without knowledge, you will find you will become dinner for the first wolf that is hungry. Also, I reccomend putting out an album or two on an indie label to get to know the game and then move up. I believe in understanding something before you do it. Learn the business as well as how to make music inside out first. The labels no longer do artist development, so you need to develop yourself. The books I mentioned above will help you. So will going to music conferences. You can also learn by observing artists like me and others who share not only the art but the process. You will not become a star over night. And having an inflated ego anywhere but on the stage will hurt you in the long run. Remember that everything you do will come around to you so if you show respect, you will earn it.
12. Were you excited by the message from the Grammys? How did you feel about that?
It's funny. I suppose I am not much effected by praise and/or when people tear me down. It was amazing to get that news and I was happy to be recognized. I am really excited about next year. I made the record in my bedroom with no budget and I did it all alone. I even got my own producer to make it to that point. It just makes it easier for me and my art to be taken more seriously. People often assume because I am a former model that I am dumb and that I don't do anything but sing. That's not true. I write, produce and arrange my albums and work with a producer I believe in. That is my secret treasure because he is amazing but wont sell out. It was nice to be up against those who had millions behind them and who are all just creating to sell. It gives me hope that change is in the air and that the industry will open up to more progressive artists and give artists more of a say in their art. If someone like me makes it, I open the door for many others to follow after me. So, getting that far was a spark in my mind and helps me get through when times are tough.
13. Is there anything else you would like to add?
Yes. That all of you need to keep your ears and eyes open for David Kirby, Brian Sirgutz, Larry Carlson and come join the family in JANUARY and become part of the virtual community at www.MentalSanctuary.com - WCHRADIO

