I answered my door today to find a UPS delivery guy standing there with a very heavy box.
He asked me what the hell I was receiving that was so heavy. I told him, once I examined the shipping label that they were CDs.
He says,"You're THAT James Murdoch!!??". I was a little surprised but sure enough, he knew who I was. He bought a CD right then and there.
Now, if only the J.W.'s were so savvy!...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Last Sunday At Mark's
Thanks to all who made it down to the Crown Pub aka: Mark's Place, on Sunday night.
We packed the place for a great concert with Nick Perreault w/ Krispian Schmidt-Paborn and from Victoria, The Ian Farish Band.
Crown Pub is always a great hang out. Watch for more shows coming soon.
Ian Farish has been gracious enough to set up a couple gigs for me and the trio in Victoria in March. We'll be playing an afternoon show at the auditorium at St. Michael's University School and then, later that evening, opening for Ian at his CD release at Hermann's. Looking forward to it!
Check out the website for more details
We packed the place for a great concert with Nick Perreault w/ Krispian Schmidt-Paborn and from Victoria, The Ian Farish Band.
Crown Pub is always a great hang out. Watch for more shows coming soon.
Ian Farish has been gracious enough to set up a couple gigs for me and the trio in Victoria in March. We'll be playing an afternoon show at the auditorium at St. Michael's University School and then, later that evening, opening for Ian at his CD release at Hermann's. Looking forward to it!
Check out the website for more details
Friday, February 15, 2008
New Dates!
I'm pretty excited about all the dates that are coming up. They seem to be flooding in.
We're going to be hitting B.C, Alberta and Saskatchewan in March.
April brings us up to the Yukon! I haven't played up there in at least 4 years!
This summer we will be playing festivals and hitting Eastern Canada!
Continue to check the Tour Dates link on my website for constantly updated info.
www.jamesmurdochband.com
Thanks, J.M.
We're going to be hitting B.C, Alberta and Saskatchewan in March.
April brings us up to the Yukon! I haven't played up there in at least 4 years!
This summer we will be playing festivals and hitting Eastern Canada!
Continue to check the Tour Dates link on my website for constantly updated info.
www.jamesmurdochband.com
Thanks, J.M.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Thawing Out
I have many pet-peeves. One of them is the misuse and mispronunciation of words or just simply, making words up all together. Amongst these, I would include: "dethaw", "expresso" (that one really pisses me off) and the inability of people to distinguish between "they're", "their" and "there".
Yesterday, I was watching Deal or No Deal. The woman on the show insisted on calling the cases, "cages". She went on to turn down $540,000 and won close to nothing. Definitely among the world's chosen few...
But, speaking of the former, "dethaw", we have finally hit a thaw here in Edmonton and holy crap, am I glad of it.
My car has started a total of 3 times this month and close to the same last month. It's a diesel, so it doesn't like the cold but usually if I plug it in it's fine. So I plugged it in. Still, no-worky. I finally noticed that one of the wires on the block heater was cracked. So in minus 43 with a wind chill that was more like a balmy day on Pluto, I replaced the plug. The car started an hour later and the next day it was minus 3...
Just finished mixing David Aide's new CD. For those of you who don't know, David is the piano/organ player in the band.
The record was a long time coming. We started tracking over a year ago... It sounds great though. I'm sure it will be ready for the masses in the next couple months.
The studio has actually been pretty busy. This month we plan on finishing the "Songs From The Ave." record.
I have a song on it called "Letters From Home". It turned out pretty cool. Very mellow.
It actually got me thinking about all the songs I have recorded but have never released.
Maybe I'll try to make them available on itunes or my website. Let me know if you're interested.
Yesterday, I was watching Deal or No Deal. The woman on the show insisted on calling the cases, "cages". She went on to turn down $540,000 and won close to nothing. Definitely among the world's chosen few...
But, speaking of the former, "dethaw", we have finally hit a thaw here in Edmonton and holy crap, am I glad of it.
My car has started a total of 3 times this month and close to the same last month. It's a diesel, so it doesn't like the cold but usually if I plug it in it's fine. So I plugged it in. Still, no-worky. I finally noticed that one of the wires on the block heater was cracked. So in minus 43 with a wind chill that was more like a balmy day on Pluto, I replaced the plug. The car started an hour later and the next day it was minus 3...
Just finished mixing David Aide's new CD. For those of you who don't know, David is the piano/organ player in the band.
The record was a long time coming. We started tracking over a year ago... It sounds great though. I'm sure it will be ready for the masses in the next couple months.
The studio has actually been pretty busy. This month we plan on finishing the "Songs From The Ave." record.
I have a song on it called "Letters From Home". It turned out pretty cool. Very mellow.
It actually got me thinking about all the songs I have recorded but have never released.
Maybe I'll try to make them available on itunes or my website. Let me know if you're interested.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Radio and Video
Hi all.
To those of you wondering when they are going to start hearing tracks from the album on radio or see a video, this is what I can tell you;
The first single, "Give Me Your Love", was serviced to radio stations last week, nation wide.
Now, if we're lucky, stations will pick it up and start playing it immediately. Now the other option is that they will "feature" it. If you hear it, I strongly suggest that you call or email your station and tell them how much you love it!!!!
Even if you don't hear it, may I suggest that you request it anyways?
As for the video, if you've been keeping up with the blog entries, you'll know that we are awaiting an edit of the video that we can all be happy with. I won't be surprised if that's this week sometime and we start to see the video on our TV sets by next week...
