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The Phonix
I am the guest guitarist/vocalist this Sunday for Vancouver based funk outfit The Phonix. Guaranteed there will not be a single soul sitting down.
Every 3rd Friday @ Wired Monk in Kits
I will be performing live every 3rd Friday of the month at Wired Monk in Kitsilano. Special guests to be announced.
Next Show:
Friday, February 19th @ 8pm SHARP
2610 West 4th Avenue (between Larch and MacDonald)
Thank You
Thank you to all those that came down to the Wired Monk on Friday to watch the show. I had a blast and you were a wonderful audience. We managed to raise $130 for Haiti Relief! The money will go to the Canadian Red Cross and their efforts. Thank you for your generous spirit!
“Gut Rot” Theme Song in Full
Check out the MEDIA section to hear the “Gut Rot” theme song in its full, un-edited glory. Plug in your headphones to get the bass you need for a song like this!
“Gut Rot” Episode 1 Released
The Butler Brothers from Subprod films have released the first episode of their internet film series “Gut Rot” for which I wrote the theme song. Do yourself a favour and get in on this series now. A creative, hilarious, rough and ready piece of filmmaking. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGutRot
Two Vancouver Gigs Coming Up
I will be at Wired Monk in Kitsilano on Friday, January 22nd @ 8pm &
Monmartre Cafe on Main Street on Thursday, February 11th @ 8:30pm
Check LIVE section for more details!
“Emanuel” Video
The music documentary video for my song “Emanuel” is wrapped and it looks great! I will be looking to release it midway through January 2011 so keep your eyes on the MEDIA section of the site. The video follows a large scale bottle drive, the proceeds of which are being donated to Callanish Society (www.callanish.org). To read more about the process check into the JOURNAL section.
Callanish society is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing retreats and support programs for people living with cancer and their families.
Almost Every Monday night in November @ Not My Dog
I will be at Not My Dog in Toronto every Almost Monday night in November. This is a fantastic 25 seater venue. I have lots of new material under my belt and will use this opportunity to stretch out and twist my show like salt water taffy.
New surprises in-store every Monday night. DATES: November 2nd, 9th, 23rd
Article in HERE Magazine
Here is a link to an article from HERE magazine in Fredricton, New Brunswick that was written while I was on my east coast tour: http://herenb.canadaeast.com/music/article/730250
Vancouver Gigs – Cancelations and Re-scheduling
Here are my Vancouver cancelations and a gig that was re-scheduled.
09.11 Trees Organic Coffee House — CANCELED
09.21 Beaumont Theatre — Rescheduled to date below
09.17 Sin Bin
Vancouver, BC
295 2nd Avenue West
8pm
*Vancouver City Limits Presents
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
PS – September 9th at the Railway Club with Jeff Younger is still on and it will be AWESOME!
New Song
Check out the MEDIA section to hear a new song I put together for the S-Drive community.
Montreal Show Cancelled – Woodstock Show Added
Please note: the show in Montreal at Quais des Brumes on August 9th has been cancelled.
A show has been added in Woodstock, New Brunswick on August 5th. Check LIVE section for details.
New Photographs
Visit the MEDIA section to view new photographs in both the Promo and the Live section. Photography was contributed by Vancouver/Toronto photographer Fara Winestock in the Promo section (3 last photographs) and by Theo van Rijn in the Live section (2 last photographs).
19 Date East Coast of Canada Tour
July 15th is my Toronto launch date for my Eastern Canada Tour that will end on August 14th back in Toronto. Check out the LIVE section to see the cities I’m visiting on my east coast tour. Tell your friends, family and anybody you have any kind of remote connection with in any of the listed cities to come see my show and I promise…I won’t disappoint!
Last Month at the Big Yellow House
This will be my last month for the spring/summer season at the Cameron House. I encourage you all to make it out. This is a unique spot with great bartenders and the time allotment provides me with the opportunity to stretch my legs as a musician and performer.
Where: Cameron House (408 Queen Street West – just west of Spadina)
When: 7-9pm every Monday in June
Why: Because The Big Yellow House is made for magical happenings!
