Guelphfest http://www.guelphfest.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:41:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Your Final Festival Update! http://www.guelphfest.com/your-final-festival-update http://www.guelphfest.com/your-final-festival-update#comments Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:39:39 +0000 admin http://www.guelphfest.com/?p=446 FULL FESTIVAL ACCESS:

 

Guelphfest is quickly approaching! Tomorrow in fact! Tickets (i.e. wristbands) will be available the day of the event for $15 general admission and $20 VIP – Wristbands will be given priority at all venues over a regular entrant and will entitle entrance to all 7 venues! Please see the main Guelphfest table outside McCabes for these tickets (wristbands) and information!

 

Due to popular demand:

 

IF YOU JUST WANT INTO ONE VENUE:
Individual venues will charge a cover slightly less than a full wristband.

 

Individual venue prices are as follows:
Cowboy’s (MAINSTAGE): $10
The Palace: $10
The TapHouse (NEW VENUE BESIDE TRAPPERS): $10

 

Online ticket sales end at 9AM Friday.

 

THIS IS A FULL DAY PARTY!
Don’t forget cheap wings and pitchers at the pubs during the afternoon and THE GREAT NEW VENUE: The Tap House (Beside Trappers)!

]]> http://www.guelphfest.com/your-final-festival-update/feed 0 New artists added http://www.guelphfest.com/new-artists-added http://www.guelphfest.com/new-artists-added#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:49:35 +0000 admin http://www.guelphfest.com/?p=367 The Junction
Mandippal
DJ Manifest
DJ Status Brown
The Humanzees
What She Said
More to come!

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]]> http://www.guelphfest.com/earlybird-tickets-on-sale-soon/feed 0 Help Spread the Word!!! http://www.guelphfest.com/help-spread-the-word http://www.guelphfest.com/help-spread-the-word#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:10:22 +0000 admin http://www.guelphfest.com/?p=343 Be sure to check out the media page to grab your myspace banner or limited edition Guelphfest artists poster. Help us spread the word by posting the photos to your facebook and myspace profiles. http://www.guelphfest.com/media

]]> http://www.guelphfest.com/help-spread-the-word/feed 0 Guelphfest Program Now Posted http://www.guelphfest.com/guelphfest-program-now-posted http://www.guelphfest.com/guelphfest-program-now-posted#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:38:30 +0000 admin http://www.guelphfest.com/?p=298 Be sure to check out the program page to see whats going on when. We’ve added a whole bunch of new artists, special deals, giveaways and competitions. http://www.guelphfest.com/program

]]> http://www.guelphfest.com/guelphfest-program-now-posted/feed 0 DJ Danny D Plays at Guelphfest! http://www.guelphfest.com/djdannyd http://www.guelphfest.com/djdannyd#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:05 +0000 admin http://www.guelphfest.com/?p=235 As a DJ in the clubs for over 10 years, and on-air with radio station Z103.5 FM for over 6 years, Danny D has come to be known as “The People’s DJ.” Voted Eye Weekly’s Reader’s Choice Award recipient for best DJ in Toronto in 2004, Danny D’s artistic versatility, ingenuity and authenticity contribute greatly to the development of his own unique sound and now he has taken that sound into music production.

Already remixing tracks of artists such as Shaggy, Alice Deejay, Sash, Armand Van Helden and many others he decided to produce his first hit “Airbreak” which went on to be a Top 20 Hit on the “Canadian National Dance Chart”, as well as one of the most requested songs on BDS reporting CHR station Z103.5 FM. Danny D was also nominated for Juno Award in the Best Dance Recording 2006 Category for this very song.

With his follow up “Road Rage” and his third single “I Believe in Love”, Danny D has combined the elements of House, Trance and Progressive music to create these chart topping tracks which have appeared on compilations selling more than 50,000 copies.

In 2007, Danny D released his next single “Emotions”. The immediate success of this single was further validated when “Emotions” made it to the finals in the Dance/Electronica category of the “International Song Writing Competition.” Over 14,000 songs were submitted from over 80 countries, and of those submitted “Emotions” made it to the final selection process and finished as one of the top 14 songs. Recently signed for international distribution through TOCO International, “Emotions” is poised to be the break out dance single for 2007, already receiving international recognition and tremendous feedback.

Across North America, Danny D is no stranger. Having toured and performed throughout the continent, thousands have seen this young and aspiring artist live at different venues. The most notable being Acapulco, Mexico in 2006, where Danny performed at three of the hottest nightclubs known to man, Disco Beach, Mandara and the world famous Palladium. Danny D definitely left his mark in Acapulco, as he had the whole town buzzing about his performances and yearning for more. Till this day, the feedback Danny continuously receives from spring breakers regarding his performances in Acapulco from almost 2 years ago is incredible and almost unheard of. Don’t rule out a return to the Mexican party capital in the near future, as the people of Mexico have been demanding a return from Canada’s premier DJ.

You can hear Danny D spinning live weekdays at 5:00pm on Z103.5 (www.z1035.com) during the “Drive @ 5 Streetmix” and Saturdays at 7:00pm during the “Saturday Night Streetmix.” To hear more, either check out Danny D at various clubs or check out his “Hit Mix”, “Summer Rush” and “Streetmix” compilations in stores all across Canada.

]]> http://www.guelphfest.com/djdannyd/feed 0 Karl Wolf Headlines Guelphfest! http://www.guelphfest.com/karlwolf http://www.guelphfest.com/karlwolf#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:31:39 +0000 admin http://www.guelphfest.com/test The guelpfest team is pleased to announce that karl wolf is officially in the house for guelphfest09! If you want a little more info on Beirut born star check out his bio.