Female Persuasion: I recently bought your cd Neverland, it's beautiful & lucid & moody. Who are your influences? What is your creative process like?
Jillian Ann: Thanks for supporting the artist:) It's so strange. No one buys cds anymore. I sometimes wonder how artists will survive if it continues this way. My influences...well, it is people more than bands. There is David Kirby who is the most progressive artist I know. He filled my head with thousands of avant garde and cutting edge amazing artists no one knows. So part of my influence comes from the underworld. Then I think I am haunted by the ghost of Beethoven, which inspires the dark and moody layers of pianos. I often think what would he make now if he was still here? Then, for my more pop influences, I would have to give credit to Brian Sirgutz, who was the most positive and encouraging person from within the industry. He introduced me to and helped me understand the pop and the dark wave worlds. My music is a strange influence of many forms of music and many types of sound. To me, music is an expression, not a formula and so I learned and understand the formula, but I like to bend it to my moods. I have been influenced from everyone from Beethoven to NIN, Massive Attack, Joy Division, The Birthday Massacre, Depeche Mode, Mum, Kate Bush, Portishead, Aphex Twins and anything by WARP records.
FP: What is your creative process like?
JA: I don't stop creating. I am active spiritually. Much of my work comes from dreams, visions, and also insights. Most of my ideas are given to me. I am like a channel. When I am in the process of creating, I tend to spend the majority of my time when I am not creating meditating, walking, doing yoga or day dreaming. I have an inspiration and I sit down in front of my keyboards and pianos and computers and work till it is finished. Then, David Kirby comes in and adds the last touches. Creating is not a problem; stopping is. I composed over a hundred songs. Many are being used for soundtracks and movies now. I am learning that the more I learn, the faster I can create. I have a millions songs in my head. In fact, I feel like I will never get them out. It is like there are tapes playing and as soon as I take one out, another starts. When I am moved, I just channel it.
FP: I noticed you have several links to sound therapy, bioacoustics, etc. Do you apply these studies to your music---is there more in there than meets the ear :) ?
JA: I understand music and sound therapy. I am working on two projects that are centered on that. I did my homework. I understand the power of music and how the energy that goes into a song can alter people's moods and states. In much of my music, the point is to open people up and to transfer energy through sound. You can't heal until you open up and let out whatever you fear. Some of my music is also about opening up and letting emotions out. People who cry and laugh live longer and are healthier. Some call my music dark, but just because something is deep and intense doesn't mean it is bad. I wont tell you about all my subversion because then it would no longer be something to question, but I feel that we live in a world where people need something to make them feel. So much music has little soul. It's like I hear it and under the noise I hear nothing but a vapid emptiness. I feel music no longer has a message, but, rather, it is all image. No one is saying anything anymore. Granted, Neverland was me being soft spoken. My next album will be a bit less soft spoken and a little more assertive.
FP: Other than reaching a slew of people, has the internet influenced your music in a creative fashion?
JA: Yes, the internet has given me freedom. I got a record deal because I was on the internet. I was funded through the internet. I found my street team through the internet. I am doing what the rest of the industry is just starting to catch on to doing. But they are behind. I have been at it for a few years. I believe the future of music involves more than a pretty face and a naked girl or an angry man who likes to yell about how all women are **&^% . Record sales are showing that the public is growing bored and sick of the pop princesses and the rappers who don't talk about anything but seem so upset over everything. I saw the vision of what I could do with the net when I was fourteen or so and then I just worked at making it real. Needless to say, while most of the people I know are flopping around like fish, I am thankful that I saw the door and walked through it even though I only had a vision and continue to as my guide. I never auditioned. I never had to sleep with anyone and I never had to sell out to get somewhere. I always slept with who I wanted, made the music I wanted, and let my heart guide me. I was not told what to do or how to do it. I gathered ideas for years. I have been underground reading, watching and then when I was ready, I came out to play. The internet gives me the ability to create and to control my art and project my vision directly to the fans and it's not created by men in suits telling me how I need to say this or do that. The internet gave me freedom and it gave me a way to reach thousands of people I couldn't have reached without it. The internet is the tool I use to deliver my vision to the world instantly and without any censorship. It is powerful and amazing and I hope more artists wake up and see the power at the touch of their hands to reach the world with their visions for little to no money. he internet was my support system.
FP: You have quite a web following...do you do any of the designs on your extensive site yourself?-
JA: I do everything you see in HTML and I have someone who is an angel who does all the flash. So, yes, I do it myself. Other than the flash. My site is constantly changing!
I am always changing. Life is short so why limit yourself?
FP: How much time daily would you say you spend on your computer?
JA: Between music and the site, emails, writing, editing, building promotion, 8-19 hours per day. Nineteen is when it is super crunch time. If I am not on the computer, I am running, doing yoga, meditating, going to the gym, reading, or in meetings.
FP: Are there any sites out there that rock your world?
