Memoirs of a Rock Band
Sunday, April 16, 2006
Emergenza
What is all this Emergenza talk about?
Emergenza in an international music competition/festival that we have been participating in. it started in Italy more than ten years ago and now has spread thought the world. Every year thousands of bands perform and compete in the festival.
This is Canada’s first time hosting a leg of the festival and from what I understand it has been quite an adventure for the organizers. According to our western festival rep Canada is not an easy country for Live music and the toughest place is actually right here in Vancouver. People are always complaining, Clubs don't want Live Bands, and people just don’t seem into going out to rock shows. Weird I though I was the only one thinking that.
What does all this have to do with your beloved She Says Electric?
Well so far we are in the top five of 109 bands. we made it through the preliminary and semi-final rounds and are scheduled for the Vancouver finals on June first. If we qualify for the western Canada Finals we will be flown to Calgary to perform on June 8th. if we qualify for the Canadian finals we will be flown to Montréal. One band from Canada , two bands from USA and bands from all over the world will be performing at the Emergenza festival in Germany
and the winner will be sent to Sweden to record (all expenses paid) a full length album with one of Sweden’s best producers.
Any way there have been many interesting things playing in this festival that I would love to share but I don’t quite have time right now.
Talk to you later
Emergenza in an international music competition/festival that we have been participating in. it started in Italy more than ten years ago and now has spread thought the world. Every year thousands of bands perform and compete in the festival.
This is Canada’s first time hosting a leg of the festival and from what I understand it has been quite an adventure for the organizers. According to our western festival rep Canada is not an easy country for Live music and the toughest place is actually right here in Vancouver. People are always complaining, Clubs don't want Live Bands, and people just don’t seem into going out to rock shows. Weird I though I was the only one thinking that.
What does all this have to do with your beloved She Says Electric?
Well so far we are in the top five of 109 bands. we made it through the preliminary and semi-final rounds and are scheduled for the Vancouver finals on June first. If we qualify for the western Canada Finals we will be flown to Calgary to perform on June 8th. if we qualify for the Canadian finals we will be flown to Montréal. One band from Canada , two bands from USA and bands from all over the world will be performing at the Emergenza festival in Germany
and the winner will be sent to Sweden to record (all expenses paid) a full length album with one of Sweden’s best producers.
Any way there have been many interesting things playing in this festival that I would love to share but I don’t quite have time right now.
Talk to you later
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Shesayselectric.net Its dot COM
ITs Connie Z comming at ya. Make Sure you do a great joerb and get out to the next She Says Homestare show!
Well, you could come to the show if you want or buy a cd, but you probably won't bother.
Hello, I am Matstar Runner! We are going to go to your next show! (Hey Crapface get it right. We want them to come to our next show)
I am Matstar Runner! We want you to go show something.... at a show! (You idiot! Try it again. stupid crap for crap)
My Nose is showing and we will be there! (ohh just forget it!)
I'm Strong Ken, What this moron is trying to tell you is that the next time we play a show you ladies better be there or you will miss out on all my "super great awesomeness" ! And you dont want to do that now do you?
ITs Connie Z comming at ya. Make Sure you do a great joerb and get out to the next She Says Homestare show!
Well, you could come to the show if you want or buy a cd, but you probably won't bother.
Hello, I am Matstar Runner! We are going to go to your next show! (Hey Crapface get it right. We want them to come to our next show)I am Matstar Runner! We want you to go show something.... at a show! (You idiot! Try it again. stupid crap for crap)
My Nose is showing and we will be there! (ohh just forget it!)
I'm Strong Ken, What this moron is trying to tell you is that the next time we play a show you ladies better be there or you will miss out on all my "super great awesomeness" ! And you dont want to do that now do you?
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Emergenza!!!!! We got to the 2nd round!
Hi all. Okay, so we did a show on Friday (Dec.9) at the Media Club with 6 other bands. Connie's voice was soooo totally perfect! Derek and Ken rocked out like mad and Matt danced around in that crazy bassist way of his. It was only a 25 minute set but they rocked out something Fierce! It was the first round of a music festival contest called Emergenza Festival. Emergenza is the largest international music festival on EARTH. This is BIG. We opened the gig and got a whopping 68 votes! (Trust me, we did NOT have 68 of our own fans there!). We were up against The Stumblers Inn, Koi, Dead End Job, Hellrazer, Lotus and Unit 731. 4 bands were supposed to advance but 2 tied so 5 got through. We not only got in the top 5, we got NUMBER 1 !!!!!! SSE deserved it. They played tighter than I've seen so far. She Says Electric has really grown from their time off. They played a new song for the first time that night and it is a new favorite for me. If you weren't there, you really missed out! So friggin' cool. We are all completely stoked about this win because it means we get to play at Richards on Richards. It's a much bigger venue than we've played recently and to be on a bigger stage means that the band can rock out that much harder. So, this means that ALL of you MUST get to that gig. It's going to be sooooo cool. Can't wait. I'll keep you posted on the details as I get them. Thanks to all of you who made it out to vote. You are all awesome. Our success is so much a part of our fans love for us. The band really appreciates it. She Says Electric has made me proud yet again and I can't stop talking about how Awesome they are. Look forward to meeting more of you fans at the next show. Come say hi! Well, bye for now.
