Here you will find the ongoing news, views and creative spews from the Canadian progressive-folk act, The Caroline Spence Band...
25.3.08
March News 2008
Hi everyone who pops by to read this! :-) Thanks for your support!
This month we've been pretty busy with being in the studio starting the recording process and.... with this Sam Roberts contest!!! We actually made it into the finals!! Now we just need to get the most votes to win the whole thing! Starting tonight, March 25th - people should be able to log on to the www.mazdamusictour.com site to vote for us. Each e-mail address counts as a vote - so vote with all your e-mail addresses! You can vote again each day of the contest all the way to April 4th. If you can spread the word too, that would be a super help! By winning, we will get to open for Sam Roberts in our own city -- so that means a free show in Victoria on April 11th!!! Also, we would get some studio time and Mazda might promote the song we do in the studio!
Anyway, your help is appreciated!!
What else is new on the horizon, etc.? We have been asked to showcase at NewMusicWest in May! That will be so much fun! The show will be in Vancouver and we'll have more details soon.
Thank you for all your love and support! We wouldn't be where we are without all of you.
Hugs!
Caroline :-)
This month we've been pretty busy with being in the studio starting the recording process and.... with this Sam Roberts contest!!! We actually made it into the finals!! Now we just need to get the most votes to win the whole thing! Starting tonight, March 25th - people should be able to log on to the www.mazdamusictour.com site to vote for us. Each e-mail address counts as a vote - so vote with all your e-mail addresses! You can vote again each day of the contest all the way to April 4th. If you can spread the word too, that would be a super help! By winning, we will get to open for Sam Roberts in our own city -- so that means a free show in Victoria on April 11th!!! Also, we would get some studio time and Mazda might promote the song we do in the studio!
Anyway, your help is appreciated!!
What else is new on the horizon, etc.? We have been asked to showcase at NewMusicWest in May! That will be so much fun! The show will be in Vancouver and we'll have more details soon.
Thank you for all your love and support! We wouldn't be where we are without all of you.
Hugs!
Caroline :-)
15.3.08
VOTE TODAY - SATURDAY MARCH 15th!!! :-)
Hi there!!
Today's the day to vote for us to get a shot to open for the Sam Roberts Band (if we win, the show will be here in Victoria - bonus! :-))
We'd really appreciate your help! Please vote and spread the word -- here are the details:
YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AT
http://www.mazdamusictour.com/en/contestvote.php?id=116
HOW TO VOTE:
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TO VOTE ONLINE:
Go to http://www.mazdamusictour.com/en/contestvote.php?id=116 and VOTE for the Caroline Spence Band - voting starts NOW on Saturday March 15th and goes all day until 8pm Sunday night
Each e-mail counts as a vote
(and are deleted at the end of the contest, so no spam!)
If you want to help further, please pass this info along to your contact lists, or copy and paste this message into a bulletin and re-send.
TO VOTE BY CELL PHONE: Text the #5 (we're band #5) to MAZDA [62932]. Mobile voting is open from 8pm on Saturday March 15th until 2am the day after.
Each cell number counts as a vote also -- pass it on! :-)
TO VOTE IN-PERSON: Go to the UBC Pit Pub in Vancouver -- Sat March 15th and vote at the kiosks there! Show is free and starts at 9pm - we're last - so probably on closer to 11pm.
Voting in person is yet another vote -- if you can make it. If not, please vote online and via cell. Every vote helps! If you are there, that would be super -- come say hi! :-) The other bands are really awesome too -- so it should just be a great show, no matter what it's for. :-)
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN! :-)
HUGS TO YOU,
Caroline :-)
Today's the day to vote for us to get a shot to open for the Sam Roberts Band (if we win, the show will be here in Victoria - bonus! :-))
We'd really appreciate your help! Please vote and spread the word -- here are the details:
YOU CAN VOTE ONLINE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW AT
http://www.mazdamusictour.com/en/contestvote.php?id=116
HOW TO VOTE:
**************************************
TO VOTE ONLINE:
Go to http://www.mazdamusictour.com/en/contestvote.php?id=116 and VOTE for the Caroline Spence Band - voting starts NOW on Saturday March 15th and goes all day until 8pm Sunday night
Each e-mail counts as a vote
(and are deleted at the end of the contest, so no spam!)
If you want to help further, please pass this info along to your contact lists, or copy and paste this message into a bulletin and re-send.
TO VOTE BY CELL PHONE: Text the #5 (we're band #5) to MAZDA [62932]. Mobile voting is open from 8pm on Saturday March 15th until 2am the day after.
Each cell number counts as a vote also -- pass it on! :-)
TO VOTE IN-PERSON: Go to the UBC Pit Pub in Vancouver -- Sat March 15th and vote at the kiosks there! Show is free and starts at 9pm - we're last - so probably on closer to 11pm.
Voting in person is yet another vote -- if you can make it. If not, please vote online and via cell. Every vote helps! If you are there, that would be super -- come say hi! :-) The other bands are really awesome too -- so it should just be a great show, no matter what it's for. :-)
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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING US TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN! :-)
HUGS TO YOU,
Caroline :-)
3.3.08
CSB HAS A CHANCE TO OPEN FOR SAM ROBERTS BAND - If you'll help us - and it means a FREE concert in Victoria - so BONUS!!!
Well folks, thanks to all of you who voted for us - we've made it to the next stage in the Mazda Music Tour Contest!! The prize is that we'll get to open for the Sam Roberts Band at a FREE concert he'll play locally, if we win! Yep, we get to have a free Sam Roberts concert AND get to open for him. AND they also give let you record one of your songs at a top notch local studio on their time. SWEET! :-)
So here's what has to happen for us to win the next stage:
ON SATURDAY, MARCH 15th, 2008 - we need you to go to www.mazdamusictour.com and VOTE for the Caroline Spence Band. Each e-mail address is a vote. These are all deleted after the concert, so there's no spam. You can also vote via cell phone as well - but I'll have to get those details to you when I know them myself. We need you to vote and to get as many people on your mailing lists to vote as well. That is your mission, should you choose to help this lil independent band from Victoria, BC! We will be forever grateful to you! You can also e-mail me with your e-mail or cell phone number so I can remind you on that day. info@carolinespence.com
We have to be chosen out of 5 bands for this stage so we would represent our region. We will be playing a LIVE concert at UBC - The Pit on the night of March 15th, if you'd like to come out in person - you can also vote in person as well. Once we pass this level, we would need to have people vote for us for the final level out of the regional winners across Canada - and we will get you details of how to do that, once we would get to that stage.
Anyway, it's exciting news - and we want to thank you so much for your support! :-) Many hugs from the CSB - Caroline, Polly & Adam
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ALSO: Coming up in March - a local show at the Fernwood NRG Living Room Stage - awesome sound, food, refreshment and a night of pure JOY! This is just awesome - with cosy couches and lots of laughter. $8 and it starts at 8pm. This will be in the Fernwood Community Centre - 1240 Gladstone Avenue in Victoria.
So here's what has to happen for us to win the next stage:
ON SATURDAY, MARCH 15th, 2008 - we need you to go to www.mazdamusictour.com and VOTE for the Caroline Spence Band. Each e-mail address is a vote. These are all deleted after the concert, so there's no spam. You can also vote via cell phone as well - but I'll have to get those details to you when I know them myself. We need you to vote and to get as many people on your mailing lists to vote as well. That is your mission, should you choose to help this lil independent band from Victoria, BC! We will be forever grateful to you! You can also e-mail me with your e-mail or cell phone number so I can remind you on that day. info@carolinespence.com
We have to be chosen out of 5 bands for this stage so we would represent our region. We will be playing a LIVE concert at UBC - The Pit on the night of March 15th, if you'd like to come out in person - you can also vote in person as well. Once we pass this level, we would need to have people vote for us for the final level out of the regional winners across Canada - and we will get you details of how to do that, once we would get to that stage.
