Sam Weber CD Release Show at Upstairs Cabaret

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Friday, August 9th, 2013
8:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Tickets available at Ditch Records, via Lindsay/Chris/Sam or online here: http://www.ticketzone.com/wafform.aspx?_act=eventview&_pky=179292

The CD release show for Sam's debut LP, "Shadows in the Road" !

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SAM WEBER

When he was seventeen, Sam Weber attended a songwriting program put on by the Berklee College of Music in Los Angeles, California. His work there earned him a scholarship for the school�s five-week program in Boston where he attended classes the following summer. During the five weeks, Sam spent his free time crafting songs in the stairwell of 181 Commonwealth Avenue.

He was awarded a scholarship to attend Berklee full-time, but returned to Canada instead to play guitar with Jets Overhead in support of their album �Boredom and Joy." During his term with Jets, the band played numerous festivals and toured with Canadian greats like Sam Roberts, The Tragically Hip, Said the Whale, Current Swell, and Stars.

Since then, Sam has kept busy at home in Victoria, BC, making records and playing shows with Chris Ho, Lindsay Bryan, Davenport, Dougal Bain McLean, and the like.

While building a name as a sideman and producer, Sam refined his own material. With help from friends Adam Sutherland (Infinitistudios) and Jason Cook (Oh Hey Man Studio), he completed his debut LP: "Shadows in the Road."

For a young man, Sam Weber has been playing music for a long time. Only now is he standing on the threshold of his full creative potential, wholly prepared for wherever the road will take him. "Shadows in the Road" is a culmination of the twists and turns that led him to where he is today. Instilled with universal themes of isolation, longing, and uncertainty, his style of songwriting is as adventurous and moving as it is unpretentious and candid. 'Shadows' marks Weber's soft-retreat from a life dedicated to other people's music and a power move in the name of his own artistic sovereignty.

www.samweber.me
www.facebook.com/samwebermusic
www.twitter.com/webermusic
www.webermusic.bandcamp.com
www.youtube.com/samweber12
www.bellemarerecords.com

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LINDSAY BRYAN

Born and raised on the Southern Gulf Islands of British Colulmbia, it was clear at a young age that Lindsay Bryan had to create her own entertainment. With no shopping malls, movie theatres or video arcades to distract her from her own potential, she excelled at piano, and taught herself the guitar. By high school she was writing and recording her own music, as well as taking any opportunity to perform her songs at local coffee shops, school assemblies and talent shows.

In 2006 Lindsay moved to Victoria and emmersed herself in its ever growing, close knit music community. She quickly made a name for herself winning Battle of the Bands competetitions and even landing a spot in the Top 10 of David Foster�s Star Search.

Lindsay�s music is a crossroad of acoustic folk and pop driven indie rock. Taking tips from Tegan and Sara, Joel Plaskett, Sarah Harmer and Norah Jones, her strengths as a songwriter are undeniable, and that is something she takes very seriously. Her arrangements are cohesive, her lyrics are clever, and her union of chords and melody is nothing short of catchy.

In 2010 she recorded her debut EP Skyscraper, produced by Ted Gowans of Tegan and Sara, and coproduced by reknowned Victoria producer Adam Sutherland. Since then, Lindsay has been part of BC�s covetted Peak Performance Project Top 20, played the increasingly popular Rifflandia Festival, received airplay on 102.7 The Peak, CBC Radio, The Zone 91.3, was nominated for 3 Vancouver Island Music Awards including Artist of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and took home the SOCAN Song of the Year Award for her EP title track, Skyscraper.

Lindsay can also be found singing backup for other acclaimed Victoria artists such as Steph Macpherson, Jean-Paul Maurice, as well as singing in her local cover band The Bright Side.

www.lindsaybryan.com


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CHRIS HO

After years of quietly giving out homemade demos in Victoria and Vancouver, the traditionally introverted singer- songwriter developed an extroverted streak as a modest following forced him out of his shell and onto a stage.

Establishing two sides to himself � the recluse and the exhibitionist � Chris Ho created a fresh dichotomy, inspiring both upbeat and subdued songwriting.

His debut album City of Dust was released this January, which then earned him an award for "Island Songwriter of the Year" in the Vancouver Island Music Awards. By April, the new album had garnered attention from media outlets across the country, with the infectiously catchy track "Story Of The Flood" charting at #2 on CBC Radio 3's Weekly Top 30. Around the same time, Ho embarked on his first Western Canadian Tour, to further support the successful release of the debut LP.

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