1)Would you like to introduce yourself?
Hello, my name is Olivia Street, and my project is called King of Foxes. We’re from Edmonton, Alberta, and we play indie-alternative music on guitars, drums, marimbas, synths, and other stuff.
2)When and why did you start playing?
I’ve been playing most of my life, although I started out as a classical violinist. I began teaching myself guitar in my late teens. I was dating someone who was in a band at the time, but I decided that it would be more fun to be in a band myself. I think he dumped me after that, so I did get some good material to write about.
3)What is your favourite part about this line of work? Your least favourite? Why?
I love connecting with people all around the country and the world. I really get a kick out of having someone send me a tweet or a comment from thousands of miles away, about how they heard a song on the radio and it spoke to them. I also love playing live with my band, and experiencing those adrenaline-fueled, sweat-drenched moments where I’m completely at peace.
Least favourite? You open yourself up for a lot of judgement and criticism, which can be tough. You have to develop a thick skin and learn what criticism to take, and what to toss out with the trash. Music is so subjective, and you just have to accept that some people will love you and others will hate you. If you don’t have some of both, you’re probably doing it wrong.
4)To what extent do you plan your future?
Hmm… well, I may still be singing in pubs when I’m 80, because right now I have no conceivable retirement plan. That’s normal, right? I do think about the kind of person I want to grow into, what qualities I want to foster in myself. It’s extremely important to me to plan my life out enough to at least have coffee and cream in the house every morning. As long as that’s covered, I can see what the day brings and take it as it comes!
5)What has been your most glorious “failure”?
Oh man. Just one? I tried to freestyle a rap once at a Boston Pizza while drunk. That didn’t go great.
6)When were you first asked for your autograph?
I’ve played in cover bands at casinos over the years, saving the money I made there to make King of Foxes records. I think I was first asked for my autograph at a casino by someone who was very inebriated and possibly didn’t understand the concept of a cover band. They might have thought I was someone else, I’m not sure.
7)When were you last hungover?
Whenever I get hungover these days, it’s by accident, because I’m definitely a fan of a good martini, and I can hold my liquor pretty well! I think the last time I was hungover might have been on boxing day. I had to go bowling with an entire extended family of people I didn’t know very well. Let me tell you, friend, a bowling alley is not the place to have a hangover.
8)And, most importantly, what is your favourite type of cookie?
A really chewy oatmeal with chocolate chips affair would be ideal. Not too sweet, a little salty, please.
Hello
I think that may be two oatmeal choc chip faves in a row. Or 2 out of 3.
Good morning! (Off to do a couple of things)
I don’t think the preceding could be more disjointed.
Hello there. I noted the oatmeal chocolate chip cookie again as well. Seems to be a popular one.
Fun track from King of Foxes.
Searchlight voting has begun. You should be able to vote for once per day for as many artists as you like but it is a bit buggy for me right now. I may try private browsing. You can check out the artists here http://www.cbcmusicsearchlight.ca/
I made a collaborative playlist that we can add artists we like to. Right now I have a bunch of Saskie artists on there.
https://open.spotify.com/user/darbarspecial/playlist/1bwhtybNJSgi90hcrJmLLF?si=my0b6yuhTe-O5j0dUBg3yg
I just found King of Foxes in Searchlight.
I had a short look at the Searchlight pages; I agree, I think the CBC pagemaker thought they were being smart by forcing people to link 2-3 times — i.e. to pass through informational pages — but it sure ain’t a design winner.
I hate it Benoît! So annoying! I hate that it won’t let me vote more too. I hope they fix that bug pronto. Private browser only let me get one more in there.
@DBS, message me with any others you want to vote for, I have several devices that can all be made to make the internet think I am in several countries around the world (and I don’t vote)
So far I have 23 on the playlist and a couple I didn’t find on Spotify. I would have voted for them all. I will look at a short list of favs for you if this doesn’t get worked out. Thanks.
I was just looking at the rules and I think they are badly worded
ROUND 1: Opening Round
Once accepted as an eligible Submission, Your Song will be posted on the Website (the “Posted Songs”), and will be subject to public voting beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, at 3 p.m. ET until Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019, at 2:59 p.m. ET (the “Opening Round Voting Period”).
