Hey everyone,
Just wanted to let you know you can see a live show on Saturday, May 25 at Cempoal Cafe, 2374 Agricola Street in Halifax (map). It’s a matinee, 2pm start. No cover. Pass the hat/donation jar.
You can now purchase digital, physical copies of my music and merchandise on my Bandcamp page. I’ve also added a link on the main page. Enjoy.
Come to Casino NS on Friday, May 10 around 9pm and check out another night of local talent featuring myself, Laura Merrimen and the Hard Tickets, and Gabriel Minnikin. No cover.
Good news. Black Buffalo Records is sponsoring an acoustic set featuring myself and Asif Illyas (formerly of Mir) at Halifax Record Fair 5 on Saturday, May 4. Starts around 1pm.
Over the past few weeks, I have sent out some CD’s to some local college and public radio stations. Now is the time where I need your help to have these stations play my music. I’ve listed the local stations that have my CD in their hands (The CBC also can grab my music from my CBC Music page). If you could contact these stations/shows that would be great. Also, if you have a radio station/show recommendation, that would be appreciated. If you use twitter, reference my name : @heartbreakstrgr
Thanks,
Aaron
CAPER Radio
Sydney, NS
request line : (902) 563-4090
twitter : @CaperRadio
http://caperradio.com/
CFMH
Campus Radio Saint John, NB
request line : (506) 648-5925
http://www.localfm.ca
twitter : @local1073fm
suggested shows :
Star Power w/Steve Duggan – Sunday 5pm AST
Rusty Rail Saloon w/Kim Blackier – Friday 6pm, Sunday 4pm AST
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CHMR-FM 93.5
St. John’s, Newfoundland
request line : (709) 864-7935
http://www.chmr.ca
twitter : chmrmunradio
suggested shows :
Flavor of the Week – Monday p to 4pm (local time)
The Songwriters – Sunday noon-1pm (local time)
The Canadian Country and folk Show – Sunday 6-7pm (local time)
CFXU Radio
Saint FX University
Antigonish, NS
request line : (902) 867-2410
http://www.radiocfxu.ca
suggested shows :
100% Canadian – Mondays 3pm AST
North of 49 – Monday 6pm AST
Meet Me In The Morning – Tuesday 10am AST
Walrus Motion – Wednesday 6pm AST
Good Morning George – Friday 10am AST
CHSR Broadcasting Inc.
Fredericton, NB
request line : (506) 453-4979
http://www.chsrfm.ca/
twitter : @CHSR979
suggested shows :
Homemade Jams – Monday to Friday 4pm AST
Instant Breakfast – Monday to Friday 8am AST
Airshow – Monday 9am AST
Anything Goes with Bondo – Tuesday 7pm AST
CKDU-FM
Halifax, NS
request line: (902) 494-2487
http://www.ckdu.ca
twitter : @CKDU881FM
suggested shows :
Operation Wake Up – Monday & Thursday 8am AST
Halifax Happy Hour – Tuesday 3:30 to 5pm AST
Halifax Is Burning – Tuesdays – 6:30pm to 7:30pm AST (TWITTER : @hfxisburning)
The Most Maple Morning – Friday 9am AST
The Great Canadian Broadcast – Friday 3:30pm AST
Mixtapes for Heartbreak – Friday 8:30pm AST
CBC Weekend Morning (CBC Radio One – Halifax)
Saturday and Sunday 6am – 9am AST
request line : 1-888-737-0338
http://www.cbc.ca/
twitter : @WKNDMornings
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Atlantic Airwaves (CBC Radio – Halifax)
(request a song)
Saturday 10am CBC Radio Two
Saturday 5pm CBC Radio One
request line : (902) 420-4425
http://www.cbc.ca/
twitter : @CBCatlanticair
Daybreak Maritimes (CBC Radio One – Halifax)
(request a song)
Monday to Friday on CBC Radio One from 5:30 to 5:55 a.m. AST
http://www.cbc.ca/daybreakmaritimes/
email: daybreakmaritimes@cbc.ca
twitter: @daybreakcbc
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East Coast FM (New Glasgow, NS)
suggested shows :
East Coast Road Trip
Friday 6pm-7pm and Saturday 9pm-10pm AST
website : http://ecfm.ca/
email : info@ecfm.ca
twitter: @941ECFM
Strombo Show (CBC Radio Two)
Sunday 8-11pm AST
website : http://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/the_strombo_show / http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/radio/
twitter : @strombo (use hashtag #stromboshow)
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Deep Roots (CBC Radio)
Saturday 5:00 p.m. (6:00 AT 6:30 NT) & Sunday 5:00 p.m. (5:30 NT)
website : http://music.cbc.ca/#/Deep-Roots
twitter : @tompowercbc
CBC Radio 2 Morning
Monday to Friday 6am to 9am AST
website: http://music.cbc.ca/#/Radio-2-Morning
email: radio2morning@cbc.ca
twitter: @CBCR2Morning
CBC Radio 2 Shift
Monday to Friday 2pm to 3:30pm AST
website: http://music.cbc.ca/#/Shift
twitter: @CBCR2Shift
CBC Radio 2 Drive
Monday to Friday 3:30pm to 7pm AST
website: http://music.cbc.ca/#/Radio-2-Drive
twitter: @cbcr2drive
email: r2drive@cbc.ca
Here’s an article from Pictou Advocate reporter Aaron Cameron covering the recent Trenton show and review of the Trenton EP. Enjoy.
Well, looks like we’ve made some headway here at Heartbreak a Stranger HQ. Let’s get you up to date :
I’ve added some songs, photos and video to my CBC Music page. You can now listen to all of the Trenton EP as individual songs (Psst, I’ve included some extra tunes. You might want to check it out).
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I have added some merchandise to the merch page. You can buy merchandise at live shows and you can now buy merchandise via Chirpify !!!! (if you read my twitter feed i posted some merch for sale). There is also a Chirpify icon on the main page beside the other social media links.
In honor of the Chirpify merchandise page, I’m having a contest !!! I’m gonna give away two postcards. Actually, I will mail the postcards to the winners. Pretty simple contest:
That’s it. I’ll make a draw Friday, April 19.
In May, I also have a house concert on the Victoria Day long weekend (if you live between Halifax and Truro and want to attend, send me an email and I’ll give you directions) and a Saturday matinee show in Halifax. I’ll post more details as we get closer to the date of the shows.
South by South West. If you’re wondering, it’s this. It’s a huge festival. There are a lot of positive and negative things about the festival (read this to see both sides or type ‘South by South West’ into your internet search machine to find out more). There are a lot of things to think about when it comes to this festival. I’m gonna put money, logistics, if I would apply and more aside. I don’t ask whether i can get in to SXSW, is it my demographic? There’s probably a hundred questions I should seriously ask myself.
I ask myself this: Are my songs good enough to stand up with the rest of the acts at SXSW? Do I have enough talent to play SXSW? Am i working hard enough to play SXSW? It takes a long look in the mirror. You can read a thousand stories (and more) on bands that have sacrificed a lot more than I have, or maybe I ever will. I dunno. (Note: if you want to read about sacrifices, here is an open letter from Dan Mangan on a different topic explaining the cold, hard cash sacrifices he made).
Gives me a lot to think about.
Here’s the newest merchandise available: Trenton EP Postcards. Just add postage and send to your friends and relatives! The back has some lettering : (on top) website – heartbreakastranger.com, (on bottom) lyric from the song Lament; ‘The rails run through my veins. The Forge is the beat of my heart. It’ll always be this way.‘. Available at the Saturday, March 30 show at Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 Trenton, NS. 7pm with EB Anderson (solo show). See you there..