CHANGE
The cards for the One Heart Project are printed and are nearly all packaged. Visit the SHOP section to see how you can place an order for original artwork for a good cause. Visit the CHANGE section to learn more about the One Heart Project and for the latest update on the final steps of getting a new batch of medical supplies to Ejura, Ghana West Africa.
Medical Cupboard Update
Amazing but true! Visit the CHANGE section to read more about the medical cupboard that was sent to Ejura, Ghana West Africa a year ago now.
VENUE CHANGE for Vancouver Show
The venue has changed for the Sunday, March 1st Vancouver show as Wired Monk is now shut down for Live Music due to noise complaints. This venue is Bean Around the World Coffee @ 1945 Cornwall avenue. It is near Vera’s Burgers in Kitsilano. Even more intimate than the Monk. Right on the Beach! This will be a fantastic night. Early show – 7pm sharp!
C’est What?!
I recently snagged a golden opportunity in Toronto – a residency at the fantastic C’est What? Brew/Vin Pub Restaurant at 67 Front street east at Church in the St. Lawrence Market area. Every third Wednesday of the month I will be playing at C’est What? with one other band of my choosing. The night will start at 10pm sharp and end at 12am sharp – a relatively early night for a weekday and what’s more, a fantastic night of music. This is an intimate spot to hang out with great food, beer and whiskey and I’ll make sure to keep each night interesting. This is a good base for me to explore.
Look forward to seeing you there.
Canceled Shows
To those of you who were planning to attend Montreal & Ottawa shows,
I hate canceling shows! Unfortunately, I got a little ahead of myself and by the time I received the contracts for the venues I knew this trip was no longer economically viable. For the next few months I will be focusing on southern Ontario, particularly Peterborough, Oshawa, St. Catharine’s, Hamilton, Waterloo, Guelph with the occasional trips out to London and Kingston. Keep your eyes peeled for future dates. Two new shows posted for Peterborough!
Thanks for understanding. ..David
Solo
Unless otherwise stated, all of my shows from here on in will be solo. This currently presents an opportunity to explore more with my guitar and voice in the way I need to right now. Each show will be an exploration and a chance to show more from my palette of colours. It will make for some interesting nights ahead! Looking forward to sharing them all with you.
New Dates
Check out the live section to see all of the new dates posted. I’ll be hitting Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal, Ottawa & Vancouver in the next few months.
New Journal Post
Visit the journal section to read about the current CHANGE project and its progress.
Listen to the Warm
Go to the JOURNAL section to read a new post about a fantastic House concert series that I’m starting in the new year.
Opus Newsletter
Check out the November Opus Newsletter that features an article about our last CHANGE project involving the Cystic Fibrosis Ward at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver. http://www.opusframing.com/newsletter2/2008/nov/com_stpauls.html
New Journal Entry
Toronto and sketchy bars
New Journal Entry
Read about “dart night”!!!
Vue Weekly – Edmonton Article
read some press we got for the edmonton show this wednesday with Samantha Shultz
www.vueweekly.com/article.php?id=9644
Journal update
check out the journal section to read about the first couple days from the Body Electric Tour.
New Radio Interview in Media Section
Check out our media section to hear an interview Greg and I did on 1410am CFUN Vancouver.
Fall Tour Announced
Our Fall tour dates will take us from Kelowna to Montreal over a 5 week period, starting September 18th and ending October 25th. Check out the Live section (above) to see all tour dates. Hope to see you out at the shows, and tell your friends in these areas!
Long Hot Summer Night
Thanks to everyone for making Long Hot Summer night at Performance works a success. We could not have done it without all of the great people who volunteered, THANK YOU! We apologize for the late start, so it goes with live music, thanks for sticking around. Please send your best pictures from the night to greg@loosechangetrio.com and we’ll put them up on the website, thanks yo!
“jenn and joe show” at 3:15 today (aug 19)
David and I will be doing a short interview and song on CFUN radio dial 1410 am at 3:15pm today to promote Long Hot Summer Night this thursday. Check er out!