JA: Well, I like the strange and unusual. I like the beautiful and odd. There are not many I have seen that blow my mind. So many are so the same, over and over and over. But I like these:
http://www.virtualom.com
http://www.larrycarlson.com
http://www.robertgregorygriffeth.com
I created my website because I was bored with the ones I found. I wanted to see something deep and personal and I never saw one, so I made it. I like yours and I am sure there are others out there I just haven't found them.
FP: Mac or PC?
JA: Both. I have four computers
FP: Part of the fp vision is to continually question the current state of feminism, especially regarding objectification of women, whether we do it ourselves (as in exhibitionism/artistic portrayal on the internet or other) or by society, images we see
frequently in the media, etc. As a current or former model, any thoughts on this?
JA: Current model :) rumors :) I feel the issue is deeper than feminism and objectification. A very large majority of the American cultural bases its worth on either the job, their partner or how attractive they are. We have been programmed to believe this is how and the way we find our identity. Through our jobs or our relationships. In a culture that bases its worth and value on those things, it makes our focus either the way we look or what we have. The media is not helping this but is feeding it for the most part. The more people believe that their worth is based on their status, relationship and/or job, the more they will buy and consume and the more they will focus on those things. The more they focus, the more unworthy they feel and then the cycle continues. As a woman who has learned that it doesn't matter if I have money or a lover or am beautiful internally, I feel the same and if I am not content with who I am without those things, I can never really have or enjoy those things. I believe the best thing a woman can do for herself is to not base her worth on men or jobs or beauty, but, rather, learn that we are all unique and individuals and all are different. It makes me sad and disturbed to see so many women think they are only worth something if they are beautiful and thin. It disturbs me that most men never look past the surface and see women as nothing more than something to use and not to know. But the reason that happens, as I was saying, goes beyond the surface. I see two things on the net -- empowered women who create their art and use their bodies because they want to, and those who do it just to try to please others. I think the ones who do it because they want to are setting a positive example and those who do it to earn the praise of others are just falling into a trap. The media focuses often on the surface and over the last fifty years looks have become more and more of a thing that is valued by our culture. It's sad that we would die for our body but we won't even go through some slight struggle for our spiritual state.
FP: Have you ever seen Natacha Merritt's book "Digital Diaries?" (http://www.digitalgirly.com and http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/books/sex/all/facts/01320.htm)
You remind me a bit of her. Your openness and brazenness with sexuality (the fetish modeling), not to mention how photogenic you are. Do you do any self-portraiture?
JA: Yes, of course, I am aware of her. I do and I am working on a book. I have to replace my camera :) Sexuality is a part of life. I love to do self portraiture because I have ideas and sometimes it's easier to do them than to explain them to others.
FP: How much do you think your imagery and visual influences come into play with your music? What do you dress like on stage?
JA: When I get a concept for a song, I get a vision and I see it. Then, I create it from the vision and then I try to communicate the vision in images and in visual as well.
For my next body of work, I am making visuals to go with the music that tell a story. I am looking to tour Europe over the summer and then come to the States with my next album. But as an artist, I tell stories and for the next album the stories are the stories that seem to be getting censored and covered up. So, along with the music, I am creating the story in visuals with the help of some people in my team. As far as on stage, either a vamp or a school girl or a bit of both. It depends on my mood. I am a bit of a changeling. I tend to morph so it all depends on my state.
FP: Are you ready for fame? And if that happens do you think you will approach your personality on the net any differently?
JA: The deadly question. Yes, I am ready for fame. I am ready because I understand it and I understand myself. I don't want to edit or to stop being real. It's been a battle to this point. My openness offends people and scares them sometimes. I am not commercial and I am not a conformist. If anything, I want to use fame to do things and use it to try to counteract many issues and bring to the attention of the media and the world things it seems they like to ignore that matter or replace with news that has no meaning except distraction. I have never seen the purpose of being famous unless I could do something with it. I could have had it a few times, but if I had gone that way, I wouldn't have been able to do much with it. Money, power, sex and drugs are all things which people seem to think are so important and maybe it is because I have had all of them and had as much as I wanted that I know that in the end no matter how much you have, you're still you and nothing changes. So, now I understand the things that could cause me to end up not doing anything except trying to find my worth in those things. But, back to the net, I will fight to keep my voice and even when I have thought of trying to go another way, I can't. My heart starts acting up and I like being in peace so even if I wanted to, I don't think I can stop. I used to think destiny was something in fairy tales till these last few years and after all I have seen and been through, I know there is more to life than what I see.
FP: Current obsession?
JA: Music, mittens, reading, yoga, energy work, playing out live, coffee, traveling, running, dreaming. - Female Persuasion

