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Celebrating A Million Views (Free Downloads)

It happened again … twice! 

In just the last month two more of our videos have reached 1 000 000 views on YouTube

California Dreamin’ (2009):


If I Fell (2016): (Video at the top of the post)

We tend to go on about how mind blowing those numbers still are to us and how we can’t thank you enough but this time we will spare you the usual paragraph and just quietly let our heads explode in amazement and gratitude 😉

That’s the 4th video since January, with a possible two more coming before the end of the year 2018 to join the Million Club! We want to give you both songs as a free download to celebrate and to say thanks!
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The Calm Before The Storm

It’s been a while since you’ve last heard from us. That’s because we’ve reached the end spurt of a rather huge project. It’s that time again where breaks get optional and food and sleep turn into necessary evils. Oh, how we love that feeling! 🙂

You’ll hear from us soon!

Stay groovy,
Mona & Lisa

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50 Years of Beatles “Revolver” Album – #FanArtFriday

MonaLisa Twins Fan Art Revolver

Our favourite album (tied with Rubber Soul) is celebrating its 50th birthday today.

Guess what record was blasting through the house all day today? 😉 Quite a while ago the talented Nikos from Greece drew a picture of us very reminiscent of the Revolver artwork style. So we thought what better day to share it than today on “Fan Art Friday“?

We added the opener “Taxman” to our setlist recently and will be playing it tomorrow at the Cavern Club Liverpool, during our usual spots from 7 – 8 and 9 – 10 pm. Come join the party!

Stay groovy,
Mona and Lisa

 

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We reached 25 000 YouTube Subscribers

MonaLisa Twins fan mail celebrations

We reached 25 000 YouTube subscribers!!!

Not only do we thank you all for being part of this wonderful MLT family but we also apologise for the lack of new videos lately. The making of the next album and new website is currently taking up all our time. But hey, there’s 97 videos on our channel already! With an average length of let’s say 4.5 minutes, that would make for nearly 7 hours of content. That’s less than all ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies combined … anyone up for a challenge?

Thanks for bearing with us, new music is brewing and it’s already smelling super tasty (can you tell we haven’t had dinner yet?). We hope you are all having a magnificent day!

Stay groovy,
Mona and Lisa

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Abbey Road Studio One – What a Day!

MonaLisa Twins in front of Abbey Road Studios entrance

So yesterday we spent the whole day at Abbey Road Studios!

We were recording and filming in Studio One – what a day! There is so much history in this place it’s unbelievable! The rooms are filled with legendary equipment and the walls are covered in legendary moments. If only they could talk!

We got told that while recording we stood in the same spot that Mick Jagger, Keith Moon and Marianne Faithfull were sat when the Beatles did the live broadcast of “All You Need Is Love”. They still use the same microphones as they did back then, and everything still looks like we all know it from the countless pictures and videos.

We recorded a few songs there with Steve Harley and afterwards got turned into holograms with a special filming technique! And yeah, it was as much fun as it sounds! We can’t wait to see the finished results.

We will keep you posted as we get updated on any news.

So thrilled to have been part of this experience! We recorded in Abbey Road Studio One – surreal!

Mona and Lisa

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Abbey Road Studios, Here We Come!

MonaLisa Twins walking across Abbey Road

We think subconsciously we all make some kind of bucket list for our lives. Ever since we started our musical journey at the age of 13 we dreamed big. 9 years, 3 albums, 92 music videos, 8 million YouTube views and a lot of sweat and tears later, we are so happy and lucky for all the boxes we were already able to tick:

Moving to England – ✔
our first big tour – ✔
a regular spot at the Cavern Club – ✔
meeting some of our musical heroes – ✔
working with some of our musical heroes – ✔
having our music played on national radio – ✔

… we could go on but the reason we’re saying this is not because we want to brag about all the cool things that have happened so far but because we are about to tick the next major big fat box in just a few days! ABBEY ROAD, HERE WE COME!!!! Yes, this week we will be recording some live sessions together with Steve Harley at the most famous recording studio in the world. YEEEHAAA! Life is good!

