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Soulful screeches, keytars and stories of tragedy and glory. I am offering you 30 minutes of the music I've made over the years at Pride Toronto. I will be at the stage set up at George Hislop Park on Saturday June 27 2009 at 6:20 PM for 30 minutes of music. Allow lots of time to get there because there will be lots of people and traffic. I invite you to come and sit right in front of the stage because this will be an "up close and personal" show. I hope to focus on sincereity and the message of the stories rather than on any performative, high-kicking and theatrics. Many of the songs will focus on my observations about the journies of marginalized people and the humanity at all people share in common. I invite you to be there for the show. In fact, I need your support and encouragment to go on!
Pride Toronto:
http://www.pridetoronto.co
Here are the directions to George Hislop Park:
http://maps.google.com/map
Pride Toronto:
http://www.pridetoronto.co
Here are the directions to George Hislop Park:
http://maps.google.com/map
Mackenzie SHOW - Saturday June 27 2009 at 6:20 PM Pride Toronto
IN The SAW-NA
After four months of working on it my music video for the song "Believe In Love" will be screened on Thursday (February 26, 2009.)
The last part of the video editing had Pixie and I sitting in the editing suite for 9 hours. We ended up calling it "the SAW-NA." All it was missing was hot rocks, steam, and some starched towels.
At one point I burst out of the room and started confessing I thought that one of the resident video guys made me weak in the knees. It became an episode of "True SAW-NA" confessions. Everyone had a laugh, and a good sweat.
I really hope you will all enjoy the video and it will inspire you to "Believe In Love" in your own lives, despite whatever obstacles, and heartaches you have faced.
It's a message of hope, so please think of coming out to the SAW Gallery on Thursday. The screening of the film is at 10 pm. I've decided not to put the video on You Tube for an indefinite period, so this will be one of the only times to see the film, especially on the big screen, for the foreseeable future.
After four months of working on it my music video for the song "Believe In Love" will be screened on Thursday (February 26, 2009.)
The last part of the video editing had Pixie and I sitting in the editing suite for 9 hours. We ended up calling it "the SAW-NA." All it was missing was hot rocks, steam, and some starched towels.
At one point I burst out of the room and started confessing I thought that one of the resident video guys made me weak in the knees. It became an episode of "True SAW-NA" confessions. Everyone had a laugh, and a good sweat.
I really hope you will all enjoy the video and it will inspire you to "Believe In Love" in your own lives, despite whatever obstacles, and heartaches you have faced.
It's a message of hope, so please think of coming out to the SAW Gallery on Thursday. The screening of the film is at 10 pm. I've decided not to put the video on You Tube for an indefinite period, so this will be one of the only times to see the film, especially on the big screen, for the foreseeable future.
Mackenzie MacBride will chat with CKCU Radio’s Morning Blend show on Friday Feb 20 at 8:30 am, and invites you to listen in for a laugh while brushing your teeth, or having a pee (wipe the seat.) www.ckcufm.com 93.1 FM
Mackenzie invites you to hear her CHUO Radio chat @ 5pm about her outsider music and eventful life. Intelligible? Possibly. Vanilla? Def not! www.chuo.fm to listen in.
www.chuo.fm to listen live to an interview with Mackenzie today at 5 pm.
An Outsider's Heart - Now Yours $8.80 - Criminal Records in Toronto
Criminal Records:
493 Queen Street W Toronto, ON
Criminal Records:
493 Queen Street W Toronto, ON
An Outsider's Heart - Now Yours - $7.99 - Sounds Unlikely -Ottawa
Sounds Unlikely
5 Arlington Avenue
Ottawa, ON
(613) 565-1661
Sounds Unlikely
5 Arlington Avenue
Ottawa, ON
(613) 565-1661
An Outsider's Heart - Now Yours $7.99 - @ Compact Music is Ottawa, Both Locations on Bank Street.
