Mythos has been described as ambient yet groove oriented, ethereal yet grounded, and otherworldly. The Canadian duo first achieved international acclaim with their self-titled 1998 Higher Octave Music/Virgin Records debut, combining electronic sounds with an eclectic range of ancient and modern flavors.
Website: http://www.adagiomusic.ca/mythos
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
May 3, 2011 by bdeith
Filed under Consulting
With the first FACTOR application deadlines for 2011 coming up soon, we have posted an article about the application process. You can read it here.
We are going through some changes here at Adagio Music, so stay tuned for more news on what we have in store. And we will be posting more articles under our Resources section that we hope you will find useful and informative.
Here is some information on starting your own record label or publishing company. You can read the full post here.
This is the first of many articles we will post in our Resources section that aim to help artists, managers, producers, labels, and others working in music.
From humble beginnings in Cranbrook, British Columbia, Lillix formed in 1997 and were soon signed to Maverick Records in 2001. Lillix’ debut album “Falling Uphill” was released in May of 2003. With help from hit singles; “Tomorrow” ,“It’s About Time” and a cover of The Romantics’ classic “What I Like About You” (featured on the Freaky Friday soundtrack and co-stared Lindsay Lohan in the music video). Falling Uphill sold over half of a million copies worldwide.
Website: http://www.lillixonline.com
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
Verreault is best known as the virtuosic singer/guitarist/song-writer for blues-rockers and Canadian live favourites Wide Mouth Mason (currently at work on their 7th album together while also enjoying a lack of musical monogamy)
Website: http://www.myspace.com/shaunverreault
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
The Vancouver-based alternative band Econoline Crush — vocalist Trevor Hurst, guitarists Robbie Morfitt and Ziggy, drummer Nico Quintal, and bassist Don Binns — have made quite a name for themselves in Canada. They’ve enjoyed major chart success there, and have opened Canadian/European tours for the likes of KISS, the Young Gods, Die Krupps, and the Tea Party. The band started when singer.
Website: http://www.econolinecrush.us
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
I Dare You is a testament to Ali’s musical purity. In the studio, Ali and the musicians worked together to flesh out the songs and record them live from the floor to tape, capturing the essence of the music. The album was launched with a live performance that was recorded for a national broadcast on CBC Radio 2’s “Canada Live” which aired in February 2010. As one reviewer notes of this performance, “Milner takes the audience on an impressive journey through boogie-woogie, soulful ballads, . . . rock ‘n’ roll, R&B, show tunes, old school – she does it all.” Ubyssey
Website: http://www.alimilner.com
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
Tracy Chamberlain is what country music has been waiting for, an explosive sound that is powerful and controlled. Singing with consistency and clarity, Tracy is known for her effective delivery and impeccable sense of song. She captures the audience’s attention and holds them in the palm of her hand. Tracy possesses star quality and her energy is paramount as music rises from the depths of her soul. One listen to Tracy’s exceptional vocals will make you want to hear more. This performer is a must hear.
Website: http://www.myspace.com/tracychamberlain
From her first performance singing Christmas carols in front of her family’s fireplace, Ginette displayed a natural ability to shine in the spotlight. Born in Calgary, Alberta, Ginette currently resides on the west coast, in Langley, BC. Formally trained in dance, voice, and piano, Ginette has also figure skated competitively at a national level.
Website: http://www.myspace.com
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
The new record is done and it heralds a new beginning for Laura Doyle. A complete departure from the electronic fascination of her first CD “No Easy Answers” the new album is all real, all live off the floor, all performance. With a new band she calls Passionfish, a new sound and a new producer, Doyle has never sounded better
Finding it difficult to perform the last record live, Laura Doyle decided she wanted to capture the dynamics of what had already been happening in her live shows. The vision was homespun sophistication, a harmonizing of paradoxes, a balancing of polarities. The songs are just that. Both meticulously arranged and yet freely performed by such great players as Randall Stoll (Tom Cochran & kd Lang) on drums, Miles Hill (Roy Forbes, Dee Daniels) on bass and Lanois-esque guitar work from Andreas Schuld. Producer Graeme Coleman steps out as one of the Westcoast’s finest musicians on the piano, adding unforgettable motifs and layering in loads of vibe with intuitive and dynamic Hammond B3 organ performances.
Even in the lyric content the paradoxes continue from the profoundly exotic and sultry “In Everything” to the downright cheeky sass in “Someone” where Doyle writes: they say no man’s an island Îcause we’re born without our teeth/ you can tell me love ain’t worth it but I’ve seen the way you weep. Her new material has a worldliness, a maturity; a deep understanding of the folly of obsession, the faithless meandering of the runaway, the daily struggle to stay buoyant. Doyle’s songs offer something better than pop confection, something much more than self absorbed navel gazing – in the metaphors, in the poetry, in the hypnotic rhythms and sweet voiced laments you may find a kind of redemption and surprising lightness of being.