The public can vote once per Posted Song per day during the Opening Round Voting Period.
Doesn’t that mean you could vote for everyone each day?
Yes it does Garf. It is just not working.
I emailed Searchlight last night but haven’t heard back. Time to go to Twitter.
unless they worded it wrong
I would have said message them and ask but will anyone answer, we could try
annoyingasking GrantI was talking to Grant last night. He says multiple artists and my computer is broken. Ha!
I just tried voting for a second entry and got
Looks like youve already voted today. Come back and vote again tomorrow!
Exactly! It’s not just me. Andrew had troubles as well. I sent a tweet now as well.
Occasionally, another vote would go through.
I wonder if the IP addresses the CBC use have been white-listed for testing
never mind, they are using a cookie,
do you know how to delete specific cookies?
if you can, block third party cookies
I will have to check later! Working out vehicle shit at the moment.
“The public can vote once per Posted Song per day…” is terrible wording, if it’s supposed to mean “the public can vote once a day for any of the posted songs”; though “The public can vote once a day.” would do the job. (What the heck are we voting for if not a Posted Song”?)
I agree, it is very poorly worded
I would even say that it’s worded very poorly.
(Thinking of the Dupond-t twins in Tintin)
or the Thompson Twins in the English version
Yeah, I thought they were named differently. And was sure you’d mention it… (But “Snowy” — not a find.)
I only know of them because there was a British band named after them (a 3 piece of course)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Twins
Ah yes. I remember. Them I’d heard about. The 80s?
They became a prominent act in the US during the Second British Invasion, and in 1985 but worked from 1977 to 1993
so wikipedia tells me
I remember The Thompson Twins. Oh the 80s.
@benoit 10:28 nice Thompson and Thomson reference:)
@GarfieldUK multiple devices that think you are in multiple countries hey …tricky!
@darbar is swearing!!
Also, thanks for the Polaris details. Let the fun begin … once they debug the voting that is.
Backslider is very catchy. The wallpaper in the video intro is wonderfully outrageous too.
It looks like it is time for a cookie graph of some sort …
Searchlight you mean. 😉
Did I swear? oops hehe
DBS has always been a potty mouth
I got a reply from Andrea at CBC that “You can only vote for one song a day. The voting counter resets at 12:00 a.m. PT every day. Sorry if that wasn’t clear by the way we worded the rules and regulations.”
That is shitty. Oh there goes my potty mouth again.
Yup, Searchlight … surprised I didn’t say Juno’s seeing as that is what I have been listening to lately. Goodness knows how this maze called my brain (doesn’t) work.
swerving to miss the flying turds!
at least you got an answer @DBS.
DBS cant swerve to miss them, her power steering is shot
My power steering is fixed! Amazing how easy it is to steer with power steering working properly.
Forget about the Searchlight collaborative playlist. Bah! Pointless. So frustrated with CBC Music. Ugh…
what Searchlight collaborative playlist?
for some reason, whenever I hear someone count from 1 to 4 in my head I hear a Canadian woman starts singing about how I should say that I love her more,
What have you done to me Canada?
I found 18 of the PEI tracks
https://open.spotify.com/user/22niri634sh4u573tdji3fmwq/playlist/6KKSaRr3fjXmIi84y6mj3D?si=lB-ADCYgQ92mH2lQE_exPw
and I just found out that I can’t post spotify playlists if I am not logged in to the blog as an admin
I posted the link earlier today.
http://open.spotify.com/user/darbarspecial/playlist/1bwhtybNJSgi90hcrJmLLF
@GarfieldUK 14:01 how do you post an empty comment?
@Morgana, shear talent, and trying to embed a playlist when I am not allowed to
@DBS, I had forgotten about that
@darbar I hope your frustrations with CBC Music are eased as you listen to some of the fine musicians you have already put onto the collaborative Searchlight playlist on Spotify.
Thanks for the reminder morgana. It is about supporting artists and discovering new artists mostly for me. Even though CBC has made it even more difficult, I will try to think about the positives.
I will continue makeing playlists by area tomorrow afternoon, it should make it easier for you to add them to a playlist for Friday
I will now bid you a good night