Much love to you all,
Mona and Lisa

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“If I Fell” – New Cover Video!

“If I Fell” may have some of the most beautiful harmonies in pop history and it was a joy having a go at this brilliant song. It’s been a while since we uploaded a video on YouTube, mainly because we are busy working away on our new album. But this was a great little project to squeeze in and we hope you enjoy it! It’s been a blue sky lately so we just had to go out to town and include some shots of Liverpool.

Stay groovy,
Mona and Lisa

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“You’re Going To Lose That Girl” – New Cover Video!

This week we present you with one of our newest covers in our set list. We feel our regular concert visitors deserve some variety in our live shows, so we add some new songs from time to time :).

‘You’re Going To Lose That Girl‘ from the album and film ‘Help!’ is not played by bands a lot but is always greatly appreciated by the audience. We especially like the great harmonies and the quite unusual way of declaring one’s love to somebody. It is in fact the thing we like so much about the Lennon/McCartney song-writing – they can express the most personal feelings and bring it down to earth without becoming trivial.

Please leave your thoughts and comments if you like!

Although we love making videos we have to admit that it’s getting increasingly difficult to maintain the bi-weekly upload schedule. We’ve been very busy rehearsing for the upcoming tour with Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel and with so many other projects that are going on. Thanks to all the work we’ve put in over the past years there are now more and more wonderful opportunities popping up for us. It is rewarding to see the momentum building and the interest in our music growing. On the other hand it’s becoming a bit too much trying to make it all work at once.

Our main focus at the moment is writing new songs. Unfortunately we didn’t find as much time for it as we would have wished for. That’s why we’re going to shift things a bit during the next few months to be able to concentrate on our own material again. We will still keep uploading videos, of course, just not as frequently and not following a strict schedule.

Many half finished songs are spinning round in our heads and are waiting for us to finalise them. It feels good returning to the thing we love the most – turning our own wild ideas into songs. You’ll be the first to hear them 😉

With love,
Mona & Lisa

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“Two Of Us” – New Cover Video!

For this week’s video “Two Of Us” we definitely spent more time going through the footage and choosing the right scenes than it would have been necessary. What a great way to re-experience all those sweet memories … We did have a wonderful childhood, no doubt, but we have even less to complain about our adult life so far. Life is a great adventure, and heaven forbid we ever forget that!

What is your favorite “Two Of Us” memory? We’d love to read your story in the comments!

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“International Beatle Week” Show Dates 2015

Liverpool At Night

Earlier this year we learned that we (and some other popular Merseyside bands) did not get selected to be part of the 2015 “official” Beatle Week program. Considering our last year’s success this came very unsuspected to us and many of our fans, some of which having already been in the process of booking flights and hotels. “Oh, what a bummer!” we thought, but the organisers wanted to give other bands a chance to play the Cavern as well, and that’s fair enough. However, all’s well that ends well, we have good news!

Whoever wanted to hop on a plane, a train or in a car to see us playing at the biggest Beatle spectacle of the year: Go ahead! Liverpool has many great live music venues that were keen to have us on during Beatle Week. One of them is the recently reopened, legendary Jacaranda, another one is Eric’s right opposite the Cavern Club on Mathew Street.

We’ll be playing four shows on four different days, so that everyone can find their preferred time(s) to see us. Liverpool is such a wonderful city, it definitely pays off to come for a couple of days and have fun!

Here are the show dates. The days are fix, and the missing times will be added shortly. We will also be attending the Beatles Convention at the Adelphi Hotel on Sunday (30st August), to meet, with a bit of luck, Peter Asher (Peter & Gordon) and Donovan, and hopefully you too!

By the way, if someone is interested in a Beatles tour through Liverpool during this week: We are proud to know the loveliest, wittiest and most knowledgable person to show you around. Just send us a message and we’ll connect you! But be quick, chances are she’ll be booked out soon!

See you,
Mona & Lisa