Laura Doyle’s 2001 CD, “No Easy Answers”, has been widely featured in movies and TV shows, and not just as obscure background pieces. She has a knack for getting to the heart of things and the entertainment industry has noticed. She now has over twenty TV and film placements including 2 songs featured in the Canadian film “Suddenly Naked” which both earned Genie Award nominations in 2003. This easy marriage with the screen should come as no surprise, as Doyle began her career in the entertainment industry as a TV screenwriter in Los Angeles and Vancouver on mostly teen programs including “Neon Rider”, “Madison”, MTV’s “Undressed” and the CBS drama “Early Edition”.
The new CD “dark horse” is being released in May and Laura Doyle plans to spend the summer and fall touring.
Website: http://www.lauradoyle.com
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
The band had been on an upwardly mobile streak since “Not Ready to Go” first came pumping out of Canadian radio back in 2003. They wasted no time piling success on top of success, watching their stature grow with multiple hit singles and an incomparable live show, courting exhaustion while they fanned out across the world and carved an eccentric and stubborn path through an industry demanding that they always “compete.”
Website: http://www.thetrewsmusic.com
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
In a very short time Karen-Lee Batten has gone from local BC talent to national notoriety, from her career break through on Canadian Idol to the release of her first CMT Independent Canadian video for “Hearts on The Run”. Karen-Lee has also just come home from playing the CCMA 2008 New Artist Showcase with outstanding feedback! As one of the hardest working indie artist, Karen-Lee is defined as anything else but an overnight success. Watch for “her next step”…
Website: http://www.karenleebatten.com
Moshpit Productions Inc. was founded by Mitch Ross in 2004, and is an independent record label & publishing company based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Moshpit Productions specializes in artist development and is focused on artists in the rock/hard rock/dance/electronica genres. The bands that are currently signed to Moshpit Productions are Callahan, Destineak, and Stealing Eden.
Website: http://moshpitproductions.com
SA TrackWorks is the partnership of Steve Smith and Anthony Anderson . They have co-written and produced songs for acts signed to the world’s leading labels, including J Records, Universal, Sony, Atlantic, Warner, Jive, Capitol/EMI, and MTV and have spent the last decade-plus racking up accolades and hitting the top of the charts with tracks by up-and-comers and international superstars alike.
Website: http://www.satrackworks.com
Tracy Chamberlain is what country music has been waiting for, an explosive sound that is powerful and controlled. Singing with consistency and clarity, Tracy is known for her effective delivery and impeccable sense of song. She captures the audience’s attention and holds them in the palm of her hand. Tracy possesses star quality and her energy is paramount as music rises from the depths of her soul. One listen to Tracy’s exceptional vocals will make you want to hear more. This performer is a must hear.
Website: http://www.myspace.com/tracychamberlain
In the late 1960′s, the punkish Vancouver band “Seeds of Time” formed the basis for what would eventually become Prism. Their bad-boy image was evinced in an early regional hit single “My Home Town” in 1969. Marking the band as recording artists, the record and follow-up “Cryin’ the Blues” scored modest success in an infant Canadian music market. Ten years later bandmates Lindsay Mitchell, Al Harlow, Rocket Norton, and John Hall would find themselves together again, climbing international charts as Prism. Other key players who made Prism possible came from an early ’70s Vancouver jazz band “Sunshyne”, yielding trumpeter Bruce Fairbairn plus songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Jim Vallance. Singer Ron Tabak was recruited from the local circuit, and this loose community of musicians combined resources in a Vancouver recording studio in July, 1975.
Website: http://www.prism.ca
iTunes:http://itunes.apple.com
Tiller’s Folly, are the Pacific Northwest’s internationally traveled, virtuosic ambassadors of song. For the past thirteen years, through 1,000′s of performances they have spread their memorable blend of energy, history, musicality, romance, and just plain fun. With seven CD’s to their credit, Tiller’s continues to expand and refine their potent mix of Celtic influenced Canadiana, Americana ‘and beyond.’
In 2008, Tiller’s Folly added a multimedia component to their show including both modern and archival film footage and photography. The stunning visual images and film add new depth of understanding and enjoyment to an already impressive show.
Website: http://www.tillersfolly.com
Emily Jordan is 19, but on her self-titled debut CD she sings with the hard-won wisdom of her R&B heroes. Jordan started singing Jackson 5 hits with her father’s legendary, Winnipeg band, Fabulous George and the Zodiacs when she was seven years old. She made her first record as a ten year old, and by 15 Jordan was working with some of Canada’s top producers and writers. Her first single, Since Tomorrow, received national hit radio airplay.
Emily Jordan (Spark Records) teams the teen R&B diva with talented urban music veterans, Troy Samson and Chin to produce a work of heart and soul.
