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Deon Blyan

About Me

Deon Blyan is an Albertan in the truest sense of the label: he’s got small town roots and ambition that slightly exceeds his geography, flavoured by a newly found and still slightly green urban sophistication. This leads to songs laced equally with frustration and hope built on a solid melodic foundation adopted from John Cougar, Neil Finn and maybe now and again a bit of Squeeze. /////For his second recording, Lessons(and other things learned), Deon teamed up with the pop producing duo James Murdoch (Indica/Aquarius)and Chris Wynters (Six shooter), allies in the struggle to produce smart and original Canadian pop songs. You’re going to recognize the Blue Rodeo in his rural roots and the Crowded House in his late ‘80s musical education. But you’re also going to get mariachi trumpet, banjo, hammond and a patchwork quilt of audio delights. ///////////////He has been sharing the stage with such talented and notable artist's as Luke Doucet, Danny Michel, Andy White, Aaron Booth, Paul Bellows, Jonathan Inc., David Ross MacDonald, Serena Ryder, Mathew Barber, Jill Barber, Lindy, Joel Kroeker, Shuyler Jansen, James Murdoch and Chris Wynters, winning a loyal fan base and the respect of his peers. www.sonicbids.com/deonblyanI edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/23/2006
Band Website: www.deonblyan.com
Band Members: Changes often.
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Influences: - The Beatles - The Band - David Gray - Ron Sexsmith - Luke Doucet - Wilco - Blue Rodeo - The Jayhawks - Paul Simon - Teddy Thompson - Josh Rouse - Crowded House - Ryan Adams
Sounds Like: You’re going to recognize the Blue Rodeo in his rural roots and the Crowded House in his late ‘80s musical education
Record Label: Shameless Records Canada
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Things!

Hey everyone!It has been a while since I updated here, I finally have some news worthy items to share so here we go!New press in VUE Magazine Edmonton for the show this Saturday May 16th check it out ...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 10:36:00 GMT

Happy belated! Reflections on a year...

So I'm supposed to give you my "best of" lists and what not? Well... tough thing to do, not many albums tickled my fancy this year, or maybe I just didnt buy any? I had to of though. I'm not going to ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:28:00 GMT

Live Video

Hey! you can see a live video of Deon with Pat Phillips on Drums and Jonny Nordstrom on bass at The Marquee Room in Calgary here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_M6A2yrPHs the song is "I Won't B...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:38:00 GMT

Tops for 2007

in no particular order. Top 10 Albums of 2007   Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger Josh Rouse -Country Mouse City House Wilco - Sky Blue Sky Richard Swift - Dressed up for the let down Travis - The Boy wi...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:31:00 GMT

Lessons (and other things learned) To here...

To Here...   What a big 6 weeks it's been! After 6 long years the new album has been officially pollished up and released to the public, I have played my first 2 shows in Toronto ever (one...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 22:00:00 GMT

Lessons...reviewed in Vue Weekly Edmonton

New Sounds Vue Weekly Edmonton, Alberta. Oct 24  31. Deon BlyanLessons (And Other Things Learned)Shameless EDEN MUNRO / [email protected] the opening notes of "Little Things," the lead-off trac...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:39:00 GMT

Live on Edmonton radio!

Tune to CJSR at 88.5 FM or online at www.cjsr.com betweeen 1 and 2pm Friday Oct 26th. Deon will be live on the air chatting and playing!
Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:39:00 GMT

Live on Calgary Radio

The show is Folkcetera on CJSW radio in Calgary Tune in Thursday October 25th from 6:30pm - 8:30pm to hear Deon play 3 songs live acoustic and chat with the kind DJ's about the CD release party in Cal...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 16:30:00 GMT

New Album available for online purchase!

Purchase a digital download of Lesson (and other things learned), at itunes. here. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=265044090&s=143455 or emusic. here http://www.em...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:39:00 GMT

On the Charts

The new album is officially on the charts in Calgary, yay!!! CJSW Charts for Top Folk for Week Ending September 24, 2007 RANK.  ARTIST - TITLE (LABEL) ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-mi...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:09:00 GMT