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Ania Ziemirska

Yeehaw...

About Me

Although fairly new to Toronto’s music scene, Singer Songwriter, Ania Ziemirska has been involved with music for as long as she can remember. At age twelve, she was one of twenty selected to sing at the Gemini Awards with Cedric Smith and Sarah Polley. Trained in classical piano, Ania played flute and sang in three choirs in high school, picking up the guitar somewhere in between. A poet at heart, she has been songwriting for about ten years and has graced the stage of the Sorauren Park Festival at the age of eighteen. Ania can be seen performing regularly at Parkdale’s wine bar, Café Taste.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/22/2007
Band Members: Ania Ziemirska
vocals/acoustic guitar/songwriting
occasionally piano/tambourine/shaker/bongo drum
Influences: a broken heart, a new romance, a crowded bar, a quiet stream...rainstorms, stories, changing seasons, art, new things, old things, laughter, tears...

Musical influences and those who continue to support and inspire me..in no particular order:
Schuyler Fisk, Serena Ryder, Lisa Loeb, Larisa Renee, Joshua Radin, Damhnait Doyle, Sarah McLachlan, Justin Rutledge, Jenny Lewis, Leah Erbe, Ember Swift, Hayley Sales, Jessica Graham, Anna Nalick, Jewel, Sandi Thom, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jack Johnson, Blair Packham, Danny Michel, Liam Titcomb, Feist and many more...
Sounds Like: A girl with a guitar...there really isn’t anyone specific I sound like - I’m unique.

Some say:
Sarah Harmer
Schuyler Fisk
"Ani DiFranco, of course"
Eleni Mandell
Ron Hynes
"...Gordon Lightfoot, you can swear and make it sound beautiful"
Juice Newton
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

So many songs, so little time

All songs were written in the past year, all but one between July and October.Just for kicks, here's some stories :)Don't want to Lose This HighI started this song on April 11th, 2007 - a Tuesday nite...
Posted by Ania Ziemirska on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:00:00 PST

Junction

I took this down for now but hope to have it back once I've written the rest of the song :)What I've posted is something that could be a chorus...if this song followed traditional song structure, whic...
Posted by Ania Ziemirska on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:20:00 PST

From my old poetry book...

A few poems written by yours truly :)I love the way you make me seethe different depthsof lifeTones on a photographblackwhiteand a million shades of grey©2003-------------------------------A woman's r...
Posted by Ania Ziemirska on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:11:00 PST

Christmas

Alright folks - I'm determined to write a Christmas song - it'll happen someday.I'm finding this difficult - everything just sounds so overly cliché - and some of you know how I feel about that. Ugh! ...
Posted by Ania Ziemirska on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:23:00 PST

’They’ are right...

Oh gosh...the last time I wrote was in August...and no, they weren't kidding about work getting busier in September...they also weren't kidding about something going around in October either...somethi...
Posted by Ania Ziemirska on Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:25:00 PST

Performance after thoughts

Just got home from playing a half hour set at the Sorauren Park Festival. Now to some of you big shots that might seem like nothing, but think back to when you played your first or even second set. No...
Posted by Ania Ziemirska on Sat, 21 Jul 2007 03:28:00 PST

Sorauren Park

I am thrilled to be performing at the Sorauren Park Festival on July 21st. I've spent most of my spare moments re-writing and tightening up old tunes. It's funny that 7 or 8 years ago these songs soun...
Posted by Ania Ziemirska on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 08:02:00 PST

Songwriting workshop

I did it. I've registered for Humber College's Songwriting workshop. I have no idea where I'll be in July and whether I may have to turn down a 'real' job to do this, but I think it's worth it. It sou...
Posted by Ania Ziemirska on Tue, 01 May 2007 04:52:00 PST