Top 5 Contenders
Sundown Sundown Since Sundown began competing in all-age Battle-of-the-Band events just one year ago, they have been consistently winning almost every major event. A very few of their more memorable victories are: - The Best of the Best – FIRST PLACE; Randy River Final Cut – City of Toronto Finals – FIRST PLACE; Genz Benz Summer Warfare 2008 – Canadian National Finals – FIRST PLACE. At one point this past Winter, Sundown actually had four of their original songs, in the top four positions, on the Supernova.com North American Top Ten List. Sundown has just released their first ever album entitled "My Own Path". To celebrate this release, they held a CD Release party and it was a huge success! Blindsided Poets Blindsided Poets Fronted by 15 y.o. Kitty Lee, our members are an eclectic group of talented musicians, from varied backgrounds and experiences, who have been working on a collaborative effort of original songs since around 2000. Sticking together, mainly because we love to play this music with one another. It all started with Jane and Nigel sitting around a campfire playing the blues back on a warm summer night. After about six months of practicing together Jane had an idea. She talked Nigel into jamming with her good friend, Tony. Nigel was very skeptical about adding a drummer at first, but after hearing the master player, he was convinced and they became a trio. Slim joined them initially when Nigel and Jane first started to jam in 2000. He left shortly after to pursue other possibilities, came back briefly after Janes illness for a few gigs and now is contributing his talents to a project with Tony, along with Frank who now joins the Blindsided Poets on bass. In 2008 Nigel's daughter, Kitty was folded in as a keyboard player. Shortly after for personal reasons, took over singing full time from Jane. We are still able to enjoy Jane's fantastic song writing skills, and love playing what we can. http://www.youtube.com/blindsidedpoets . . .. Running Red Lights Running Red Lights Running Red Lights is currently recovering from the shock of WINNING this years Indiscover summer series. A win that has yet to truly sink in to our wounded heads. Our luck has NEVER had a way of changing for the better and like every other undertaking, we fully expected to fail. SO with considerable gratitude we would like to say THANK YOU to the Indiscover judges and crew, FANS, friends and family. We accept this honor with the respect and recognition it deserves and only hope that we can live up to the winning title. The competition was absolutely fierce and when we got the win, we couldn't help but feel like we cheated a GREAT band out of the title. DRIVE FASTER, WORDpeople, PEOPLE YOU KNOW and INFRACT are all equally deserving bands and we can't imagine the torment the judges had to face to pick a final winner. ALL the bands were not only CRAZY talented artists but also wonderful people, which is generally rare in this very competitive, cut-throat business. PLEASE if you have a moment check them out and show them some much deserved love. The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter and so we must pay a bit of homage to the failures that have brought us to this moment. 'The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work' and we promise to seize this opportunity and work as hard as needed to make not only our dreams come true but also honor the people who have given us love and support from day one. Much love from Scarlett, Josh, Dave, Kevin and Jeff xo BIO. Formed in early 2006 as a pop band inspired by the resurgence of 80's pop, Running Red Lights is a group of six independent musicians/songwriters inspired mutually by Rhythm and Blues, 80's pop, Euro and Indiepop. Throughout the span of 4 years, Running Red Lights has secured placements in feature films, opened for Grammy nominated artists 'Counting Crows' at Bayfest 2009, performed at Juno Festival in Halifax, has been featured on etalk as well as various publications and radio stations in Ontario. While playing the performance circuit around the GTA, RRL's live act attracted some regional interest and subsequently Juno winning producer, Gavin 'Golden' Brown (Three Days Grace, Metric, Billy Talent, Stereos, Midway State) offered the band an opportunity to develop under his tutelage. Upon the successful self-titled release of a 4 song EP in 2009, Running Red Lights secured agent representation with Vice President, Colin Lewis of The Agency Group. The band is currently working on a second EP, anticipating a release by summer, followed by a Canadian tour. people you know people you know As unpretentious as they are pleasing-to-the-ears, this three-piece band is easy to listen to, easy to look at and even easier to love. But don’t think that the members of PYK assume that success will come easy. Working their way up the ranks of Toronto’s music scene since April of 2008, this band of close friends has picked up new instruments, forged a new sound together, and put a few miles on some rental cars. With shows at Canadian Music Week, Toronto Pride and a recent win as Extra Magazine’s ‘Best Band’ of 2008 and 2009, People You Know don’t show any signs of slowing down, or letting their snowballing success go to their heads. PYK is a band that works hard, attributing their rise to the people they know who keep coming out to show their support. Catch PYK as they continue to debut new tunes that are melodic, thick, hot and slick without ever looking like they have to try – PYK is infectious, like a plague you don’t mind catching. Comfortable in their own skin, this trio is true to where they’ve come from. If you don’t know PYK yet, you’ll want to. But hurry, because they’re taking off and as their track “Stay Golden” proclaims, if you don’t move fast “all that you’ll get is goodbye.” However, with a parting glance like this… it’s a goodbye you’ll look forward to again and again.
