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Carrie Wade

2006 L.A. Music Awards Recipient

About Me

Carrie is presently in the studio working on what will be her debut CD to be entitled "The Old Ways"."Clearly this artist will have more than 15 minutes of fame and stardom. With her considerable talent, stage presence and beauty, Carrie Wade is on track for a bright future in the industry." (Buddy Sampson for The Scoop, Los Angeles, June 2005)I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/1/2005
Band Members: Carrie Wade - songwriter/guitar(s)/vocals,New Zealand transplant John Kempt - bass,New Zealand transplant Matthew Moore - drums.New Zealand-based producer, Peter Kearns (www.peterkearns.net) and Hollywood-based producer Meghan Gohil of Hollywood Recording Studio are with myself, co-producing the slated Fall Release of my debut album to be entitled "The Old Ways".
Influences: Not sure if these artists have influenced my sound necessarily, but I can tell you who and what I've been listening to over the years: Authentic Arabic music, early and late funk and soul, Sly, Earth Wind and Fire, Ohio Players, early Prince, later Prince, Yes, Phoebe Snow, Todd Rundgren, Opera (general category), Living Color, Bowie, Pretenders, Cheap Trick, The Who, Gato Barbieri, Rampal, Aerosmith, The Cult, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Neil Young, Jethro Tull, Aztec Two-Step, Hall @ Oats, AC/DC, Soundgarden, The Police, Ravi Shankar, Seals and Crofts, Cat Stevens, Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Crowded House and the Finn Brothers, The Replacements, XTC, Aaron Copeland (the Composer - not a Police member or label Pres), The Black Crowes... uhhhh.... I dig Radio Head, Emmylou Harris (bigtime), Me Phi Me, Coldplay, Hendrix (ooohh aaahhhh), The Kinks, Stones, Beatles, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Badly Drawn Boy, Wilco, Son Volt, Neko Case... (more to follow!!)
Sounds Like: "...articulate funky Acadian Folk & Blue-Grassy syncopation, under rich soulful bohemian vocals & lyrics..." quote by Glynn David (www.myspace.com/glynndavid)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

BILLBOARD WORLD SONGWRITING CONTEST AWARD RECIPIENT

"It's Just Blood" made it in the top 500 entries for the 2007 "Billboard World Songwriting Contest".  I received a neato certificate and my first bling - guitar strings and high-tech su...
Posted by Carrie Wade on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:24:00 PST

NEW MIXES (ABOVE)

I know you're familiar with the songs above but I've been in the studio and now they are 99% ready to roll for my upcoming CD to be entitled "The Old Ways". I'd love it if you could take a second a gi...
Posted by Carrie Wade on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:57:00 PST

INTERVIEW ON THE OPEN MIKE CAFE SHOW

Mike Stephens of The Open Mike Cafe has been featuring my songs on his fantastic podcast for a while now... on this show (75), Mike conducts a fairly indepth interview with me...  while you're li...
Posted by Carrie Wade on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:08:00 PST

SAN FRANCISCO RADIO

My songs are receiving airplay on CBS/Infinity-owned San Francisco Radio Station KYOU (www.kyouradio.com - KYCY AM 1550 on the dial) via IndieHeart's shows "The Heart of the Night" and "The TransAtlan...
Posted by Carrie Wade on Tue, 30 May 2006 01:57:00 PST

AWARDED: ADULT ALTERNATIVE SINGER-SONGWRITER OF THE YEAR

On November 13, 2006, I was awarded "Adult Alternative Female Singer-Songwriter of the Year" by the Los Angeles Music Awards.  Pretty cool...  ...
Posted by Carrie Wade on Wed, 26 Jul 2006 03:42:00 PST

INTERNET RADIO

KIAC (www.iacmusic.com) - Under the KIAC umbrella a number of my songs are being featured on about 40 different stations.  NETTE RADIO (www.netteradio.com), THE FEMININE GROOVE on ENGAG...
Posted by Carrie Wade on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:24:00 PST

PODCAST SHOWS

Indie Heart (www.indieheart.com) has two podcast shows that rate within the top 10 percent most popular iTunes shows.  They are The Heart of the Night show and The TransAtlantic Acousti...
Posted by Carrie Wade on Mon, 22 May 2006 11:24:00 PST