Highly sensitive to my surroundings, I am always curious of the thoughts behind people's actions. Often, my observations and inconsistencies that surround me manifest themselves into lyrics and eventually into a song. Creating music gives me a sense of purpose and direction, a kind of sanity if you will, as well as an insatiable appetite that drives me to stretch my artistic boundaries across music forms. My original tunes combine traditional roots and contemporary music. Of course, I have been influenced by many artists including Elliot Smith, Kurt Cobain, Syd Barrett, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, Feist, Josh Holmes, and Tom Waits.
Music and writing are my passions - performing on stage in front of live audiences, well, I find absolutely euphoric. Currently, I am the lead singer, lyricist, songwriter and acoustic guitarist in a band, called 'the deadbeat dads." We have appeared in live shows at venues across Ontario and have a growing fan-base. Recently we performed at the Kingfest Music Festival (June 2007) alongside performers such as Bruce Cockburn and Jim Cuddy as part of concert series to benefit habitat for humanity.
, the Deadbeat Dads (name not to be taken literally), we are a folk rock trio. Our music combines the soulful melodies of folk and blues with the attack and groove of rock funk music. Dustin Braiden holds time on the four-string thumper while somtimes Dwight Schenk keeps the beat on his four-piece bash box and often adds an extra zest using his eerie vocals and mandolin.
Our unique mix and catchy harmonies will have even the un-hippest square tapping his toes to the beat. The Deadbeat Dads have recently been playing regular gigs at bars and coffee houses in and around southern Ontario. and are finally recording there full length debut ep.
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dan@twowaymonologues.com
middle class - live
Oct 04: Montreal @ The Gamiq Awards, Club Soda Oct 07: Toronto ON @ Younge and Dundas Square 12;30 (Noon) OCt 08 Cobourg ON @ we are working on it Oct 10:Fredricton NB @ The Capital Oct 11: Sydney NS @ Sydney Marine Terminal Oct 15: Peterbourgh ON @ The Red Dog Oct 16: Kingston ON @ The Living Room Oct 17: Ottawa ON @ OCFF Oct 21: London ON @ London Music Club w/The Fugitives Oct 22: Toronto ON @ The Rivoli w/The Fugitives Oct 23: Wakefield QC @ The Black Sheep w/The Fugitives Oct 24: Montreal QC @ Divane Orange w/The Fugitives Oct 31: Montreal QC @ Grumpy's Bar 8th Annual Bash up on Bishop
Hey all, judgement day is upon us! Well, maybe not BUT our grand spankin CD RELEASE show is tomorrow night (saturday july 11th) at the Lengendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto! On top of that, we have 4 brand new songs from the album on <a href="http://www.myspace.com/sychologic">our myspace</a> , take a listen, do a little jive and than get ur ass to the Horseshoe or listen to our 4 new songs on repeat till you buy our album. We hit the stage at 10pm!
I'm hitting the road in a couple of weeks to raise money for War Child, Coast-to-coast – 50 cities – ALL PROCEEDS TO WARCHILD. Why? 66% of all war victims are CHILDREN. Shocked like me? War Child helps these children that have been affected by war. Check out the new blog – the whole story is up there. Love to have you be a part of it.
You’ll find a Blog, Tour page and a Bio page. I’ll be blogging daily from the road.
Hello, We are Derek De Boer and Joseph Bedo, newly-appointed heads of management, promotions and publicity for Rico Sanchez; The Greatest Band on Earth. The band have asked us to take care of the business end of things, so that they can spend more time creating their marvelous music. They have granted us access to their myspace account to ease in contacting many people who enjoy Sanchez music and can help them achieve their goals. Heights that we would like to help them reach in the near future are: to get the boys into a better studio environment to record and release albums, to get them on a larger scale tour & to help find performance and interview opportunities on television, radio, or any other media outlets. We are also helping the band complete their corporate application and have recently acquired their domain name www.ricosanchez.net. (under construction). Rico Sanchez have been playing and touring southwestern Ontario for nine years. They have headlined and..or sold out such notable venues as: The legendary Dalby House, The Elora Centre For The Arts, The Vinyl, The Shadow, The Theatre On The Grand, the Fergus and Elora branches of The Royal Canadian Legion, The Circus Room, The Lancaster, Clintons Tavern & Manhattan’s Pizza. All the while the band have been writing, recording, producing, mixing, mastering, manufacturing and releasing albums. Of which they have sold a collective of over 10,000 copies of the 6 they have printed. They are now recording demos of over 20 songs for inclusion on their yet untitled 7th album. We are looking forward to expanding our vast network of artists, fans and organizations. We encourage all to forward this message to any potentially interested people or parties. Feel free to contact us through myspace message, comment, or e-mail. We look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely,<b
Hope Montreal's treating you well. At least that's where I last heard you were.
Anyhoo. I'm going to be in Montreal on April 3 and 4 and wante dto see what was going on. I also can't seem to get a hold of Dustin. He has no phone and has not replied to my emails. You don't happen to know what's going on with him do you?
I'm leaving for mont tremblanc this morning but i'll have access to internet.
Oh...I wanna go to a strip club in montreal. Do you know a good one? Of course you do!!! lol.
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