Anyway, it's exciting news - and we want to thank you so much for your support! :-) Many hugs from the CSB - Caroline, Polly & Adam
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ALSO: Coming up in March - a local show at the Fernwood NRG Living Room Stage - awesome sound, food, refreshment and a night of pure JOY! This is just awesome - with cosy couches and lots of laughter. $8 and it starts at 8pm. This will be in the Fernwood Community Centre - 1240 Gladstone Avenue in Victoria.
20.2.08
February News 2008
Hi everyone who reads this blog! :-) We've had quite an exciting month - and looks to get even more exciting through March!
First off -- we went to Whistler and opened for Melissa Ferrick at the Whistler Pride Week celebrations! It was super awesome - great people, great sound, great stage! What a great show! Melissa Ferrick was absolutely phenomenal as well -- highly recommend checking her out! She was Ani di Franco's opening act on her recent tour.
Our set went really well. It was the three of us, and it was a big, open sound that really brought out the loveliness of what everyone was doing. The vocal harmonies were beautiful, and the violin and guitar solos were impressive! Polly and Adam really were awesome. I wore a corset type top and couldn't bend over very well - but other than that, had a fine time performing! :-) So much fun! The audience was really receptive, funny and awesome! I hope we get invited next year! (did I use too many exclamation marks? I think I might have!! See? LOL!)
We've been working on the Cornerstone Collective Records label that we mentioned last month - had a really great launch -- and a fundraiser gig this month that was just so much fun. We're doing it again next month, March 21st - so save the date. I made a really awesome spinach lasagne - I was so proud of myself. Yeah, we all brought food to share included in the price - yummy! The Fernwood Community Centre has a lovely living room that we held the event in. Really cosy, and we made it so pretty with lights and material. One of the better 'intimate' stages I've played. The sound was just awesome! We had Brad Hawkes come out and join our set with his 'cajon' drum - it's like a box that he sits on and plays. Very cool! Thanks, Brad! :-)
Some of you know that we're so far placed first in a contest to have a chance to open for the Sam Roberts Band - AND bring the Sam Roberts Band to play a show here in VICTORIA!!!! How cool is that!! Well, we have to win it first, to get his band to play in Victoria - whoever wins gets the band to play wherever they are. SOOOOO -- for those who have been voting everyday with all their e-mail addresses, we THANK YOU! For those who just read this -- go to http://www.mazdamusictour.com/en/profile.php?id=116 and vote for us. This is a spam free contest -- whoohoo! So you have no worries entering your email as all the info gets deleted after the contest. I read the fine print! :-)
We'll find out for sure if we're going to get to go to the semi-finals by the end of this month, so we'll let you know what's going on from there! But exciting stuff indeed! YAY!
And in March, we will be starting to record a new album. Looking forward to that process - and finally getting some new stuff out to you!
Ok... hope you are doing well! Take care of yourself - and remember to follow your dreams.
Lots of hugs,
Caroline :-)
P.S. Come on over and say hello to us at:
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroline-Spence-Band/5651719905
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/carolinespence
Reverbnation - http://www.reverbnation.com/carolinespenceband
First off -- we went to Whistler and opened for Melissa Ferrick at the Whistler Pride Week celebrations! It was super awesome - great people, great sound, great stage! What a great show! Melissa Ferrick was absolutely phenomenal as well -- highly recommend checking her out! She was Ani di Franco's opening act on her recent tour.
Our set went really well. It was the three of us, and it was a big, open sound that really brought out the loveliness of what everyone was doing. The vocal harmonies were beautiful, and the violin and guitar solos were impressive! Polly and Adam really were awesome. I wore a corset type top and couldn't bend over very well - but other than that, had a fine time performing! :-) So much fun! The audience was really receptive, funny and awesome! I hope we get invited next year! (did I use too many exclamation marks? I think I might have!! See? LOL!)