PS> I'm sending out a bit of love and respect for our wonderful Merch Girl, my best friend Cat! Thanks for all your hard work girl.
PS> I'm sending out a bit of love and respect for our wonderful Merch Girl, my best friend Cat! Thanks for all your hard work girl.
Saturday, November 05, 2005
Taking a break! Well kind of... actually not at all.
Ok so we arent taking a break, what we are doing is spending the next month writing and rehearsing as much as posible. Not that we won't play any shows if they come up, but we are tapping a new creative stream and we want to give it as much room to flow as we can. We have one new song 91% finished already and another one about 50% and about three others between 3% to 22.5% done as well. If you are wondering how we arrive at such acurate percentages, it involves a very complex mathematical computation based on a formula contrived from the ratio between the Ions and the Atoms surrounding the electro-magnetic frequency of each musical note used in the root chord of the key in which the song is to be written.
Anyway thats enough trade secrets for today. I just wanted to let you know what we are up to for the next few weeks!
Derek
Anyway thats enough trade secrets for today. I just wanted to let you know what we are up to for the next few weeks!
Derek
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Buffalo Club and SFU: Madness I tell you!
Okay, sorry I haven't updated in a while but I've been busy. Anyways, She Says Electric played a KILLER gig at the Buffalo Club and we had a blast. I met Mike, founder etc. from Point Magazine; very cool. The promoter of the gig, Whitney, is a very fun guy. He dragged Derek, Mike from point magazine + his photographer and myself across the street to Two Parrots for karaoke before our set started! Whit sang a song then went out somewhere but I have know idea where. His phone rang and he walked out. It was really strange. So the rest of us were having a drink and Derek and I noticed none other than Matt Ratcliffe storming across the street towards us. He then proceeded to kick (yes I did say kick) open the door to Two Parrots and yell out DEREK, WHAT THE F*%#!!!! While shaking both fisticuffs at him! It was intense! So, I guess what happened, is the band before us had finished early and Derek wasn't there to set up. Matt had a fit and you know the rest. Derek ran out, I finished my drink and went back to the club. SSE played a FABULOUS set and had the entire club rockin! It was the best show to date. I was so proud. My mom sold merch for us and loved it. All my friends came out and thought it was amazing. It was awesome! But wait, it gets better... I was standing with Mike and his photographer after the set and Matt was charging towards me... Mike told me to "look out, the Unibomber is coming!" because his first impression of Matt was at Two Parrots! I laughed my butt off. When I told Matt about it, he was stoked. So he's got a new nickname now. Matt 'Unibomber' Ratcliffe. hahahah. Man, that show was tight! But that's only the first show I've got to tell you about....
SFU. A very cold Wednesday afternoon, I pick up Connie and head out to Burnaby mountain. I set up this gig through a couple of guys who work out at my gym. All I know is that it's for some student event and that we have parking passes. It's apparently outside but covered and we'll be setting up in the middle of everything that is going on. That's what I 'knew' about the show. So, Connie and I arrive to find it's more than a little chilly, and we're setting up in the middle of a stairway that is more like a wind tunnel. No one is around to tell me what is up. We don't have the water we were promised and we are playing directly underneath CJSF Radio station! So, obviously the band is a little irritated. Matt was pissy and Ken was sarcastic. Derek was unusually quiet and Connie was freezing. Dave from Lampost was there doing our sound and he was such a good sport. We figured it would sound like garbage as we were in the middle of a concrete dome-like structure. Shortly before we started the set, I had a security guard come and tell me that we needed a permit to set up there. I told him that we were 'asked to come here for this event and I would imagine that permits have been taken care of'. He said he'd look into it. SSE started to play and it didn't sound too bad, considering. Connie's vocals were bang on. The set went over without a hitch, except that Matt had his bass strap fall off in the middle of a song! About 3/4 of the way through the 45 min set, I had a guy from the radio station come out to tell me that he was trying to do a radio interview and he couldn't hear anything. He asked how much longer the set was, I told him we'd be done in about 15 min. He didn't seem impressed. He then told me that the other radio people were finding the band distracting and wanted us to turn the volume down (*I gave a cd to the head radio guy before the set and told him we were directly downstairs, you would think he might have mentioned some concern to me then!). I explained that we didn't ask to play HERE, that we thought we'd be where everyone else is. There was limited people coming to see the band as it was and that this volume is the only way to get anyone to come listen. He left. AAAAARRRRGGHH! What is wrong with campus life, when you have a radio station that doesn't want music playing! Oh but wait... I saw the radio people put some papers up on their window. I couldn't read it at the time, but found out later that it said "NOT CJSF Approved"! Hahaha. Right above the band! Oh man, that was not our best! But all things said, we had an okay time and sold some cd's. Well that's all for now. I'll keep you updated on what's going on. Make sure you come out to the Buffalo Club show on Saturday, October 22. Cheers, Dawn