Samson has worked his studio magic on acts ranging from soulDecision, Craig Smart and Mary Zilba to Crash Test Dummies and Popstar’s television winners, Velvet Empire.
Chin formed big-selling Bass Is Base while producing work by Maestro Fresh Wes, Kish and Main Ingredient. Bass Is Base won a JUNO for their debut CD, and Chin’s solo CD was nominated for a JUNO. His production credits include work with Moka Only and Kinnie Starr, and he’s remixed tracks by the Barenaked Ladies, Colin James and 54-40.
On Jordan’s debut CD the veteran producers share writing credits with the talented, young singer on a silky song cycle with a distinctly urban flavour. Sade, Anita Baker and modern soul men like Maxwell and D’Angelo are echoed in Jordan’s understated funk and R&B. On T-t-tell Me, rappers Checkmate and Concise inject hip-hop bravado into the sexy undertow of the production team’s sonic flow. The rappers’ street-inspired narratives underline and accentuate Jordan’s surprising maturity and artistic reach.
Another of the new CD’s highlights, When I Gave My Heart To You, uses Samson’s stark, unadorned production to frame a riveting, dramatic reading that hints at Jordan’s youthful vulnerability, while Start Of Something and Thoughts Of You use tight, rhythm-charged arrangements to showcase Jordan’s sultry, soulful vocals.
Echoing back to R&B’s pop glory days and radio hits by Stevie Wonder and Earth Wind and Fire, Jordan’s Beautiful has already found a place in the television series Just Cause. Beautiful is the first single from the album. Accompanying the single is a killer music video produced by Triton Films and directed by up and coming Tara Hungerford.
This is more than a collection of beat-driven, urban love songs. This recording announces the emergence of a brilliant, young talent.
Website: http://www.myspace.com/emmyjaymusic
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
Brent Howard released his self-titled debut album, produced by award-winner Tony Rudner in 1996. The CD on FRE/EMI resulted in four nationally charting singles and three videos. The first release”What is and isn’t Mine” climbed to # 16 across Canada and the video was “Pick of the Week” on C.M.T. in the summer of 1996. The second single “The Good ol’ Days” reached the top 30 nationally and also peaked at # 2 on the charts in Germany. “Always Leaving Something Behind” and “The Wrangler” followed and continued to receive strong radio and fan support across the country. All three video releases went into heavy rotation on CMT and as mentioned, all four singles from the debut CD charted nationally on country radio.
The 2nd CD “Now Where Was I …?” co-won the Album of the year award at the 25th annual BCCMA Awards. Brent and his band Southern Cherry were nominated for Country release of the yearat the West Coast Music Awards, and have had nominations for best Male Country Vocalist at the Canadian Country Music Awards and the Pacific Music Industry Awards. Brent has also taken home the BCCMA rising star (Ray McCauley Horizon) award.
The 2nd CD “Now where was I…?” got rave reviews from fans and radio. Three singles were released to radio. “Change” was on the charts for 15 weeks and the second single “Can I keep er?” has become one of the most requested songs ever at CJJR FM in Vancouver. “Listen to the Rain” topped off at #16. The sold out CD release party for “Now where was I?” was at BC’s # 1 Country Club Roosters. It was reported to be the best attendance of any one-night showcase ever hosted there.
Brent Howard and Southern Cherry songs have been placed in many motion pictures, TV shows and video games.
The 3rd CD, entitled No Relish, is just off the press and not yet released and will be coming out very soon! Initial responses have been fantastic, as chosen industry people have given this new CD a big “thumbs up”.
The band’s live performances have included playing to huge, enthusiastic crowds at The Calgary Stampede, Merritt Mountain Music Festival, The Salmon Valley Festival, and The Cloverdale Rodeo. The band has shared the stage with Alabama, Michelle Wright, Lisa Brokop, Loverboy, Don Felder, Aaron Pritchett and many more.
Brent is also a tireless supporter of many charitable organizations, including the Variety Club, Basics for Babies and the Flood Relief Victims Aid program. He and the band contributed a track to the EMIrelease Love Conquers All, along with Bryan Adams, Sarah McLaughlin, 5440, and a host of others with all proceeds going to the9/11 fund.
Website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brent-Howard/11970666772
iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com
Kidsongz is a music production team that writes, records and scores music for educational projects targeting the K-12 audience. Songs are composed on a contract basis for a variety of end use applications from book CDs and animation soundtracks to interactive web multimedia and video games.
Kidsongz production facility utilizes the latest digital recording technologies combined with a huge variety of traditional instrumentation and highly skilled professional musicians and session singers. The composition styles vary from pop to country, jazz to hip hop, calypso to celtic, in fact virtually any imaginable genre.
Website: http://kidsongz.com
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