PEI etc.

Hello there.

We played a show. Believe it or not.
First time ever in Prince Edward Island. It was raining. Didn't matter.
We had a blast. Forgot how good it feels to play our music for people.

In other news, we are still working hard on the record. We have about 16 or 17 songs now, and about to do another writing/recording session at the end of the month. Many songs are finished, we're just writing more now 'cause we're having a good time doing it, and we've been recording things pretty fast, so we figure why not just keep going until we feel that we're out of juice.

Hope that you all will hear it sooner rather than later.

Talk of album title and artwork is bubbling as well. Exciting stuff.

Doing the show last weekend really got me longing to be out there playing OLP music every night. I had to keep telling myself that we weren't on tour, 'cause a huge part of me wanted us to just keep going on to the next town and next show.

Soon, soon..............................

Steve

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Toronto March 08 sesssion

Hey everyone,

Steve here. Just got home from a week long writing session in Toronto with Duncan and Jer. The three of us like to get together and pound out ideas in between our writing sessions with Raine.

The first few days were too cold. I got over it. Duncan came in with a cool psychedelic delayed-out guitar lick that we worked up, first with Duncan on guitar, Jer on bass, and me on drums. Then upon listening back to the recording Duncan made of it, decided it was best to switch back to our usual positions. Jer has a great video treatment for this idea so hopefully it will become an OLP song.

Since Raine was on tour, he happened to be in Toronto is the middle of our week so he came in and yea or nay-ed what we had been kicking around, which was great because it helped us to know what to work on more and what to dismiss.

It’s funny, we get together like this pretty often, yet every session is different. I think that is a good thing though, you gotta change it up otherwise you’re gonna end up with the same kind of stuff over and over.

This time Duncan and I fleshed out things more on acoustic guitars, where as a lot of other times I would play guitar and he would play drums to flesh things out before Jer came in. We didn’t plan it out or anything, just happened that way. Hopefully this different approach will yield some great songs once Raine gets his hands on them!

Anyway, we’re getting closer to giving you some new OLP music. The four of us are slated to write/record in California in April and I am really psyched about it.

I can’t tell you how much better of an experience making this record has been compared to the last one for me. Hopefully those good vibes will translate to you when you are listening to this new record.

Steve

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TWO NEW RAINE MAIDA SHOWS!

February 5th, 2008



EDMONTON PRESALE

An additional Edmonton date has been added to the tour. Raine will play an additional date in Edmonton on March 15th! The Saskatoon date that was originally scheduled for the 15th, has been moved to March 16th due to scheduling conflicts.
A presale for the Edmonton date begins on Wednesday February 6th and will continue through Thursday February 7th, 5pm. The password is HuntersTour

Click here for presale information

NEW YORK DATE ADDED!

A New York date has been added to the US dates...Raine will be playing the Mercury Lounge on March 31st. A presale will take place on Wednesday, February 6th. The password is Ratrace

Click here for presale info

US TOUR DATES

March 28th - Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY - BUY TICKETS
March 29th - Saint Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI - BUY TICKETS
March 31st - Mercury Lounge - New York, NY BUY TICKETS

CANADA TOUR

Tickets are going quickly for all of the Canadian dates...some are JUST on the verge of selling out. Get them while you still can!

March 10th
McPherson Playhouse
Victoria, BC
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March 11th
Commodore Ballroom
Vancouver, BC
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March 13th
MacEwan Ballroom
Calgary, AB
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March 14th
Starlite Room
Edmonton, AB
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March 15th
Starlite Room
Edmonton, AB
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March 16th
Louis' Pub
Saskatoon, SK
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March 18th
Garrick Centre
Winnipeg, MB
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March 21st
Elements
Kitchener, ON
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March 23rd
Cowboy's Ranch
London, ON
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March 24th
Phoenix
Toronto, ON
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March 26th
Club Soda
Montreal, QC
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March 27th
Capital Music Hall
Ottawa, ON
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See you on the road!