Compact Music:
785 1/2 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
(613) 233-8922
190, Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
(613) 233-7626
Compact Music:
785 1/2 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
(613) 233-8922
190, Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
(613) 233-7626
If you prefer a digital download of "An Outsider's Heart", the price is approximately $3.99 and is available from
iTunes – Available Worldwide
Here is the direct link to get "An Outsider's Heart" from iTunes
http://www.apple.com/searc
If you are not in Ottawa, ON or Toronto, ON, then for a limited time / limited quantity you can catalog order, "An Outsider's Heart" directly from:
HMV Music Store (across Canada)
Amazon.ca (Across North America)
Yes, An Outsider's Heart ...
the playlist for rebels, shut-ins and skeptics, the sarcastic, the wretched, and the just plain fed up…
A Present to MM Listeners for 2009. Please send me yer love.
iTunes – Available Worldwide
Here is the direct link to get "An Outsider's Heart" from iTunes
http://www.apple.com/searc
If you are not in Ottawa, ON or Toronto, ON, then for a limited time / limited quantity you can catalog order, "An Outsider's Heart" directly from:
HMV Music Store (across Canada)
Amazon.ca (Across North America)
Yes, An Outsider's Heart ...
the playlist for rebels, shut-ins and skeptics, the sarcastic, the wretched, and the just plain fed up…
A Present to MM Listeners for 2009. Please send me yer love.
"An Outsider's Heart" (the playlist for rebels, shut-ins and skeptics, the sarcastic, the wretched, and the just plain fed up…)
is available on iTunes for $3.99 or 99 cents a song. Please send me yer love!!! Link: http://www.apple.com/searc
is available on iTunes for $3.99 or 99 cents a song. Please send me yer love!!! Link: http://www.apple.com/searc
Go Get Your Pants On - New Mackenzie MacBride Album EP - Now Available
The new EP An Outsider's Heart (A Short Alt Rock Opera – Opus 5) is now available in stores (see store locations below) and online at ITUNES as a Limited Edition, for a limited time.
Yes, An Outsider's Heart ...
the playlist for rebels, shut-ins and skeptics, the sarcastic, the wretched, and the just plain fed up…
the soundtrack to add 27 minutes of intrigue and angst to a dull Sunday afternoon…
the sing-a-long mix tape for morning showers and evening battles with dirty dishes…
which was voted "Honourable Mention - Best Country Album" in the Ottawa Xpress Magazine 2008 Reader's Poll is now up for grabs.
An Outsider's Heart is, as the button on my hat says, "Here Today, Gone to Maui." So don't miss out.
Inside The Box, Outside The Lines:
This is a 5 song record I completed on Halloween Day 2008 that features a selection of the songs that were crowd favourites when I performed them live.
So, I present this record as a present and a souvenir to fans of music I've made, and a primer to those of you who are just now discovering the fun question marks "outsider music" can paint on your faces.
Dramatic Thematics:
The themes of the songs on An Outsider's Heart cut zig zags acrosss the front lawn of the human condition including:
Questions of whether love can be as intense as it was in high school, even as it stares it the face of park bench infidelity.
The lost and found of friends we hung out with in small apartments.
Moments of Marilyn Munroe-esque glory snatched away at their crescendo.
The frozen peas we jam into our ears, and other vices we jam into our hearts.
The rollings around on beds, dance floors and yoga mats that we do to try to come to grips with our searches for people and feelings that we've already found, but thrown away.
Big News on Subversive Soundz:
For the first time on any of my records, real acoustic instruments are played throughout An Outsider's Heart. From pianos to percussion, this is live heart music. The musicians were a group of excellent players that I located in various obtuse locations, including the dim corners of folk cafes, the practice rooms of university music programs and the blissed out jam sessions of hippie hangouts.
As well, for the first time, this CD was professionally manufactured, so it will be sure to both play, and play real loud on your home stereo.
Fine Print Reading List:
There's also a booklet with all of the song lyrics (without typos) and pictures of me standing in a snow drift in my bare feet, like an idiot, I mean "artist."
Genres, Influences and Punches:
An Outsider's Heart was influenced by, and occasionally breaks bread with these genres:
Outsider Music
Alternative Country
Heart Music
Eccentric Story Songs
Freak Folk
Avant Pop
(those last two descriptions are new ones on me, that I read about in, of all places, Manitoba, so let's throw them in as well).
What It Aint:
A lot of the "chick with piano" CDs that I've bought recently technically "work", but at the end of the day are really just records to "pass the time"; they don't go anywhere other than the usual cliché "Baby Be Good To Me" places.
