2011 Winners Announced!
Tonight, November 17th 2011 at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, the PEAK Performance Project announced the rankings of their top 3 artists! 1st place, winning $100,500: Current Swell! 2nd place, taking home $75,000: The Boom Booms! 3rd place, with $50,000: the Matinee! Congratulations and thank you to everyone involved!
Top 5
Music BC and 100.5 the PEAK would like to congratulate the top 5 artists in the 2011 PEAK Performance Project! In 5th place, winning $5,000: In 4th Place, taking home $10,000: ACRES OF LIONS HILARY GRIST And our Top 3 Artists, in no particular order (ranking to be announced at the PEAK Performance Project Finale Concert on November 17th), TICKETS for the PEAK Performance Project Finale are now on sale through Ticketmaster, for $10.05 plus service charges. Commodore Ballroom, ...
“Vancouver 125″ Free Downloads
Download Disc 1 | Download Disc 2 Songs written by the 2011 PEAK Top 20 artists between July 1st and August 26th, 2011. Recorded in the wee hours of the morning at the PEAK Boot Camp, each of the artists was assigned one of 5 producers to produce their songs. These producers; Shawn Cole, Garth Richardson, Warne Livesey, Dane Deviller and Winston Hauschild worked around the clock to make these songs happened as each of them had 4 bands to produce and only 6 nights to do it in. Garth and Shawn also harnessed the power of Nimbus Recording Studio students ...
Canada Day MP3 Downloads
Get patriotic this Canada Day with these free song downloads by our 2011 Top 20! Enjoy these instant classics from bands you'll be listening to for years to come! The PEAK Performance Project, showing the world how great BC talent really is! Download all these songs in a ZIP now! (please right click the links to save the files to your computer) [audio:http://peakperformanceproject.com/downloads/2011/AcresofLions-BestDayEver.mp3|titles=Acres of Lions - Best Day Ever] Acres of Lions - Best Day Ever | Download this song [audio:http://peakperformanceproject.com/downloads/2011/AshleighEymann-Footwork.mp3|titles=Ashleigh Eymann - Footwork] Ashleigh Eymann - Footwork | Download this song [audio:http://peakperformanceproject.com/downloads/2011/Avairis-SummertimeEmotion.mp3|titles=Avairis - Summertime Emotion] Avairis - Summertime Emotion | Download this song [audio:http://peakperformanceproject.com/downloads/2011/BehindSapphire-OhMyWhatAFineDay.mp3|titles=Behind Sapphire - Oh ...
September 29, 2011 by Acres of Lions
Acres Of Lions spent some time at the petting zoo in Beacon Hill Park earlier today talking with Adam Sawatsky from CTV News about the new album, Collections, that was released today across Canada. To listen to the album, visit Acres Of Lions on Facebook Read More →
September 29, 2011 by Fields of Green
It’s been hard… #8 Fields of Green Vlog – Johnny Quits the Band Read More →
September 29, 2011 by Acres of Lions
What a perfect night! This year, our 4th year in a row playing the Rifflandia Festival, a festival that has grown tremendously with the creativity, time and effort put into it, we played a show to an amazing crowd on September 24th, a Saturday night in Victoria at The Events Center, a MusicBC showcase with heartthrobs “The Belle Game,” “Beekeeper”...
Rifflandia Festival – Music BC Showcase
September 29, 2011 by Acres of Lions
We’ve been having an amazing time so far this weekend at the Rifflandia Festival in Victoria, BC. So many great bands and amazing weather. If you have suggestions for bands that we should be checking out, send us a message on Twitter! For those attending the festival, Acres Of Lions will be headlining the Music BC showcase tonight at the Victoria...
September 26, 2011 by The Boom Booms
We write this from the Boom Boom office in East-Van on a typical Vancouver day, surmised so succinct by our mentor’s ‘Doug and the slugs,’ as ‘…a tropical rainstorm in the lower mainland.’ Feels like a good social media day we decided. So fall news. Well the latest news being we were voted by Georgia straight readers...
September 23, 2011 by Sex With Strangers
Hello It’s been a wee while since I popped by here… but things have been super busy! Last night was the big performance night for SWS at the Red Room… we had a banner made… thought up some moves to our music and even had an electric cello on one song (thanks Michelle). Cory got his hair cut, Dan and Alexis made the visuals,...
A Quick Update from The Matinée
September 22, 2011 by The Matinee
It has been a pretty busy September. Coming off the high that was the week at boot camp, we have been hustling hard to get everything on our ever growing ‘to do’ list done. We’ve been really fortunate to reap the rewards that come with doing our charity work. The fine folks at the Coquitlam Animal Shelter have been so fun to work with...
Acres of Lions: Peak Performance Project Showcase #2
September 15, 2011 by Acres of Lions
Thursday, September 15th, 2011 The Peak Performance Project pushes on with the weekly showcases at The Red Room on Richards in Vancouver, and now it has come to ours, featuring a few great bands in which we share this endeavor with, “Current Swell,” “Avairis,” and “Fields of Green.” This was the second showcase in...
September 14, 2011 by Jean Paul Maurice
I been almost home for two weeks , I have had time to reflect on my experience at Boot Camp. The magical warm glow has now warn off considerably but the lessons and revelations that were learned, I think will stay with me for a lifetime. As cheesy as it sounds not only did I learn a lot about myself musically, but I felt like the experience actually changed me...
Acres Of Lions added as support for Ten Second Epic Tour
September 14, 2011 by Acres of Lions
September 14 – We’re excited to report that we’ve been selected to support Ten Second Epic on the band’s upcoming Canadian tour. The tour is in support of their new record, Better Off, and will hit most major centers across Canada. Confirmed tour dates are as follows: November 4: Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room November 5: Lloydminster,...
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