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Battala Rockstarts announces Judges

Battala RockStars Announces Judges
Jeremy Taggart, Karen Bliss, Gavin Brown and Rob Dyer
Discover Canada's Next Rockstars
Toronto Deadline for Band Applicants December 19th, 2007
(Toronto – December 5, 20..07) Battala RockStars is pleased to announce its panel of Toronto judges: Our Lady Peace drummer, Jeremy Taggart, rock journalist Karen Bliss (Rolling Stone/Billboard), music producer, Gavin Brown (Billy Talent/Three Days Grace) and founder of charity, Skate4Cancer, Rob Dyer.. These esteemed industry professionals will judge each battle on band's creativity, musicianship, performance and song writing capabilities. Battala RockStars begins in Toronto on January 9, 2008 at Jeff Healey's. Prizes total $25,000 and include a $10,000 demo and spot co-headlining Battala RockStars 2009 tour alongside a major signed band.
Creator for Battala RockStars Jordan Lindsay is working overtime and believes Battala RockStars will help find the next great talent. "Battala RockStars is looking for bands with real talent, strong entertainment value and a drive to succeed in Canada's diverse and treacherous musical landscape. Although we are not committed to any one genre, it is a rock show, and should be treated as such".
Battala RockStars is currently seeking aspiring rock musicians in all participating cities. The deadline to sign up for the Toronto Battle is December 19, 2007. Potential battlers must have their materials sent to Battala RockStars by this date. The first battle will take place on January 9, 2008 at Jeff Healey's. The final battle will take place on February 28, 2008 at The Sound Academy (formerly The Docks) where two finalists will battle it out for the grand prize. Sharing the stage with the finalists will be a major headlining act to be announced.
Stay tuned for the finale headliner and more info on battles across the country.
For more information, to sign up for battle and for the complete rules and regulations please visit www.battalarockstars.com.
***Fact File***
Jeremy Taggart
is the drummer of Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace who is currently working on a new album. Known for his wacky sense of humour, gregarious personality and spontaneous impersonations, he's created TAGGART'S TAKE - a 60 second daily feature that brings theatre back to radio. TAGGART'S TAKE can be heard on CFOX in Vancouver, Power 97 in Winnipeg and 102.1 The EDGE in Toronto, and is available as a podcast on iTunes. For more information on Our Lady Peace visit: www.olp.com and for Taggart's Take visit: www.myspace.com/taggartstake
Karen Bliss
is an established music journalist, whose work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Elle Canada, and dozens of other publications. She has interviewed some of the world's most famous musicians such as Kurt Cobain, Shania Twain, Jimmy Page, Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, and hundreds more. In the new year, she will be launching "Lowdown with Karen Bliss," a music interview show for BiteTV, available on television, online, as well as mobile and IPTV platforms. She also published an anti-racism children's picture book, The Girl With Pinhead Parents, available from maplemusic.ca, with a portion of the proceeds going to War Child Canada.
Gavin Brown
is a Canadian record producer and musician who has produced material for bands such as Three Days Grace, Billy Talent, Cancer Bats, The Reason, The Tea Party, Sarah Harmer and many more. His first production credit, Danko Jones 'My Love Bold', won a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album. In April 2004 Gavin was awarded the Juno Award for Producer of the Year for the Billy Talent and Three Days Grace albums. For more information visit: www.bkentertainmentgroup.com
Roy Dyer
is the founder of Skate4Cancer in 2004 to help raise money in search for a cure for cancer. In November 2005, Dyer organized a concert event at Toronto's MOD Club Theatre, with headliner City and Colour. The event marked a milestone for skate4cancer and Dyer felt that his foundation could expand in new directions, targeting the significance of music within the skateboarding scene. Since then, skate4cancer have produced and promoted dozens of concerts and have toured across Canada with many well-known bands and festivals including Silverstein and Warped Tour. All proceeds go towards cancer research initiatives at Princess Margaret Hospital and other international hospitals. For more information visit: www.skate4cancer.com
Battala RockStars is an innovative take on the standard battle of the band concept taking place nationally across Canada in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Halifax, Fredericton and Vancouver. Bands will compete over several rounds on two different stages using their original material in a song for song battle. The competing bands will ultimately try to outplay and outsmart their opponents in their home city. Each city's winning band will advance to the national Battala RockStars finale concert in 2008 to compete in a competition for the ultimate Battala RockStars Canada title.

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Raine previews songs live at Toronto HMV

Raine will be performing a solo acoustic set at HMV at 5pm, on November 13th to celebrate the release of The Hunter's Lullaby!  Come to the HMV on Yonge Street (333 Yonge Street) to hear new songs from the album. 

