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The Orchid

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The Orchid formed during the winter of 2005. At first there were only two members Haley Thomas (violin and vocals) and Derrick Dixon (guitar and piano). The two worked for almost two years writing and composing numerous tunes derrived from eclectic influences such as: PJ Harvey, Sarah Slean, The Cranberries, Sarah Harmer, traditional scottish music, old time country and indie rock.
After a long search for other musicians, bassist Jon Harvey and drummer Ryan Gray joined the band. Now with a full line up, the group comes across full, dark and energetic on stage. The music has evolved into a highly emotional live experience with expressive lyrical content and enthusiastic musicianship. The songs themselves are very accessible to a wide demograph and can be translated for a stripped down coffe house atmosphere or a louder and larger club event.
Haley Thomas is a sound engineer by trade and recorded The Orchid's debut album at The Sound Market in Halifax, NS. The recording is scheduled to be released on Aug 9th @ Gus' Pub in Halifax, accompanied by a series of release events in the summer.
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Member Since: 4/19/2006
Band Website: sonicbids.com/theorchid
Band Members: Haley Thomas - violin, vocals
Derrick Dixon - guitar, piano
Kevin Mombourquette - guitar
Jonathan Harvey - bass
Ryan Gray - drums
Influences: Joni Mitchell, PJ Harvey, The Cranberries, The White Stripes, Mazzy Star, Patsy Cline, Neil Young, Feist, Arcade Fire, Sarah Harmer, Tori Amos, the 90s in general...
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August 9th!

The Orchid's self titled debut album is being released August 9th! Pre-order your today!
Posted by The Orchid on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:54:00 PST

newes

learning the studio personalities of my bandmates is quite, well... um... 'interesting'.Derrick- Fear of reverb, dead string neurosis, curious fear of string arrangements... But goddamn! You look s...
Posted by The Orchid on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:16:00 PST

more fun times!

first guitar tracks are done as well as bass! yay! we still gotta do some guitar ODs but shit sounds tight!yesterday derrick and i came into the studio to record harmony vocals and some gloch... su...
Posted by The Orchid on Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:25:00 PST

two down

i got ry to strip down his drum set-up a little the other night. he had no toms and few symbols (crash, ride and hats). i used a total of seven mics: stereo akg c 414s as over heads, neuman u 87 for...
Posted by The Orchid on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 09:28:00 PST

RECORDING FINALLY

so last night i was in the studio recording our drummer for another project... actually he is working on this wild circus music thingy... him and rich aucoin. something to do with contortion, vibes...
Posted by The Orchid on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:13:00 PST

Pre-production!

The Orchid will be starting pre-production on a debut album this winter. We'll be headed in to the Soundmarket recording studio radomly throughout the next couple of months to get down to business wi...
Posted by The Orchid on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:45:00 PST

Photoshoot

Haley and I were over on the Dartmouth commons the other day taking photos with Leah Mark. We had a lot of fun hanging out and drinking some port with her. She did a great job.We also recorded anoth...
Posted by The Orchid on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 08:42:00 PST