An Outsider's Heart is not meant to be "safe" background music for doctor's offices or public broadcasters. It's meant to match the gritty moments of your life, when you need heartfelt music and subversive singing to stir you into action, not put you back to sleep.
I'd also like to think that this CD is not the female equivalent to "Sad Bastard" music, as, contrary to the pablum of that genre, this record does have at least a unique character and a spirit of hope that is meant to inspire you "onward", even if you're missing a literal or metaphoric shoe.
If You Like:
If you like any of these artists, you would probably like parts of, or all of An Outsider's Heart
Dolly Parton
Regina Spektor
Antony & the Johnsons
Tracy Chapman
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Holdin' Your Own:
The price on the store shelves in Ottawa is $7.99. In Toronto it's about $8.99. My father always used to say, "You don't like it because it's cheap!", which I guess is a mentality that does exist.
So, even though my father was yelling about hamburgers at a Friendly's Restaurant when he leveled this enduring quote against snobs of commerce far and wide, I would like point out that I would only put this record out if I knew it could have some soul-value for people who are open to receiving it.
Okay, it is cheap, I agree. For the price of a coffee shop snack you can have:
a new coffee table conversation piece
epic sing-a-longs
an artifact of Outsider Canadiana
some sounds of New York City's underground
When I say, Limited Edition, Limited Time, I mean these record store locations have about three copies each, and the deal is once they are gone, they are gone.
So I hope you will treat yourself and own An Outsider's Heart, the very first chance you get to go shopping this weekend.
CD/ Hard Copy Locations:
Ottawa, ON –
Sounds Unlikely:
5 Arlington Avenue
Ottawa, ON
(613) 565-1661
Compact Music:
785 1/2 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
(613) 233-8922
(Glebe Location Only)
Toronto, ON –
Criminal Records:
493 Queen Street W Toronto, ON
(416) 364-5380
As well as other independent record stores in Toronto (shop around, or contact me if you need another location.)
If you are not in Ottawa, ON or Toronto, ON, then for a limited time / limited quantity you can catalog order, "An Outsider's Heart" directly from:
HMV Music Store (across Canada)
Amazon.ca (Across North America)
Digital Downloads:
If you prefer a digital download of "An Outsider's Heart", the price is approximately $3.99 and is available from many online music retailers including these, and many more:
ITunes – Available Worldwide
Here is the direct link to get "An Outsider's Heart" from ITunes
http://www.apple.com/searc
More Digital Download Options:
OD2 (Loudeye) - Europe
Pure Tracks - US and Canada
R2G - China
Rhapsody- World
Rogers Wireless- Canada
Sprint - US
Virgin Mobil - US
Virginmega.fr - France, Monaco
The new EP An Outsider's Heart (A Short Alt Rock Opera – Opus 5) is now available in stores (see store locations below) and online at ITUNES as a Limited Edition, for a limited time.
Yes, An Outsider's Heart ...
the playlist for rebels, shut-ins and skeptics, the sarcastic, the wretched, and the just plain fed up…
the soundtrack to add 27 minutes of intrigue and angst to a dull Sunday afternoon…
the sing-a-long mix tape for morning showers and evening battles with dirty dishes…
which was voted "Honourable Mention - Best Country Album" in the Ottawa Xpress Magazine 2008 Reader's Poll is now up for grabs.
An Outsider's Heart is, as the button on my hat says, "Here Today, Gone to Maui." So don't miss out.
Inside The Box, Outside The Lines:
This is a 5 song record I completed on Halloween Day 2008 that features a selection of the songs that were crowd favourites when I performed them live.
So, I present this record as a present and a souvenir to fans of music I've made, and a primer to those of you who are just now discovering the fun question marks "outsider music" can paint on your faces.
Dramatic Thematics:
The themes of the songs on An Outsider's Heart cut zig zags acrosss the front lawn of the human condition including:
Questions of whether love can be as intense as it was in high school, even as it stares it the face of park bench infidelity.
The lost and found of friends we hung out with in small apartments.
Moments of Marilyn Munroe-esque glory snatched away at their crescendo.
The frozen peas we jam into our ears, and other vices we jam into our hearts.
The rollings around on beds, dance floors and yoga mats that we do to try to come to grips with our searches for people and feelings that we've already found, but thrown away.
