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kirsten starcher

About Me

Depending on what day or time you ask me, I am a vocalist, bassist, producer/engineer, administrator, writer and/or web designer.

I'm the bassist for ARCTIC . I recently co-produced ARCTIC's 2007 album "Today Brought Me Here" with Marcus Martin , as well as an instrumental/experimental album for ambientARCTIC .

The songs here are from a demo-in-progress called The Pace Changes. All songs are written, produced and recorded by me, with the exception of "Here First" - Marcus did some of the production early on and basically enabled me to get started on all of this.

I keep a blog called crows to burnaby , which is the best place to look if you want to learn more about me. I also maintain Open Mic Vancouver , a handy resource for Vancouver musicians looking to get some practice.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/09/2005
Band Website: http://www.crowstoburnaby.com
Band Members: Kirsten Starcher - vocals, bass
Influences: radiohead. beck. bjork. massive attack. boards of canada. jane siberry. fiona apple. stephen sondheim. arctic. the cure. dandy warhols. peter gabriel. the police. autechre. kate bush. sigur ros. the smiths. prokofiev.
Sounds Like: What, are we playing charades here?
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

ARCTIC - "I Heard"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9xw6Jeszg I did the animation for this video in the fall. A lot of work but I like how it turned out!
Posted by on Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:19:00 GMT

Hitting the road in May with ARCTIC on a month-long tour

Hey all,I'm going to be heading eastward soon on the ARCTIC Cross-Canada Expedition, starting with our May 10 kickoff show at the Wired Monk here in Vancouver.We've got 18 stops along the way, plus a ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:52:00 GMT

I have a mailing list now

If you want to get updates on when & where I'm going to be playing next and what I'm up to musically, please be so kind as to direct yourself to www.treehorse.ca and get yerself signed up.
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:17:00 GMT

New ARCTIC album; CD master auction to benefit WWF

I can finally announce the new ARCTIC album, "Today Brought Me Here", which Marcus Martin and I have been quietly producing for a while now. It's seven tracks of his songs, guitar and vocals. (No ba...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:15:00 GMT

A good night on the Sunset Strip

I was in Los Angeles a few weeks ago for a conference, and decided to check out some open mics while I was in town. I had a terrific time playing at the West Coast Songwriters showcase at Karma Coffe...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:10:00 GMT

Open Mic Vancouver - just launched

I've just set up Open Mic Vancouver, a listing of - you guessed it - open mic nights in Vancouver. If you've got additions or deletions, or would like to become an OMV editor, please get in touch!
Posted by on Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:46:00 GMT

Hey, there's songs here now!

I've finally got a few tracks ready for public consumption. You can listen to them here or at Project Opus.You'll see the word "treehorse" bandied about here & there. That's the name of my music pro...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:47:00 GMT

ARCTIC - NXNE and beyond

ARCTIC will be playing a full band festival showcase at North by Northeast in Toronto, on June 8. Clinton's Tavern, 10:00 pm. If you're in TO, come see!But more than that - we're looking into bookin...
Posted by on Wed, 17 May 2006 23:07:00 GMT

Playing at New Music West on Thursday night

Hey. ARCTIC is playing a full band festival showcase for New Music West this Thursday, April 27. It's at 11 pm at the Marine Club (573 Homer @ Dunsmuir) in Vancouver. Try it, you'll like it.
Posted by on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 11:34:00 GMT

Playing with Southern Time, Dec 4-10

This week I'm playing bass with Southern Time, a new rock opera by Tim Bartsch. It's at the WISE Hall in Vancouver from Dec 4-10; doors open at 8 pm, tix are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. One act...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:17:00 GMT