People Profile: SALt!
This is a special BS Fridays edition People Profiles! BS Fridays is a musical networking community where musical souls in the industry from artists, performers, businesses peeps and more get together to pool their resources and expand their support. On Friday August 12th you can come out to The Cameron House in Toronto and meet us and see some of us performing– including me and SALt!
So who is SALt? She is an Electro Pop Rock music maker and performer! Here are some samples of her work using the music video maker app Triller for her songs Graduation and Galactic!
In SALt’s words…
What is your career? I’ve been a singer my whole life, and was the lead singer in Endo Santos, a band in England, and now SALt here in Canada. I’m also a PSW in private home care.
Is it the same as your passion? What is your passion? I’m passionate about both. I love helping people and feeling like I’m contributing in some way. And music is a great outlet. I try to bring positivity to it.
What are the greatest challenges and greatest rewards of your career? Most of the challenges are between the ears…the self doubt, self criticism. Also, not everyone will be into your sound or what you’re doing. Making time for your art in a busy life can also be a challenge . The rewards are endless. Being able to express your heart to others is priceless. Also, having an outlet for all of the thoughts and feelings bouncing around is also stellar. And dancing and singing makes me happy!😀
What is your advice to others embarking on similar career? Never stop, never give up. Keep creating, keep grinding and connecting with others. And do it for the love💗💫
What does it mean to be an artist? Creating something meaningful to you. Bringing some new life and beauty and joy into the word….and self expression
5 years ago, did you expect to be where you are today? Why, why not? 5 years ago I had a chronic, debilitating disease, which I’ve since been healed of. So in some ways I had had hopes of being further ahead in some ways. But some beautiful things have happened in my life instead, and all good things come to those who wait.
Where will you be in 5 years? Still writing and recording music, and performing regularly.
What would you say to your 8-year-old self? You have some gifts not everyone has, use them wisely and treasure them deeply.
What would you say to your 80-year-old self? You lived life fully, took chances and loved others.💗
How lucky are you and why? I’m very blessed! I’m now physically healthy again and I live in one of the best countries in the world! (Canada)
What would people be surprised to know about you? I’m a Christian and God comes first in everything I do.☀️🌈💗
What makes you laugh? What is fun for you? AFV, Bob’s Burgers, being silly with my friends and hanging out with my daughter.
What makes you question humanity? Senseless violence.
What is your favourite quote? “It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” – Tennyson
What does being involved with the BS Friday’s group and community mean to you? It’s a beautiful way to connect with people who may be on a similar journey and perhaps find new peeps to collaborate with!😀
How long have you been involved and what have you gotten out of it? About 4 years. I probably would have benefited more if I had been able to show up to the meetings (but I work Fridays). But last month I was able to get to my first one. It was there that I connected with a record label owner, a few producers, some up-and-coming singer/song-writers and major industry players!
What can people expect from the BS Friday’s networking and showcase event in August? See above and… An amaaaaaaazeballs show!!! 😀 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💗🌈☀️💥🚀🌊🌊🌱🌳🌎💫💗💫
Is there anything else you’re involved in that you’d like to plug or point our attention to? I have a small production company called Laukkanen Productions Inc. (Movie scripts, music albums)
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For more on SALt and to connect, please visit:
Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/SALT-215125575167552/
SoundCloud https://m.soundcloud.com/sarah-salt
Album on iTunes Salt & Light by Salt https://itun.es/ca/xvaoN
Free streaming of album https://sarahradford.bandcamp.com/
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Come see us play at The Cameron House Friday August 12th 9:00pm!
Click for Facebook Event here!
New Show Announced!
Join us at the Cameron House in Toronto Friday August 12, 2016!
9:00pm $6.00
Good times guaranteed!
Meet us at MoMondays Niagara Falls!
Hard Rock Niagara Falls!
Doors 6:00pm show 7:00pm sharp!
Meet tonight’s motivational women of MoMondays Niagara Falls! Storytelling! Inspiration! Friendship! Food!
