july 10 - dec 10

12.10.10

set list from Mexicali show at Teaneck, NJ
1 HIGH NOON
2 NEXT TO ME
3 CHANGE OF SCENERY
4 GROWN UP MAN
5 RESUME
6 E.S.T.
7 WAITING FOR THE END
8 HURT MORE LATER
9 GONE
10 SHOCK
11 SEPARATE THINGS
12 SIDEKICK
13 DON'T WANNA GO HOME
Encore: ABSOLUTELY STILL

(Thanks Val!)

11.01.10
- Want a song written specifically for you? Announcing the VE Song Shop, limited time offer for December. For more information click here.
- Maria, a runner-up winner from Val's contest, "Looking For the Answers" shared her prize package. Check it out here along with the rest of the winners
- have you checked out valemmichfans.com on tumblr yet? I've been posting some outtakes from Val's photobooth shoot from his new album, along with some personal banter between Val and myself. Check it out here.

11.22.10
Set list from Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles 11/16/10
1. Don't Wanna Go Home
2. Gone
3. Get On With It
4. Sidekick
5. Convince Me (with Jess Penner)
6. Resume
7. Just To Feel Alive Again
8. Next To Me
9. Shock
10. High Noon

Producers Ron Haney and Bart Schoudel provided some additional instrumental sounds to the show as well.

Watch the full video of Convince Me with Jessica Penner

10.30.10
Gone Fishing. In other words, this site is on hiatus. Indefinite return date.

10.29.10
- Grand Prize Winners, Julia and Rachel, from Val's contest shared their package prizes. All added in the Autograph page. Also included: a press kit letter(Thanks Joe), a signed cd insert(Thanks Stan) and a shirt from the contest(Thanks Emilia).
- Updated the Unreleased/Cover Page
- Check out the new flickr group a fan created. Join the group and add your photos of Val!

10.26.10
Watch youtube videos of performances from 10/07 show at the Studio in NYC:
Sidekick
E.S.T.
Get On With It

10.13.10
Val has been nominated as Outstanding Male Solo Artist in the 2nd Annual Hoboken Music Awards. The awards will take place on Nov 20, 2010 in Hoboken,NJ. To find out more, go here. And while you're at it, nominate Val in the Peoples Choice Awards. Congratulations Val!

10.11.10
The short film Val worked on last year for director and friend, Matt Schuman is now online! Two of Val's songs are featured in the film, "Call It Off" from the album Looking For A Feeling and the second song is, "Please Stop Calling Me" from the Woodstock album. Watch the short film here.

10.08.10
Highlights, set list, fan photos, beach balls & Bed Intruder - all from last night's show at the Studio in Webster Hall NYC. Read it here.

10.05.10
- Live radio interview and performance today at 3pm EST on wbjb.org
- Val is the Featured Artist for October at EatSleepBreatheMusic.com. Read the Q & A with him: he talks about the new album, his podcast, MTV's TRL and going to high school with Jersey Shore's The Situation.

09.25.10
Two articles: "Val Emmich Embraces the Digital Age" at NJ.com(with some album insight from Val) and "Val Emmich Finds Fun, Change In New Album" at thenews.org(album review). "He could break your heart and fix it in the span of a four-minute song, and I was more than willing to let him." - an excerptfrom the article.

09.21.10
New album out today! Download now from iTunes or Amazon. For an additional list of stores, look here.

09.15.10
- Catch an interview with Val today, Wednesday on blowupradio.com at 8pm est on Lazlo's Den Presents New Music. Lazlo will be playing some new songs.
- New section in Gallery: Twitter & Facebook - photos that Val took compiled from twitter, facebook and myspace all found in this page.
- added a personal quote under "Conversations with Val Emmich" (scroll to bottom)
- added a couple ticket stubs and two setlists in the Autographs page(one of which Val wrote a note to me)
- new page "Q & A from Tumblr": compiled all the fan submitted questions Val answered all in one page(made it easier for everyone to go back on it)

09.12.10
Did you guys know the contest is open WORLDWIDE? Yes, even you from England all the way to Singapore and back to the USA can enter the contest, win free shit and even get a chance to be the grand prize winner!

Val has a special message to ANTI-TWITTERS. Please read!

09.11.10
Jersey Shore played two of Val Emmich's songs, "Just To Feel Alive Again" and "If They Come Again", to listen to the song and download click the following episodes link:
Jersey Shore episode 206: Not So Shore - song "Just To Feel Alive Again"
Jersey Shore episode 207: Sleeping with the Enemy - song "If They Come Again"

Some more photos from last week's show, The Paramount Sessions.
Two videos from the event of performances Rick Barry's "All of Your Mistakes Have Names" and "So Much Closer"(along with Allie Moss, Jerzy Jung and Outside the Box).

09.08.10
Contest starts today. Check out the first song leak and the first question.
The video of the commercial is no longer available at Macy's official site.
Go here instead. Watch behind the scenes here.

