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“Nothing Is In Vain” Making-Of Video!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here in England we are not celebrating this American tradition but we still want to use this day to say a big thank you to all of you! Besides the core MonaLisa Twins team and some supporters in the industry it is YOU lovely people from all over the world who make living our dream possible every day! You can all pat yourself on the back and then imagine a virtual MonaLisa hug from us. We are very thankful for having you as our fans and friends 🙂

Making-Of Video of  “Nothing Is In Vain”

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As a little treat we just uploaded the making-of clip of our new single “Nothing Is In Vain“.

It features on our newly released DVD “When We’re Together“. We’ve been working on the “Nothing Is In Vain” video for several months, collecting and shooting footage between other projects. We have never filmed anything underwater before nor on a trampoline, but it was a blast. You’ll also see planets explode and giant goldfish swim through the universe. The editing was challenging but worth it, and in this making-of video we show you how we did some of the special effects.

It will be the last behind-the-scenes clip of this DVD that we will publish on YouTube. So if you want to see how we created the rest of our music videos make sure you get a copy in our online store.

We thank you an aweful lot for your great feedback so far,
Mona & Lisa

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“When We’re Together” Album DVD is out!

Today we are releasing our first ever official DVD

It contains all the videos for the original songs of our debut album “When We’re Together“. It also has more than 30 minutes of exclusive bonus footage and behind-the-scenes material by which we’re talking you through the process of creating each one of the 11 videos!

More than two years after releasing the album CD we are proud to have finished this monster project. Not many artists can say that they have made a music video for every single song that they have put out on CD but we are beyond happy that we did! Before we release new original material we wanted to once again celebrate our debut album and give all the videos the proper packaging. Plus, it’s the perfect Christmas present, isn’t it?

Pssst! Santa’s in town already!

In fact we saw TWO of them in Liverpool today, giving their everything to escape the fans that somehow had found out about the new MonaLisa Twins DVDs. We immediately whipped out our cameras and filmed these poor guys running for their lives to save some of the DVDs and stuff for you. Here’s the proof. So be quick, don’t say nobody warned you!

X-Mas Special: – 10 % in our Web Shop!

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Cash in your “XMAS2014” discount code until 24th December 2014!

The Christmas season is an excellent time for us to thank you for your long-time friendship, loyalty and continuous support. Without you making music would not be half the fun that it is!

So here’s our Xmas present for you: If you are looking for a Christmas gift or want to buy a little something for yourself, you’ll get 10 % discount on everything in our web shop until 24th December 2014. So feel free to empty our stock and give our new DVD, our CDs, T-shirts, coffee mugs, mouse pads and posters to everyone you know!

All you have to do is type “XMAS2014” in the “Discount Code” bar after you checked out with your shopping cart and then click “Apply Coupon”. The discount code will work till the 24th of December 2014 and you can use it not only once but TWICE (just in case you forgot something ;)!

We wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas,
Mona & Lisa

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“Nothing Is In Vain” – New Video to Celebrate 4 Million YouTube Views

“Nothing Is In Vain” music video is finished

The timing couldn’t have been better. Just when we scored 4,000,000 YouTube views we were ready to release the music video for “Nothing Is In Vain“. As you know, it was the last song on our album “When We’re Together” to get a video, and we went the extra mile to make it a worthy final highlight of the whole project.

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Actually, we went a few thousand extra miles when we traveled to outer space to shoot the footage. The video for this tune is out of this world, so to speak, and the visual atmosphere enhances the psychedelic feeling of the song. We’re over the moon to say that with finishing this video we will be able to re-release the whole album as a DVD, together with exclusive bonus footage and behind the scenes clips. The DVD will be available in our web store very soon and we’ll inform you on that in a separate newsletter.

We’ve been working on the “Nothing Is In Vain” video for more than a year now, collecting and shooting footage between other projects. We shot scenes underwater and on the trampoline, and you’ll see planets explode and giant goldfish swim through the universe. Enjoy your trip through space – completely without drugs, just music – and let us know how you liked it.

Stay groovy,
Mona & Lisa

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Residency at the World-Famous Cavern Club & Our “When We’re Together” DVD

MonaLisa Twins at the Cavern Club 2014, black and white picture with Mona and Lisa in the foreground, on guitars and vocals

In the wake of International Beatle Week 2014

For those who don’t know, International Beatle Week is the world’s largest annual Beatles related event, with 20 – 40 bands and about 50,000 fans from over 40 countries coming to Liverpool every year. We visited the spectacle in 2009, when we were 15 and weren’t even allowed in the clubs. Instead we were busking right in front of the Cavern Club and since then followed our dream to one day play inside.

That became true for the first time last May, when we played there during the “International Pop Overthrow Festival“. We applied for International Beatle Week 2014 as well, and as soon as we settled in Liverpool, as a result of being on Billy Butler’s Saturday Morning Show on BBC Radio Merseyside every week, we got squeezed in to play 12 shows, although band booking was long finished.

So we had the time of our lives in the Cavern Club, Cavern Pub and other festival locations, and people were talking about the “MonaLisa Twins Buzz” going on in Liverpool. Certainly, newspaper articles like the one in Liverpool Echo don’t hurt either: “Mona Lisa Twins take the music world by storm”. Because of our constant presence and our performances during that week many new opportunities arose, and word got out about the MonaLisa Twins.  As an example the organisers of Finish Beatles Festivals invited us to play shows at their own Beatles Fests in March and July 2015, and more requests from all over the world are pouring in.

Our new residency at the world-famous Cavern Club

Another great outcome of Beatle Week is that we not only played a few gigs there during the festival itself but that the Cavern directors offered us a weekly residency spot, and that’s why we are rocking the main stage there every Saturday from 7 – 8 pm and from 9 – 10 pm with two different sets. So if you’re around or plan a trip to Liverpool, be sure to come down and see us!

So to use our own words: No, we can’t complain, Nothing is in vain …

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With the “When We’re Together” DVD production we are very happy to finally have brought an enormous project to an end, and we are equally excited to be able to start new things now.

Your continued interest and support is amazing and so much appreciated, thank you!

The journey goes on, so great to have you on board!

Yours,
Mona & Lisa

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“The Wide, Wide Land” Making-Of Video!

Another week, another video! We are slowly getting around to putting together all our “Making Of” clips, and we finished the one for “The Wide, Wide Land” just in time – the official music video passed 15,000 views yesterday!

At the day of the shooting with the marching band it was freezing, and we’ve certainly never been as cold before (It might not look like that, but the wind was PIERCING!). At least that made everyone involved remember that day forever!

Credits & big thanks to:
– Rudolf Wagner (dad ;)), David Prokop and Thomas Fuchs for shooting this video!
– Our friends in the marching band starring Philipp Wolf & Sascha Ortner (snares), Martina Waluch (bass drum) & Michael Mozeth (bass), Karina Loeffler (trombone) & Christoph Unger (trumpet), Roland Franze (cymbals) and Stefan Schwarzbach (shaker)!
– Our dad and stepmum for the fantastic teamwork!

Stay groovy,
Mona & Lisa