A FRIEND IN LONDON – Canadian tour blog of March 9th 2010

Today is Tuesday, and we've just got back from the best weekend in
a very long time, in Fort Erie, with recordings, a taste of how it
must feel to be on The Late Show with David Letterman and then a
couple of great concerts with live streaming on-line, with a lot
of viewers all over the world. The world is getting smaller and
smaller!

We would like to dedicate this blog to our new “bonus family” the
Bradys. We dare say that we've probably met the nicest family in
a very long time!
After a gig in London, Ontario on Thursday night, we took off for
a three our drive to Fort Erie to find the place where we were
going to stay for the weekend while recording and doing shows,
and when we arrived we were met by a man who just as well could
have been Santa Claus himself. The nicest man with the most
pleasant smile, Paul Brady, who showed us where we were going to
sleep. We all slept in the living room on couches and mattresses,
and we got an idea of how Santa Claus snores. LOUD, haha!! Great.
Next day we met the rest of the family: Paul's wife Lori, their two
daughters Lindsay and Brady and their two dogs Harley and Casey.
We were very tired, but woke up to a lovely maternal voice saying:
“Morning boys, rise and shiiine”. Imagine hearing those gentle
words with the smell of freshly brewed coffee all over and the sun
coming in the window.
That was what living at the Bradys' was like, and it means so much
when you are far away from home. Thank you so much for that, we
can't wait to come visit you guys again in the summer :)

Friday we got a taste of what it must be like to be on the Late
Show with David Letterman, when we did an online TV- and radio
show in Fort Erie, called “Ready We're Rolling” in Sessions on the
River Recording Studio w/ Chris Curry. First we did an interview
and afterwards a show in front of a live audience. Everything was
streamed live and the sound was incredible, so we were looking
very much forward to our recording session the next day.
We got to the studio at 10a.m the next morning after having one of
Paul Brady's great omelets along with a lot of coffee. We were
ready and it all went really well. We recorded 3 songs. 2 singles,
“Completely Yours” and “Now You're Here” and then a live recording
of “Bridges and Castles”. So when the mixing of those two singles
is done, we'll post it on our myspace for an exclusive 48 hour
listen! After that we'll put them in our drawer and use them as
part of the pre-production for our début album.

After the recording session we went by Wendy's to get a really
quick dinner, then back to the Bradys' to change and then to the
Max Pub to do the show. It went really well and we sold a lot of
CDs. After the show the owner of the bar, Brian, invited us back
to his place to have a little after party. Brian is Scottish and
full of exciting stories, so it was a night of whisky and
storytelling. Thank you, dear Brian :)

All in all, it was a weekend full of good times along with some of
the nicest people we've met in a long time.
Now we're back in Port Credit, staying at our Canadian rep's place.
We'd also like to give a big thanks to Terry Lane for having us at
her place during this tour. And thanks for minding our business :)
Now we have a lot of administrative work and networking to do.
Canadian Music Week starts tomorrow, and we are doing a show at
the Great Hall, Toronto, friday, March 12th. We are staying in a
suite at the Royal York Hotel, Toronto, while we're there. Good
times.

Sincerely
A FRIEND IN LONDON

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A FRIEND IN LONDON – Canadian tour blog, March 2nd 2010

Today, Tuesday, we're sitting at our local coffee shop, 'Second Cup', wearing are computers down. It's 4pm eastern time.

Since we've been doing live shows Saturday and Sunday and a TV interview and performance for ThatChannel.com in down town Toronto yesterday, we can see that
our internet activity needs updating. So that's what we'll be doing for the rest of today! It's a little weird how the internet is taking over more or less.
For now it is working as our label/management. Guess that's where the future is. It would be nice though to spend some more time on the music instead of
being buried in administrative work.

Saturday we drove 119 miles to London, we're we had a gig at the Black Shire Pub. Time was on our side so we got to see a lot of the city. We went to a bar
and met a lot of interesting people. Every time we enter a new place, people are very interested in us, and they buy us beer and stuff like that. They
take their time to listen to our story and the bartenders are more than willing to put our EP on the system. It is nice to feel such a stream of good vibes
from completely new people and it's just a good feeling being on our way to something all the time and meeting new people everyday. It's very exciting and
addictive!