09.07.10
September 12th debuts Val's commercial spot for Macy's Find Your Magic campaign. He is along side Donald Trump, P.Diddy, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Simpson, Martha Stewart and Tommy Hilfiger. The campaign launches on September 10th during New York City's Fashions Night Out event.

Watch it online here! Plus watch behind the scenes footage here. *valemmichfans.com brought it to you first via tumblr and twitter. "I have not seen it. how do you know shit before I do?" - Val Emmich to valemmichfans.com. This is a good reason to follow us here! :)

09.06.10
Check out the photo Allie Moss took from last night's show, The Paramount Sessions, from the side of the stage.

More photos from The Paramount Sessions (facebook group)

Back in June Val performed at CupcakeFest in Rutherford, NJ. Watch a video of Joelle from Planet Verge interview Val. They talk about rescue dogs, his new album and Jennifer Lopez. Plus two video performances of Just To Feel Alive Again and EST. Click here.

09.04.10
BIG CONTEST! Answer some trivia questions and Val will send you a free t-shirt, plus an exclusive unreleased track. There will also be winners and additional prizes! In the meantime, you'll help him promote his new album. Read more info here.

Read an early review of the album here. It features a portrait I made for Val.

Tomorrow 9/05 The Paramount Sessions at Asbury Park, NJ featuring performances by Rick Barry, Jerzy Jung, Outside the Box and special appearances by Val Emmich and Aliie Moss(who sang a duet on Val's new album titled, Convince Me, which you can listen to on Val's official audio player. Click on Listen on menu at the top). More info on tomorrow's show here.

08.30.10
Read the story behind Val's new album, Looking For A Feeling You Never Knew You Needed. New album is here. How?

This Sunday 09/05/10 7pm The Paramount Sessions - A Celebration of Asbury Park's Music Scene featuring performances by Outside the Box, Rick Barry, and Jerzy Jung with special appearances by Allie Moss and Val Emmich. It's free! For more info click here.

08.27.10
You can now be Val Emmich's Sidekick by joining here.

08.25.10
Download "Looking For A Feeling.." Twitter background and help promote Val's upcoming album

08.24.10
Interested on being a Sidekick for Val Emmich? Email me for details to join his network info@valemmichfans.com with the subject, "Sidekick"

ATTENTION: Invites were sent out. Please check your spam folder. If you didn't received anything, let me know. Thanks!

08.20.10
News on album, Looking For A Feeling You Never Knew You Needed - release date, tracklisting and album cover all revealed at valemmich.com!

08.18.10
New podcast with Val’s sister, Marie. They talk about rescue dogs and she offers some embarrassing answers to fan-submitted questions. Plus, Val reveals the chorus of The Greatest Song In Several Years. QUOTE OF THE SHOW: “Mom said, ‘We’re having a baby!’ and we all got upset you were coming.”
Listen on the podcast page or download for free on iTunes

Listen to new interview with Val where he talks about his podcast, Stay In Touch With Val Emmich on ThePodcastPodcast show - a podcast about podcasts. He talks about his time with Ugly Betty and how he approached on writing the songs performed on the show. And he talks about his time on 30 Rock and gives some insight on Tina Fey. Val also list the top ten annoying questions asked. Listen now at The Podcast Podcast.

08.11.10
Finally! The Quotes page is up. Quotes from interviews, Val's tweets, quotes from America Ferrera, Butch Walker, Brian Molko, Pete and J, random quotes and quotes to valemmichfans.com. Read it all here.

One fan, Rachel declared Val Emmich Day in her high school andaround town to promote the release of Little Daggers. Check out her photos here.

From yesterday's Tumblr Q & A: anonymous wrote "i still have worn val emmich poster from maxwells. live with mike tichey and particlezoo. hanging on the wall." Val's response, "I’d love to see that poster from Maxwells. Scan that shit and submit it to valemmichfans.com. That goes for anyone who has a rare poster, flyer, photo, ticket stub, signed disc, etc. Mary has a nice collection going. Thanks."

That's right guys! Please submit whatever you can share. This site wouldn't be what it is today without the many contributions from fans. So thank you!

08.06.10
New podcast with Val's manager, Chris Maltese. He gives a lesson on the current state of the music business. He explains the ins and outs of the industry, including the pivotal artist-fan relationship, and how that could affect the release of the new album. QUOTE OF THE SHOW: "If any of them steal from you we will hang them from their own genitalia." Listen on Val's podcast page or download on iTunes.

On an upcoming podcast, Val invited one of his sisters as a guest. She'd like to take this opportunity to embarrass him. Here's your chance to get the skinny on Val Emmich. If you have a question for her to answer, go to Val's tumblr page and click on "Ask Me Something" above. Just be sure to label that the question is for his sister and not him. She'll chose the best five.

07.30.10
Listen to a new podcast with drummer, Eric Micali. He helps Val answer fan submitted Tumblr questions. Topics include most emotional songs to perform live, details about new record, best coming-of-age Eighties movie and much more. Listen on the Podcast page or on iTunes.

Fighting Fish screens in the East Coast! The film will screen at the Rhode Island International Film Festival Friday August 13th at 10pm. More info here.

