Vincent Van Gogh “loved life so bad, his paintings had twice the color other paintings had”. So sings Jonathan Richman (on Rockin’ and Romance).

And that tells you something about musician Allison Crowe.

A modern lover of music, blogger Muruch frames it like this: "There's really no way to convey through mere words how much the music... moves me, or how I want other people to listen to and adore it as much as I do. Allison sings with such an intensity of emotion, it's easy to see why she's often quoted as saying 'Why music? Why breathing?'... that kind of artistic passion seems extremely rare these days."

"I love singing for people," says Allison Crowe. "It's a way to connect and share with others. Communication is crucial. Just being able to do what I do, to write and sing and perform, makes me feel not only alive, but incredibly lucky. Knowing at any moment everything could change, I don't take one second for granted."

Born 26 years ago, on an island, in the harbour city of Nanaimo, B.C., today Crowe's reach is global. The audience for her music videos and song downloads numbers in the millions.

"Allison Crowe has a voice to fall in love with," says UK music industry journal Record of the Day. "She is from Vancouver Island in Canada, descended from Scottish, Irish and Manx stock. She's exactly the sort of artist who can make serious headway on her own label and that's just what she's doing."

When this phenomenon 'from the islands' reached the mainland she steered a path clear of what Joni Mitchell knowingly calls the record industry’s “style inventions”. With Ani DiFranco and Loreena McKennitt as models Crowe created her own label. Since 2003, Rubenesque Records Ltd has released five critically and commercially successful albums: Lisa's Song+ 6 Songs; Secrets; Tidings; Live at Wood Hall; and This Little Bird.

"The first thing you notice about Allison Crowe is her voice. Rich and dark, it seems to come from a place most singers can only dream of accessing. Then there are the songs. Filled with raw passion and accompanied by Crowe's eloquent piano playing," writes Clodagh O'Connell (The Courier). Hers is a joyous sound: "Elton John meets Edith Piaf."

A sensation at the UK’s John Lennon Northern Lights Festival, “Canadian angel Alison Crowe gave one of the weekend's most magical moments," says The Scotsman. Festival Director Mike Merritt describes Crowe as "awesome" and "spine-tingling", noting her performance “put hairs on the back of your neck! She brought the house down."

A true grassroots success, Crowe’s praised not only as a singularly talented songwriter - on themes personal as well as worldly - and as a visceral performer, but, also, as a supreme interpreter of song. Her vital takes on such 21st century standards as Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" and Joni Mitchell's "River" are applauded as "truly transcendent". Her Tidings CD, a mix of traditional carols plus songs of joy, peace, and redemption from the secular songbook, is an emerging classic: "music for the season and all time".

"Her voice celebrates the music with a bluesy rock-gospel intensity; her controlled vibrato, silken rasp, and powerful projection rivet your attention. This is no casual background music. be prepared to be amazed," says Hamline University Professor Of Law - and CD reviewer - Carol Swanson. "Every song radiates sincerity, creative flair, and emotional intensity."

”It takes a lot of self-confidence to tackle Aretha (Franklin)'s version of 'I Never Loved a Man...' but Allison does and nails it just as good as the Queen of Soul herself. Her piano playing is equally exquisite," says Bob Muller, curator of song covers at JoniMitchell.com in his review of Crowe’s newest album, This Little Bird. He sums up: "Treat yourself to one of the mightiest talents on the singer-songwriter scene today."

David Powell, Welsh-based tech writes: "I'm listening to 'Effortless' on (Allison Crowe's) This Little Bird album with my Pro-Ject headphone amplifier turned up about a quarter more than on most modern records. It sounds fantastic because unlike most modern records it hasn't had the **** compressed out of it to raise the loudness."

Vocalist, pianist, guitarist, songwriter, engineer, producer and arranger, Allison Crowe now lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia and Corner Brook, Newfoundland. From these home-bases, (spanning the full 7000 km breadth of Canada), she tours steadily, earning a reputation for exciting live shows that stir together her original songs with much-loved interpretations in an organic blend of rock, jazz, folk, Broadway, gospel and soul.

"Ever wonder what it would have been like to listen to a gifted singer/songwriter from Saskatchewan in a small, intimate hall before she became Joni Mitchell? Don't fret the missed opportunity. There's no need to turn back the clock. Check out Allison Crowe," says Robert Reid in The Record.

"Allison has a special gift that is so very rare in musicians today. She is true to her mind, heart and spirit," says Ross Hocker, long-time public broadcaster with NPR affiliate WGTE. Hocker, whose musical taste embraces Thelonious Monk, Bela Bartok and Charles Gounod, calls Allison Crowe's live performance "the most honest, heartfelt, and directly intimate concert in my entire life."

