Lauren Malyon grew up in small town Port Perry, ON, about an hour’s drive from Toronto. Originally trained as a classical virtuoso, she began violin lessons at age three, adding piano lessons three years later, all the while singing in choirs at church and school. She applied herself early on, excelling in both to the point that she auditioned successfully for the Young Artist Performance Academy at the Royal Conservatory. She became the protege of two prominent Toronto music teachers, and at the age of 13 she completed her ARCT practical examination for piano with the highest honors. Soon after, she recorded “Along the Road”, a compilation of some of her classical repertoire.
Despite the attention and praise her classical talent garnered, Lauren had been harboring a secret love for pop music, sparked by Chantal Kreviazuk’s recording of “Leaving on a Jet Plane”. To a curious and talented young girl this proved to be her gateway into new territory, and soon she began writing, performing and recording songs of her own. More discoveries followed when as a young teen Lauren became fascinated with acting, and Lauren landed some minor roles and voice work (Cool Whip!). A chance meeting with mutual friend allowed Lauren to record a three-song demo with Daniel Victor (Neverending White Lights) and open for a performance by NWL at Toronto’s Mod Club Theatre, sharing the stage with Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace) and Scott Anderson (Finger Eleven). NWL contributor Marco DiFelice took notice of Lauren’s remarkable talent and offered her a chance to collaborate with him musically and record three more original songs. She later returned the favor by performing violin and backing vocals on Marco’s solo album, “The Sun that Somewhat Sets”. Lauren continued to extend her network, performing with and alongside some hot up-and-comers including Naomi Striemer (S Records), Grand:PM (Curve Music), Ashes of Soma (Maple), Crush Luther (High 4 Records), and The Midway State (Interscope). Lauren also had a chance to record with Haydain Neale (Jacksoul) at Sony/BMG studios in Toronto. Her recorded material didn’t go unnoticed, either, warranting attention from Orange Records, and radio play of her song “Fairytale” on the Brave New Frontiers podcast.
At 21, Lauren can already be considered a veteran performer and experienced recording artist. Paul Mayer recently recognized a great opportunity in working with Lauren, and volunteered to take over production duties for her ready to be recorded album. They’ve enlisted the help of local jazz/fusion ensemble the Restless Age to act as session players for the recording and pre-production. Citing KT Tunstall, Regina Spektor and Feist as her main influences, Lauren’s upcoming album promises to be a charming, melodically rich collection of piano based pop songs laden with strings. Having already established personal contacts in film (Makeyouthink TV), radio (Astral Media), and advertising (Silent Joe), Lauren is a serious talent that certainly won’t go unnoticed.
Hope this finds you well & in a beautiful place surrounded by awesome people that love you completely for who you really are... Much love!!
We, being the South African rock band PARKLANE, currently going huge in Canada, have put all our new tracks up on our page & would love it if you had a listen & exposed yourself to our aural love.. Would dig some feedback too if you have the time nudge-nudge wink-wink. If you would like to get to know the band-members, Ryan, Daniel, Damo & I (Darin) have written up some bio's & thrown them up on our page..
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Just passing through to say "HI!” Sending you respect,
peace and love. Hope all is well and that you’re having a great week? Keep
rockin’ ... it's the only thing that matters!
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Hey Lauren Malyon - hope all is well in your world.
All of our music is up on iTunes (and a bunch of other online music distributors). It would be awesome if you wanted to download a couple of our tracks - help us fund our next album! :)
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hey u! how ya been? hope things are going good. I havent been able to make it over to the hotel to stop in for a minute... clints been working in town again so im back on dinner duty. lol we are trying to get a mailing list made for my mom to send the invitations out so that's yay. its going to be june 6th at 11a we're going to have some food a bit before. kind of a celebration thang, ya know? quitting mah job with that lameass of a boss jaime. gah, i aint gonna miss her at all! i still cant believe that that survey thing that britt showed me is actually working - n dat we're gettin paid; im so luvin it too. givin mah opinion on stuff i do - pshhh ... so easy. i wonder if we'll ever hit da cash that that website said we would. i dunno, but with my last check being $126, i dont even care. i only pulled in like 200 a week and my crapass job anyway, so this is perfect. you should do it, i'm tellin yah. i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
Thanks for the add, we are currently auditioning for our next feature film. Please let us know if you would be interested in auditioning? It is an indy thriller horror picture. To see clips from our last movie go to:www.youtube.com/user/TheAbsentOMP
Hey there! Ali from Heart Pharmacy here, just stopping by to update you on my new music video and full length album now available on I hope your doing awesome!! Listen to the whole album below.
De ce charme,
je rêve
d'un autre monde
ou sans armes
et durant une courte trêve
je regarderai ce monde
de mon" Ascension".
Masquant une douleur
pour votre simple bonheur.
En ce jour anniversaire
a quoi bon faire
la guerre.
Jouons de nos passions
pour apaiser cette colère
et levons nos verres
pour se pardonner, demain
d'être simplement humains
This is Jordan, the new guitarist for Trainlight! Check out our new website and tracks at www.myspace.com/trainlight and let us know what you think, your input means a lot to us! We’re getting geared for our CD release on June 4th and booking our Canadian tour with tons of great bands!
You are amazing, Lauren! Thanks so much for the CD - how exciting is that??? I love the whole concept. Will write you soon! Wow - just fantastic! Hugs, Kathy :)
Wrapped Up In Me is on radio stations across the Nation this month. Request it NOW at your local radio station! Hope you have a great weekend!!! Love, ~Susan www.susanhickman.com
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