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Strawberry Vale

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About Me

Strawberry Vale is an exciting new band based out of Victoria, BC Canada. They have been described as pop, country, bluesy, with having catchy commercial sounding tunes, amazing vocals and strong soulful ballads.
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Strawberry Vale makes "EDITOR'S PICK" and is reviewed on 'Download.com'
Editor's Review:
A warning to Strawberry Vale: Unless you harbor a serious desire to be sampled by Eminem, you'd be wise to stop making such luscious, pretty pop songs. The Victoria, B.C., artist sings with a whispery delivery reminiscent of previous Eminem samplee Dido, while adding her own ethereal electronic touches..
Similar Artists: .
Carole King, Dido, Sheryl Crow
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"an artist to be reckoned with!"
May 2006
Alannah Myles, International Grammy and multiple Juno award winning artist.
"You are an extraordinary talent with the rare gift of being able to write songs that dig deep into the heart of the public conscience...." "....I truly see you as an artist to be reckoned with out there in this world"
Alannah Myles
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'a real revelation'
Nov 2005
Peri Urban, Music Reviewer - Scotland, UK
"Strawberry Vale is a real revelation. The production is warm and intimate (which is exactly what you need with a voice like that). The song writing is wonderfully straightforward and refreshing, with very direct lyrics that are both meaningful and commercial. I love it!
What is it about Canadian music? Everywhere I go on the web I keep coming across brilliant Canadian music. I'm gonna check out the rest of those links and revel in some more great stuff."

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Strawberry Vale is reviewed by Img Music Promotions
"Strawberry Vale possess the right combination of artistic integrity and commercial viability necessary to advance within the industry. The songs were insightful, captivating and well produced....." Tyra Danielle, Promotions Mgr
TO BOOK STRAWBERRY VALE: contact [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/6/2005
Band Members: Lisa - Guitar, vocals
Steve - Piano, Bass, vocals
Tanya - our "a-live" drummer
More tunes @
www.download.com/strawberryvale

Band member info on the DEMO songs posted available upon request - debut CD in progress

Influences: Update:
I had a revelation on the way home from work today regarding musical influences, thinking that we probably received our greatest imprinting between the ages 0 and 10. So as opposed to listing what music I've 'liked' over the years, I'm going to first list what I heard in my formative years.
- In womb - Mr Dylan
- Birth to 10yrs - Here's what I remember listening to as a kid;
Andy Williams
Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass
Englebert Humperdink
Tony Orlando and Dawn
and that guy that sings "the ship lies waiting in the harbour.." ahh can't remember his name right now. So, there you have it - the music that REALLY shaped me - while all the other kids' parents were listening to the Beatles I heard "Knock 3 times" over and over and over.
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- my old 'influences list' (prior to revy)
I'm a huge fan of Colin James and Amanda Marshall, also Sheryl Crow, Train, WMM, Collective Soul...recently added Stripper's Union to my list of faves. I'm in awe of writers Craig Northey and Glen Phillips. Still love listening to Journey, Boston, the big power vocal bands...and Eric Martin was and is amazing. I love old Genesis, e.g, Trick of the Tail, funk/soul aka Stevie Wonder, rootsy stuff like Jack Johnson, and most recent CD purchase was KT Tunstall's latest. (update, latest purchase is Will Hoge's Blackbird on a Lonely Wire)
Sounds Like: according to reviewer on download.com similar artists are - Carole King, Dido and Sheryl Crow
Type of Label: None

My Blog

tasty creatures I’m sure

the other night I ordered a salad at Cactus Club and was seriously enjoying it (real fresh with feta cheese, strawberries, almonds, etc..) when I noticed a feeler-like tendril-thingy on my plate... ma...
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 07:35:00 PST

holy cow!!

ok, if this ’workaround’ actually works and our profile shows up in the searches tomorrow this fix (if somehow communicated) could effect thousands of bands in Canada!!  woo...
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:38:00 PST

YES! figured it out

how to make the profile say "BC" instead of British Columbia - ok, you have to go into "INBOX" hit refresh until the little ’TIP’ at the top of the page says" add graphics or music to...
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:49:00 PST

doing a test

for some reason we don’t show up in any general search, e.g, All genres, British Columbia, or Folk, British Columbia..   only way we could be found is if someone put our ’band na...
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:07:00 PST

Just when I thought I was feeling better

ehhemmm  excuse me, I think I have the plague.  I’m sick of being sick... ok, I’m just looking to whine but there’s so many weird flu’s going around lately. What&rsqu...
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:51:00 PST

attention walmart shoppers

my Visa was declined yesterday and it turns out that they put a stop on it cause someone tried to ring in a purchase at Walmart for 900.00.  My card number but not me. creepy. Someone m...
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:50:00 PST

my dinner with Amanda

so close I could have tossed a piece of lettuce her way. Steve and I were having tres fancy dinner at the River Rock hotel after the show last Sat night when Amanda, her guitar player and ba...
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 11:46:00 PST

a simple prayer

keep my mind from thinking wrong, my heart from feeling wrong, and my hands from doing wrong.
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:40:00 PST

beautiful to see

check out the demo of Belvedere .... the vocal's just scratch and needs guitar, but let me know what you think
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:59:00 PST

My new amp

it rocks..  that's all I can say hey hey hey     looks like this:    ...
Posted by Strawberry Vale on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 09:50:00 PST