"In an entertainment world that increasingly genuflects at the altar of instant fame, Crowe seems an anomaly, building her career slowly and carefully," notes Adrian Chamberlain, of Canada's Times Colonist newspaper.

"Soulful. Alive. Joyous. Grievous. Real, true, music is what I want to make," says Allison Crowe.

You can lend an ear...

Wade Mosher has made music his life since he was only 12 years old. He is known for his songwriting & guitar skills and he’s also a respected producer, singer & programmer. Starting in the early ‘80’s, Wade has toured Canada, the US & Europe playing in Rock, Country, Blues, Skiffle and Punk bands.

In 1995, Wade Mosher released his debut, self-titled CD that received airplay in Canada, Turkey & Arkansas. Promoting the album & touring followed until 1997. Sales have reached over 3500 thus far, mostly from word of mouth. This record has been likened to John Hiatt, Steve Earle, Bruce Springsteen, Dire Straits, Warren Zevon and Lyle Lovett.

Wade’s fans have been asking for recordings of his guitar playing for years, so in 2001 recording began for his next CD ‘Doesn’t Play Well With Others’. The instrumental record of 12 cuts was released in 2002. The record has gotten some great reviews & feedback. It’s been available online since 2006 and is selling well. Though Wade’s style is undeniable, nods to Danny Gatton, Brian Setzer, Mark Knopfler, Chopin, Brian May, Dick Dale & Scotty Moore can be heard throughout. As Wade humbly puts it, “I just take what those guys did, simplify the difficult parts & hope nobody notices.”

In 2003 Wade disappeared into his studio to work on his latest album. A lot of life got in the way during the making of this much anticipated CD, but in 2007 ‘Everything Will Be Just Fine’ was released. It’s more of a collection of songs than a definitive album, moving seamlessly through genres without losing momentum. Songs like ‘Canadian Folk Song’ and ‘Hollywood is Burning’ are cutthroat takes on culture & politics with sardonic humor. Great stabs at love, religion and psychosis are found in ‘Love Makes You Stupid’ & ‘Lose This Skin’. ‘She’s Got A Heart’ & ‘Don’t Let The Highway Get You Lost’ are first class country songs that will take you back to the days of Merle Haggard & Steve Earle. This is a CD that will leave its mark.

Wade Mosher has never been convicted of murder, but the night is still young.

END OF SET 3

Just A Personal Note

Hi Folks- Wade here. Thanks for stopping by and having a listen. I appreciate your time, I know how limited it can be. There are a lot of songs here, so feel free to poke around & play snippets as you please. I’ve requested that they allow the prices of the songs to come down a bit here. We’ll see what happens. In the meantime I’ll be allowing free downloads randomly so keep an eye out. Some of the genres I’ve chosen can obviously cross over into others & it’s hard to categorize your own material, but I believe I’ve gotten close with my choices. If you hear something that turns your crank, feel free to contact me. I’m very friendly, (except early in the morning.) I’ll be keeping this section as up to date as I can. Thanks again.
Take care,
Wade

• Intresting
•  Coolest Dude Alive
•  Beautiful Country

Parade Rest began in 2007 under the name Between The Lines, with Tyler Stutz and Vito Schiralli on guitars and original drummer and bassist, Nick and The Adam respectively. Over the course of the next 11 months, Tyler and Vito searched for serious musicians to complete their band, as their constant rotating bandmates were not so dedicated. After four drummers and two bassists were disposed of over time, they eventually found Marshall Brennan and Evan Woolley for the parts, talented and dedicated, they were the holy grail in this quest for musicians.

Trike is a duo, comprising of Stephen Taylor and Xania Keane. Stephen plays keyboard, digital guitar, trombone and sings. Xania plays fiddle, glockenspiel, keyboard, sings, dances (Irish/Quebecois style) and raps.

Trike's style is Synth-pop, New Wave, with various other elements. They are audience-interactive, teaching people dance moves they make up. Their songs are catchy pop songs, high energy and dancey. Onstage, there is a great deal of theatricality and performance.

Their influences are: Pulp, The Cure, Talking Heads, Devo, The Cars, Belle and Sebastian, old Public Enemy, Magnetic Fields and Joy Division.

There is a lot of humour in the music, and the songs are pretty bouncy/happy, although there are also a lot of bittersweet emotions in the lyrics.

Addicted to performing, Trike has played almost forty shows since the beginning of September in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Canada.

