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Flat Fifth

About Me

We're a five piece pianocentric band that has been making music together for almost two years. Our musical style can be generally found where pop meets jazz................ Flat Fifth's first release was a self titled six song EP that commanded loads of attention in Atlantic Canada. It landed us an ECMA 2007 Main Stage showcase, garnered us two Music NS Award nominations and gave us a Number One single for four weeks................... Our first full length album is due out this Fall and is being recorded at CBC Studio H in Halifax. The album is being recorded by the award winning team of Executive Producer, Glenn Meisner and Engineer, Pat Martin.......................Here's a brief history of the band: March 2006 - Winners of 2006 LUNENBURG FOLK FIESTA..... May 2006 - Release debut six song EP..... May 2006 - Featured on CKBW's "THAT EAST COAST SHOW"..... May 2006 - "WISH I DIDN'T KNOW..." starts receiving immediate airplay..... July 2006 - EP receives two MUSIC NOVA SCOTIA NOMINATIONS - NEW GROUP/ARTIST RECORDING and JAZZ/BLUES RECORDING of the year..... August 2006 - LUNENBURG FOLK HARBOUR FESTIVAL featured performer..... November 2006 - NOVA SCOTIA MUSIC WEEK featured performer..... December 2006 - selected as one of only eleven acts for ECMA 2007 MAIN STAGE..... December 2006 - Featured on CBC's ATLANTIC AIRWAVES..... February 2007 - Performed on TV pilot episode of "POP IN SESSIONS"..... February 2007 - Performed at ECMA 2007 MAIN STAGE, MUSIC NS STAGE & JAZZEAST STAGE..... February 2007 - "WISH I DIDN'T KNOW..." featured on ECMA 2007 compilation CD..... March 2007 - www.flatfifth.ca goes online..... March 2007 - "Wish I Didn't know..." selected as PRODUCER'S PICK on "THE EAST COAST COUNTDOWN"..... March 2007 - "Wish I Didn't Know..." enters Top 10 of The East Coast Countown where it spends almost three months and an UNPRECEDENTED FOUR WEEKS AT NUMBER ONE!!!..... May 2007 - Featured on Q104's "ROUTE 104" with Tom Bedell..... September 2007 - Start recording full length album at CBC Studio H...... October 2007 - Tour to Ontario with appearance on CITY TV Breakfast Television....... November 2007 - Nova Scotia Music Week showcase artist........ February 2008 - Maritime Magazine ECMA special on CBC radio one.........................................."AS INDIVIDUALS THE BAND MEMBERS SHINE: AS A GROUP THEY ARE BRILLIANT" (Artistic Director - Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 22/06/2006
Band Website: www.flatfifth.ca
Band Members: Paul Buchanan - Piano & vocals, Eilidh Campbell - Fiddle, Jeff Coates - Guitar, harmonica & vocals, Jordi Comstock - Percussion & vocals
Influences: Bits and pieces of everything we love... Steely Dan, Billy Joel, Duke Ellington, Ben Folds, Kenny Burrell, Jamie Junger, The Beatles, Scott Joplin, CAKE, Squeeze, Neil Young, Carole King, Bob Marley, Supertramp, BDB, Modern Jazz Quartet, Fats Waller, Nat King Cole, Monte Alexander, Joe Jackson... you get the idea
Sounds Like: Flat Fifth - most definitely
Record Label: Sea Monster Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Out with the old songs, in with the new

We've got our new album coming out very shortly and we thought we would let you hear them here first! So, we got rid of all the old recordings from our EP and replaced them with shiny new ones. Plus, ...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:50:00 GMT

The near future

Well, somehow it's September already! With that brings a short break for us in preparation for an exciting 2009. Next week we're back in the studio finishing up our final four mixes for our new C...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:37:00 GMT

Ontario Concerts in June

We're off to Ontario next Thursday for 10 days to play a number of shows from the shores of the Detroit River to Lake Simcoe and a bunch of stops in between. If your in any of the areas come on out......
Posted by on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:01:00 GMT

Pearl show thanks!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Pearl Theatre show last weekend. It was a giant success and our opening act Mike Evin was awesome as usual. Our new album is set to be released in the next few m...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:28:00 GMT

CBC Radio special ECMA weekend

We just finished up our second recording session in Halifax last week. Almost done! John Spearns from McCrimmon's Revenge joined us on the Monday to lay down some very tasteful cello tracks. Eilidh pl...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 04:25:00 GMT

Pearl Theatre show announced

It's the kind of show that happens only once every four years! The Lunenburg Folk Harbour Society says they're proud to announce a great concert coming up in February. Kind of like a proud parent they...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:29:00 GMT

CITY TV Breakfast Television

We're performing Monday October 22nd downtown T.O. at CITY TV on Breakfast Television. If you've got satellite you should be able to pick it up. We'll make sure we get a copy of it and post it somehow...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:30:00 GMT

Studio date set for CBC recording!

We did manage to hold on to our number one spot on the East Coast Countdown for four weeks. Thanks to everyone who voted for us and thank you to Jimmie Inch the show's producer. On another note (this ...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:11:00 GMT

"Wish I didn't know..." hits number one

Great news! Our first single "Wish I didn't know..." hit number one on the East Coast Countdown after only it's fourth week on the charts. The East Coast Countdown Top Ten is voted on by music fans a...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:03:00 GMT

ECMA weekend

Greetings all! We're very excited about the ECMA weekend that's quickly approaching. We've got four gigs in less than 48 hours! Firstly, we've been asked to be part of a tv pilot that's filming in Hal...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:42:00 GMT