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North Shore Mining Company

......encompassed in this postcard town.......

About Me

North Shore Mining Company is Mark Subialka and Anita Botamer. Mark has been writing and playing music for almost twenty years. Anita joined "the band" in January of '08 and we are still working on getting some songs recorded with her on them. We listen to many different styles of music and feel it comes across in our songs. There is no certain sound that we try to achieve, we just let whatever is in us come out. Most of our music is acoustic guitar based with some occasional piano, strings and drums thrown in.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/30/2006
Band Members: Mark Subialka - instruments and vocals / Anita Botamer- vocals
Influences: Mojave 3, Luna, Kings of Convenience, The Cure, Slowdive, Depeche Mode, Galaxie 500, Dierks Bentley, Ocean Blue, The Church, Guster, James Blunt, Low
Sounds Like: Music your Mother would like
Record Label: Rainy Day Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

I need some help...

Hey everyone, it's been crazy these past few months as I've been trying to finish off my basement so I can get the city off my back. I'm happy to report that I'm getting close to completing it and am ...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:58:00 PST

C.J’s 2/16/08

Anita and I played our first gig together last night at C.j's coffee shop and wine bar. We had a pretty good turn out despite some last minute cancellations. In addition to our significant others, som...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:08:00 PST

A New Year????

So I hear a new year started the other day. I guess I missed it, been wrapped up in the beautiful mess known as my life. Luckily I have a cd that has become the soundtrack for my life: James...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:21:00 PST

One more gift to buy

A few days ago my brother, who is also a songwriter, sent me an e-mail with lyrics he wrote for a song called "one more gift to buy". He asked me if I wanted to put a melody to it. I read the words an...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:42:00 PST

July 26th show on cafn8ed.tv

Happy Thanksgiving! I'm happy to report that my wrist seems to be healing at a decent rate and I've been able to pick up the guitar again. I'm a bit rusty but hopefully I'll be able to get back up to ...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:49:00 PST

Twilight Forestry

Well it's been about three weeks since I had surgery on my left wrist to repair some torn cartalidge and I'm sad to say that I'm still unable to play guitar for more than five minutes at a time. So it...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 06:57:00 PST

November 15th show cancelled

Due to a unfortunate snowmobile accident last February, I will be having surgery on my wrist in a few days and will be unable to play guitar for awhile. So I've decided to cancel my November 15th show...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:54:00 PST

Extra song on player

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know that thanks to some myspace friends, I have been able to upload an extra song on my player. Just scroll down on the tool bar to the right of the player to fin...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:25:00 PST

Drought

So I see I haven't posted a blog in a while. Well, here's what's beeen going on in my life as of late. I finally quit my job to start my own drywall business ( Mark's Drywall is now the real deal). I'...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 09:11:00 PST

Frogs, dogs, and 10 great albums

Spring is out in full force in Minnesota and I'm lovin' it! Everything is in bloom, all the birds and animals have returned, and I get to wear shorts everyday. The other night the frogs were so loud i...
Posted by North Shore Mining Company on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:35:00 PST