Featured in Today’s Province – “A Jingling of Loose Change”
Loose Change Trio was featured in today’s province, Tuesday August 19th. Thank you to John P. Mclaughlin for being a wonderfully helpful supporter. Follow this link to view the article: http://www.canada.com/cityguides/vancouver/story.html?id=1bad3fda-13e9-4a21-93d7-a9199e42eed9
Long Hot Summer Night Tickets Available
The event you have been waiting for all summer long is now on sale! You can find tickets for the hottest show this summer at: Zulu Records 1972 West 4th Avenue
Highlife Records 1317 Commercial Drive
Tickets are $15 in advance & $17 at the door
Long Hot Summer Night will feature Loose Change Trio and the Reggae/Hip Hop phenomenon Your House (www.myspace.com/yourhousetheband)
David’s Solo Show @ Trees
Come on down Friday, July 18th to Trees Organic Coffee House (450 Granville Street) and hear some new material I’ve been writing as performed by myself and Andrew Braun.
New Journal Entry – Tour Diary
Check out the journal section to read about our tour to Calgary last month, we’re very proud of this post, click on the pictures to enlarge.
New Video
Visit our Media section to take a look at us playing in Vancouver City Limits Live @ The Beaumont Theatre on June 16th ‘08. First song is a brand new track re-worked from a song Greg and I wrote 3 or 4 years ago. Two more videos to come soon including a short documentary on the band and a song from my last solo show at Wired Monk.
Georgia Straight Review
Unstruck Note is reviewed in the local discs section of this week’s Georgia Straight. Pick up a copy or go to our PRESS section where we will keep the review up in full until sometime next week.
Street Team
Some of you may have noticed the new “Street Team” button on the sidebar. Help spread the word about Loose Change Trio and click on this button to join our Official Street Team.
As a member of the street team you will have access to exclusive downloads, pictures, videos, contests & more! All you have to do is help spread the word about LCT. Now how easy and rewarding is that?!
New Change Initiative: DVD’s and Art supplies for St. Paul’s Hosptal
We’re working on the latest project, check out the “change” section and read about why we’re doing this, and what we hope to accomplish.
Birthday Party Tour
Thanks to everybody who came out to our shows on tour. We had a great time and are looking forward to coming back through in September for our cross Canada tour. If you didn’t get a chance to sign up for our tour updates you can do so on the side bar of this page by clicking the “Change Gang” button.
Betty Crocker
Go to the Change section to read about yet another generous offer towards our first initiative.
Change
Our first CHANGE initiative is nearing completion. Visit the Change section to read more about the final stages of the Medical Cupboard for the Neo-Humanist Primary School of Ejura and view some new photos.
Links Page
After visiting Jeff Younger’s site and looking at his links page I realize what an amazing job he is doing in keeping a stronger sense of community by adding captions of love for each player and institution he recognizes. Needless to say, I have now done the same so if you want to read some of the reasons these talented and generous souls were included on our link page, now you can.
Last Night at the Railway
Thank you to everyone who came out last night and special thanks to Jeff Younger for having us. What a blast! Great to finally be out there again. We’ve got lots more this summer. Check out our Live section for more details. Great to see you all!
WE7
Want to learn more about the new link posted on the sidebar of our site? Click on the Journal section.
Vancouver Sun Review
A little late notice, but yesterday we were reviewed in the Sun by Amy O’Brian. Just thought I’d put up one of the prettier excerpts. “Their talent and ambition shine brightly through the music. This is a rare, bold foray into melodic experimentation.”
Thank you, Amy.
Two New Reviews
Visit our journal section to read two new glowing reviews of our album. One comes from a freelance writer for web based music reviews and the other from one of the biggest Blues and Roots websites from Belgium & The Netherlands – www.rootstime.be. They also have a radio station called Rootsradio that we are currently receiving airtime on.
Hooray!
In the wake of a couple of mediocre to down right nasty reviews I thought I’d post this one right up on the homepage for the world to see.