Trike also won $20,000 on "The Gong Show" (a contest which was on radio and television) with their instructive-dance song, The Trikey, which enabled them to go on tour to Europe in the Spring of 2008.

Their album, "The New Album" was number six on the charts of Kootenay Coop radio for three months.

Name: Cara Leanne Solly
Age: 17
South Australia

I've been playing guitar for a little over five years, both acoustic and electric, and singing for about five years as well. I've been songwriting for most of that time as well. I was in a band called Vertical Bliss earlier this year, but we parted due to issues with practice and general differences in... musical direction, I suppose. I have also been singing in Salisbury East High School Concert Band since 2005.

My musical influences include Nirvana, The Distillers, Silverchair, and Hole, but my actual sound is poppier than those influences would suggest. I'm currently recording songs on my laptop with just my voice and classical guitar, and I'm looking to start/join a band to play originals and covers early next year. Until then I'll just be promoting myself and my originals with the 'stripped back' acoustic sound.

I've been a musician for over 15 years in the form of a drummer. Self-taught with a desire to create more than percussive music on my own, I've been slowly learning how to read and write. Most of what I've created is by ear...not an easy thing to do, trust me there. Thank God for the Finale '08 music writing program. It's taught me a lot.

I'm an English teacher for a high school in Jersey City, NJ and an assistant music director--drumline coordinator. Yet, I still manage to have free-time and would love to find musicians interested in making my creations a reality. One goal is to perform and record the music. The sheet music is available for each instrument, although some corrections in Key and Chord may be needed. So, if you are interested and somewhat local, check out the music and get in touch. Or, just let me know what you think. All songs are copyrighted so be kind, be cool, and rock on!

My influences are from a wide range of genres; however, my main stay is Rock and Roll/Metal. Nothing like a good shot of double bass drums... Enjoy!

Pablo Collado is an inspired artist born in Guatemala City in the 1960's. He began his self-taught studies of flute at the age of 8 years and guitar at the age of 11, when his father Santiago Collado taught his first knowledge of acoustic guitar, his mother Alicia Collado provides moral support for all his projects. He began to compose music at the age of 12 and began to perform in concerts for guitar. He continued his practices of flute and guitar with his father and brother Ulises Collado with whom they formed a group of mystic acoustic music.

Pablo also formed musical groups with his sisters Varinia Collado (guitar and voices) and Clarita Collado (voices). Later, Pablo continued his musical career in the National Conservatory of Music in Guatemala where he received knowledge of harmony, piano, traverse flute, musical notation, and history of the music. Pablo has given an immense amount of presentations and concerts in several countries apart from Guatemala. He has traveled to Belize, Costa Rica, Mexico, Germany, and Switzerland. At the moment Pablo enjoys his stay in Benque Viejo Del Carmen, Belize, where he has brought up an extensive experience in culture and music.

Pablo has recorded a total of 10 albums which are now for sale through various gift shops and record stores throughout Belize and Guatemala. He continues to produce music and now he has found out about his new and improved painting skills.

Movements are never accidental. Today’s average music fan is so jaded from unfulfilled promises of “something new”, that most have given up hope entirely of Hip Hop music ever being truly relevant again. Thesis, Cheefin Editor, and Tony O; collectively, SpeakerBeaters, are a light at the end of a very long and dark tunnel. Seamlessly blending the iconic sound of Hip Hop’s glory days into a progressive and lyric driven soundscape, their music inspires optimism in Hip Hop’s future.

As in everything else in life, the beauty is in the balance. Cheefin Editor’s original compositions provide the sonic backdrop. Skipping over Hip Hop 101’s traditional sampling , he instead plays every note you hear, carefully choosing and placing sounds with a precision only found in an artist who loves his work. Layered over this backdrop he trades verses with Thesis, connecting lines and concepts reminiscent of the golden days of EPMD, Red & Meth, and A Tribe Called Quest. Thesis, a respected and decorated battle veteran showcases his cadence and songwriting ability, proving that the idea that a battle MC can’t write is a myth. Tony O’s perfectly timed and phrased scratches keep the vibe universal, and add the perfect amount of classic Hip Hop sound to the mix.

It’s true, movements are never accidental… destiny is nothing more than a vision, the hard work to achieve it, and the honesty to accept it. SpeakerBeaters are chasing their destiny, and every day another set of ears joins the race as the public discovers that Hip Hop is not dead… That music can mean something, and still make you nod your head with the beat. SpeakerBeaters are set to prove what a dangerous level of talent, will, and integrity can achieve… it’s not an accident, it’s a matter of time.

•  Love the Beats

A ghost of a murder scene.
A killer pacing up and down a derelict street.
searching to feed something.
in a composite encompassing a siren and a womans scream.

To fulfill.
To Undertake.
To narrow to the marrow.
in relief.

Woods haunted and crawling.
A train horn warning.
Penetrating the homes gone to sleep.

Biography
From Grandpa I got my storytelling. His visits were rare, as he and grandma lived in St. Catherines Ontario, and we lived just outside Calgary, Alberta. They spoiled all 8 of us children (according to my dad) but the biggest gift Grandpa always gave us was to tell us bedtime stories of the “olden days”.

Grandpa’s stories usually involved exciting stuff like runaway teams of horses, shooting at wolves, or somebody getting body parts torn off. His tales were filled with gestures and sound effects. He really had a way of bringing them to life. And he listened when a kid told him a story. He made you feel your stories were important.

From Mom and Dad I got music. My Dad and my other Grandpa were both musicians. Grandpa Hubele (of whom I knew very little) was a very good organ player. My dad played fiddle in his early years, touring around southern Alberta with a country dance band. He and Mom would, very occasionally, play duets on fiddle and piano when we were little kids.

I can remember waiting til my parents went out. Since I was the oldest, I often babysat my brothers and sisters. I would sneak into Dad’s fiddle case to take out the fiddle and play it. Except I was always trying to make it sound like a guitar, and I played it like one.

We moved back and forth across the country, from Ontario to Alberta and back many times as I grew up. Dad kept trading up for jobs, and I was in a new school almost every year. I became a loner and a rebel. I turned to humor to make up for my small size. I’d find the biggest kid in class, figure out how to make him laugh, and I didn’t have to worry about the rest of the bullies. It pays to have friends in high places.

I believe I had an undiagnosed hearing problem caused by a trauma (now confirmed as a severe hearing loss). I never could quite understand the lyrics on the radio which was always on in our house, so I made up my own.

My earliest memories were of crossing the big empty fields which made up the neighborhoods of my youth, singing at the top of my lungs and making up words as I went along. My mom says she could pick me out of the flocks of kids coming home from school. I’d be waving my arms and singing to myself as I walked across the prairie.

I started writing songs in a serious way when I was 21 years old. A friend, who had been showing me how to play guitar, and I went out to live on the beach on Vancouver Island at Pacific Rim Park. I was picking away when a simple line kept repeating itself in my head. I wrote it down, and in ten minutes I had a song. It seemed to open flood gates, and for the next 2 or 3 years I wrote a song or two a week. I average about a song a month now. But, they are better songs.

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Biography, page 2

To write successfully, I usually have to be alone, have all my chores done and time on my hands. Words and melody most often develop at the same time. It takes from 10 minutes to 1 hour to write a song. It takes me two weeks to learn it. I like to wrap a song around a good story line. They always come from my own experiences.

I was fascinated with the blues from the get-go. I came in through the back door. J.J. Cale, then Hot Tuna. Then B.B. King, Freddy King, and Muddy Waters.

When I heard Bonnie Raitt play slide guitar, I was gone. I had to learn how to do that. I followed her trail back to Mississippi Fred McDowell. “You want rock, you gonna have to put me in a rockin’ chair. I plays the straight and natural blues.”

I also paid attention to the songwriters, my favorites being Paul Simon, Harry Nillson, Willie Dixon, and Tom Waits.

My interest in jazz developed through my association with other musicians like Calgary’s late Chuck Tracy, a gruff, funny, kind of crazy lounge musician. He introduced me to Tom Waits, Mose Allison, and Fats Waller amongst others.

As well, it became a habit to listen to the great Alberta radio station CKUA on Saturdays. Bill Coull’s Jazz Show was a fifteen year course in ‘Everything You Should Know About Jazz’.

I also have a life-long addiction to comedy movies and comic books. One of my Dad’s jobs was as a projectionist in a small town. Once a week on Saturday night the local community hall was turned into a theatre. I was very young (3 years til 7 years old) but those old black and white 16mm movies of the Marx Bros, Chaplin, and W.C. Fields remain deep in my psyche.

I think this was a great influence on my writing. Most of my songs have a little humor and a strange twist to them.

I have worked as a laborer and heavy equipment operator and truck driver since leaving the University of Calgary after 4 years of unrelated courses and wandering interests. Previous to that, I had worked at the CPR as a ticket clerk. I began working at age 14 at the steel mill where my father worked. I did not graduate from high school.