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to boot

Hey out here

Steve here.

Wanting to tell you about the week we had in California a while back.

IT was nice.
Really good songs. Really good sounds. Raine's gotten pretty good at that.
Serious drum sounds. Not too shabby guitar and bass to boot.

Duncan and I were singing together in the bathroom at one point. I played piano here and there. Duncan and I noticed the house ghosts much more this time. Things moving out of the corner of your eye....................

Can't wait for you all to hear this stuff.

One song cool as hell, don't know how to describe...Jer playing reggae-like fills, hypnotic guitar melody, lyrics about looking over your shoulder

Another one slow and stark with very minimal parts, very melodic. Getting the acoustic on this one took me a while....needed to be laid back and I'm a spazz..........

Another one where the main lick is on piano. Don't worry we're not going soft on you. Think Innocent kind of vibe but with massive piano. Then big fuzzy guitar comes in soloing all over the place.

Hope that you are all well.

Steve

p.s. If you watch TV ever check out Rules of Engagement and Carpoolers. Listen for guitar. If you hear any, it's yours truly. Hey, everyone needs to have some fun sometime.
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vids from last week

Hey there

We did some writing at our rehearsal space up in Toronto last week. I took a couple of videos. Put one up just now. Check it. More to come.

We always name the ideas even if they don't have vocals yet. Some names of song ideas from this week are:

Piano
Orfus Road
Pearly Whytes
Silverfish
ba ba du ba da ba
THUMP
Brownbird

Cheers,
Steve

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Attention those in the LA area! Steve playing w Gabriel Mann Sep 8

Hey there.

Steve here. Wanted to let everyone know that I am going to be playing with my friend Gabriel Mann at his CD release show on September 8, 2007, @ The Hotel Cafe at 9pm.

Please come out and see us!! (If you are in the greater Los Angeles area)

Gabe really has his own thing, and I think that he is a great artist. He doesn't sound like anyone else, has a unique voice, and has what so many people are missing these days....great songs!!!!!!

I played a lot of the guitars on his new CD which you should check out if you can't make it to the show. You can find out how to get a hold of it or listen to some stuff on his myspace page....just go to my page and he is one of my top friends.

Anyway, would love to see some of you at Gabe's show. Should be a bunch o fun. We're gonna play the entire CD at the show. Drinks are on Gabe!! (Well, sortakinda)

Steve

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Toronto

It's nice to be in a place where you don't have to get in a car to do anything. Haven't seen the inside of one since the airport.

We are buzzing buzzing buzzing with ideas. Or maybe it's just the caffeine. Or alcohol. Either way, here pounding out some ideas. Duncan came in with a massive piano lick that we put down with big, When the Levee Breaks style drums. Gonna make Jeremy play on it today to give it the juice.
Not inspired when I first got here. Then bought an amp head with no name on it at a music store. Made me happy and juices flowing again. Maybe it was because the amp isn't grounded and gives you a nice shock when you touch it. Electrocution is always a good one to get your juices pumping. Or the caffeine. or the alcohol. I don't know.

Hope you are all well.

Steve

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what to say what to say wha tto sa ywhatt osa ywha tos ay

Hey there everyone. Steve here.

Long time no talk. Hope everyone is well.

What to say what to say what to say what to say.

OLP just finished a week of writing/recording up at casa de Maida here in LA a week or so ago. Very cool. Good stuff. Good times. Recorded the bed tracks for 3 new songs, very cool very cool very cool. One song with a Neil Young-y type of guitar riff. Great chorus. Another one very fast. Jeremy playing fills that sound like they could be in a fast Russian folk dance song with those dudes doing those crazy leg kicks. Then into a fast staccato verse. Then into a total broken down slow bridge with just Raine strumming acoustic and singing. It think that we may start the song like that also. Not sure how to describe the third song. Verse with circular guitar lick and trashy, almost Beck-like beat, pre-chorus broken down to just Raine and I, big chorus with big, soaring chords. The bridge takes you to another place. Want to go play it right now.

So anyway, we are definitely not laying dormant. True that we all have side projects happening but that is good.....just expands each of our creative horizons so that we have more to bring to the band and to...........YOU!

Hoping this finds everyone well,
Steve

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