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Dead Audio Therapy Dead Audio Therapy We are a 5 piece band from Hamilton Ontario. Dan Lapierre, Russell Pye, Larry Millar, Mike Wilson and Roy Belisle We have just finished recording our full length CD and it is in the hands of Julius Butty the producer ( Dallas Green, Alexis on fire, Protest the Hero etc.) We will be holding a CD release this fall so stay tuned Dylan James Dylan James Music is a universal language that can enhance the present. It can ignite imagination and incite inspiration. It can make the world yours For 18 year old DYLAN JAMES, music is a way of life and success a reality. Dylan James made his first entrance into the music industry at the age of ten when he began writing his own lyrics. By age fourteen, Dylan began finding himself musically and had the opportunity to record in different studios experimenting with different artists and styles of music in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Orlando and California. While in his early stages of Hip Hop and RnB some of Dylan’s tracks made it onto a music ranking site where Dylan’s tracks hit Top 10 with over a million hits within a three day period. In 2008, Dylan started working with Producer DJ Mercilles and artist Mikey Bustos (Top 10 Season 1 Canadian Idol) and Danielle Ray (DMX Camp). Dylan expanded his musical horizons and began to gain a fan base and build his name in the music industry. Dylan helped spread his name and show his charitable side by doing a Cross Canada tour raising awareness for Breast Cancer. News of this young sensation spread quickly and lead to the music industries top booking agencies calling to secure Dylan James for established artists such as: Danny Fernandes, Stereos, Jhevon Paris, Massari and most recently on Tour with Karl Wolf on his “Nightlife Tour”. The Major Highlight of Dylan James career however was touring with Sean Paul on the Groove Land Tour 2010. Dylan is working hard to complete his debut album that will make the name “Dylan James” known in every household. Dylan is currently collaborating with producers Danny Rubino and Trust of “First Entertainment Group” who have worked with artists such as Brian McKnight and Deborah Cox. Dylan’s first single “Mysterious” was Released by Catapult Distribution and is available on Itunes and several other online stores. Dylan worked hard with the Production Team from GodMachine Entertainment on the “Mysterious” Video which will be released May 2010 with the goal of obtaining rotation on MuchMusic. Follow him on facebook! With over 21,000 fans!. http://www.facebook.com/iamdylanjames DRIVE FASTER DRIVE FASTER Infectious as The Killers, cool as Metric, Drive Faster keeps dance-rock slick and savvy. Ready, set, go! Drive Faster began as Supernal, a hard-working, hard-rocking four-piece from Calgary, Alberta. Opening for such acclaimed acts as Angels and Airwaves and Sum41, Supernal shook stages from Vancouver to New York City, receiving airplay on over 300 commercial and college radio stations continent-wide. Reviewers testified, “the energy and vibe they provide to their audience is infectious” (Uncharted Sounds, 2008). After relocating to Toronto, Ontario, Supernal shifted gears to become Drive Faster, a rhythmic reincarnation of Supernal’s fast-lane formula. Drummer Michael Holbrook, guitarist Tony Gare and bassist Jeff Scale locked to new-wave grooves while frontwoman Angela Elizabeth traded her electric guitar for a mini-Korg synthesizer. “Their music is just like their personality: friendly and upbeat. They are realistic and ambitious. Top that with talented” (Andréanne Sasseville – Sirius Satellite Radio, BOBBi MAGAZINE). Drive Faster debuted their new sound at Canadian Music Week 2009 to a packed crowd at Holy Joe’s. In February 2009 Drive Faster taped an episode for Aux TV’s Master Tracks where producers Moe Berg (Pursuit of Happiness) and Laurence Currie (Sloan, The Cliks) worked with the band to record their song “Analog” at MetalWorks studio. Berg described the process as a “homerun” and mentioned Drive Faster favourably throughout the program’s promotion. "Frame of Mind" will be released in July 2010 as Drive Faster heads to the fast lane.
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