Stirring in funk with some great jazz moves and more than a little R&B/soul, singer/writer/guitarist David Ward, aided by the rock solid and utterly sympathetic Greg Bevis on drums and percussion and Sam Shoicett on bass, has come up with a delicious musical gumbo here. Seemingly unencumbered by the usual conventions, there’s a surprise around every corner, some odd and appealing tempo change or modulation or vocal swoop that’ll keep the headphones on. Think Zappa meets James Brown meets Tom Waits meets Stan Getz meets Marvin Gaye – there are a lot of flavours to the Unstruck Note. One of my favourites in a long time. — John P. McLaughlin of The Province
Unstruck Note available on itunes
Click on itunes to buy your copy today.
CHUO FM and 4REAL.com
Check out our media page to listen to an interview David did on CHUO FM, University of Ottawa’s campus radio station before the album release. Also, for more information on the new 4REAL link we’ve posted on the sidebar check out our change section.
Change
Check out our Change section to view updates on the progress of the medical cupboard for the International Neo-Humanist Primary School of Ejura in Ghana, West Africa.
Reviews for Unstruck Note
Check out two new reviews for “Unstruck Note” at the following links:
http://www.ronatron.net/loose-change-trio-show-and-cd-review/
http://www.anevibe.com/music-reviews/loose-change-trio-unstruck-note.html
There are more writers currently at work so keep posted to read on…
Buy Unstruck Note online
Our new record has officially been released! Please visit the Shop section and buy a copy for you, your dog and your postman. You can buy it online at www.amazon.com by searching loose change trio
CD Release Party
Thanks to everyone who came out on friday for our CD release party. The entire band had a great time, and we’re looking forward to many more sold out shows. Check out some pics from the night in the media section.
Japanese TV Show Theme Song
Check into the Journal and Media sections to listen to a theme song Dave wrote and played for a Japanese tv show.
New Video
Check out the latest video in our media section. The third and final chapter in the “We Gotta Rock” series.
Pre-Order Tickets for the Album Release Party
Pre-order your tickets for the album release party by emailing either Greg or David:
greg@loosechangetrio.com
david@loosechangetrio.com
New Video
Check out the latest video in our media section.
Updated Review by Eric Porcher
Eric Porcher has updated his blog review of Loose Change Trio and their new album. You can also check out his website to view his photography and more about the band.
A Video Note from LCT
Dave and Greg have a quick message. Please visit the Media Section and press play
We’ve solved the music player problem
If the Tunes player has been playing the songs in slow motion, then you need to update your flash! You can do that here www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html it only takes a second, and we’d prefer it if you didn’t listen to our music like David is singing under water.
Track of the Day on CBC radio 3
“Enough Said” is featured on CBC radio 3 as the track of the day for Tuesday Jan. 22 in the blog section. Check it out. thousands of Canadians all across the world download this as a podcast everyday!www.cbcradio3.com
Music Player
We’d like to apologize for the current state of the music player. It seems to be playing the tracks at a slower pace and re-starting the song every time you click a button. It is undergoing some changes, but in the meantime I’d like to let you know that while I do consider myself a man my voice isn’t quite that ruggedly low. Thanks for your patience. Check out www.myspace.com/loosechangetrio to hear what they actually sound like.
CBC Radio 3 Interview
January 12th, 2008 David will be going into CBC Radio 3 studios on Monday to talk about the new record and the band. No word as to when it will be aired so keep posted to our site and the myspace for details – www.myspace.com/loosechangetrio.
David’s life in Ghana Africa
December 9th, 2007 David is living in Ghana attending the Kusun Ensemble’s drum and dance school. Read about this amazing experience at his blog. www.gartoninghana.blogspot.com
New record
December 9th, 2007 Unstruck Note, produced by Adam Fulton (Terry Clark, Paul McCartney) and recorded at Mushroom Studios, is an amalgamation of lead singer/songwriter David Ward’s history as an actor and classically trained vocalist, and drummer Greg Bevis’ varied past in Jazz and funk outfits. Reverently influenced by jazz, theatre and spoken word artists (Tom Waits, Shane Koyczan) and songwriters, vocalists and experimentalists (Jeff Buckley, Peter Gabriel, Nina Simone), Unstruck Note exposes Ward’s soaring vocal capabilities and theatrical experimentation, along with the drive of their eight piece band that manifests energy, playfulness and creativity.
