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Doug Hoyer

the jack of all trades is master of nothing

About Me

Hey! This is Doug Hoyer.I like to play music. Sometimes with friends, and sometimes just by myself.When I can, I have my friend Jesse Orge on the trap kit, and Calvin McElroy on bass.Anyways, enjoy the music!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/5/2006
Band Members: Sometimes Jesse Orge joins me on the drums.//// I play bass and sometimes other stuff in a great band called "Illfit Outfit". ///// I used to play with:Smorgasbord .Amadan .Hills Like White Elephants .Blazing Violets .If We Were Us .
Influences: Several people who's names start with J:Jonathan Richman / Joel Plaskett / Jens Lekman / John K. Samson (the weakerthans) / John Prine /and groups like P:ano, Spoon, Young & Sexy, & Mirah
Sounds Like: you can download my ep's from www.kerfmusic.com! 'Songs from Grand Marquee' is here:
Secure Downloads on KERFMUSICAnd the 'Tattoo' ep is here:
Secure Downloads on KERFMUSIC
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Runaway Lane, showz and whatnot.

Hey folks, I just wanted to let you know that Runaway Lane, from my ep "songs from grand marquee", is up on the myspace now. Enjoy the massive reverb on my vocals.Also, I'm playing a show on June 27th...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:08:00 PST

"Songs from Grand Marquee"

Hello! My new ep, "Doug Hoyer presents Songs from Grand Marquee", will be coming out on April 25th. That’s not that far off!  It’s a little bit of a concept ep. Basically, it’s...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:46:00 PST

Winter Song "How I I Learned to Hate the Snow"

Hey folks,Calvin McElroy, my every trusty friend and bass player, was nice enough to record my new winter tune on his laptop. That guy really knows what he's doing!Anyways, I just uploaded it here on ...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Thu, 27 Dec 2007 12:37:00 PST

I Will Only Play For You

Hey people. I don't have any solo shows coming up untill November 1 (for now). I'm really trying to figure out how ( and if ) I can hit vancouver or toronto in the next few months...we'll se...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 12:20:00 PST

CFRC Kingston, News

I know I keep posting this stuff, but I just get so giddy about it and I have to share it with someone. I'm charting in Kingston! Check out the link, for the week of July 10th, I'm 15. That's pretty ...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:31:00 PST

CIUT 89.5 Toronto...

I charted in Toronto! That's kind of crazy, if you ask me. I've never been able to play there or anything. But wow, I reached number 20 this week with the Tattoo ep. I feel pretty giddy about that! h...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 03:38:00 PST

Loki

Hey peoples. Well, I'm back in Canada. Back home. I still find myself driving late at night.  But its good to be back. I figured I'd put a different tune up. This one is called "Loki". It was the...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Thu, 31 May 2007 12:15:00 PST

America

To make a long story short...   I'm helping my dad drive a '69 Mustang he bought back home to Edmonton from Oklahoma City. I saw Mt.Rushmore and Devil's Tower today! On a side note, I think I hav...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Sun, 27 May 2007 10:44:00 PST

travel, radio

For those who don't know, I'm in Scotland at the moment. I've spent the past few days on the Isle of Skye, which is great if you're looking for some beautiful hiking. Anyways, here's a funny little ti...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:34:00 PST

April 29th...

Well, last night I was about to go to my hostel to cook up some soup, when I noticed a poster saying that Gruff Rhys (singer of the wonderful band, Super Furry Animals) was playing a solo gig that nig...
Posted by Doug Hoyer on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:24:00 PST