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Courtney Collins

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About Me


Courtney Collins is a musician/songwriter/chanteuse from Madison, Wisconsin, and has just released her first solo CD "Violet Night" on Maypole Records. The album is a mix of indie pop, pseudo lounge, and electronica, and is comprised of original songs and eclectic covers. The CD was recorded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by Jeremy Ylvisaker (Alpha Consumer, Andrew Bird, Dosh, Eyedea, Fog, Mark Mallman) and Andrew Thomas (AT/DT, Hockey Night) and features members of Fog, Happy Apple, Tarlton, and the Fantastic Merlins. She's also a sometimes member of the electronirock band Voltress , and used to be in the band Arena Venus . Her song "Don't Forget" was featured on Magnet magazine's CD sampler in January 2007. Courtney's CD "Violet Night" and other CDs from her previous bands are available at CD Baby. T-shirts, magnets, and other merchandise can be found at Cafe Press. Visit CourtneyCollins.com for more...
Courtney's also producing a comedy series titled " Chad Vader ," written by Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan. It has become an internet hit with over 20 million downloads on YouTube and MySpace, and has been featured on Good Morning America and VH1. Check BlameSociety.net for more.
Listen to more songs HERE!
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BUY Violet Night (and get some fun free things!) here:
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BUY Yuletide Swank (and get some fun free things!) here:
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Purchase individual songs through Snocap:
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Here's a holiday greeting by Blame Society Productions, featuring Courtney's music and Chad Vader:
"I'd Like You For Christmas" from the Yuletide Swank CD - video by Aaron Yonda
More videos on Courtney's YouTube page!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/22/2005
Band Website: CourtneyCollins.com
Band Members: Studio band:
Brett Bullion - drums
Courtney Collins - vocals, guitar
Andrew Thomas - guitar, percussion
Jeremy Ylvisaker - guitar, bass, pedal steel, keyboards, drums
Influences: Not sure these are all specifically influences, but here's what I like: David Bowie, The Pixies, The Jazz Passengers, Husky Rescue, French ye ye, Blondie, Idlewild, Motown, 70s pop, Cheap Trick, Nick Drake, The Stranglers, Andrew Bird, The Beau Brummels, The Strokes, She And Him, Devendra Banhart, Blinker The Star, Albert Hammond Jr, Abba, The Bells, Bright Eyes, Husker Du, Louis Prima, Dinah Washington, 70s r&b, Depeche Mode, Roberta Flack, Madonna, The Beatles, Maxine Nightingale, Television, The Left Banke, Donny Hathaway, The Cardigans, Stefie Shock, Neil Young, Electric Light Orchestra, Low, Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings, Muse, Les Breastfeeders, The Spinners, George Harrison, Mary Hopkin, Jeremy Ylvisaker, Cibo Matto, Berlin, Death Cab For Cutie, Sly And The Family Stone, Headlights, Murray Gold, winter, spring, summer, fall, snow
Sounds Like: Blondie, Portishead, Ann-Margret, Regina Spektor, Julie London, Feist, Aimee Mann, Voltress, Mazzy Star, Nancy Sinatra, Madonna, Massive Attack, Garbage, The Pretenders, Tori Amos, Peggy Lee, My Bloody Valentine, Cat Power, Husky Rescue, Neko Case, Arena Venus
Record Label: Maypole Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

It’s finally up!

The music video for "Let Me Find The Way To The Middle Of Your Heart's Desire."  I got to be in this one, in the form of legs and lips, and it features Aaron and Matt as Justin Hawkins-y and Slas...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:50:00 PST

My news and your news

Hey, it's May - arguably the most beautiful month of the year?  Blame Society is doing a short series of Chad Vader Employee Training videos before season 2 starts up.  The first one was fea...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Wed, 21 May 2008 10:57:00 PST

New music, plus trash

April showers are gorgeous - it’s raining a bit right now... We just got back from a walk and walks are twice as good with an umbrella and lots of puddles. Is spring not the coolest time of yea...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:26:00 PST

Cant I just leave the subject blank?

Happy St Valentine's Day to you, friends and strangers.  Here's a short little Valentine video for you, courtesy of Blame Society Productions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fr5IWrp1jc.  Al...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:38:00 PST

Old year, new year

Happy 2008! Christmas was extra wonderful this year - it was snowy the whole month of December, we (Arena Venus) had a cool Christmas show a few days before Christmas, I got to spend the weekend befo...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 07:04:00 PST

What if...

  Arena Venus, my old band, is reuniting for a holiday show next Thursday (December 20)! Details... The Brink Lounge, 701 East Washington Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 8pm (we'll really start at 8p...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:31:00 PST

Holidays? Gifts?

I'm usually pretty bad at self-promotion, but I guess it can't hurt to plug CDs (especially the Christmas one!) this time of year.  If you know someone who likes their holiday tunes a bit on the ...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:31:00 PST

Auditions, Beatles, shows, autumn news and ramblings

We held auditions for Blame Society Productions several weeks ago. I did scheduling and organizing and about 100 actors contacted me - so many talented people - now we need to get going with some...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:58:00 PST

Adventures in Toronto

Just got in last night from Toronto, where we (Aaron, Matt, Tona, and me) were guests at Fan Expo Canada this past weekend. The conference was a ton of fun (and very hectic), and the trip back and for...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:12:00 PST

Well, I had another dream about a plane crash

  Last night I had another dream about a plane crash. No doubt brought on by my boyfriend telling me shortly before bed that an Airbus had crashed in Brazil. But I don't usually ne...
Posted by Courtney Collins on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 10:27:00 PST