When Karl Wolf describes the six months since the release of his solo debut, Face Behind The Face, as “just insane,” he means it in a good way. A frenzied work schedule of shooting videos, doing promotional tours, and performing in Canada and abroad is paying off, as the world is responding welcomingly to this vibrant new star.


Karl Wolf is a genuine triple threat of talent. A songwriter, producer and singer of serious skill and originality, he excels in all three roles on Face Behind The Face (released on MapleNationwide/Universal in January). As Karl sings on the title track, “I’m coming out for the whole world to see,” and this is one memorable introduction.


Since its release, the album broke in the Canadian Top 100 sales chart and spawned two hit singles, “Butterflies” and “Desensitize”, with the latter track (featuring hip hop star Choclair) reaching the BDS Top 40 charts. Face Behind The Face has been licensed internationally, and has made Karl Wolf an instant star in the Middle East. “‘Butterflies’ was at No. 1 for eight weeks on the radio there,” explains Karl. “We had the biggest ever in-store signing at the Virgin store in Dubai.” Wolf performed in Dubai as the special guest of the queen of modern r ‘n b, Mary J. Blige, and he knocked the stadium crowd over. Add in personal props from Mary J., and you have what Karl terms “the pinnacle point of my career to date.”


Wolf is destined for many more career highlights. He may be new as a solo artist, but he is certainly no musical novice. As an award-winning producer and writer, he has been responsible for many multi-platinum selling albums. It is now his time to take centrestage, and he seizes his moment with true authority.


Karl turned his back on lucrative offers of work with other artists to devote himself to Face Behind The Face. “I told myself that sooner or later I have to focus on my own music or it will just wither away. Now is the time,” he explains. This meant becoming something of a recluse, burying himself in his own studio and working tirelessly on the record. “I locked myself in,” recalls Karl. “I hardly went out for two years. I was a bum, I grew a beard, and would just order in pizza. I was obsessed but focused. I wanted to be right there when I had the inspiration!”


The fruits of this creative compulsion are indeed tasty. Wolf wrote and produced all the songs on Face Behind The Face, and played virtually all the instruments himself. This is a musically diverse collection of songs, fusing r ‘n b, dance, pop and hiphop stylings. It is given coherence via the gentle soulfulness of Karl..s voice and lyrics, while his beats are both imaginative and catchy, sometimes hinting at his own Middle Eastern background.


Wolf acknowledges the likes of Boyz II Men, Michael Jackson and Brian McKnight as early influences and inspirations. “I feel my music has contemporary elements but it is not scared to be emotional,” he explains. “It is just the music I like. I grew up in the ’80s, and music was emotional then. Today, especially in r ‘n b and hiphop, everyone wants to be hard.”


In musical and lyrical terms, Karl Wolf is a lover, not a fighter. Through his own family’s history, he knows the consequences of war and violence, as his family was forced to leave their native Lebanon for Canada when Karl was just three. That background surfaces in the track “Summer Days (In Beirut)”, and Wolf is not afraid to project positivity in his lyrics. “I am trying to be peaceful in my meaning and message. We are influential as singers, and I..d love to influence kids in a great way.”


The return of war to the country of his birth clearly saddens Karl. Plans to perform in Lebanon with Snoop Dogg obviously fell through, but he takes pride in the fact that “Summer Days” is having a positive impact there. “People there are adding the song to their Myspace sites, using it for healing,” he notes.


Face Behind The Face is an honest and personal document, and Karl Wolf’s definitive musical statement. “I’m most proud of this record. This is the best piece of work I have created to date, and it is important I went down my earlier musical road, just so I could gain the experience needed to create this.”


Still just 27, Karl has long been the recipient of serious respect from his musical peers. He first made a real mark by writing for and co-producing [insert title], the 2001 hit album from Gabrielle Destroismaisons. Two singles co-written by Karl reached No. 1 on the BDS Francophone Charts, and the disc earned him a Felix at the L’ADISQ Awards for “Best Mix and Sound of the Year.”


His work with Gabrielle brought Wolf to the attention of Antoine Sicotte, of the top-selling pop band Sky. Upon realizing Karl also had a killer singing voice, Antoine recruited him as Sky’s new lead singer in 2002. Wolf co-wrote and co-produced the third Sky album, Picture Perfect (on Sextant/EMI), one that registered strong airplay across the country. The group also toured nationally, sharing stages with the likes of Snow and Shawn Desman.


Karl and Antoine really hit the commercial jackpot with their joint work on the songs on the hugely successful Star Academie reality TV show. The subsequent album was the biggest-selling album in Canada in 2003, notching a phenomenal half-million in sales and earning Wolf a SOCAN Award for Most Popular Song. A Star Academie 11 sequel in 2004 was another big success, going double-platinum largely on the strength of Karl’s writing and production.


Add in production and composition work for such other artists as Emily, Mitsou and Jerome-Philippe, and a stint as vocalist with the multi-platinum selling rap group Dubmatique, and you have one highly impressive apprenticeship. Word of his talent has spread Stateside as well, with such stars as Justin Timberlake, Christina Millan and Mya all requesting that Karl send them material.


There is plenty of life left in the filler-free Face Behind The Face. The upcoming singles “Cuz I Love You” and “Referee” further demonstrate Wolf’s stylistic range, and his cross-Canada back to school Summer Days tour will confirm his prowess as a compelling performer.


The world is about to hear the sound of the Wolf, and it is one they are destined to remember. “I’m excited, and there are a lot of good things to come,” Karl declares. Indeed.

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