Big News on Subversive Soundz:
For the first time on any of my records, real acoustic instruments are played throughout An Outsider's Heart. From pianos to percussion, this is live heart music. The musicians were a group of excellent players that I located in various obtuse locations, including the dim corners of folk cafes, the practice rooms of university music programs and the blissed out jam sessions of hippie hangouts.
As well, for the first time, this CD was professionally manufactured, so it will be sure to both play, and play real loud on your home stereo.
Fine Print Reading List:
There's also a booklet with all of the song lyrics (without typos) and pictures of me standing in a snow drift in my bare feet, like an idiot, I mean "artist."
Genres, Influences and Punches:
An Outsider's Heart was influenced by, and occasionally breaks bread with these genres:
Outsider Music
Alternative Country
Heart Music
Eccentric Story Songs
Freak Folk
Avant Pop
(those last two descriptions are new ones on me, that I read about in, of all places, Manitoba, so let's throw them in as well).
What It Aint:
A lot of the "chick with piano" CDs that I've bought recently technically "work", but at the end of the day are really just records to "pass the time"; they don't go anywhere other than the usual cliché "Baby Be Good To Me" places.
An Outsider's Heart is not meant to be "safe" background music for doctor's offices or public broadcasters. It's meant to match the gritty moments of your life, when you need heartfelt music and subversive singing to stir you into action, not put you back to sleep.
I'd also like to think that this CD is not the female equivalent to "Sad Bastard" music, as, contrary to the pablum of that genre, this record does have at least a unique character and a spirit of hope that is meant to inspire you "onward", even if you're missing a literal or metaphoric shoe.
If You Like:
If you like any of these artists, you would probably like parts of, or all of An Outsider's Heart
Dolly Parton
Regina Spektor
Antony & the Johnsons
Tracy Chapman
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Holdin' Your Own:
The price on the store shelves in Ottawa is $7.99. In Toronto it's about $8.99. My father always used to say, "You don't like it because it's cheap!", which I guess is a mentality that does exist.
So, even though my father was yelling about hamburgers at a Friendly's Restaurant when he leveled this enduring quote against snobs of commerce far and wide, I would like point out that I would only put this record out if I knew it could have some soul-value for people who are open to receiving it.
Okay, it is cheap, I agree. For the price of a coffee shop snack you can have:
a new coffee table conversation piece
epic sing-a-longs
an artifact of Outsider Canadiana
some sounds of New York City's underground
When I say, Limited Edition, Limited Time, I mean these record store locations have about three copies each, and the deal is once they are gone, they are gone.
So I hope you will treat yourself and own An Outsider's Heart, the very first chance you get to go shopping this weekend.
CD/ Hard Copy Locations:
Ottawa, ON –
Sounds Unlikely:
5 Arlington Avenue
Ottawa, ON
(613) 565-1661
Compact Music:
785 1/2 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
(613) 233-8922
(Glebe Location Only)
Toronto, ON –
Criminal Records:
493 Queen Street W Toronto, ON
(416) 364-5380
As well as other independent record stores in Toronto (shop around, or contact me if you need another location.)
If you are not in Ottawa, ON or Toronto, ON, then for a limited time / limited quantity you can catalog order, "An Outsider's Heart" directly from:
HMV Music Store (across Canada)
Amazon.ca (Across North America)
Digital Downloads:
If you prefer a digital download of "An Outsider's Heart", the price is approximately $3.99 and is available from many online music retailers including these, and many more:
ITunes – Available Worldwide
Here is the direct link to get "An Outsider's Heart" from ITunes
http://www.apple.com/searc
More Digital Download Options:
OD2 (Loudeye) - Europe
Pure Tracks - US and Canada
R2G - China
Rhapsody- World
Rogers Wireless- Canada
Sprint - US
Virgin Mobil - US
Virginmega.fr - France, Monaco
Cover of "An Outsider's Heart- A Short Alt Rock Opera- Opus 5)
Saturday, November 15, 2008
An Outsider's Heart was voted "Honourable Mention - Best Country Album" in the Ottawa Xpress Magazine 2008 Reader's Poll.
Thank-you Ottawa!
An Outsider's Heart was voted "Honourable Mention - Best Country Album" in the Ottawa Xpress Magazine 2008 Reader's Poll.
Thank-you Ottawa!