Emma-O

Toronto

Genre:

Rock, Punk


Influences:

The Ramones, The Clash, The Distillers, Buzzcocks, L7, HoleThe Ramones, The Clash, The Distillers, The Buzzcocks, The Neighborhoods, L7, Hole, Nirvana, The Beatles


Label: Self-produced

"The female Johnny Ramone"

A very accurate description for Toronto's Emma-O, known for her driving, blistering rhythm guitar. A multi-instrumentalist with her hand in many creative pots, Emma-O breathes punk rock, life and exhuberance into every project she is involved with. When not writing and producing her own material (Emma-O, The Gloom) she contributes lead guitar and back-up vocal duties in the high-energy garage/punk rock band The Johnnys, as well as churning out psychedelic guitar effects for Dronica, a psychedelic/experimental project she started with Cowboy Junkies accordion player Jaroslaw Czerwinec.

Inexhaustably driven, Emma-O ploughs relentlessly ahead towards fulfilling her life-long dream of delivering music to the world. In addition to being a musician, she is a visual artist, a writer, a digital photographer, a web designer, internet marketer, activist and entrepreneur.

It has been said that there are many, many talented people in the world, but only those with persistence succeed. One glimpse into the window of Emma-O's creative, spiritual and diverse world will show you that Emma-O is indeed on the right track to glory...

Emma O -- guitars, vocals, percussion, organ, songwriting, production


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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Emma-O update


Well I have been very busy with my band THE JOHNNYS over the past 10 months or so. So we took July off to do things like go on vacation, renovate houses, etc. But a lot of exciting things have happened, and continue to happen. We recently released our 13-song debut CD titled, "I Like it A Lot", and we are also the featured band for Spirit Magazine's annual music issue. Spirit is Canada's national magazine for Aboriginal arts & culture. The issue, featuring Veronica Johnny on the cover, is on newsstands as I type this.

The Johnnys were also on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). Veronica Johnny and I were interviewed for the show "Entertainment Beat", which aired some time in June, I believe.

I have also released a bunch of my own material. I now have the ability to convert cassettes to CD's, so I went on a bender and converted a whole whack of my old rehearsal tapes that contain songs I have never released before. Of course the sound quality isn't the greatest, but it's raw and real, and that's what I like. I've been trying to delete my old tracks and upload some of these new ones, but mp3.com's not letting me right now, for some reason. Anyway, I'll try later! For now, you can find ALL my songs, including the previously-unreleased ones, by clicking the link below:
http://emmao.proboards38.com/index.cgi?board=Music&action=display&thread=1182736113

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