TBNW Got #16

DotLyrics' Top100 pieces of this week (November 08 - 14) was announced today and Felipe's new lyric -The  Brave New World - got in the sixteenth position with 432 readings in this week. Last week TBNW got #1's, becoming the second piece used to promote Felipe's new songbook - A Brave New World to reach the first place.

Discussing TBNW In DotLyrics Chat

Last Sunday (07), Felipe Lima was one of the guests on DotLyrics.com chat, discussing the weekly releasings, include his own hit "The Brave New World", which got the #1's this week. During the chat, the writer talked about his plans for the new songbook, what had inspired him during the writing process and his own vision about his latest lyric. The author also commented other works performances at the top100 and the feedback his work has been received so far.You can check below some excerpts from the chat.

>>  After two years writing A Brave New World, the author had almost 100 lyrics to the songbook.

 >>  Felipe said he'd use six songs to promote the new songbook. Each one of the six pieces represent a different step in the journey to discover the Brave New World.

 >>  The author said he didn't follow the releasings in the forum while he was writing ABNW, so  he was not be influenced by other pieces. He also said once he was back and had seen the new works and writters he got astonished for the gifted new faces in the forums and the diversity of themes in those lyrics posted.

TBNW Is #1 On DotLyrics

DotLyrics' Top100 pieces of this week (November 01 - 07) was announced today and Felipe's new lyric - The  Brave New World - debuted in the first place with an astonishing amount of 411 readings in this week. This is the second piece used to promote Felipe's new songbook - A Brave New World released last month.

Poll Result: A Brave New World

According to the readers, "A Brave New World" is Felipe's best songbook so far with 92% (87 votes). Check below the other positions:

[2nd] Impressive and different from previously works from the author.          6%

[3rd] A good songbook. but very alike from previously works.                     1%
[4th] Boring and I couldn't get it to the end.                                                  1%

TBNW Released On DotLyrics

"The Brave New World" - Felipe Lima's second piece for ABNW - was released today at DotLyrics forum. The forum informed the author will be one of the guests commenting the week debuts within the readers in DotLyrics' chat this weekend at 4 pm. 

Fallen Star Promos Pieces Released On Work Section

This month, it's finally available for download in Felipe Lima.com the promo pieces from "Fallen Star", released in 2001. You can find in the "Work" section all the four songs that were released to promote the songbook of the author. Among the pieces you may find the #1's lyrics "The Way Of Heart" and the double-side piece "Feel Me Again/Step Insider".

Felipe Announced On "So Far"

DotLyrics announced this week Felipe Lima will be the writer on "So Far" of November. "DotLyrics: So Far" is a column where the author selects 10 pieces that has marked his journey so far and then he also comments each piece telling why they are so important along the way.

The column is scheduled to be posted on November 19th. As all the content in DotLyrics is blocked for subscribers, the text will be available here too.

Felipe Lima On Hotzone's October Issue

Hotzone is publishing today an exclusive interview with Felipe Lima where the author talks about his new song and the readers' feedbacks from the forums and sites. The writter also comments a few things about his new songbook - A Brave New World - released this month. Check a part of the interview below and the full text on the following link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RIKODBO1

                Last Monday (09/27), Hotzone spoke to Felipe Lima, the author of the smash hit “Show Me Who You Are” which reached the first place at DotLyrics.com Weekly Top. In a brief interview,  Felipe tell us a little bit of his working proccess while he was writing his new piece, his ideas and expectations for the new song book that it’ll be released next week and his reaction about the forums feedbacks.

Felipe Annouces Second Piece To Be Promoted

Last Friday (01), Felipe posted on DotLyrics forum that the second piece to promote his new work ABNW was already chosen  and it was also scheduled the date to the debuting. The piece will be "The Brave New World", the piece which entitled the songbook. The date was not announced yet, but the releasing is expected for the first week of November.

A Brave New World Released Today

After 3 years, Felipe Lima releases his new songbook entitled "A Brave New World" in DotLyrics forum. The work are composed of 18 new pieces, including the smash-lyric "Show Me Who You Are" (1's for 3 weeks straight on DotLyrics top100). Some parts of the new songbook will be available for download at Dotlyrics forum until December, but the period may be extended later.

