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Elizabeth Bruce

delightfully dissonant

About Me

I would like to avoid the 'box of CDs collecting dust in the closet' scenario, so I thought I'd let you know this album exists and can be had for $12. I'll be setting aside a number of them for trades, so if you're a musician and you'd like to do an exchange, please send me a message.
Also available at:
The Concordia Co-op Bookstore (2150 Bishop) and Cheap Thrills (2044 Metcalfe) in Montreal
Compact Music (190 and 785.5 Bank), End Hits (407 Dalhousie) and Alcorn Music Studios (903 Carling) in Ottawa
Miscellaneous, Non-Album-Related Info:
I like to sing songs and molest pianos. When an acoustic piano is available, I will reach into its body and pluck or strum the strings (with gratitude to John Cage, Henry Cowell, and other pioneers of extended piano techniques). I can make do with keyboards too... fewer gimmicks, same great songwriting!
Recordings
Handmaden, 2005 ($2 mini-cd for Distroboto )
Fringe Compilation 2006
As We Sadden Each Other to Sleep, 2007
Places I've played
Art Matters Festival 2006
Montreal Fringe Festival 2006
UnPop Festival 2007
Dépanneur Café
Zeke's Gallery
Barfly
le Cagibi
The Yellow Door
Clyde's (Pointe Claire)
Gert's Bar (McGill campus)
Cameron House (Toronto)
Tranzac (Toronto)
Avant-Garde Bar (Ottawa)
Irene's Pub (Ottawa)
le Petit Chicago (Hull)
Ginger's Tavern (Halifax)
Gus' Pub (Halifax)
People I've played with (at the same time)
Jean Leloup
Darling Arms
Rozalind MacPhail
Cassie Norton
Clayton Kennedy
People I've done shows with
Royal Wood
The Unsettlers
Tasha Cyr
JP Houston
Allison Lickley
The You and Me Band
Katie Sevigny
Doc Pickles
Sébastian Hell
Allan Lento
Natasha Alexandra
Tammy Raybould
Shane Watt
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A casual performance at Dépanneur Café. Yes, I am sitting on a dictionary.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/19/2005
Band Website: elizabethbruce.com
Band Members: Elizabeth Bruce - piano, vocals, trumpet

With help from:
Clayton Kennedy - bass
Jeremiah Mitchell - drums
Cassandra Norton - violin
Influences: Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Rufus Wainwright, Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLachlan, Ben Folds, Ani DiFranco, Philip Glass, Supertramp, Sufjan Stevens, J.S. Bach, Final Fantasy, Fiona Apple, Elvis Costello, Divine Comedy, They Might Be Giants, An Pierlé
Sounds Like: Music for hippies, hipsters, freaks and intellectuals
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Maritime tour in the works for March

I have a week off work from March 10-17, and I loved Halifax last time I was down, so I figured, why not play some shows out there? Easier said than done, of course, but that's life. Any and all advic...
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 01:38:00 PST

on tour with... you?

It's becoming clearer and clearer that I have to hit the road. The problem is, I've never toured before, and I wish I could have a touring buddy. Preferably a musician in the same vein as me who could...
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:22:00 PST

I’m on the CBC!

I was (by no fault of my own) chosen for this week's episode of Bandwidth, which is heard Saturdays at 5 pm on CBC Radio One in Ontario (except TO) and Nunavut. www.cbc.ca/bandwidth
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:00:00 PST

about time for an update on the album

In case you were wondering what's up with that CD I've been working on for the last 6 months... I brought it to the manufacturers today and it should be ready in a couple of weeks. It's ten songs long...
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Mon, 07 May 2007 01:34:00 PST

party like it's 1999

I reached 1999 plays today!
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 07:01:00 PST

recording, September 15-17!

What to do with the bucketloads of money (ha ha) I'm saving on tuition by dropping out??? Why, spend it on recording, of course. I'm still looking for guest musicians... banjo for one song, strings fo...
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:45:00 PST

house show?

I'm considering doing a house concert sometime this summer. I haven't cleared it with the roomies yet, hehe... but if there's a lot of interest I'll try to get a few acts to perform. If not, I'll just...
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:54:00 PST

fringe is bangs in England

Heyyyyy, who's going to the Fringe Fest? Me, and hopefully you, especially on Monday June 12, at 11 p.m. at the Academy Club. My co-worker says it's big, so we should fill it with people! It'll be my ...
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Fri, 26 May 2006 08:25:00 PST

I'm on LJ

  My LiveJournal is where I tend to write stuff of consequence.
Posted by Elizabeth Bruce on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST