br>Jamie Hamilton (bass) Matthew Attard (drums) Former Members: Susan Attard (keys)Courtenay Benoit (vocals) Robert Attard (guitars) Kevin Beavis (guitar) Kevin Houston (guitar)
Influences
Iron Maiden, System of a Down, Death, Dream Theater, Sound Garden, Nightwish, Melissa Auf der Maur just to name a few. We all have varied tastes in music that when brought together creates music that is different yet complimentary.
The journey of Apophenia began at Our Lady of Mount Carmel S.S. where Jamie Hamilton and Matthew Attard met in concert band practice and decided to put together a band of their own. Due to musical differences, the original band decided to go their separate ways; however, Jamie and Matt felt they had a strong musical connection and decided to stay together as musical partners. Matthew’s cousin, Robert, was in the process of looking for other musicians, who shared his passion for song writing, who like to be challenged by different musical facets, and who love heavy metal. He found that in Matthew and Jamie. The three got together and began learning cover songs and writing their own material. The musicians had a unique writing style that was not only metal but that fused elements of jazz, classical, and alternative rock. With a few songs under their belts, the band set out to find a singer that would complement and showcase their unique style of music. While visiting a friend at a music school, Robert met vocal instructor, Courtenay Benoit and invited her to audition for the vocal position. After playing a song together they were all amazed at how well they clicked and how complete the sound was. They went through different band names until they stumbled upon “Apophenia” which means to see patterns and sequences were none exist. They thought this best described their music because of the unique style, the many time changes, and the progressive melodies.
The band stuck to a rigorous practice schedule and within a month they had their first gig. The gig was a local battle of the bands at a tiny bar in Toronto. As Apophenia watched the other bands play, they thought for sure the audience would not appreciate their sound because of the musical styles of the other bands and way the crowd responded to them. As they walked up to the stage to set up, a heckler shouted, “Chicks in a metal band, yeah right!” With that comment, Apophenia tuned up, played their set, and blew the crowd away. At the end of the night, the winner was announced – Apophenia! The band went home that night with first place, confidence, and a new, positive outlook on their musical career.
Apophenia continued playing gigs in Brampton, Mississauga, Toronto, Oshawa, and Pickering, and also took some time to record a three song demo. They were overwhelmed with the amount of positive feedback they were receiving and that they had a loyal, growing fan base. The band liked the sound they had but felt it was lacking something. Rob suggested they try out one of his guitar students, Kevin. The sound of a second guitarist added more depth to the band’s music and audiences noticed and appreciated this. Unfortunately, Kevin’s schedule wasn’t flexible enough to fit Apophenia in and he needed to concentrate on his schooling; Kevin decided it would be best if he left the band. Apophenia understood and soon set out to find a replacement. Rob thought his younger sister, Susan, could be a good addition to the band, and that keyboards would complement Apophenia’s music greatly. Susan was able to learn the songs at an accelerated rate and was immediately hired for the keyboard position.
Apophenia’s journey unfolds much like their first show as they continue learning tricks of the music trade, meeting new people, having fun, and growing as individuals and as an intense, thriving musical powerhouse.
Hey! We're very excited to announce that we will be celebrating the launch of the 1st video and single from our upcoming album, The Character Assassination of Madilynn Easthope, with a party at The Blue Moon Pub (725 Queen St. E.) in Toronto on Friday, Oct. 2nd, 2009. We will be performing songs from the new record and screening the video for the audience that night.
Please join us in celebrating and be the first to see and hear the new Blue Sky Down material.
Hey we just wanted to stop in and say, Have a great Summer. Thank you for all your support this year. We cannot begin to explain how much it has helped our careers. If it was not for people like you we dont know where we would be. Cheers Makeshift Innocence
Dropping by leaving some love for ya!!! Hope things are rockin over here! if you get a chance please drop by for a minute and see why were getting all this hype. But really its just from hard work! Pop over and take a listen to all these new tracks. Rock on!
KAZY
We finally have the songs we promised you ready to go. We uploaded 4 songs from our upcoming album, The Character Assassination of Madilynn Easthope. The album is due out this summer. We hope you enjoy the new songs. We are very proud of them. Please add us on facebook. Just visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blue-Sky-Down/52438172709 and click on “Become A Fan”. All the best. Blue Sky Down
We wanted to stop in and say hi. We have a few updates for you. We have been working on our new album. Our first single off of it is on our myspace page. It is called "Your Body", go check it out and let us know what you think. We love hearing the feedback. We hope your year is going well so far. As for us, we have been keeping busy. We are getting ready to take off on our first tour. We are crossing Canada. Never forget that it is people like you who allow us to continue on the road we are on. You can check out our latest blog to see how you can get some FREE Makeshift Innocence shirts and cd's....Anyways, hope the rest of 2009 treats your right. Don't be shy, we would love to hear back from you.
Hey since your our friend we figured we would let you know that we have some new songs up. Feel free to check them out. We also put up two videos on YOUTUBE. Tides & reason I got the blues. Hope you enjoy. your Friends Makeshift Innocence
awww... im sorry to hear she's leaving
but im definatly going to be there, and i'll probably be filming a few odd songs from various groups, so i'll be sure to get at least one song by you guys as well. and sure thing, im sure i'll run into one of you at some point.
also, if you want to see one, i know i have toxcitiy up on youtube if you want to hear the sound quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHcsQp3x8Ds
hey
im embarrased to say that i continuously forgot how to spell your guys band name, and as a result, i have not been able to get a hold of you guys, but if you are interested, i have live videos of you from the carmal battle of the bands last year (when you had 2 guitars) the sound quality is really good actually.
if you are interested, message me back and i'll try and find a way for you guys to get them
OH SNAP CRACKLE AND POP! you guys are full of surprises! i just recently listened to all the newly modified tunes with the Keys ghosted in the recordings They sound more interesting with more feeling and emotion to the songs. But i have to be brutally honest on Grand Designs the Keys blocks the Guitars a little too much for my liking the guitar strumming on that song gets to me but heys its only my opinion either way good stuff!! KEEP ON PROGING GUYS!
I see you deleted the songs and uploaded them back to see how many plays people listen in a different order why? oh well you know what you are doing ill try to make it to your next show provided valuable info from you guys..
Hey thats a shame your bands losing your singer luckly shes gonna perform two shows we recently lost our drummer but will find a new one soon.. you guys missed a killer performance at ALL STARS ill try to make it out to RAXX to see Apophenia..
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