Sight: Beyond the Mist that Blinds Us

I won’t shiver in the cold. I won’t let the shadows take
their toll. I won’t cover my head in the dark. And I won’t
forget you when we part.

Rock n’ roll is everywhere. Sometimes we just have to look
a little harder for it, open our eyes, mind, and heart to
the possibility that it takes many forms, and be willing
to accept those forms, no matter how strange, erotic, or
beautiful. Jillian Ann, with all her elegance and
gentility, is one such example of unrequited rock n’ roll.
And while she’s more than a toe line away from the usual
cavalcade of filthy demons and sultry starlets we’ve come
to know on a regular basis, the model/musician/actress
embodies the same acid squalor and bloody passion of
rock’s greatest creatures, even those who grace these very
pages, but spins it with a pearl handle and caresses its
idyllic fragility just so, ready to catch the drops of
truth that spill from its fresh wounds. There’s no rule
that says rock n’ roll can’t be about love, sadness,
dreams, humanity, or spirituality, and if you think so,
then you’ve never understood what rock n’ roll is really
all about.
But that’s not to say, however, that Jillian Ann lacks
sleaze appeal. She’s a fetish queen, mostly, all latex and
fishnet, living in vain, manipulating glam and punk
tendencies to suit her chameleon charm. She’s desirably
innocent looking with sharp eyes and a porcelain cheek,
like some stolen runaway from the Valley of the Dolls, and
runs the gamut from classical mistress to modern jezebel.
When she’s not behind the lens, she spends her sun-filled
days creating spooky goth pop, ambient cries of infected
harmony, and tortured trip hop beats, which can be heard
on her debut album, Neverland. But, like everything else
in life, sleaze lies in the eye of the beholder.
“To be honest, I don’t know if I am sleazy,” says Jillian.
“It all depends on your idea of it. I happen to like
worn-out jeans and tank tops that are all cut up. I also
love loud music and fast cars. So, if all that means I’m
sleazy, then that works and it’s all good.”
And in this pseudo world of sultry sleaze we’ve stumbled
upon, there exists a delicate underbelly. Jillian runs in
fashionable circles that transcend the globe, from New
York to Milan, and surrounds herself with some of life’s
more homely, artistic, and personal pleasures, such as
museums, gardens, intellectual conversation, spirituality,
piano playing, poetry readings, yoga, and friendship. Even
her close relationship with Sleazegrinder cover girl
Isadora Edison is founded on the karmic principles that
govern her life.
“We share a lot of the same dreams and friends,” explains
Jillian, “and we’re just attracted to each other. She is
an amazing person. She is more like a strange light, but
again, the world could say we are both insane because we
roll around on the floor dancing.”
Jillian’s place in the world, among the viably sane, is a
fairy tale masquerade where she makes her own way among
the hidden and ashamed. She doesn’t try to make sense of
the world or understand its catatonic reality. She accepts
things as they are and hopes for a better tomorrow.
“I believe we could all be at peace, be free, and love
each other. We all make the choice to love or hate, give
or take, lie or be honest. I wish I could say I think it’s
going to get better, but I think we may end up with a one
world government and veri-chips in our bodies, and we’ll
lose our sense of self to a mass over saturation of
material and technological soul-vaporizing culture. I feel
sorry for the sleepers. I don’t think they’ll even know
it’s messed up until they’re half dead, unless there is
some kind of bizarre intervention. I believe we all have a
choice to make and those choices are what changes things.
I do believe people can make the choices that will lead to
more love, truth, and peace.”
It’s as Adam Bomb said: ‘I’m gonna live in rock n’ roll
land and I don’t care about the shape of the world
anymore.’ Oh how deeply we discover the relationship
between rock n’ roll and love to run. Jillian’s built her
rock n’ roll land and become comfortable in its
environment. And the lights that burn brightest down her
myriad boulevards, the shining beacons that show her the
way, are fuelled by love.
“Real love is rare. It is unconditional. It never dies,
and it is all there is. I believe the media has distorted
and twisted the concept of love to a point that most
people confuse, use, abuse, and lust for love, but real
love is seen or not seen because you never know it until
you see it. Love to me is all there is. Everything else
leaves, dies, or fades. Love never dies.”
And neither does rock n’ roll.

Mind: Conception of a Dream

I won’t heal given time. I won’t try to change your mind.
I won’t feel better in the cold light of day. But I
wouldn’t stop you if you wanted to stay.

