disBAND: Em’s Final Words

January 28th, 2010

After coming home from Toronto, getting some sleep in my own bed (finally), and reflecting on the whole experience, here’s the bottom line. I am a better artist/performer since coming home from disBAND. Am I discouraged at the judges verdict? Not at all. In fact, I’m even more driven than ever. I pretty much got the best scenario possible with getting a disBAND. The judges didn’t rip me apart, they told me to keep going. I agree that the song was a bit out of my vocal range, but what I didn’t tell the judges, and I should have, was that I rehearsed the song so much the days before the performance, my voice was shot. The most encouraging part of the verdict, was Mark Spicoluk himself coming up to the green room to say hi, and give me the thumbs up to keep going. I’ve been bugging Mark for the last year and a half to listen to my music, and he has. Actually getting to perform a new song, and meeting him was so rewarding.

As you can see from my episode, it was a rollercoaster of ups and downs. It’s a lot like normal life, but condensed into 6 days. It was exhausting and exhilarating at the same time. My band and I had SO much fun in Toronto. We wrote our new song “Kicking it Down” about being shot down on Day 1 by Greig, and taking that negative and turning it into something positive. It’s about how the tough things in life are always worth doing. It’s about kicking down those doors. What did we do? We redeemed ourselves with Greig, and rocked it for the judges. We did exactly what we went there to do. I have WAY more to give. I live and breathe music and It would be rad to go back to Toronto and prove it to the judges. So VOTE darlings!

Since the disBAND taping I’ve been in the studio writing new songs for release in 2010! Can’t wait to move forward…

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Special Thank you WestJet, Super 8, Dick Haskayne, and Salon Dew for making it possible for my band and I to rock Toronto!

Love
Em

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