We've been working on the Cornerstone Collective Records label that we mentioned last month - had a really great launch -- and a fundraiser gig this month that was just so much fun. We're doing it again next month, March 21st - so save the date. I made a really awesome spinach lasagne - I was so proud of myself. Yeah, we all brought food to share included in the price - yummy! The Fernwood Community Centre has a lovely living room that we held the event in. Really cosy, and we made it so pretty with lights and material. One of the better 'intimate' stages I've played. The sound was just awesome! We had Brad Hawkes come out and join our set with his 'cajon' drum - it's like a box that he sits on and plays. Very cool! Thanks, Brad! :-)
Some of you know that we're so far placed first in a contest to have a chance to open for the Sam Roberts Band - AND bring the Sam Roberts Band to play a show here in VICTORIA!!!! How cool is that!! Well, we have to win it first, to get his band to play in Victoria - whoever wins gets the band to play wherever they are. SOOOOO -- for those who have been voting everyday with all their e-mail addresses, we THANK YOU! For those who just read this -- go to http://www.mazdamusictour.com/en/profile.php?id=116 and vote for us. This is a spam free contest -- whoohoo! So you have no worries entering your email as all the info gets deleted after the contest. I read the fine print! :-)
We'll find out for sure if we're going to get to go to the semi-finals by the end of this month, so we'll let you know what's going on from there! But exciting stuff indeed! YAY!
And in March, we will be starting to record a new album. Looking forward to that process - and finally getting some new stuff out to you!
Ok... hope you are doing well! Take care of yourself - and remember to follow your dreams.
Lots of hugs,
Caroline :-)
P.S. Come on over and say hello to us at:
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Caroline-Spence-Band/5651719905
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/carolinespence
Reverbnation - http://www.reverbnation.com/carolinespenceband
10.1.08
January Updates
Well, we're off to a bright start this year with lots of cool stuff on the horizon. First off, we'd like to thank you so much for your support over the years, including this past one! It means a lot to us.
Up next -- some shows!
Cornerstone Anniversary Party -- 1 year of goodness coming from the musical epi-centre of Fernwood - the Cornerstone Cafe. We'll be celebrating Saturday, January 26th starting at 7:30pm. Come on down and hear some of the best from the Fernwood music scene - and celebrate the launch of Cornerstone Cafe Records! Free - PLUS CAKE! Yum!
THEN - we're heading up to Whistler for the Whistler PrideWeek Celebrations on the weekend of February 8th. We'll be opening for Melissa Ferrick (who will be opening for Ani diFranco on her upcoming tour). Should be tons o' fun! If you're going, let us know so we can connect with you there. Here's the link to get tickets for the show: http://www.gaywhistler.com/womensevents.html
Next up after that will be a couple of local shows, one on February 15 and one in March for to celebrate the launch of our new collective label endeavour with a bunch of other indie artists. The two shows will be acoustic house concert/party events to raise funds to help build the label and promote local musicians. Both will be at the Fernwood Community Centre in the 'living room' in front of the fire. We'll have a potluck and lots of great entertainment. More details soon!
Other community items:
CSB will be featured on the Carolwood fundraiser compilation and will have a spot in their summer festival
We'll be playing a benefit show in March to help bring awareness to homelessness issues in our city. More details soon!
What's up next for the band:
Recording a shiny new studio album - set for release Summer 2008. This will feature the song, 'I Do' that so many of you raved about on our Wyld Lily Tour!
Playing a number of festivals and shows in Canada and the UK over the summer and fall of 2008!
Stuff to link to:
Join us on Facebook, Reverbnation or MySpace. We're there - and there's free stuff to listen to everywhere!
Drop us a line anytime - we love hearing from you! Back soon with more!
HUG
CSB - Caroline, Polly and Adam
Up next -- some shows!