Jillian dreams of love, people, the end of the world, and
strange, deep, and insane things.
“My dreams are weird, prophetic acid trips,” she says.
The mind, like a good drug, is a terrible thing to waste.
Jillian morphs and teases her weird prophetic acid trips
into musical hybrids of estrogens and apocalyptic
landscape. You’re sucked in immediately, your mind
scouring to find the brainspeak.
“I don't think I hide subliminal messages in my songs,”
she admits. “I just don't think most people get them. But
if I did, and I told you, then there wouldn’t be any
mystery.”
And that’s Jillian’s appeal: her mystery. She’s innocently
addicted to cut off mittens and Myspace. Her deepest
desire is for people to know they're loved and that it's
ok to be real and real isn’t perfect. Her ideal breakfast
includes a very large fruit salad and Awake tea with honey
and soymilk, on a beach, barefoot and naked, with nothing
to do for a week. And she fiendishly immerses herself in
to the rich evocation and depraved pleasures of the fetish
culture, which to her is nothing more than part and
parcel.
“Well, I’m kind of dating myself at the moment, but when
I’m in a relationship I’m pretty much into anything that
alters my state of being, so long as it doesn’t include
cutting, bruising, or nasty tasting bodily fluids.”
It’s all about expansion. Of the mind and of the soul.
There’s so much to be learned and gained from a deeper
understanding of oneself and others. Jillian’s renaissance
flair aims to explore every facet of art, beauty, and
truth, of life, people, and God. And what’s she’s
discovered so far is that no matter how decidedly crooked
things spin on a broken axis, there’s definitely no room
in her life for fear.
“I’ve never been afraid,” she says. “There is nothing to
fear. We live. We die. Everything in between can teach us
if we stop making it out to be the end of the world.”
When it comes time to take inventory of your time, will
you be satisfied with your accomplishments, with the way
you fed your soul? Or will you break down in a puddle of
agony and regret because you know you spent every moment,
awake and in dream, afraid to open your eyes, mind, and
heart. If Jillian teaches us anything, it’s that sex and
sleaze are counter cultures that thrive on the lifeblood
of energy and exploration and rock n’ roll is nothing more
than a fired-up, rattling sugar bomb of love, pure and
simple.
Yet despite all her accomplishments, despite the strides
she’s made in defining who and what she is, Jillian will
remain a mystery until the end. And when it comes time to
look back on her own life, she’ll settle down, perhaps on
that beach somewhere, barefoot and naked, and trace the
many footprints she’s left behind. But the one’s she’ll be
most proud of are the one’s she doesn’t see.
- sleazegrinder zine

Independent Artist, Jillian Ann tops 50 Million searches over P2P Networks

New York City, Atlanta, GA -- February 7, 2005 The digital download monitoring services Paalam Technologies and Gray & Associates, each reported that Jillian Ann, www.jillianann.com a New York based musician, has become the most searched for independent artist over the Internet. According to Paalam and Gray & Associates, Jillian Ann has received over 50 million searches in the past 3 quarters from the file sharing networks.

“ Our figures show that Jillian Ann is very popular for downloading over the P2P networks”, said L. Narsi Narasimhan, Ph.D. and Chief Executive Officer of Paalam. “What’s interesting about Jillian Ann is that she was well known in New York, where she records, but has had little national or international presence.”

“I don’t have a big record company behind me”, said Jillian Ann. “I don’t have millions of dollars of international promotion and hundreds of marketing managers working to get my CDs placed in retail stores. But, with P2P my exposure has become phenomenal..” , added Jillian Ann.

Gray & Associates reported slightly higher numbers for Jillian Ann than Paalam, stating, “Jillian Ann offers a unique package online. She is a musician and a model, so we track her photos as well as music and can show a high correlation between the two types of downloads, said Martin Gray, President of Gray & Associates. Gray added, “It will be interesting to see how many more independents can make it through digital downloads, and file sharing. Our bet is that when the relatively unknown musicians who are not backed by a big record label start to produce music videos, the advantage of the big media companies will begin to erode.”