I have written songs for 32 years. Recording began for me in 1978 with the Acme Sausage Company with Holger Petersen broadcast on CKUA. Since then, I have been on countless radio and tv programs. I have recorded 6 albums of original material, and I just finished recording my demo for the 7th, and most exciting, CD - ‘Down In Davis Bay’.

•  Somewhere down the midnight cafe

Atlanta singer/songwriter Thomas Oliver’s brand of country is what country music would have been if it hadn’t detoured through pop. It’s real. Straight from the rich tradition of Southern music, his original songs of livin’, lovin’ and losin’ are from a writer who’s lived a life he doesn’t pretend has been perfect but one he knows has been blessed nevertheless.
Thomas didn’t start writing songs to have them cut in Nashville. They have always been his songs. And he was writing them for years and playing them for friends before he made his first demo.
“Finally Over Losing My Mind” was his first solo CD, released in 2003. Through the local chapter of the Nashville Songwriters and the Georgia Music Association, Thomas began playing the coffee house circuit in and around Atlanta. He won a few awards. He gained some loyal fans, who love his songs and his original Southern voice.

Thomas is a native of Atlanta where he works for a large newspaper. The author of “The Real Coke, the Real Story” and two unpublished novels, Thomas graduated from the University of Georgia, where he spent many a night in the dorm basement and laundry room listening to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard while others were turning on the the Grateful Dead.
He is the father of a son and daughter and the owner of a lap cat.

Discography
"Finally Over Losing My Mind," debut CD of 11 original songs is available on CDBaby.com, Towersrecords.com, Best Buy and 45 internet music providers. Three of the songs were honored as Best of Country by the Georgia Music Association.
"The Life You Save Might be Your Own," was released Feb. 2006 on CDBaby.com et.al.

Spygirl plays lush, melodic, elegant, and dark pop/rock. If Spygirl were a martini, they’d be equal parts sonic assault, naked duets and lush harmonies with a dash of drum & bass, and garnished with a twist of Canadiana - shaken vigorously, of course. If Spygirl were an outfit, you’d look geek-slick, full in all the right places and your ass would look hot.

Spygirl recently completed their second full-length album, pieces of evidence, slated for national release March 2008.

Spygirl was overjoyed to work once again with favourite musical wizard Tom Rothrock, who mixed a few songs on their 2000 self-titled debut. This time he came on board as Producer in full. Mr. Rothrock (who has also created records with some of popular music’s great recent innovators such as Beck, Elliott Smith, Elbow, Sloan, Badly Drawn Boy and James Blunt) helped the band create a spontaneous, relaxed and raw recording, due in part to his laid back mix of confidence, spontaneity, knowledge and love of music, and in part to recording much of the album live off the floor. The result is a group of songs that belong together, sharing a landscape that is lush, melodic, elegant and dark.

This is the band’s 12th year. The Vancouver-based 6 piece group was born out of a musical bond between founders Koralee Tonack (lead vocals, guitar) and Jane Gowan (trumpet, keyboards). The two initially formed Time Waits - the acoustically charming mother of today’s luscious pop child. The group included Jon Roper (guitar), performing mostly original songs written by Gowan. Several recordings were released on cassette. Now those are hidden away in boxes...somewhere. Eventually James Ong (keyboards) and Eduardo Ottoni (drums) joined, and with a fuller sound developing, the band released their debut CD entitled This Thin Disguise.

A collective desire to streamline the sound resulted in a less acoustic, more pop/rock sound. The viola da gamba and accordion, previously played by Ong and Gowan respectively, were abandoned in favour of keyboards, fender rhodes and trumpet. By this time other band members had begun contributing to the songwriting, creating excitement and freshness. As the direction of the music changed, so did the name, and the band’s self-titled debut (informally known as The Yellow Album) was recorded just as the transformation to Spygirl took place. The disc was nominated for a West Coast Music Award and also gained much positive media attention.

In 2005 Al MacInnes (bass) joined the band to add substance to the style. Now with a full line-up to carry the tunes, Spygirl released a 5-song EP as a precursor to the full-length album in August, 2005. The songs on this disc are homages to the band’s constant quest for the perfect pop epic. All the tracks from this disc were re-recorded on pieces of evidence.

Spygirl has toured in Canada and the UK, and plans to be out on the road again in early 2008 to support the new album.

•  Powerful voice. Melancholic sounds.
•  Hauntingly powerful
•  honey and sugar

Aeroplanet is the Debut independant release from Australian artist Mildsparrow.

Mildsparrow is the moniker of Melbourne Singer/Songwriter Matt Davidson. Aeroplanet is a selection of tracks showing a diverse range of sonic occurences selected from then last 3 years of self recording and producing.

Never restrained by genre and always reflective of emotion, Mildsparrows music is a personal journey waiting to resonate with your own perception. From acoustic ballads through to glitchy explorations, Mildsparrow defines himself by allowing emotions and expressions to come forth in any style to colour the sonic canvas of the moment.

Emo LeBlanc is a singer/song writer who writes for the people with songs like 280 days( for truckers), Bring out the beer (heart broken guys), and Good Bye America (displaced workers from out-sourcing). Emo appreciates the simple things in life and writes about them in his songs. This is why so many people identify with Emo’s music. It doesn’t matter if you are from the South or the East Coast you are going to enjoy Emo’s show. With a firm grasp on Country, Emo’s father would always bring him along on many of his Country Music outings. Seeing such stars as Dolly Parton & Porter Wagner, Ferron Young, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Red Sovine long before any of these stars made it big. Emo was even lucky enough to see a performance by the great Ernest Tubb. With great stars carrying on the tradition of Country music in the “Roots” or “Traditional”, Emo is one of those who believes that Traditional Country Music should be preserved. Emo is getting Airplay on a regular rotation in the USA (140 stations) and in Europe (130 Stations). He remains optimistic that soon he’ll be getting Airplay in Canada. Currently, Emo is charting on indiecharts.com. He has maintained he ranking for sometime now. Emo is 7th in Americana and 37th in Country music. Emo is also charting on soundclick.com . With a 4th CD on the way, Emo is proud of the music that he has already produced but realizes that it is a learning and growth process and the music will only keep getting better. With new song such as Good Bye America. Mama was right, Man I’ve become Emo see only great thing happening in the future with this CD.

Navicula was formed in 1996 in Denpasar, Bali by two musician activists: Robi and Dankie. After changing personnels numerous times, the current formation is: Rob (vocals, guitar), Dankie (guitar), Made (bass), and Gembull (drums). The name Navicula was inspired by a type of single celled golden algae, which is shaped like a small ship (in Latin Navicula means small ship).Their music has a grunge rock undertone, but is combined with many other genres of sound, such as ethnic, psychedelic, alternative, progressive, and straight forward rock. The band's lyrics are heavy with activism messages of Peace, Love and Freedom.

Though the band has always been active in the indie music scene, in 2004 they signed a contract with Sony-BMG, a major label. Navicula released their 4th album, Alkemis, with sony-BMG. But, in 2007 they released their 5th album, Beautiful Rebel, independently and returned to following their ideals through the indie music scene. Navicula is based in Bali, but as an independent band, they continue to keep up a national profile. Since releasing their 5th album they have already began promotion through Java. Though distribution of the album isn't as widespread, it is available on i-tunes or it can be ordered through the band's myspace site or email:

SHERY: "LOVE IS A GHOST"

Shery is a new, passionate singer/songwriter, gifted with a voice that will forever steal your heart. She writes and performs inspired, unique songs that transcend the barriers of language.

Through her very own brand of melodic pop and pop/rock, Shery creates a true world of FEELING, celebrating the shadows, the agonies of love.

Shery was born in Guatemala, the country of Ricardo Arjona, the morning of an August 18, under the sign of Leo.

Her first album, "El Amor es un Fantasma" ("Love is a Ghost"), is expected for Spring 2007.

The album takes name from her first single, a delicious song that remained for 26 straight weeks in the Guatemalan Top 40, then climbing #1 as the most requested pop song nationwide -- the first time ever for a local female artist. You download the song for FREE at www.shery.net or www.myspace.com/shery1

Without real promotion, no record label, and no money, her debut concert (Guatemala, June 2005), was an absolute sellout.

What was intended to be an intimate night just for a small circle of close friends, became a totally crowded venue, enchanted with the passion of a young soul, brave enough to climb on stage and sing her heart out, performing in public for the first time songs she had written not for the public, but "to exorcize my own shadows", as she remarked later.

When after the show almost one out of every two people walked out with Shery's first single on hand (a quality home-made CD commissioned at the very last minute), it was obvious something unique had taken life that evening.

During her first 18 months of career, Shery has been a finalist in both the John Lennon Songwriting Contest (among 15,000 entries from all over the world) and the Unisong International Songwriting Competition. She has won a medal in the World Championship of the Performing Arts, in Los Angeles, California.

Shery has been a featured artist in all major T.V. shows in Guatemala, including Nuestro Mundo Joven, Alo Que Tal America, Con Buena Onda, Nuestro Mundo por la Mañana, Telediario, Cuestion de Minutos, Viva la Mañana and El Bingoton Millonario, and has received intense coverage from magazines and newspapers such as Siglo XXI, Prensa Libre, Nuestro Diario, Al Dia and Gee Magazine.

