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The Origin - Shows from April and On
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JC Sharp
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The Origin is a Victoria-based rock band that has been active for just under one year. The driving force behind the band is the contribution of founding members Curtis Duggan (vocals, keyboard) and Tom Hayward’s (guitar, vocals) individual and joint songwriting efforts. Curtis performs on lead vocals, interpreting both Tom’s and his own lyrics and melodies and acting as frontman; Tom plays guitar and along with guitarist Trison Nguyen engineers The Origin’s distinct guitar sound which draws inspiration from many of the guitar innovators of the last twenty years including the likes of The Edge and Jonny Greenwood. The rhythm section is comprised of Sean Allan on bass and Kyle Goodwin on drums. The Origin is managed by Jason Cawker, who is based in Victoria.

The Origin or members of the Origin have live experience at Steamer’s Public House, The Garry Oak Room, Legends Nightclub, The Victoria Event Centre, The Macpherson Playhouse, Logan’s Pub and elsewhere in Victoria. The Origin has recording experience in a home studio. The results of this experience in December 2007 are a four-song non-commercial demo used for promotional purposes. The Origin has plans to record tracks in a professional studio in 2008.

The genre of music The Origin plays would be best be categorized as modern rock. As a point of reference, the local Victoria radio station on whose programming schedule The Origin would fit the best would be The Zone@ 91.3. The band’s music is freely available at http://theorigin.ca . For higher bitrate quality versions of the music available on that site, interested parties can contact the bands management for a physical or digital copy of the band’s demo.

Please direct all inquiries to The Origin’s management at [email protected], (250) 881-0602 - Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:42pm Edited: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:45pm
MichaelMotorcycle
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So are you looking for shows or just announcing that you have a manager now? Either way, good for you guys! - Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:34am
JC Sharp
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The guys are definately looking for shows. They've rocked out a series of awesome new songs and are up for Bar shows and All Agers from april on.


Thanks for the well wishes,
Cheers,
Jason - Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:07am
Tom H
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Bump. - Fri, 11 Apr 2008 4:19pm
Skyline Crescent
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If you need an opener, consider us! http://www.myspace.com/skylinecrescent - Mon, 14 Apr 2008 6:17pm
JC Sharp
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Hey guys, I tried to get a hold of you last week but never heard back. Anyways

The Origin is currently booking an all ages show for some time in July (details to come), we are looking for one more opening band who would enjoy playing such a show. Ideally the musical styles wouldn't clash. All of this of course is subject to approval from the venue, which is why we need to get a 4th band on board now.

Feel free to contact me
Jason
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250-881-0602 - Sat, 17 May 2008 2:09am
::Saint::
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Hey JC - emailed you regarding the all ager. DeviceBox would love to play! - Sat, 17 May 2008 2:44pm
JC Sharp
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Hey Saint, I e-mailed you about a possible opening for a show in July. If you didn't get the email please feel free to message me on myspace or even give me a ring. - Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:15am
::Saint::
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Looking forward to playing with you guys on the 10th! Hopefully our EP will be ready by then as well.

Cheers, JC! - Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:14pm
Doc
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Liked you sound alright on the website, but I find it HIL-FUCKIN-LARIOUS that you actually used "The Edge" in the same sentence as "guitar innovators of the last twenty years" without some qualifier such as "will never be considered among" or "sure could take some pointers from." Not to put down you guys or Dave, he is a solid guitarist for sure, but definately NOT an innovator of anything guitar. Anyways, looking forward to seeing your show in July. Good luck.

~Promoting all-agers for everyone over 19,
Doc - Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:17pm
JC Sharp
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Hey Doc,

Jason here, I gotta say I somewhat agree with you on this Edge part. I Think there are plenty of more innovative guitarists, however members of the band of course have slightly different tastes.

We're glad you enjoyed the tunes, come up and say hi at the show, we're very excited for it. - Mon, 23 Jun 2008 1:24pm
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