DotLyrics Reveals ABNW Art Cover

This Wenesday, DotLyrics published exclusively in HD the art cover of Felipe Lima's new songbook [A Brave New World]. You may check the image below.

 



A Brave New World Art Cover, Felipe Lima's new songbook that will be released 10.04.10



DotLyrics Post New Information Of ABNW

This Friday, DotLyrics posted in your site an official press releasing with more details of Felipe's new songbook - A Brave New World. The site was the first to inform the name of the project and the title of the debut song, released last month. Until this moment, the only information known about the project were the title and the releasing date. Check it out the juicy details revealed by the site:

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TITLE: A BRAVE NEW WORLD
AUTHOR: FELIPE LIMA
RELEASING DATE: 10.04.10
NUMBER OF TRACKS: 18
TRACKS: 01 - The long Road (intro)
                 02 - Show Me Who You Are
                 03 - The Brave New World
                 04 - White Elephant
                 05 - Coming Clean
                 06 - It Was Just A Dream
                 07 - Stand By Me
                 08 - Damaged
                 09 - Sweet Gestures
                 10 - The Reason
                 11 - The Voice
                 12 - Ain't No Good
                 13 - Tied Up
                 14 - Free To Be Me And You
                 15 - Wish You Were Here
                 16 - Blackout
                 17 - Wild Style
                 18 - The Best Time Of Your Life
PAGES: 12

Monthly Poll Result: SMWYA

According to the readers, "Show Mw Who You Are" is Felipe's best song so far with 65% (271 votes). Check below the other positions:

[2nd] It's nice! I can't wait to read the song book       15%

[3rd] It's nice, but I expected something different       14%
[4th] It was awful. I didn't like it.                                 7%

Baby Jane Tells To DotLyrics How It Was Work With Felipe

Last Sunday, Deborah Machado (aka Baby Jane) spoke to DotLyrics readers about the importance of writing, her experience in the site, plans for the future, love and friends. During her very informal conversation, she explained her contribution for Felipe Lima's new project [A Brave New World] and how it was the creative process.

"(...)Felipe is such an adorable guy. He's very committed with his work and once he gets in a project he puts his mind and soul on it. I remember when I invited him to work in a song with me. We had a great time together, specially because he was always opened to new experience and, differently from some writers, he wasn't afraid to tried it. When he invited me to compose a piece for his work, I definetly couldn't say no. He said he was inspired by our previosly work, and somehow he got "a vision" from that idea. Three weeks later, the lyric was finished and it was undeniable... Felipe took that idea and brought to his own world. That was freaking amazing and I'm glad to be able to be a part of it.(...)

(...)I couldn't tell exactly what we've done. Felipe will probably cut my head off before I could spell some juicy information about the hit (laughs), but I could say the piece is something complete different what Felipe has already done. The piece talks about an interesting and provocative theme, it is an upbeat tempo song, I remember that while we were writing it we listened a lot of reaggeton groups and singers as Black Chiney, Jazzy T, Bulletproof, Harlem 6, among others. That would be a song for your get in the dancefloor and lose control. And I've may told you more than I should (lol)..."

You may check Deborah 's complete interview on DotLyrics this month.

Could Be This Way Released on The Poetry Sanctuary

This week, Felipe Lima's hit will be released on the american forum The Poetry Sanctuary. Last month, the author promoted the piece Dreams which got almost 50 readings in its first week. According to the forum manegement, Felipe may post more 5 pieces until the end of the year.

And The Readers Comment SMWYA...

One month later its releasing, we decided to publish some words and opinions sent by readers from poetry sites and forums on internet. Check it out what they thought about Felipe's new hit:

"Brutal and raw. Felipe came out from his emotional bubble and show us who he really is."
                                                                                            - Jamella Cotto

"(...) An interesting feature of Felipe is his ability to astonish his readers. You read his works and when you imagine you're just getting the guy... BAM, you find out a new and unknown side of him."