JillianAnn is distributed through the peer-to-peer, (P2P) file sharing networks by INTENT MediaWorks of Atlanta, Georgia.

About Jillian Ann
Born and raised in the suburban outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia, Jillian grew up listening to Beethoven while finishing her homework. It was at an early age that she discovered her passion for lyrics and words, immersing herself into songwriting, poetry and extensive diary entries. Her journey as a teenager took her from a sheltered home to the big city life where she started to hang out with musicians, poets and other like-minded people who introduced her to the world and lifestyle of an artist. With the money from her blooming modeling career, she started to make music and plans to build her own studio. Her eyes on New York, she was ready for the big move. But like so often in life, times can get rough, and some serious personal setbacks put her musical aspirations on hold. Determined not to let her dream slip away, she pulled through all the difficulties and arrived in the Big Apple a few months later. After finishing her debut EP “The Fallen”, Jillian discovered the power of the Internet as a platform of music distribution. Always eager to learn, she was soon gaining recognition as one of the leading independent artists taking full advantage of this digital revolution in an industry desperate in need of changes. Her follow-up full-length “Elucido Beta” further established her as an accomplished artist and gained her respect among her peers and critics alike. But it wasn’t until she recorded “Neverland” for indie label Emperor Penguin that she came fully into her own as a singer, songwriter and producer. The album was released to rave reviews, garnering her a pre-Grammy nomination in the Best New Artist category in 2003 by the Recording Academy. Being finally able to create new material in her own recording studio, Jillian Ann has amassed a music library of over 140 original songs, ranging from instrumental compositions for film and tv to avantgarde pop tracks resembling the complex sensitivity of fellow artists like Bjork, Kate Bush or trip-hop originators Portishead. She is currently in the studio recording her new project, working with a string of very talented people, elevating her career once again to the next level. There is already a buzz out there thanks to the increasing media coverage and attention, adding to the mystery of a girl that single-handedly catapulted herself out of complete obscurity to continuously having one of the top 100,000 most visited websites worldwide. Jillian Ann. Sensitive, yet determined. Soulful, yet digital. A true creative force. For complete information, log on to www.JillianAnn.com.

About INTENT MediaWorks
INTENT MediaWorks, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the world’s largest distributor of download entertainment media. INTENT helps content owners tap into and profit from the secure, legitimate distribution of digital media through Peer-to-Peer, (P2P) and the Web. INTENT’s integrates the viral power and authentic nature of P2P file-sharing with online marketing to sell music, videos and advertising to over 60 Million consumers per month. INTENT’s customers are media owners, artists and advertisers. INTENT distributes media owners and artist’s digital music on a pay per download, and FREE advertiser sponsored basis. INTENT has achieved over 300 Million unique impressions for its content owners and advertisers. www.intentmediaworks.com and www.offthepeer.com; or info@intentmediaworks.com; 404.518.8161

About Paalam Technologies
Paalam Technologies was founded in February of 2003 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with offices in Chicago, Toronto and New York. Pallam provides technology and consulting services as well as Offshoring Strategy Software Services Contact Centers Business Process Outsourcing: www.paalam.com L. Narsi Narasimhan, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, is a former professor of Management Science and Management Information Systems at the DuPree College of Management at Georgia Tech. In 1993, after 5 years with Tech, he became an entrepreneur and advisor to several startup firms including, Business Oriented Software Solutions, Add2Home, SoftQuiz, Dilato, Burton Training Group, Buildspan, and the Chennai (India) based Proalgen Biotech Limited (formerly ACL Chemicals Ltd.). He is the founder of the Indian Professionals Network.
About Gray Associates

Gray & Associates is a specialty research and consulting firm based in Miami, Florida with offices in Chicago and Los Angeles. Gray & Associates develops internet electronic commerce strategies for the media, satellite and travel industries and has over fifty Fortune 500 clients. Press Contact: Gray1oasis@aol.com - The Wire