Whisky Rocks Tara Slone! Whisky Rocks Unplugged is a four-week promotion that runs into November 2005, in 600 LCBO (liquor) stores across Ontario, highlighting the worlds finest whiskies (including 20 new products in Canada) and one of Canadas own: songstress TARA SLONE! Tara Slone is the former lead singer of the Toronto-based band Joydrop. The band had their first release with Metasexual which included the hit single Beautiful. Joydrops juno-nominated follow-up, Viberate, contained the single Sometimes Wanna Die. The song was a hit at rock, and pop radio and won the band best new group at the Canadian Radio Music Awards. The video, featuring Tommy Lee, went to #1 on Much More Music. In the process of promoting their music, Joydrop toured North America extensively, playing hundreds of shows and making a name for themselves across the continent. Having the LCBO support her is a wonderful surprise to Tara. Its nice to have had the exposure and the LCBO did call me up based on the INXS ROCKSTAR show, so its nice to have this chance to showcase my songs. Other opportunities are now starting to come my way and hopefully when my record comes out (which is?) who knows? The record is done, mix, mastered and ready to go. I could have sworn that Tara Slone was a bit more of a beer connoisseur, but Tara insists, I am all for alcohol. I am not as much of a whisky connoisseur, but I definitely recognize that whisky is all about the rock 'n roll lifestyle. I am really happy to have the LCBO promote whisky and then show a little love with music. This is a great opportunity for me to showcase my songs and there is a lot of press that is associated with this too. Spoken like a true rock 'n roll gal! Taras first performance at the LCBO on the QueenQuay went of without a hitch! A media circus ensued the talented Torontonian, but it went unnoticed by her as she belted out the tunes from her new album and a few from her former band THE JOYDROP. I have to say though, that everyone that attended the event seemed more interested in networking than listening to her. A heralded applause accompanied every set, but I just think if you are there to listen to an artist, that perhaps you should...I dont know...listen? Anyway, unlike many other performances that we seen of Tara on television, the INXS songs of choice paled in comparison to hearing her sing her own! She really is Beautiful inside and out. Tara was seen around the world this past summer on the hit CBS show Rockstar:INXS. Chosen from thousands of candidates, Tara was one of fifteen singers handpicked by INXS as a potential singer for their band. Tara sang her way to the top ten and picked up an international fan base along the way! Sugarcain Entertainment was one of the first to feature her along with the other 3 Canadian hopefuls, before she headed off to compete. When asked if she enjoyed the experience, Tara had this to say, Well, I got back in August and then I went back for the finale of the show. Towards the end I felt that JD FORTUNE was going to win. No particular reason, it was just more of a vibe than anything. I would have been happy to stay longer if I had felt like it was an easier experience for me, but the whole process was pretty stressful. I am a songwriter and the process of being molded into something other than what I felt I was, helped confirm to me that I was doing the right thing now. Tara is excited to be rocking the musical waters as a solo performer. Her debut album, My Little Secret is set for a 2006 release. Tara explains who is on this album and the differences between Joydrop and the Tara Slone album, Joydrop had a lot of programming and this is a bit more raw, guitar based, drums - more so, this was an opportunity for me to write. In Joydrop there were 4 writers and with my project there is me and a guy named Jordon Zadorozy of Blinker the Star, whose drummer just happens to be Tony Rabalao. She goes on to say, It was an easy process writing with Jordon, and for me it was just the right fit. Two of the former JOYDROP members Tony Rabalao (drums - who is touring with a few bands now across Canada) and Tom McKay (producing with a variety of artists) will be accompanying Tara on her tour along with a couple of newcomers - Trent (seen in photo at LCBO) and Chris. |
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