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Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW)

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Member Since: 10/27/2005
Band Website: dearyournamehere.com
Band Members: Joel French - Guitar, Vocals (MySpace)

Terry Sokalofsky - Lead Guitar (MySpace)

Other musicians that sometimes tour/play with us:

Grant Hopkins - Piano/Bass (MySpace)

Mike Derkach - Bass

Paul Walker - Bass (MySpace)

Jon Bounds - Guitar (MySpace)

Joshua Gropp - Guitar (MySpace)

Mark Anstey - Drums/Percussion (MySpace)

Steve Valdez - Merch Dude (MySpace)

Influences: Ellis Paul, Gandhi, Thrice, Chomsky, MxPx, Seth Roberts, Jesus, Mordechai Vanunu, Reese Roper.
Sounds Like: A dude with a guitar and some other stuff sometimes.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Tour/CD Update (Good News/Bad News)

Hey all,So I'm giving you the bad news first.  The eastern portion of our tour has been canceled due to the financial state of the band at the moment.  We will continue to play together.&nbs...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Wed, 14 May 2008 12:00:00 PST

Hey Winnipeg, we’re opening for WHO!?!?!?

Yep, Dear (Your Name Here) will be opening for internationally-renowned folk artist ELLIS PAUL!  If you haven't heard him before, be sure to check him out.  By far he is my favorite artist e...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:29:00 PST

NEWS: More info on the new EP!!!

Hello, my friends.  We have a few things to catch up on.RecordingFirst of all, we have decided that our new 5-song EP is going to be titled "Just Pull Back".  The tracklisting is as follows:...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:15:00 PST

New Song! New EP! New Tour!

A rough mix of "Pseudo-Clever" has been posted for your listening pleasure.  The new EP will hit the streets on April 29th and will feature 5 brand new songs.  The release of the EP will be ...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:46:00 PST

In the Studio

Hello everyone,Dear (Your Name Here) is currently in the studio near Calgary, AB.  We're done tracking drums and bass, and I just finished acoustic guitar about a half hour ago.  Terry has b...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:47:00 PST

Working on the Kucinich for President Campaign (New Hampshire)!

Hello everyone,I am very proud to announce that I will be working on Dennis Kucinich's Presidential campaign in Manchester, New Hampshire from mid-December to mid-January.  I know, I'm a Canadian...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:57:00 PST

Harper slaps democracy in the face again: a CBC interview

The following video is an interview done by CBC on Oct. 31st about two Conservative candidates for Member of Parliament being booted from their positions because Stephen Harper wants to put "star...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 11:24:00 PST

Apparently, I have lost my right to vote in Canada

I was stunned today to read that over 1 million Canadians, due to the incompetence of the current Conservative government, do not currently have the right to vote.  I am one of those people.Four ...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:18:00 PST

Wow, Times Have Changed...

On October 5, 1947, in the first televised White House address, President Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving p...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:33:00 PST

Change Your World.

This morning I was driving to work in my car, and as I was listening to a Foreverinmotion song about the Iraq war, I couldn't help but think about why some people are so engaged in what is going on in...
Posted by Dear (Your Name Here) - (TOURING CANADA NOW) on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:02:00 PST