From: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org (canadian-music-digest) To: canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Subject: canadian-music-digest V1 #72 Reply-To: canadian-music@smoe.org Sender: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-canadian-music-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk canadian-music-digest Sunday, September 13 1998 Volume 01 : Number 072 Today's Subjects: ----------------- BS(T): Going away for the weekend... ["Tabassum Siddiqui" Subject: BS(T): Going away for the weekend... Hey, all... Sorry for the crosspost, but I just wanted to let everyone who I owe mail to that I'll get to it on Monday, as I'm going down to the States for the weekend to visit my aunt who just had a baby. :) So I'm not ignoring y'all, really - I'm just a little behind, is all. ;-) Have a good weekend, everybody! - - Tab :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 21:17:22 PDT From: "Tabassum Siddiqui" Subject: Emm Gryner WAS: Re: Folkfest day 1!!! Colleen wrote: >For the record, there was so much on this list about Emm Gryner that, >having not heard a note of her music, I picked up a tape--and have >been very impressed. Is _Public_ her only work? After a while, I >gave up on reading all the stuff about her (since I couldn't relate) >that I just deleted the messages, so don't assume I know anything >about her, just because it's already been said here. *smile* As yer resident CrazedEmmFan , I figured I had to fill you in. Good work getting "Public" - isn't it a *great* album? Anyhow, her prior work is few and far between, but it does exist. Before "Public", Emm studied record production at college, then moved to Toronto to try her hand at becoming a professional musician. She set up her own label, Dead Daisy Records, and gigged constantly in all the local clubs on her own and with other musician friends, such as Sarah Slean. She put out a demo CD, "And Distrust It", in '95, when she was only 19-20 (it wasn't really readily available in stores or anything, but you could get it at her shows, and at some stores that carried indie product - apparently there were very few ever produced, and you can't get it anywhere now. But I have one - yay! ;)), followed by 2 very short EPs - one of cover songs called "Girl Versions", and one with songs by Emm and 3 local artists called "The Sodium Rainbow". [these aren't really available now] Then in '96 she released her debut full-length album called "The Original Leap Year", on her own label. That album contained many of the songs that were later re-worked for "Public", and was a concept album of sorts, with 12 songs, one for each month of the year. This album attracted the attention of many in the industry and led to her eventual signing with Mercury. [You can still get 'Leap Year' by ordering it from some HMVs, specifically the one in Toronto, and some online places list it as well] Personally, I'm amazed at how well 'Leap Year' stands up to 'Public'. Emm has said she recorded 'Leap Year' on a shoestring, but it compares so well to the big-budget major-label 'Public' that you can barely tell. There's a bit of an additional sheen, or lushness to the production on 'Public' than 'TOLY', but it's basically Emm's incredible musicianship and songwriting skills that make her music so special. BTW, for those of you for whom this is old nooz, uh, sorry! ;) - - Tab :) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ End of canadian-music-digest V1 #72 ***********************************