SFU. A very cold Wednesday afternoon, I pick up Connie and head out to Burnaby mountain. I set up this gig through a couple of guys who work out at my gym. All I know is that it's for some student event and that we have parking passes. It's apparently outside but covered and we'll be setting up in the middle of everything that is going on. That's what I 'knew' about the show. So, Connie and I arrive to find it's more than a little chilly, and we're setting up in the middle of a stairway that is more like a wind tunnel. No one is around to tell me what is up. We don't have the water we were promised and we are playing directly underneath CJSF Radio station! So, obviously the band is a little irritated. Matt was pissy and Ken was sarcastic. Derek was unusually quiet and Connie was freezing. Dave from Lampost was there doing our sound and he was such a good sport. We figured it would sound like garbage as we were in the middle of a concrete dome-like structure. Shortly before we started the set, I had a security guard come and tell me that we needed a permit to set up there. I told him that we were 'asked to come here for this event and I would imagine that permits have been taken care of'. He said he'd look into it. SSE started to play and it didn't sound too bad, considering. Connie's vocals were bang on. The set went over without a hitch, except that Matt had his bass strap fall off in the middle of a song! About 3/4 of the way through the 45 min set, I had a guy from the radio station come out to tell me that he was trying to do a radio interview and he couldn't hear anything. He asked how much longer the set was, I told him we'd be done in about 15 min. He didn't seem impressed. He then told me that the other radio people were finding the band distracting and wanted us to turn the volume down (*I gave a cd to the head radio guy before the set and told him we were directly downstairs, you would think he might have mentioned some concern to me then!). I explained that we didn't ask to play HERE, that we thought we'd be where everyone else is. There was limited people coming to see the band as it was and that this volume is the only way to get anyone to come listen. He left. AAAAARRRRGGHH! What is wrong with campus life, when you have a radio station that doesn't want music playing! Oh but wait... I saw the radio people put some papers up on their window. I couldn't read it at the time, but found out later that it said "NOT CJSF Approved"! Hahaha. Right above the band! Oh man, that was not our best! But all things said, we had an okay time and sold some cd's. Well that's all for now. I'll keep you updated on what's going on. Make sure you come out to the Buffalo Club show on Saturday, October 22. Cheers, Dawn
Friday, August 26, 2005
Last nights shenanigans!
Wow, we had a great show last night at the Adonai. It was a small turnout but everyone was totally into it and had flippen blast. The Elixxxer's were a lot of fun as well, so if you get a chance I think they are playing at the Balarny Stone nexxxt Thursday.
As some of you know the Adonai used to be club 303 Live "an absolute piss hole by-the-way" and although it still has some clientele indicative to the surrounding neighbourhood, it is a helluva lot cleaner and the management was great. The sound guy & girl were great to work with and it sounded fine even though they have only had the system in there for three weeks. Cheap tequila shots and other drink specials were abundant - I think this place has a good shot at filling the void left by the loss of "The Pic". Anyway, our next Vancouver show is at the Buffalo Club September 15th. I will have more details later. Hope to see you there!
PS Sorry we haven't blogged any new photos recently but Connie has the camera and all the photos are on her computer, seems like she has forgotten all about this poor little blogger. ;^)
As some of you know the Adonai used to be club 303 Live "an absolute piss hole by-the-way" and although it still has some clientele indicative to the surrounding neighbourhood, it is a helluva lot cleaner and the management was great. The sound guy & girl were great to work with and it sounded fine even though they have only had the system in there for three weeks. Cheap tequila shots and other drink specials were abundant - I think this place has a good shot at filling the void left by the loss of "The Pic". Anyway, our next Vancouver show is at the Buffalo Club September 15th. I will have more details later. Hope to see you there!
PS Sorry we haven't blogged any new photos recently but Connie has the camera and all the photos are on her computer, seems like she has forgotten all about this poor little blogger. ;^)
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
BC Day long weekend
Hi. Well, the weekend was so great. Great weather. Great gigs. We all had a blast at Cates Park in N. Van. It was an outdoor show. We tried to play frisbee after the set but I found out that it's just not my game. Sunday SSE played at the Agrifair in Abby and that was a nice gig. Again, awesome weather and nice turn-out too. My mom and step-dad came out for that one. It was their first time seeing SSE play and they loved it. My mom even bought a tank top! I used Connie and Ken's camera to take a couple of videos. I'll see if I can get them on the website or this blog so you can have a look-see. Got some new photos too. Haven't seen them yet though, but we'll put them up here soon too. Some closeups of Connie. Very cool. Anyways, I'm working on some shows for Aug/Sept so I'll let you all know as soon as I get the go ahead for them. We're also planning a couple of short tours for the fall. I'm still learning as I go but it sure is fun hanging with such fun, cool people. Well, I have to get back to work, so I'll check in again soon.
Dawn
Dawn
