Upbeat & quirky new band, the happy problem were recently played on 98.7's New Music show, alongside U2, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Depeche Mode. Songs featured on the CW, E!, Oxygen and more. Come visit us at www.myspace.com/thehappyproblem.com.
So, with all my spare time, (please know that is a JOKE), I have started a NEW BLOG WEBSITE THING. I hope you'll enjoy reading the recipes - written in the snarky tone of voice you've come to expect from Yours Truly - and learning what I've learned. Because I truly believe, no matter how small your kitchen, how poor your bank account, how lazy you are, IF YOU LIKE TO EAT, YOU WILL LIKE TO COOK! So come visit me at The Punky Chef...
The happy PEOPLE? SUNDAY, MARCH 15: Well kudos to 98.7 FM in Los Angeles for having the very good taste to play our first single "Happy Happy Happy" on their New Music Show tonight, (coming after such little-known bands as U2, Depeche Mode and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!) but they got our name wrong! We are certianly not happy people now... Ah well. Still very exciting to share the airwaves with Bono... Star 98.7's website is http://www.987fm.com/pages/newmusicshow/playlists.html
You are listening to Sam's 2007 EP, "Sassy". Purchase your digital copy now!
Sam Shaber - vocals, acoustic guitars
Influences
Prince, U2, Joni Mitchell, Sheryl Crow, Ani DiFranco, Green Day
FRIDAY, JUNE 26: Sam and the happy problem are currently featured on the great shwag blog, Worn Free! Check out the awesome t-shirtness...
THURSDAY, JUNE 18: Check out Jill Pallack's awesome music blog Affair of the Heart and watch the happy problem being formed... well, sorta.
Video shoot, day one
Video shoot wraps, day two!
FRIDAY, MAY 29: Spread a little HAPPY (and oh yeah, wait like 30 seconds for this thing to appear - awesome.)
the happy problem are competing in the Toyota Rock the Space contest - GRAB this cute widget and add it to your pages and profiles to help spread the word on us. (You can also LISTEN to our song by pressing "PLAY" on this tape recorder, and you can VIEW a strangely warped photo of the band - how fun is that?) (Don't answer that.)
CHECK OUT SAM'S CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW BAND "the happy problem." TRACKS UP AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEHAPPYPROBLEM. Get your FREE SONG DOWNLOAD today!
The debut EP recording features members of Gnarls Barkley and The Fray, and is produced by Ethan Allen (Daniel Lanois, Better Than Ezra, Throwing Muses). the happy problem mashes rock, pop, and punk and sounds like Jane's Addiction-meets-Tegan & Sara. Request to be a FRIEND! Embed the video! Share the FREE SONG with your friends!
Sassy, 2007:
"Uplifting, college road-tripping, foot-kicking, energetic songwriter pop!"
in my bones (live in chicago), 2006:
"One night, one Shaber, in Chicago."
eighty numbered streets, 2003:
"Edgy folk-influenced pop, produced by Shawn Mullins with grit and polish."
Sam*pler, 2000:
"Urban-fueled folk."
perfecT, 1999:
"This crisp live recording captures the energy and essence of Sam in her element."
In The Bunker, 1997:
"Original acoustic soul - Sam's first release with full band and lotsa buttah..."
SAM SHABER: With four full length albums and two EPs out on her own Brown Chair Records label, Sam Shaber is known for sending an audience from roaring laughter to deep saddness and back again in a matter of minutes. After a recent show, an audience member put it best when she sighed, "That was a work-out." Gene Shay at WXPN-fm in Philadelphia says Shaber is "Stark, raving, great!" Folkweb.com calls her "a riveting performer, and Femmusic.com voted her Top Female Performer.
Touring nationally year 'round, Shaber has won awards in the John Lennon, Billboard, and USA Songwriting Competitions for her driving melodies, smart lyrics, and soaring voice. She also won the ear of Columbia recording artist/producer Shawn Mullins ("Lullaby"), who produced her last full-length studio album, eighty numbered streets, released to great critical acclaim. Said Paste Magazine, "eighty numbered streets is confessional and emotional, but Shaber's salty falsetto and the stark beauty of this CD won't leave you drowning in your own tears." Her latest EP, "Sassy", is uplifting, college road-tripping, foot-kicking, energetic raw pop. Get it RIGHT HERE, or visit www.cdbaby.com/cd/shaber6.
Daughter of late-screenwriter David Shaber (The Warriors, Nighthawks) and artist Alice Shaber, Sam uses her observer's eye and sharp wit. Her strong guitar style and broad voice have won comparisons as diverse as Alanis Morissette, Joni Mitchell, and Stevie Wonder. And her passion for showing an audience a good time is never more clear than in the intimate, raw, live release, "in my bones."(2006) Because the album is put together without pauses, the listener lives an entire show from beginning to end, a true document of one night, one Shaber.
(Sam is also totally obsessed with the website www.cuteoverload.com, and brings you this cute homemade slideshow to waste your next few minutes with:)
Dear Sam, Thank you very much. I love your voice and your music. You're so beautiful, sensitive, gifted. Lots of sweet thoughts for you from Paris. Happy next year, all the best for you. And many french kisses.
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shabaybay! i know, i went with a new one this time. haha. sooooo, i can't believe you're playing a gig across the street from bj's! and two days before my birthday! helloooooooooooo! you should come over after and have a pizookie with me. haha. can't wait! hope the aids walk was awesome. let's talk soon for suresies. xo.
Thanks so much for the add, Sam. Keep pickin' & consider yourself buzzed!
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