                                                                                            - Scott Johnnson

"Felipe Lima finally returns to the place he never should have left."
                                                                                            - Willoweird

"Impressive! I've been on DotLyrics for almost 4 years and I'm amazed how far an artist may go to be faithful to his work. Felipe crosses the line and show us the real deal."

                                                                                            - SweetAngel76

"The piece is powerful and fierce. Its strenght comes from an fearless author that expresses his point of view so naturaly. You read the song and for a moment you can see for his eyes and feel his rage against an opressive society."

                                                                                            - H. Abrams

"Morality Bites. Felipe came out, kickin' the door and beatin' some ---. Talk about love is a beautiful thing, but sometimes you have to spit and and push some people buttons to get some reaction. At least, Felipe had the guts to hit straight instead of speaking half words. Welcome back, brother!"

                                                                                             - TheUglyTruth

"Speechless... (...)Felipe puts his heart and soul in his pieces. His concerns goes from the small details to the final product. Every word, every sentence cautiosly writen down, transformed in to images (promo and teasers). SMWYA proves that more than an inspiration for beginning writers as me, Felipe is the living proof that being true to yourself is the formula for success."

                                                                                            - Donatella

Obsesión Will Be Released Tomorrow On Latino Poemas

Felipe's spanish hit, Obsesión, will be finally released this Tuesday (09/07) on Latino Poemas site. The piece was first debuted in DotLyrics and YoEscribo last year when the author was promoting his first spanish songbook - Amor Y Otros Desastres.

SMWYA Got The #3's

Dotlyrics' Top100 of this week (August 23 - 29) was announced. After spent three straight weeks at the first place, Felipe's new lyric "Show Me Who You Are" went down two positions getting the third place this week. Released last week, the piece kept its position on the top 100 with 1258 readings.

SMWYA Got #1's For The Third Time

Dotlyrics' Top100 of this week (August 16 - 22) was announced. Felipe's new lyric "Show Me Who You Are" got the first place for the third week. Released two weeks ago, the piece kept its position on the top 100 with 1258 readings.

SMWYA Got #1 Again

Dotlyrics' Top100 of this week (August 9 - 15) was announced. Felipe's new lyric "Show Me Who You Are" got the first place again. Released last week, the piece kept its position on the top 100 with 1252 readings.

The Third Promo Song Poll

According to the readers, the third lyric that should have been released to promote AOD in the web sites and forum was "La isla" with 35% (245 votes). Check below the other positions:

[2nd] Esencial                      22%

[3rd] Hace Bien Ser Malo       20%

[4th] Las Cosas de Dios         10%

[5th] Recuerdos Perdidos       

        Amarte                          5%

[6th] Rehén de la Suerte         3%

     

SMWYA Is #1 On DotLyrics

DotLyrics' Top100 pieces of this week (August 02 - 08) was announced today and Felipe's new lyric - Show Me Who You Are - debuted in the first place with an astonishing amount of 1.052 readings in this week. The debut piece from Felipe's new songbook got a record for the author when it reached one thousand mark of reading in the first week of publishing.

Released The Promo For SMWYA

Early today, it was released on DotLyrics forum the promo pic for promoting Felipe's new piece - "Show Me Who You Are". The new lyric was released last Tuesday (08/03) and besides the promo you check it below, the massive promotional campaign counts with another four teasers already promoted on the web (you may check them in the Photo Gallery).

More Teasers For SMWYA

More two teasers were released in Felipe's official twitpic account in the last two days. Both pictures have the same tag line of the previously teasers: "What do you do when the lights turn off?". Now, there are four teasers in the web promoting Felipe's new lyric. According to the writer, the promo for "Show Me Who You Are" will be released later this week. Check the teasers out:

Breaking News: Title Revealed

We have an exclusive news for you: this morning, the title of Felipe's new track was finally revealed, the song is called "Show Me Who You Are"; Felipe's first piece after three years without posting any English works in forums and websites. The lyric will premiere tomorrow evening exclusively in Dotlyrics. On Friday the hit will be availabled for downloading in CAP forum.

