Chloë announced that she's wrapped almost all her vocal recordings for her first independent album (the "Reimagine" project).

There's still a lot of instruments to add and other work to be done on the tracks, but it's coming along! She seems REALLY excited!

Less than a week left in Chloë's Indiegogo fundraiser campaign!

Nathan Carter was apparently recording some accordion for Chloë's new album this weekend.

Hayley was at Capitol Records studios working on her new album this weekend.

I listened to Lindsey's new album Artemis.

I enjoyed it. It's comparable to her other albums. Most tracks are violin instrumentals. Some tracks have vocals too.

The packaging was cool. It has an anime characterization of her on the front and some more far out anime on the back cover. The inside is a futuristic looking city that spreads across both panels. Each panel has a some-what snug cardboard sleeve (one containing the CD, the other containing the liner notes booklet.

The booklet contains some anime images and quotes. The lettering is kind of fancy and it's presented vertically rather than horizontally (matrix style). I found it a little challenging to read, but perhaps that was the point, to have people concentrate on the words more slowly instead of just glossing over them.

Like most of her recordings, the album is heavy on synth. It's a little less of a grungy sound than her first 2 albums. There's a few tracks that use a technique of rapidly fading out and back in periodically. I don't know the proper term, so I'll call it amplitude pulsing. It sounds a little trippy / disorienting, but I didn't mind it too much.

I didn't dislike any of the tracks but I didn't absolutely love any of the tracks either. They were all fun to listen to. The 2nd last song, Aurora was probably my favorite. Most of the tracks were in a minor key and Aurora was in a major key, so that was a pleasant and uplifting change. Ironically, the last song (The Upside) was my least favorite I suppose.

One of the tracks (not the last one) features Amy Lee (of Evanescence).

If you liked her other albums, I suspect you'll like this one too!

Lindsey's Christmas album (Warmer in the Winter) is probably still my favorite of hers though. It had the purest sound and multiple tracks I really, really loved.

Ok, thanks Glen.

She's back in 3rd at the moment after being in 1st for a few hours.

That means the people at the top were pretty close together within a few hundred votes or less.

All my major donors are dry at this point, so I'll try putting in one more big donation before the 2-for-1 expires tonight. Hopefully it's enough.

If she makes it through to the next round though, I've got to find some more people to donate big for her because I'm pretty much going to be tapped out after this next donation, especially after Chloë's fundraiser.

Chloë mentioned today that the first project (Reimagine) could be out by the end of the year!

She's been recording for the past few weeks and she seems really excited about the way it sounds.

Chloë says these songs sound totally different than the way we've heard her perform them before!

This is so exciting!

I donated a significant amount to try to get her to the top of her group, but it looks like 1st and 2nd place are putting up HUGE numbers (probably thousands of votes ahead).

Amy and I both agree at this point we can't close the gap in time with daily free votes. Amy's exhausted from juggling work, performances, and the competition though. So CWazyTom is trying to scramble together some other big donors. If you see her jump into first, you'll know I succeeded. Lol.

The complete jewlery line announcement is expected around mid-October.