To those of you wondering when they are going to start hearing tracks from the album on radio or see a video, this is what I can tell you;
The first single, "Give Me Your Love", was serviced to radio stations last week, nation wide.
Now, if we're lucky, stations will pick it up and start playing it immediately. Now the other option is that they will "feature" it. If you hear it, I strongly suggest that you call or email your station and tell them how much you love it!!!!
Even if you don't hear it, may I suggest that you request it anyways?
As for the video, if you've been keeping up with the blog entries, you'll know that we are awaiting an edit of the video that we can all be happy with. I won't be surprised if that's this week sometime and we start to see the video on our TV sets by next week...
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Hockey
I've joined a rec. hockey league. This is the first time I've been involved in organized sport since I was about 9 or 10. Needless to say, when I first started this year, I could hardly stand up. That was before I put my skates on...
Now, I'm out on the community rinks twice a week in addition to my Sunday rec league games.
I'm obsessed. I've always loved watching hockey, but now, all I want to do is play. That is, until I fall on my face or knee or elbow or.....
But I did score my first goal last Sunday. And it was a beauty too. Backhanded, caught my own rebound and backhanded it in. The best part was that I actually meant to do what I did!
So now I've signed up with a team to play at the Exclaim Cup.
The Exclaim Cup is held annually in Toronto and features teams from Canada's music, media and hipster elite.
Naturally I had to be involved.
Apparently it's a lot of fun and I have to say it'll be pretty cool to be playing against the likes of Jim Cuddy and Sam Roberts. Maybe I'll ask if I can open for them, as I'm stripping them of the puck and their dignity...
Now, I'm out on the community rinks twice a week in addition to my Sunday rec league games.
I'm obsessed. I've always loved watching hockey, but now, all I want to do is play. That is, until I fall on my face or knee or elbow or.....
But I did score my first goal last Sunday. And it was a beauty too. Backhanded, caught my own rebound and backhanded it in. The best part was that I actually meant to do what I did!
So now I've signed up with a team to play at the Exclaim Cup.
The Exclaim Cup is held annually in Toronto and features teams from Canada's music, media and hipster elite.
Naturally I had to be involved.
Apparently it's a lot of fun and I have to say it'll be pretty cool to be playing against the likes of Jim Cuddy and Sam Roberts. Maybe I'll ask if I can open for them, as I'm stripping them of the puck and their dignity...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Winter - Thunder Jowls
Things have been strange lately.
I am known as a complainer, I'll admit. But this winter has just about done me in.
I'm trying to decide whether this particular winter is actually worse than the previous ones, or if its simply my state of mind thats making me notice the cold and dark more acutely.
I know for certain that one of the catalysts for my disdain would be the shooting of th e video for Gimme Your Love. We shot it in the middle of a freak winter blizzard. I feel like I haven't really been able to thaw my bones from that one.
Is it true that if you get really cold or frostbite, then you are more susceptible to it? If so, I've answered my own question.
Speaking of the video, I've received a couple of edits of it to proof over.
Let's just start off by saying that I am not an actor. I can barely hold it together during a Christmas, family portrait.
So needless to say, when the camera is rolling and I'm supposed to sing "Give me your love" to a lovely waitress, I am smiling like an idiot.
Any shot in the edits of this video where I am required to do anything but play guitar and sing are truly painful to watch. It looks like one of those subliminal toothpaste commercials where everyone in the world, regardless of what they're doing, be that playing tennis or shopping for fruit, naturally has a huge grin from ear to ear, exposing their white smile. It's kinda like that except I look even more ridiculous.
Now, if that weren't enough, those of you who know me can say that I'm a pretty skinny guy.
Lean, slim, whatever. Well, somehow I manage to have taken the 10 pounds that the camera adds and placed it all on my neck. Ten pounds, just jiggling around.
So between the infinite smiling and the thunder jowls, my video resembles what you'd see if you gave a fat kid a bulk-o-rama bag of M&M's and told him there was more when he wanted it. As long as he sang, "Give me your love".
Let's hope they can fix it with the third edit huh?
I am known as a complainer, I'll admit. But this winter has just about done me in.
I'm trying to decide whether this particular winter is actually worse than the previous ones, or if its simply my state of mind thats making me notice the cold and dark more acutely.
I know for certain that one of the catalysts for my disdain would be the shooting of th e video for Gimme Your Love. We shot it in the middle of a freak winter blizzard. I feel like I haven't really been able to thaw my bones from that one.
Is it true that if you get really cold or frostbite, then you are more susceptible to it? If so, I've answered my own question.
Speaking of the video, I've received a couple of edits of it to proof over.
Let's just start off by saying that I am not an actor. I can barely hold it together during a Christmas, family portrait.
So needless to say, when the camera is rolling and I'm supposed to sing "Give me your love" to a lovely waitress, I am smiling like an idiot.
Any shot in the edits of this video where I am required to do anything but play guitar and sing are truly painful to watch. It looks like one of those subliminal toothpaste commercials where everyone in the world, regardless of what they're doing, be that playing tennis or shopping for fruit, naturally has a huge grin from ear to ear, exposing their white smile. It's kinda like that except I look even more ridiculous.
Now, if that weren't enough, those of you who know me can say that I'm a pretty skinny guy.
Lean, slim, whatever. Well, somehow I manage to have taken the 10 pounds that the camera adds and placed it all on my neck. Ten pounds, just jiggling around.
So between the infinite smiling and the thunder jowls, my video resembles what you'd see if you gave a fat kid a bulk-o-rama bag of M&M's and told him there was more when he wanted it. As long as he sang, "Give me your love".
Let's hope they can fix it with the third edit huh?
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