Teasers For Felipe's New Song

Today, two teaser were posted in Dotlyrics to promote a new song that will be released this week. Rumors says that these pictures are promotional arts for Felipe's new piece. Both images show people doing personal things and they both says: "What do you do when the lights turn off?". Check it out:

New Song On Dotlyrics Announced

Hey there guys! Stay tunned on Dotlyrics.com 'cause the waiting is finally over. Countdown is running and Felipe's new hit will be released on this Monday at 11:59 am. Promotional art and title will be futher released in the following days.

Recanto das Letras Announced New Releasing

This morning, the site Recanto das Letras announced that Felipe Lima's first lyric from the portuguese songbook "Vícios, Virtudes E Pecados" would be released next tuesday (07/27). According to the site, the delay in the schedule was due to a problem in the site.

The Making Of "Amor Y Otros Desastres" - Part II

Part Two: The Influences

For the last three years, I spent a lot of time maintaining contact with many aspects of the Hispanic culture. I watched almost one hundred movies per year and I believe this was a huge factor that inspired me to write in Spanish. The movies helped me to create the idea of what I wanted to do, but I still needed to know how I would do it. So this question led me to search for Latin music and artists that I could use as a base for my work. After a long research I found wonderful songwriters and musicians, I listened to the most famous as Shakira, Alejandro Sanz, Maná and Juanes till new and not-so-known singers as Bernabé and Calle 13. That was an amazing experience, learning about this new culture and bring its features to my pieces just enriched my work and helped to grow as a person. I think I finally could let an unknown part of me come to the surface and this felt so good.

The Making Of "Amor Y Otros Desastres" - Part I

Well guys, I decided to take some time to share with you a little bit of the creative process of my latest work: “Amor Y Otros Desastres”. Here I’ll tell you about the experience of writing these songs, the rhythms and influences that inspired me to create the whole concept for this new project and the expectations I had for this songbook.

Part One: The Concept

I always wanted to write something in Spanish, but I never felt it was the right time or I had the right theme to write about. I had some songs for sure, but I definitely never planned to release a songbook in Spanish, at least not at the moment. One day, I was sitting in my room and I started to scrawl some lines that came to my mind. I had one more song done and when I was saving the file I was surprised to note that I’ve already had almost 10, what it could be perfectly become a songbook. Therefore I decided I’ve had enough material to begin this “Spanish project”, but I still needed to find something to talk about, a subject that I could express the way I see and understand the Hispanic culture. I read again all the songs I’ve already written and I could realize they had something in common, but I couldn’t actually see what it was.

A few weeks later, I rent a movie called “Love and Other Disasters” (with Brittany Murphy) and when the movie ended, the answer hit me like a punch and I knew what I’d talk about: love. I’d already decided that I’d want to impress in my work some aspects of Latin culture and the way I found it was through love, or the way of feeling the many kinds of it. When people think about something related to the Spanish language they usually think about things that are tragic, passionate, intense… The songs I’d written until that moment had those features and all of them were about relationships. Love was seen and written for different angles where it could be good and sweet or painful and tragic. Because of this, the lyrics presented a wide range of emotions and each of them had a single characteristic that made them unique, even when they were about similar themes. Those singular features of each lyric made this songbook colorful and rich of different kinds of feelings. And that was the way I wanted to picture this work.

New Promo Pieces Available In "Works"

This month, It's finally available for download in Felipe Lima.com the promo pieces from "De Volta Ao Presente", released in 1999. You can find in the "Work" section all the five songs that were released to promote the first portuguese songbook of the author.

Dotlyrics Reviews AOD

Yesterday, the site Dotlyrics.com published the review of "Amor Y Otros Desastres". The review was written by Sandra Wollopock and the songbook got a medium rate (2.5/5). You can check a part of it below and the full review is available for download in the Articles & Reviews section.

"I must confess I found Felipe Lima's new work - 'Amor Y Otros Desastres' (Love And Other Disasters) - very strange at first impression, neverthless I decided to read again with a different and open minded look. I'm glad that I've done that because I finally got the beauty of this work. First of all, if you want to enjoy this experience you must open your mind and dive in this cultural pool that Felipe presents to us."