Azteca America described her as the "New voice from Guatemala to sweeten the world".

She has been interviewed by the leading national and local radio stations, such as Radio Mia, Exa FM, Red Deportiva, Doble Via, Radio Punto, Radio 10, Infinita, Yosi Sideral, Tropicalida, Extrema, Alfa 97.3, Galaxia, TGW La Voz de Guatemala, and was the first-ever pop artist to be interviewed by Radio Faro Cultural, the country's leading classical station.

In September 2005 Shery did her first US appearance in Washington D.C., invited by the Guatemalan Embassy.

She has performed in numerous venues, alone and with other artists, including some of the most important scenarios in her country, such as La Gala de la Cancion, Teleton, Escenarios, Mundo Navideño, Feria Nacional, and Radioteleton.

Shery has shared stage with Latin superstars the likes of Christian Castro and Manuel Mijares, as well as with local legends such as Malacates Trebol Shop, Viento en Contra, Aurum, and Radio Viejo.

Her second single, an irresistible ballad titled "Me Converti en Roca" ("I Becane a Rock"), premiered in February 2006 by Radio Mia 93.7, and has since then received intense airplay in radio stations across the country.

In August 2006 the song climbed to #1 position nationwide, while successfully making the leap from Contemporary Hit Radio to other formats (on its original version, not remixed), such as Tropical and other upbeat genres.

In September 2006 "Me Converti en Roca" was voted by the users of GarageBand.com (the largest independent band portal on the Internet) as the "#1 Best Love Song, overall, all time". The site also gave Shery awards such as "#1 Best Female Vocals in Latin, all-time", "Best Melody", "Most Original Song" and "Best Production".

Directed and produced by Daniel Rene (former member of the legendary Latin Pop band Menudo/MDO), the video of "Me Converti en Roca" was filmed in Miami, Florida, and will start to air in January 2007.

When she is not on stage singing, Shery is writing, producing or recording. She dreams on a world in peace, where no children has to grow-up in hunger, and where human kind has finally learned to live in harmony with nature.

If you like Shery, spread the world, requests her music to your favorite radio stations, and buy her music at www.cdbaby.com/shery or from the iTunes Store.

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For booking information, press / radio interviews
and to schedule a media appearance, contact:

Renato del Valle,
Creatorium Music
Phone: + (502) 5918-2705 (Guatemala)
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Web: www.shery.net
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AnaDies blends the diverse musical backgrounds of its members to create a unique, appealing sound featuring lush melodies and punishing aggression. Since AnaDies was formed in early 2003, they have drawn influence from artists such as Within Temptation, Katatonia, Opeth, and Tool to create a sound that has been described as dynamically riveting and emotionally hypnotic.

AnaDies has been featured on the 2005 and 2006 Colorado Dark Arts Festivals along with the Denver Colorado stop of the 2005 Vans Warped Tour. They've opened shows for international touring bands such as Within Temptation, Crossfade, Godhead, Evans Blue, American Head Charge, The Dear and Departed, Framing Hanley, and Mercy Fall as well as performed with several DIY national touring artists such as Mankind Is Obsolete, Ikonoklast, and Final Drive.

POTION 13, Independent band from Montreal, Quebec.

So much is happening, visit our official website at www.potion13.org to be up to date with all the action!

The band is: Danielle Langlois (vocals), Brian Harps (guitar).

Potion 13 started in the year 2002.. Our first album "Porte-bonheur" (lucky charm) came out in november 2002. It was recorded at Media Musique studio in Montreal. Since then:
65 appearences on TV of our show (recorded nov. 2005) at the Metropolis.

More than 250 radio shows have played our songs. More than 300 websites host an artist page for our band, more than 350 host our MP3, so many have a link towards potion13.org, all that leaded to over 1,000,000 downloads of our mp3, all over the net, all over the globe.

Our songs were on more than 100 charts grabbing first position on many of them.

2 interviews on radio, one on Radio-Canada and one on CISM.

An interview for UrbaniaTV on TV5 World, One on Bande a part tv. Our music was featured on BikerTV season 3.

We made the front page of Revue On roule, Les Nouvelles de l'Est and Journal de Rosemont.. More than 11 interviews (news papers, zines...) more than 15 supers reviews of our album Porte-bonheur that is distributed in Germany and also available in many Montreal stores like FreesonRock and on the net.

