My Own Empire profile picture

My Own Empire

About Me

We are a Brampton band who formed in the summer of 2005. Darren started out writing some songs and brought them to Chad, who then added lyrics. Chad finnished 3rd in Nashville North’s Canadian Country Idol 2005. A competition which took place over 5 months with over 300 vocalists who competed. Sean "Beastkeeper" Best is on bass and Brian Purvis is on drums. Excitement is in the air again since adding these musicians to the line up. They previously enjoyed success in another Brampton band called G13. Armed with a new sound and amped up energy, we are looking to blow your mind. We are currently playing shows in the GTA. We are looking to play as much as possible over the next few months. You have not really experienced My Own Empire until you see us play live. Check us out at http://www.soundclick.com/myownempire for the rest of our demos and everything else about the band. You can contact us at [email protected] or [email protected].

Myspace Layouts by Pimp-My-Profile.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.soundclick.com/myownempire
Band Members: Darren Schaump - guitar/remix , Chad McBride - vocals , Brian Purvis - drums , Sean Best - bass
Influences: Rivers Cuomo, Death Cab For Cutie, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Bedouin Soundclash, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ben Lee, Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, The Tragically Hip, Coldplay, Noel Gallagher, Dallas Green, Metric, The Arcade Fire, The White Stripes, Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, Death From Above 1979, Bloc Party, Incubus, Tool, and Indie music
Sounds Like: Feel good music
Record Label: none

My Blog

It has been a while!

Well, it has been a while for us to post some new updates. It was a busy summer. We had to take a brief break from playing because work became too hectic to committ to our usual routine. Chad got m...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 08:08:00 GMT

Updates

The summer is slowly winding down, but the ideas are not. We are currently recording our demo album, and Constellations should be mixed and mastered within the next few weeks. Over the next few mont...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:21:00 GMT

On The Big Stage

Last night, we played our first show at The Opera House in Toronto. What a fun place to play. Thanks again to Steve from S&S Promotions for putting on the show. Also, we would like to thank everyon...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:02:00 GMT

It was worth the drive to Acton

We have added a new song to our set called ' It's Like (Constellations) '. We recieved some positive feedback from it when we played it live for the first time on Saturday May 13 at Manny's Roadhous...
Posted by on Fri, 19 May 2006 18:30:00 GMT

April showers are bringing a big show in May

Well it has been a while since I last blogged. Our last show was a first with a drummer, and the responses I have recieved have all been positive. So I take that as a success on our part and deliver...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Apr 2006 09:17:00 GMT

And on we go!

Well our first show was deemed a success. A few days after the show, we got our next show booked (thank you again Steve). Its on Friday March 10 at REILLEY's in Toronto 340 Younge Street. We are tr...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:00:00 GMT

Many, Many, Many Thanks!!!!

Last night we played our show at the Fun Haus in Toronto. Overall, it was a success. I hope we gave people their 10 dollars worth. It was a FUN night at the Fun Haus. My Own Empire would like to t...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:27:00 GMT

Now how 'bout that!!!

Well last night, Chad and myself (Darren), went to a local show and met a promoter. We gave him a demo cd and he proceeds to tell us that he would indeed listen to it, and that we might hear from him...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jan 2006 21:30:00 GMT

Happy New Year

Well it seems that the new year is starting off the right way. The soundclick site is doing really well. We have been busy recording new songs and I have been messing around with some tracks. The ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:59:00 GMT