New Poll For June/2010

Yeah guys, there's a new poll on the site. Now we wanna know if it'd be a third release for Amor Y Otros Desastres what track should be released. The poll starts today and it'll be opened for votes until july 11th.

And The Favorite Track From AOD Is...

The AOD favorite track poll is finally closed. The poll got 563 votes and the favorite track was "Ven" with 31,8% (179 votes). Check below the results of the poll:

1st - Ven >>>> 31,8%
2nd - Obsesión >>>> 16,8%
3rd - Rendición >>>> 16,7%
4th - Hace Bien Ser Mal >>>> 11,3%
5th - Esencial >>>> 10,8%
6th - La Isla >>>> 5,9%
7th - Rehen de la Suerte >>>> 3,2%
8th - Recuerdos Perdidos >>>> 2,1%
9th - Amarte >>>> 0,7%
10th - las Cosas de Dios >>>> 0,7%

Magriça Site Is Closed

In the first week of this month, the website "Magriça" announced that it would finish its services. The site, which was one of Felipe's most visited database, is no longer providing its services for authors publish their works, this was a great loss for all those who like to read and share their pieces in the internet. We hope that the Magriça team may come back and put their site on internet again.

Releasing Dates For May/June

Poetry sites announced this monday their upcoming releases list from May/June. Felipe's works were listed in the upcoming dates from the several sites as Recanto das Letras, Booksie and All Poetry. Among others sites, the brazillian site - "Mar de Poesias" - has signed up with the writer to publish some of Felipe's songs.

You can check out the release dates from May/June of these sites in the list below:

May/10

• Could Be This Way from Before The Lights... The Darkness will be released on May 20th. - [Yo Escribo]
• Could Be This Way from Before The Lights... The Darkness will be released on April 21th. - [Mar de Poesia]

June/10

• Feel Me Again from Fallen Star will be released on June 4th. - [PoemHunter]*
• The Way Of Heart from Fallen Star will be released on June 7th. - [Booksie]
• Vendaval from Vícios, Virtudes e Pecados will be released on June 8th. - [Recanto das Letras]
• Step Insider from Fallen Star will be released on June 11th. - [All Poetry]
• Really Sometimes... Good Times Come Back from Before The Lights... The Darkness will be released on June 17th. - [Yo Escribo]*
• Really Sometimes... Good Times Come Back from Before The Lights... The Darkness will be released on June 21th. - [Mar de Poesia]*

*The following dates weren't confirmed by the sites. They may have their release date changed.

"Works" section released

May starts and Felipe Lima. com has a new surprise for you guys: a new section of the site is being finally released : "Works". Here you'll be able to read and download Felipe's pieces and songbooks. In this first week of May, the pieces of Before The Lights... The Darkness previously promoted in forums and websites are available for download.

The pieces from "De Volta Ao Presente" and "Fallen Star" are scheduled to be posted still in this month. And in June, for the very first time ever, the songbook "Before The Lights... The Darkness" will be available for reading and download, just here on Felipe Lima's official site.

Felipe Denies Rumors About A New Releasing From "AOD"

Last friday, Dotlyric's manager posted in the forum that Felipe'd may release other lyric from his latest work - "Amor y Otros Desastres". According to the message, Felipe'd decided to schedule a date in the last week of April to promote the last song of his spanish songbook. This'd be an attempt to show to Dot's readers the great potential of the pieces, since the songs from "AOD" got a lower rank than Felipe's previous works.
After reading this post, Felipe has pronnouced that unfortunatelly the info wasn't true. In deed, "Ven" was the last song released from "Amor y Otros Desastres" and still talking about the subject, the author said it was a fantastic work and he was very satisified with the results of it. He said the lyrics lower ranks (compared to the songs from Scrapbook) was not the reason why he decided to "interrupt" the promotion of his latest project. But, it was planned a short kind of promotion for "AOD" since Felipe'd still be working in his main project to be released in the first semester of 2010.

Felipe Writes With Italian Composer Franko Canova

Yesterday, italian DJ and composer Franko Canova commented in Dotlyrics forum that he's actually finalizing some tracks for his latest work. The composer said he's been very busy with the sample mixing process and he told he teamed up with new lyricists to enrich his music.