One more thing, "I have this thing called the internet." - conversations with Val Emmich, a segment featured in Tumblr & Twitter. Follow us there!

07.15.10
Added a Tabs section! Songs for The Lucky Ones and The Only One Lonely added, all thanks to Dave!

This site, valemmichfans.com was named as site of the day on Thursday 7/14 by moonfruit.com facebook fanpage. Distinguished honor. Moonfruit.com is the hosting service for this site.

07.09.10
NYC - come out tomorrow July 10th Saturday to The Pit for a screening of Me Time and a Live Improv performance by the cast! Show at 7pm tix $8.
More info here.

07.08.10
Listen to a new podcast with producer, Jason Cupp. They share stories from Sunlight Searchparty and Little Daggers recording sessions. Includes portions of three unreleased songs ("All The Time", "You Know Better" and "My Bear's In Captivity") as well as an alternate version of "Decadent Decline". Cupp also talks about life on the road with Good Old War.
Part 1 of a two-part podcast. Listen to the stream here.

Tomorrow, Friday July 9th, Hero Pattern's final goodbye show to benefit
Dan Duggin at Maxwells in Hoboken, NJ. Info for the show here.
Hero Pattern shared a split EP titled, "Reception" with Val Emmich. The two frequently shared bills. Read more memorable moments with Hero Pattern, including Val's thoughts on the band here.

07.06.10
The short film "Me Time" by Matt Schuman will be making a screening at the New York Independent Film Festival on July 26th at 6pm at City Cinemas Village East on 2nd Avenue and 11th St. More info can be found here. The short film will also be screening at the DC Shorts Festival. Screenings are taking place on September 10th, 11th, 12th, and 15th. Click here for more details.

Sorry it's been so quiet lately. While Val is busy running around, this is my chance to take a break from him and to work on something for Ani Difranco. Wish me luck!

06.30.10
Part Two of my guest appearance on "Stay In Touch With Val Emmich podcast is up. We discuss dream duets, why apparently only Italians live in NJ, undergarments thrown at him and woodshavings. Also included is the next installment of The Greatest Song In Several Years. Download for FREE on iTunes here or listen to the stream here.

And completely on an unrelated note: yes, I had to go ahead with ads. I'm aware this site loads slow for some, but maintaining this site is burning a hole in my nonexistence wallet. Google hardly pays and yet it's something. Thanks for understanding. And thanks for visiting.

06.29.10
Fans submitted a survey recently and it was unanimous that you guys wants to know the songs played at each show. In the past, I try to provide that for you since I like to grab the sheet myself. But unfortunately, I cannot attend each show and not everyone contributes by sending them to me. However, because of your requests we will try to post them for you after each show.
Here's the setlist from Cupcakefest 06.26.10 at Rutherford, NJ(Val broke two strings, his set was cut short):
Hurt More Later
Next To Me
Just To Feel Alive Again
Decadent Decline
Get On With It
E.S.T.
Absolutely Still

Photos from Cupcakefest is here.

06.24.10
Listen to my guest appearance on "Stay in Touch with Val Emmich". Val answers fan submitted questions, plays an acoustic cover song, we talk about his upcoming album, Ugly Betty, Fandom, Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers, and Val's rap duo group. This is part one of two. Download for free in iTunes - please rate/review with happy thoughts. Or listen to the stream here.
*EDIT- received questions regarding the graphic design mentioned in the podcast(Val cutting/pasting onto copy machine & I called him Matt). Here's the Artist Amplification cd insert that was referenced to it.

6.20.10
No hard-breaking news or update but how flattering this one blog made a list;
25 Best of 30 Rock episodes. Cougars made it to #7. Watch a few clips here.

06.19.10
Fighting Fish screens on June 30th at the UK Film Focus in London. The film is one of five non-British films to be invited to this industry event.
For more info go here.

06.18.10
New Featured article from YM magazine July 2003 "We Tell You What They're Really Like". Click here to read.

06.14.10
CupcakeFest 6/26 solo acoustic set to benefit the Passaic Animal Shelter. Bring donations. Watch the commercial here.

No new podcast this week but with good reason. Sorry guys! Speaking of podcast, listen to latest installment with amateur comedian Terrence McHenry. Bourbon at 3pm, list Top 10 Modern Lit and too many F-bombs. Go here.

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06.09.10
New Q&A interview with You Sing I Write
Read interview in Glitterball magazine. Pages 92/93 and 100-105
Two articles with photos and reviews from June 3rd show at the Turtle Club
Article one and article two

Shameless plug: Check out my personal portfolio site, which includes the graphic painting Val used as a profile pic in facebook once. Also, Val had some words to say about my work in the Testimonial page.

06.08.10
Stay In Touch With Val Emmich podcasts is now available in iTunes. Subscribe and automatically download. It's free! And while you're there rate/review.

06.02.10
We're now taking questions for a future podcast and suggestions for an acoustic song cover. Want to ask Val something? Do you have a song to suggest for Val to cover in acoustic? Fill out the form here.

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