FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For venue information please contact
Stefanie Purificati
Programmer/Production Coordinator
Drake Hotel
1150 Queen St West
Toronto, ON
416.531.5042 x 258
www.thedrakehotel.ca

Meet Me At The Drake
Opens your eyes and ears to the best new musical talent in the country

As a bid to bridge the geographical obstacles facing independent Canadian bands and artists, Drake Hotel is proud to partner with From Here To There Records and Halifax Pop Explosion for the launch of an exciting new musical concept. “Meet Me At The Drake” provides a home base for artists from the all over Canada as well as a platform from which to showcase their skills and talents to the largest music market in the country.

The Artist In Residence program at the Drake Hotel unites east and west by offering both a place for bands to stay and a place for bands to play during their one month residency in Toronto. Drake Hotel will be pursuing new musical talent through this new residency program in 2007.

For the launch of this program in March 2007, Drake Hotel welcomes Their Majesties from Halifax NS. Their Majesties are a pop-rock outfit that blends the youthful exuberance of Supergrass, a cleverness reminiscent of the Kinks, driving guitars, classically-influenced piano, and a rhythm section at times as nimble and intuitive as early-era Police.

Join us on Mondays starting in March to be a part of this rocking cultural project. You never know who you might meet at the Drake!

For more information on From Here To There Records go to:
http://www.fhttrecords.com/

For more information on Halifax Pop Explosion go to:
http://www.halifaxpopexplosion.com/

For more information of Their Majesties go to:
http://www.theirmajesties.com/

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Last week when I wrote about asking for things I wrote:

In the coming weeks, perhaps days even, I’ll be announcing a trail project aiming to get east coast bands more exposure outside the region. It’s nothing revolutionary, but I do believe it can stand as a good opportunity for bands that are part of it.

The Drake Residency is what I was referring to. Good things will happen if you simply ask.

After meeting Stefanie at the last Pop Explosion and visiting the Drake’s website where I saw their Artist in Resident program I though they might be the perfect people to pitch a music residency to. So I did up a brief one page proposal/idea summary and here we are.

Stefanie has been great from the time I first met her at a workshop on booking tours through to making all this happen.

And if she/they had said no? I would have waited and eventually tried somewhere else. Not a big deal

But right now I’m just damn excited they’re so into this.

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