I think we can all agree that that picture is awesome. Scab Smoker and this song are pretty awesome too. Vocally, it’s equal parts Iron Age and The Sweet with a Phil Collins-esque level of reverb. I never thought that’s a sentence I’d ever write. I’m still not 100% sure what it means.
An extremely long and subdued (relative to the rest of the song, at least) middle section breaks up a pseudo-thrash intro and outro and works even though it shouldn’t. Definitely one of the more interesting songs I’ve heard in the last few months. Scab Smoker- Butcher of Daemons Facebook
by teepoo
Calgary artist released their debut No Man’s Land few days ago on their Bandcamp . It’s a collection of beautifully orchestrated tracks under the most delightful vocals. The 15 track album is quite a deal for $7 . Kris’ will take you on a journey through folk-blues, piano ballads full of colour and passion. November Steppes is one of the tracks they offered up for free and it’s been on repeat lately. 2011 just started and I think I’m quite impressed with what’s out there so far. Kris Ellestad- November Steppes
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by teepoo
As you may or may not know, I’m a student an Entertainment Business Management student at Metalworks Institute in Mississauga, Ontario (west of Toronto). Metalworks Studio is one of Canada’s biggest recording studios. They record artists like Drake, Tokyo Police Club, Metric; you can check out a list here http://www.metalworksstudios.com/news.html.
Anyways as a part of our Marketing class we have to pick a band/artist and prepare a marketing plan for them (you can use it or not) and in return the band/artist will get FREE recording time at Metalworks Studio (engineered and mixed by audio students). So if you’re a band around Toronto and are interested in this opportunity, e-mail me bio and demos ASAP at tiana.feng@ridethetempo.com. Great way to save money on recording costs! If you know anybody who’d be interested in recording time pass this around =).
by teepoo
Today marks the first birthday of Ride the Tempo. In a year, I have grown as a blogger and as a person. If you look at my first 6 months of posts, they sorta blow, like honestly. Anyways, I have found where I fit in best blogging about Canadian music, and anything else that is true to my heart. The blog has been fully shaped by the people that I’ve had the opportunity to meet over the year and this is where the contest kicks in….
SPOT THE MUSIC SITE CONTEST
Below is a picture I doodled containing references to 50+ music blogs/sites/people that have influenced me over the year(s). They are people I’ve become friends with, or stalk on a daily basis. Your job is to identify them. You have a chance to win $50 GIFT CERTIFICATE TO INSOUND or $50 iTUNES giftcard, there will be two winners.
Here are the rules:
1. You can only enter once, but you’re free to help someone else afterward. Anybody can enter: Bloggers/random people/aliens
2. You must be a follower on twitter or facebook so I can announce your win to the world!
3. Name the websites who are referenced in the pictures. I don’t want peoples twitter, I want to know the MUSIC websites that they are associated with. Send your answers to tiana.feng@ridethetempo.com
5. In order to prevent cheating, you will get +1 point for a correct answer, -1 for an incorrect answer. I’ll e-mail telling you how many you got right away, but remember, you can only enter once so take your time although..
6. This is a race. The first two people to name ALL of them will win or the ones who holds the most points on March 13, 2011.
7. Good luck and have fun! Some are tricky, some are their icons, some are literal representations of their name and some are just a small part of the layout! Happy hunting! <-- click the image to expand
ps. I know I forgot some of you in the pic shoutout, mostly because my drawing abilities are too limited to describe your greatness.
When someone mentions German music to me, I normally think either Wagner or Rammstein. There’s no in between. So I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that not only is reggae extremely popular in Germany, but that there are many German reggae artists who, although they may not be household names to those of us in North America, play to sold-out crowds of tens of thousands all over Europe.
Instead of focusing on one of the really big mainstream bands, I chose to showcase a musician signed to an indie label, Sebastian Sturm. He was born in Aachen, Germany to a German father and an Indonesian mother in 1980, and spent his youth between Germany, Belgium and Holland. At the age of 14 he started his first punk band, and stuck with music since. Soon afterward, he realized that punk was not his scene, and started a reggae band at the age of 20. In 2007, he was named Best Newcomer by Riddim, a German reggae magazine. He may not be Jamaican, but his focus on real instruments and roots reggae makes his brand of music authentic and head-bob inducing.
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