I AM CANADIAN!!!

So, last Sunday (Feb 28), I had the great honour and privilege of being asked to take part in a fundraising show in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. Apart from the cause being one dear to me (and most of us, I am sure), I was thrilled to be part of such a great group of artists! Many thanks to everyone involved.

The funny thing was that the event coincided with the Team Canada men’s hockey gold medal showdown with the USA! Well of course I am not so shallow as to cancel my appearance in order to watch a simple hockey game…BUT, I did dig out a really old 13″ TV from storage, and set it up backstage! HA! Fortunately Canada finally won in overtime (the US gave us a real run for our money)…and fortunately the game ended BEFORE my performance. I could only imagine how difficult it would have been to sneak the TV up on stage with me!

After all was said and sung, a good amount of money was raised and it seemed that a great time was had by all. And by the way, I wasn’t the only one who brought a TV…there were TWO other ones on elsewhere behind the scenes! What can we all say…except, “WE ARE CANADIAN”!!!

Peace.

Pete Covers U2’s BAD at the ITH Benefit Concert!

Below is a link to a recent PBB appearance at the ITH benefit concert held at the Tattoo Rock Parlour in Toronto, Canada. The idea of the show is for local artists to pay tribute to the music of U2 in an effort to raise money for the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4zyAY-Ute4&feature=player_embedded#

Pete prepares for ITH benefit…sort of…

During a recent stop on the PBB promo tour (MyFM in Napanee), we were asked to do an impromptu version of a U2 song. Although I was about to lose my voice completely due to viral laryngitis (literally hours later), I gave it the old college try and the results can be heard at this link: http://peterbloom.ca/video.html. Enjoy!

Toronto Shows!!!

1. SLACK’S SHOW Sunday!!! The great people at Slack’s (562 Church Street – North of Wellesley) have graciously given PBB our own full night to perform. This Sunday, November 15th, please come see our hot little trio rock this hot little club in the Village! Show starts nice and early at 6:00 p.m. and goes only until 9:00 p.m., so everyone can be home at a reasonable time. Along with our vast set of originals, we will be throwing in some possibly surprising covers to keep things hopping. So come join the fun, have dinner and/or drinks, and sing along to a night full of sweet tunes (if we do say so ourselves). Hope to see you there!

2. FREE TIMES CAFE Show! The Songwriters’ Association of Canada (SAC) is hosts the latest installment of its monthly spotlight concert series Wednesday, December 2nd at the Free Times Café (320 College Street). PBB is proud to be one of the feature acts. We will be performing a semi-acoustic set of tunes primarily from the debut CD – Random Thoughts (from a paralyzed mind). Show starts at 8:00 p.m.. There will be some other great artists performing as well – please come and check it out!

3. We are now mixing the French version of Random Thoughts, to be released in early 2010. It is sounding fantastic! It’s gratifying to hear the songs stand up as well in French as they do in English…maybe even a little better in some cases! More info to come. Merci beaucoup!

Thanks for your continuing support!

Peace.

Pete

Video from Radio Caledon LIVE Feature Interview and Performance!

Hey again…

We’ve added a couple of vids from last night’s hour-long LIVE on-air radio feature interview and performance on Radio Caledon’s “CH Canada Indie Music Show”, with hosts Rick Jones and Tom Beyer. What great guys! Thanks to Tom for the video! See it here: http://peterbloom.ca/video.html. You can also check out YouTube (search Peter Bloom), or the PBB MySpace page: myspace.com/peterbloommusic. Thanks for your continuing support!

Peace.

Pete

Video from St. Catharines gig!

Hey! For those of you with a little time to kill, please check out the “pop-up-mockumentary” style video from our gig at the Mansion House in St. Catharines, last Tuesday. Thanks to Chris and all the gang there…and of course to the audience – we had a great time! Video and audio quality are pretty shabby, but at least you’ll get a little glimpse of the experience.

Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlXRIatpscs

Enjoy. Thanks for your continuing support!

Peace.

Pete

Radio Tour – Northern Ontario (Week of Sept 22)

Last week I was up in northern Ontario, “kickin’ in old school” – actually visiting radio stations in person (doing interviews and meet-&-greets) just to let them know about the new CD. I covered Huntsville, North Bay and Sudbury. What a beautiful country we have! The colours of the leaves changing – outstanding! I met some terrific radio people, and scoped out some venues for the band to play soon. Apparently it is a rare thing for artists to make the trek up there solely to visit radio (without having an actual gig to play)…not sure why. It was FUN, and besides, it let’s people know you are serious about your music. I’d like to think that nothing will ever replace the personal touch. The single, Let It Go, seemed to impress everyone – here’s hoping they all add it to their playlists!

Can’t wait to get back up there to show northern Ontario what we’ve got! In the meantime, below are some pics from the trip. Some audio/video clips to follow shortly.

Next on the journey: western and eastern Ontario. Stay tuned…

Peace. Pete

Special CD Offer…

I don’t normally use this blog for a sales pitch, but if you’ve been thinking about buying PBB’s Random Thoughts CD, you might find this offer interesting.

As my debut CD is now distributed by DEP/Universal Canada, I can no longer sell it online at my site. But here’s what I thought might be cool: I still have a couple of boxes of the independent version of my CD in stock. Those CDs have now become “limited edition” copies…perhaps even “collector’s items” one day soon – hey, one has to dream BIG! HA!

So, if you go to Amazon.ca, and buy a copy of the label release of PBB’s Random Thoughts CD (same music as the indie disc, with new artwork, AND lyrics included), I will then also send you a FREE autographed copy of the indie CD to whatever name you wish! I’ll even pay the shipping and handling!! Try to do it soon – Amazon.ca has a special price – only $8.99 Canadian per CD (plus tax and S&H)…but only until Tuesday the 29th! Simply email me (pete@peterbloom.ca) some sort of confirmation of your purchase (the Amazon transaction confirmation number will do), and I will send you the second CD…FREE!

I’m not doing this for the money, believe me. Once the label takes its cut of the retail CD sale, and I pay the S&H on your free indie disc (which I also paid for), I’ll be lucky to break even. BUT the way I see it, everybody wins – the label gets some sales, I get my music out there, and YOU get a FREE, “limited edition”, autographed CD, which you can either keep as a souvenir or give to a friend or family member.

Of course, I’ll keep the offer going beyond this Tuesday (when Amazon’s special price expires), but – as cheesy as this sounds - supplies are truly limited. Seriously – I have about a 100 indie CDs available for this. When they’re gone, they’re gone.

Thanks for your continuing support!

Peace.

Pete

CD “Drops” Tuesday!!!

I figure I should try to use the “industry” lingo (“Drops”), now that I have become a part of the machine that is Universal Music – HA!

Anyway, not much to say other than that I’m excited about my CD coming out on DEP/Universal (via Blue Sapphire Music) this Tuesday, September 22nd. For those of you who have been on the fence about buying the indie version, you have 3 days left to do so via peterbloom.ca.

After that, the “label” version will be the one to get. It has totally revamped packaging, including all the lyrics, and some great new artwork! Due to a technical issue, the music likely won’t be available on iTunes, etc. for another couple of weeks…BUT you can always either check out your local retailer (HMV, etc.).

Can’t wait to be touring! We’re starting with a radio tour up in northern Ontario. But I will soon be filling in all those TBA dates on my schedule, so hang on.

Thanks for the continuing support!

Peace.

Pete

Another PBB Song Flirting With the #1 Spot on Ourstage.Com!!!

Here we go again…I’m proud to announce that Peter Bloom Band’s song, “Walls”, is flirting with the #1 spot in Ourstage.Com’s May singer/songwriter competition! It was actually number one when I started this message, and has since slipped to #3. That’s how important the votes are – things change FAST! So if you have a few minutes, please check out Ourstage.com today, select the “singer/songwriter” competition category, and if PBB’s “Walls” comes up in one of your random judging rounds, be sure to rate it highly!!! Please help us finish at #1 for a second time!!! If we do, there is a chance we will also take the overall #1 spot, which means a $5000 prize…can you say “CD #2″? I knew you could. Thanks for your continuing support.

Peace.

Pete