When someone asked him if it were true about Felipe's co-working one of his songs, he answered:

"Yeah, the rumor is true. We've been working a couple nights for straight hours till dawn. I'm having a good time working with him. He's such a nice and creative guy and I think we're gonna make a real good sound here..."

March Poll: "What's your favorite track from 'AOD'?"

It's already open March poll. "Amor Y Otros Desastres" was released four months ago and with it, there're three singles released on internet. So now I want to know what is your favorite track on my latest work. Don't miss it!!!

Releasing Dates from March\April

Poetry sites announced this monday their upcoming releases list from March/April. Felipe's works were listed in the upcoming dates from the several sites as Recanto das Letras, Booksie and All Poetry. Among others sites, Yo Escribo, a spanish poetry/literary site, seems finally signed up with the writer.

You can check out the release dates from March/April of these sites in the list below:

March/10

• Feel Me Again from Fallen Star will be released on March 8th. - [All Poetry]
• Uma Vez Mais from Tempus Fugiti will be released on March 9th. - [Recanto das Letras]
• Step Insider from Fallen Star will be released on March 19th. - [Magriça]*
• Dreams from Before The Lights... The Darkness will be released on March 25th. - [Yo Escribo]
• Estória de Verão from Tempus Fugiti will be released on March 30th. - [Recanto das Letras]

April/10

• Could Be This Way from Before The Lights... The Darkness will be released on April 8th. - [Yo Escribo]
• The Way Of Heart from Fallen Star will be released on April 17th. - [Booksie]
• Vendaval from Vícios, Virtudes e Pecados will be released on April 20th. - [Recanto das Letras]*
• The Way Of Heart from Fallen Star will be released on April 26th. - [Magriça]
• Really Sometimes... Good Times Come Back from Before The Lights... The Darkness will be released on April 29th. - [Yo Escribo]*

*The following dates weren't confirmed by the sites. They may have their release date changed.

"Ven" Will Be The Last Piece Of "AOD"

Early today, Felipe announced that "Ven" will be the last song released to promote his spanish songbook "Amor y Otros Desastres". The author said he got an amazing accomplishment with this project and he was very proud of it. But at the moment he felt important to dedicate more time to the current project he's working on.

Releasing Dates [January]

Poetry sites announced the street dates of some Felipe's singles that will be released in January and February. Check it out:

Recanto Das Letras

• Dia Após Dia from Tempus Fugiti will be released on January 5th.
• O Poço from Tempus Fugiti will be released on January 26th.

Magriça

• Feel Me Again from Fallen Star will be released on January 18th.

Booksie

• What Do U Think 'Bout Me? from Fallen Star will be released on February 2nd.

All Poetry

• Feel Me Again from Fallen Star will be released on February 5th.

Personal Note

Hey there,

The year's just ended and other chapter of my life comes to an end too. I’m glad to look back and see how much accomplishments were reached in ’09. Among many things I could promote “Anthology – Volume I” and my new work “Amor y Otros Desastres”, my first book of lyrics in Spanish. Before I keep going on this first post, I wanted to thank you for supporting my works, voting and commenting them in the websites and forums all around the web. You’re the best and your back up is what makes me keep going on my works in the hard days.

This blog will be a kind of official place for me to post my works (yeah, the complete albums finally) and for posting other info too like some news about what I’m doing, releases dates, top positions and etc… This week, “news” and “about the author” section will be opened for access, in the next days new areas will be free for access. I hope can count with your suggestions to improve this page too, after all this is one of the most direct ways I have to hear what you think about the stuff I’m producing.

Now about the future, a new year is beginning and I’m thrilled with all the possibilities I can see in my way. A lot of things have changed, making me change too. In the middle of this process I grew up, now I’m starting to see the world around me and people from a different perspective. This new “point of view” crosses all the parts of my life, influencing every one of them and being put it out from different ways. Something is coming and I hope I can share this with you through my work. Thank you all for everything so far and keep tuned for what’s coming ahead because the future is bright and I saved a lot of surprises for you…

Love,

Felipe