A R C H I V E S
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November 2011 - the release of Pretty Alright EP online and on iTunes, release show at FM Lounge, review by Jamie Greer in The Windsor Zene.
October 2011 - maritime tour, Halifax Pop Explosion, Rich Aucoin CD release show - fun times.
September 2011 - recording of the Pretty Alright EP continues, fundraising show, fantastic article in The Lance, the EP pre-order ends succesfully.
August 2011 - recording begins on Pretty Alright, pre-order begins.
July 2011 - I called in to the CBC and sang Sarah Harmer's song "Captive" into their answering machine and they put on their podcast!, newsletter #4 goes out, Mike Kinsella posts a cute video of his daughter playing with a toy I sewed, I go on vacation.
June 2011 - got my new Martin 000-15M guitar, posted a live video of "Go" performed with the new guitar.
May 2011 - performed with Mary Stewart, performed with Rebekah Higgs, May 27 marks one year of non-smoking.
April 2011 - won CJAM Jammy Award for Best Local Band/Musician, had a cupcake party show with four dozen free cupcakes, played with Grey Kingdom.
March 2011 - flower brooches make it to the merch table, The Get Up Kids: Cupcake Mission (success), "Coming Home" featured in Grant Lawrence's CBC Radio 3 Podcast, Darling, Darling becomes available at Dr. Disc and on iTunes, second newsletter goes out, Darling, Darling hits #1 on CJAM FM's charts.
February 2011 - Separate Cities is featured in local music sampler by WindsorZene, interview with CanadaIsAMusicMec.ca.
January 2011 - the mailing list is revamped, the Made By Crissi store is launched with cute handmade birdies for sale, played a show with the Mountains & The Trees.
December 2010 - played more shows than you can shake a stick at!, sang Christmas tunes live on CJAM with Mike Hargreaves, and then put them up on Youtube.
November 2010 - performed with Ramona Cordova and Justin Rutledge, review in University of Windsor's "The Lance", review in UK blog "Here Comes Everyone", review on Grayowl Point blog.
October 2010 - interview with The Peverett Phile, mention in Toronto Star article, show announcements.
September 2010 - video of song Trains taken while riding the train, review of Darling, Darling on HeroHill, mention in The Coast, website gets a new design, the weekly Sunday Night Variety Show begins, and five different Toyota ads are released featuring my vocals in the end of the jingle.
August 2010 - interview on CKDU, ads in The Coast, official video announcement about moving to Windsor, write-up in The Coast, "Darling, Darling" CD release show at The Company House, album available for purchase online, review of "Darling, Darling" on thescrapyard.ca, release of live videos from CD release show, preparations for move to Windsor
July 2010 - end of the pre-order campaign, over $1700 raised, video announcement of ukulele contest winner, vacation to Windsor
June 2010 - launch of the pre-order for Darling, Darling, the posting of a video interview featuring a clip of Kinda Late from the new album, Kinda Late goes up for free download, a review from a show with Michou in May 2010, the launch of a live performance video of Lonely For Me on the ukulele used in the contest with the pre-order for the record! Busy busy month!
May 2010 - not a whole lot happened.
April 2010 - posted a little poem, and small pictures I took with my camera while walking around Halifax.
March 2010 - live shots taken by Christina Naccarato of me at Phog Lounge in February, new music video for So Far Apart online, home video of new song "Fine", and I win 2nd runner up in the Coast's "Best Of Music" issue for "best artist to enjoy quietly"!
February 2010 - home video of new song "Go", Interview with Jason Peverett of the Peverett Phile, my "Oh, Is It Love" Hellogoodbye cover streaming free online, Folkin' Around interview on OurStage.com (Falling In Love With Crissi Cochrane), release of the Coming Home music video, and footage of show at the Phog Lounge in Windsor shot/edited by Christina Ienna
January 2010 - "You Are My Sunshine" tape recording by my dad circa 1993, video of dad and I playing Last Kiss at a campfire in the summer, video of Drew Jurecka recording the strings for the new album in Toronto, cover of Mexico by Simon Outhit, free mp3 download of new song Blame, video of Crissi and Jeff Kingsbury performing A Day Late (Anberlin cover) in 2007, home video of new song The Needle
December 2009 - planes: the blogs from my trip to Chicago to record the new album (including tons of pictures taken from my Blackberry and my drastic haircut), photoshoot with Tess Lucas, pictures of me from highschool, I finally joined Twitter, trains: my trip home for Christmas, and a home recording of new song "Trains" for free download
November 2009 - new buttons, Mexico music video is released, all MP3s from the Sampler CD and Bathroom EP are made available for purchase online, home video of myself covering "Rosehips" by Ontario boys Michou
October 2009 - performance video of Elevators taken by/for the Halifax Pop Explosion
September 2009