26 shows, one with the Gala BoxeRock, in the sold-out Metropolis, one at the Molson Park, where, 5,000 people were "quebecoitiser" celebrating the Fete nationale de la St-Jean, The Freedom party, ...These shows attracted thousand of people. That made possible 4 supers nice reviews of our shows, one on Quebecpop.com.

Thanks to all of you that helped us, from near or from far, in the rising of Potion 13. We, sincerely, appreciate it!!!

VERSION FRANCAISE (Sans accents...)

POTION 13, groupe independant de rock lourd quebecois!!!

Le groupe est compose de Danielle Langlois (voix), Brian Harps (guitare).

Le groupe commence en 2002. En Novembre 2002 arrive la sortie de l'album Porte-bonheur, enregistre au studio Media Musique a Montreal. Depuis:

Plus de 65 apparitions a la television du spectacle (enregistre en nov.2005) au Metropolis sur Canal Vox.

Plus de 250 emissions de radio ont joue nos chansons. Plus de 300 sites internet affichent une page d'artiste pour Potion 13, plus de 350 hebergent nos MP3, une multitude affichent un lien vers potion13.org..., ce qui a decoule a plus de 1,000,000 de telechargements de nos mp3, un peu partout sur la planete.

Les chansons de Potion 13 sont apparues sur plus de 100 palmares atteignant la position #1 sur plusieurs d'entre eux.

Une entrevue tele avec UrbaniaTV diffusee surTV5 Monde (sept.2007), une avec Bande a PartTV. On peut entendre notre musique dans la saison-3 de BikerTV.

2 entrevues radio, une a Radio-Canada et une a CISM.

Le groupe a fait la une de la revue On roule, de Les Nouvelles de l Est et du Journal de Rosemont.. Plus de 11 entrevues (journaux, zines...) et plus de 15 supers belles critiques de l' album Porte-bonheur qui est distribue en Allemagne et aussi disponible a Montreal dans plusieurs magasins dont FreesonRock et sur le net.

26 spectacles, dont un dans le cadre du Gala BoxeRock, dans la salle comble du Metropolis, un, au Parc Molson ou 5,000 personnes furent quebecoitisees dans le cadre de la Fete nationale de la St-Jean, Le Freedom party,...Ces spectacles ont attire des millier de personnes, au grand plaisir de tous! Ce qui a aussi permis 4 supers bonnes critiques de nos spectacles, dont une sur Quebecpop.com.

Restez branche et partagez l'ascension notre groupe de rock lourd francophone independant sur la scene internationale!

Potion 13 est un groupe professionnel et energique avec des accessoires et un visuel unique! Leur but premier, offrir aux spectateurs une soiree des plus memorables!

Potion 13...boisson ideale pour une soiree ensorcellante!!!

Envoutement guarantie

Un gros merci a tous ceux qui nous ont aide, de pres ou de loin, dans l'ascension de notre groupe, nous apprecions beaucoup!!!

Noiseprint: Noiseprint is the sound of the videogames you used to play as a child, tears before bedtime, violins and silver screens and the soft pulse of projectors.

This is our debut EP Please enjoy.

x Aidan and Jamie

Based in London and Brighton Nosieprint is the combined forces of singer/producer Aidan Neeson and co producer & visual artist Jamie Dale.
Originally the pair met in New Zealand while studying music production together at college. After their initial conception the two recorded a collection of songs that were never released.
In 2007 the pair who had both coincidentally found themselves wandering the streets of London reunited and Noiseprint was born. Their debut EP "Paper Garden" is a rich tapestry of lush production, melodic melancholy and their own eclectic blend of electronica. To simply cast them into the Electro Pop category would not do them justice. With influences ranging from 80s New Wave, Film Noir soundtracks and an avid interest in art supplies it is fair to say they have their own sound which is both as refreshing as it is unique. Noiseprint are a very welcome addition to the overcrowded mantle piece of today’s music.

Stephen Grey - UK Play Magazine

Israel Suicide was originally born in Ireland, and has gone on to travel the world finally landing in Canada.
Having toured with Chris Cornell, Audioslave, the White Stripes, the Von Bondies and many more major label bands Israel was signed by 8 Ohm Records in Vancouver.
Israel's voice has been described as "Chris Cornell meets Bono in a hellish evil nightmare." by Jeff Henning of RollingStone.
"An evil incarnation of bombastic violence starving for serenity..." says Henry Rollins.
Israel sings about pain, torment and injustice....love, guts and glory.
"It's all there in the "NEW" sound of 2008" says Paul Goebel of Metal Force magazine.
But don't take our word for it.....let Israel burn your brain at www.myspace.com/israelsuicide
Go on....I dare ya!