Raising funds and awareness for Ovarian Cancer Canada!
Visual recap!
Come fall in love! Get it? 🙂 xo
New Show announced: MoMondays Niagara Falls!
Join me at Hard Rock Cafe Niagara Falls on (you guessed it) Monday July 25 when I’ll share a wee snippet of Myselfie alongside other performers! 🙂
Get your Tickets here! Come for dinner! 🙂
New Ideas Festival 2017: Call for Scripts is now!
Script writers! Spirit writers!
Alumnae Theatre Company’s New Ideas Festival (NIF) is an annual, three-week juried festival of new plays, works-in-progress and experimental theatre. Each week features a different program of up to four plays, as well as a workshopped reading on Saturday at noon. The 2017 festival, NIF’s 29th season, will run from March 8 to 26, 2017. […]
via New Ideas Festival 2017: Call for Scripts is now! — The Alumnae Theatre Company’s Blog
New show announced: KATBARET!
“I don’t care if I sing off-key. I find myself in my melodies. I sing for love, I sing for me, I shout it out like a bird set free.” Bird Set Free SIA
New music! New stories! New shenanigans!
KATBARET is me playfully doing whatever I wanna do! I will be presenting new material aaaaaand covering beloved music of friends!
Covering Friends: Heather Hill, Arlene Paculan and I do each other musically! I have chosen a couple of my fave songs of theirs and they will do the same.
Thursday June 23, 2016
Show start 7:30pm
Free Times Cafe
320 College Street Toronto
$10
Come eat, drink and make merry and shout out loud like a bird set free!
Heather Hill is a singer-songwriter with roots in piano pop, with songs that stem from gutsy stories and bloom with inspiration.
Arlene Paculan creates soulful pop with passion.
It’s WonderFest West Eve!
Tomorrow Saturday June 4th, 2016, Let’s Make Good Productions presents another exciting event right here in our city – WonderFest West, where the aim is to spread empowerment through art. This event is extra special because it will be showcasing many talented artists from the Mississauga area, home to co-owner Arlene Paculan.
The event starts off with an incredible dance workshop led by top break dancer and creator of Ground Illusionz, Marcelino “Frost” DaCosta at 4pm. The workshop is free, however, donations for the session will be accepted.
To end the evening, WonderFest West will showcase over 15 artists in a concert at 7pm. You’ll hear from an array of talent and enjoy music, poetry, comedy, spoken word, experience visual art and witness live paintings at the showcase!
Advanced $10 tickets can be purchased online until June 1st.
Tickets will be available after that for $15 at the door. Search WonderFest West on Eventbrite.ca or visit this site.
Artists include:
· Ernie Vicente
· Ricardo Mejias
· Kat Leonard
· Arlene Paculan
· Mileena Sobreira
· Frost
· Es
· Delrose
· River North
· Andrew Wilson
· Sonya Zhang
· Charmie Deller
· Josephine Casey
· Mya Casey
· Viniti Venkatesh
· Ylana Luigi-Stelling
· Carla Gonzalez-Casanova
· Nisreen Art
LMG Productions hopes to inspire and encourage participants and the audience members to allow themselves to share their creativity, or even rediscover it again if they have forgotten their love for being creative.
For further information:
Arlene Paculan – Executive Producer LMG Productions
arlenepaculan@gmail.com
Kat Leonard – Artistic Director LMG Productions
tokatleonard@gmail.com
LMG Productions
letsmakegoodmail@gmail.com
PEOPLE PROFILE: Sonya Zhang
Meet Sonya Zhang:
Student, artist, human being at large
spreading empowerment through art! All ORIGINAL work!
Workshop facilitated by top breakdancer
and instructor Frost from Ground Illusionz
4pm – 5:30 $PWYC
Concert/Performances by artists from music,
to poetry, spoken word, storytelling, comedy, and visual art!