Cornerstone Anniversary Party -- 1 year of goodness coming from the musical epi-centre of Fernwood - the Cornerstone Cafe. We'll be celebrating Saturday, January 26th starting at 7:30pm. Come on down and hear some of the best from the Fernwood music scene - and celebrate the launch of Cornerstone Cafe Records! Free - PLUS CAKE! Yum!
THEN - we're heading up to Whistler for the Whistler PrideWeek Celebrations on the weekend of February 8th. We'll be opening for Melissa Ferrick (who will be opening for Ani diFranco on her upcoming tour). Should be tons o' fun! If you're going, let us know so we can connect with you there. Here's the link to get tickets for the show: http://www.gaywhistler.com/womensevents.html
Next up after that will be a couple of local shows, one on February 15 and one in March for to celebrate the launch of our new collective label endeavour with a bunch of other indie artists. The two shows will be acoustic house concert/party events to raise funds to help build the label and promote local musicians. Both will be at the Fernwood Community Centre in the 'living room' in front of the fire. We'll have a potluck and lots of great entertainment. More details soon!
Other community items:
CSB will be featured on the Carolwood fundraiser compilation and will have a spot in their summer festival
We'll be playing a benefit show in March to help bring awareness to homelessness issues in our city. More details soon!
What's up next for the band:
Recording a shiny new studio album - set for release Summer 2008. This will feature the song, 'I Do' that so many of you raved about on our Wyld Lily Tour!
Playing a number of festivals and shows in Canada and the UK over the summer and fall of 2008!
Stuff to link to:
Join us on Facebook, Reverbnation or MySpace. We're there - and there's free stuff to listen to everywhere!
Drop us a line anytime - we love hearing from you! Back soon with more!
HUG
CSB - Caroline, Polly and Adam
1.1.08
January 2008 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Happy New Year to you! Hope it is a wonderful year for you, this brand new 2008! :-)
Just want to let you know that our performance on CFAX 1070 to celebrate the new year went swimmingly well! Hope you were able to listen in either on the radio or online this morning. Some of Victoria's most exciting acts all performed for a 5 hour block today, and shared stories of their new year's traditions. Lots of fun! Thanks to James Kasper for co-hosting as well as inviting us! :-)
Lots of great stuff planned for the year ahead! Festivals, shows, recordings! We're looking forward to 2008. We're performing a more rootsy, acoustic show this year with a more 'organic' flavour, focusing on the 3-part harmony vocals and instrumentation.
We're on Facebook and MySpace - so add us there if you are on there too! www.myspace.com/carolinespence and look for the Caroline Spence Music group on Facebook!
More exciting installments soon!
And most of all, thank YOU for your support. I do appreciate your letters and comments and visits to see what we're up to lately!
Much love and hugs,
Caroline
Just want to let you know that our performance on CFAX 1070 to celebrate the new year went swimmingly well! Hope you were able to listen in either on the radio or online this morning. Some of Victoria's most exciting acts all performed for a 5 hour block today, and shared stories of their new year's traditions. Lots of fun! Thanks to James Kasper for co-hosting as well as inviting us! :-)
Lots of great stuff planned for the year ahead! Festivals, shows, recordings! We're looking forward to 2008. We're performing a more rootsy, acoustic show this year with a more 'organic' flavour, focusing on the 3-part harmony vocals and instrumentation.
We're on Facebook and MySpace - so add us there if you are on there too! www.myspace.com/carolinespence and look for the Caroline Spence Music group on Facebook!
More exciting installments soon!
And most of all, thank YOU for your support. I do appreciate your letters and comments and visits to see what we're up to lately!
Much love and hugs,
Caroline
24.10.07
RIP Franco :-(
For those of you following the Caroline Spence Band - you will know that we had a doggie named Franco as a bandmate for a number of years. Our dear canine friend (and ex-bandmate Ken's son) passed away recently. He was one of those dogs that is so smart and handsome and wonderful, you just count him amongst your friends. Rest in peace, Franco. We love you.
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