Doors open at 6pm
Performances start at 7pm
until JUNE 1ST MIDNIGHT
$15 at the door
Ticket link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wonderfest-west-june-2016-tickets-10457487627
WonderFest Panel&Play May 1/16
Let’s Make Good Productions’ inaugural WonderFest Panel & Play happened last night at The Painted Lady in Toronto. And it was awesome! Who played along? These guys:
Tony Roost @OneFireMovement
Marc Anthony Sinagoga Insta/Twitter: @notmarcanthony
Signe Miranda Signe Miranda’s Veranda
Dagmar Morgan
Panelists speaking on following your dream and making it happen through DIY careers: Signe Miranda, Tony Roost, Dagmar Morgan, Marc Anthony Sinagoga; facilitator Kat Leonard. The panelists had some insights on the struggles and benefits of doing it yourself.
My takeaways: It’s not really Do It Yourself. It’s really about finding a community of like-minded individuals who can help and encourage one another. The resources are out there and if your passion is strong enough, you will find a way. The panelists were open and inspiring, funny and endearing. I would love to tell you I could share it with you in our podcast. But as this Do It Yourselfer has learned… I need to delegate the technicals to a technophile. I effed the recording up by pressing one too many buttons. Usually I’m so good at pushing buttons. My deep apologies to all. The Panel & Play Podcast will be live and well very soon! Please stay tuned! In the meantime, please enjoy these still pictures as a flavour slice of the evening that was… an evening of insights and laughter and community building. More than one strong connection of friendship and future collaboration was made tonight, and that’s what this is about. 🙂
Hosts Arlene Paculan and Kat Leonard. That’s us opening up the performance part of the night! 🙂 Then we performed Jockstrap.
Comedian Marc Anthony Sinagoga
Marc is a storytelling comic, which I LOVE! He is personable and likeable, funny and open, regaling us with stories from his life with just enough dirt!
Open Micer Chris Veldhoven with Peaches
Chris regaled us of a tale of shepherds and peaches… in the dirtiest of ways. With a sparkly giggle, writer and performer Chris takes it to the spicy side and you like it!
Open Micer Harrison Fine
Producer Harrison Fine of Fine Productions is also a brilliant songwriter and performer. His acoustic bit was beautiful.
Musician Signe Miranda
Signe; musician, author and coach– she exudes such a humble and enthusiastic light. You want to be her friend and have her serenade you with her lovely strumming and honest lyrics. Love.
Open Micer Linda Wallace
Musician Linda Wallace is getting ready to pounce upon the world and she gave us such a wicked taste of what’s to come! Her voice is chilling and her musical storytelling a scene you feel a part of.
spoken Spoken Word artist Dagmar Morgan
Slam Poet champion, writer and motivational entertainer Dagmar took us to emotional levels high and low with her poignant words and epic performance. Totally engaging you can’t take your attention away from her. I can’t wait to see more from her!
Host, producer and musician Arlene Paculan
As always, Arlene Paculan soothes and invigorates us with her silky voice and unique musical expression. Arlene closed the show and topped off a glorious evening!
Stay tuned for more episodes of Panel & Play and the podcast (I swear I’ll make it work)!
If you would like to participate as a panellist or performer, or have ideas for topics you would like to see covered, please email LetsMakeGoodMail[at]gmail.com or visit Let’s Make Good Production’s Facebook page.
Let’s Make Good Productions
Twitter/Insta@LMGProductions
Arlene Paculan
Twitter: @arlene_paculan Insta: @ourleanpea
Kat Leonard
Twitter/Insta: @katbandoo
#SpreadingEmpowermentThroughArt! 🙂
Come By Here on Rogers TV Toronto!
Heather Hill and I perform our song Come By Here on Daytime Toronto on Rogers TV. See Elizabeth Baugh from Ovarian Cancer Canada discuss ovarian cancer and its symptoms as well as the event and compilation CD She’s Listening which Heather and I were a part of among other generous and gifted artists.
For more on the process of Come By Here and lyrics, visit my blog on the matter here!
For more information and to help or donate, visit Ovarian Cancer Canada.
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KAT LEONARD (Kat & The MP3) 