We got home at around 3am, got up at 9am, had our breakfast and drove off to Kingston to do a charity show for Haiti, about 162 miles away, so it was quite
a ride, but we've gotten a lot of new fans and contacts during the weekend. We were home at around 2am and got up again at 10am to drive to Toronto to do
an interview and performance of 3 acoustic tracks for ThatChannel.com, which proved to be a very good experience. We had no idea what was going to happen
before we arrived, but everything was done in a very professional way. Everything happened live so it was pretty much count to three and do it. A little
intimidating, but that's always a good way to get better!

Good news: Details for the premier of our music video “What A Way” are falling in to place. We're keeping it secret until all of the details are in place,
so keep and eye out for our facebook the next couple of days. A lot of things are being posted these days, so stay tuned!

And then a quick shout out to all our followers and supporters out there. THANKS SO MUCH. It's the greatest feeling to wake up and read of all your
comments on our sites. Thanks!

Sincerely

A FRIEND IN LONDON

A FRIEND IN LONDON blog from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada!

Monday, feb. 22nd, 12pm

Okay. Now we're here. Now we're going to stand the test. Good
feeling!

Sebastian's guitar has just been delivered from the airport, after
having spent a night extra in London, and now we're sitting here
in our apartment in Port Credit, Mississauga, networking our fingers
off. We've got a lot to do, following up on the interviews and
concerts scheduled for us while we're here. Furthermore we have an
new music video and we need to work out how and where to place it.

We've just been out for a quick walk by Lake Ontario, just next to
our apartment! The sun is shining and there's not a cloud in the
sky. Feels like forever since we've felt the warmth of the sun.

Yesterday, Sunday, we did a photo shoot with photographer Frank
Greco who really did an amazing job. Not only did he shoot a lot
of really cool pictures, he also put a lot of effort into working
with us, and it was nice to see that even though he has been in the
game for so many years and worked with some of the biggest artists
out there, he still finds passion and inspiration in taking pictures
of a rather unknown Danish act. He kept on mentioning that he really
liked our characters, and when time ran out for us he announced that
he would like to do an extra session with us before we head back to
Denmark. We're looking forward to showing you his pictures of us!

For the rest of today we will be networking, letting the Canadian
fans now we're here. Our fingers are itching and we're looking
forward to showing Northern America what A FRIEND IN LONDON is made
of.

The air is filled with spring and good vibes.

Greetings from A FRIEND IN LONDON

FEBRUARY 2010 NEWSLETTER

NEWSLETTER Volume 1- Issue 01 February 2010
　
NEWS:
Things have been busy for the band in December 2009 and January 2010!
Tim recorded his solo album 'Far Away From London', consisting of 10 acoustic tracks
performed and recorded in front of a live audience. Now available on itunes Europe.
We would really like to start off and say a huge thank you with much love to Ms. Terry D. Lane (tdlmusic.com) our fabulous ‘Den Mother/Mentor’ one of our AFIL rep's in Canada,
for helping us put the 2010 Canadian Tour together, for supporting us and just being there for us and kicking our backsides when we needed it …. all the way this past year!
　
BOOT CAMP & INTERVIEWS
Yesterday we left Copenhagen and went to the countryside to kick off our boot camp in order to practice and get ready for our Canadian Tour.
The regional division of Denmarks biggest tv station TV2 (
http://www.tv2east.dk/) will be coming out to our practice boot camp tomorrow (Monday) to do an interview regarding our preparation for our 2010 Canadian Showcase Tour to Canada on Feb.20th - Mar.20th, 2010 and our new music video (watch below).
On Tuesday we’re doing an interview with ‘Koege Dagblad’ - a local newspaper from Tim’s native region (
http://www.sn.dk/), and Aske will be interviewed by ‘Jydske Vestkysten’ - a local newspaper from his native region (http://www.jv.dk/jvdk) .
‘Vejle Amts Folkeblad’ - a local newspaper from Esben’s native region - wrote an article on us according our new music video:
(http://www.vejleamtsfolkeblad.dk/artikel/196347:Give--Video-til-det-danske-marked)
Furthermore we did an interview with ‘Amager Bladet’ last Tuesday, and it will be featured in the newspaper of next Tuesday.

We are happy to announce that GAFFA - the biggest Danish music magazine - wrote an article on us (
http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/36984)
English translation for this GAFFA article (TAILWIND for DANISH BAND in NORTH AMERICA) on our Facebook fan page (in the ‘Notes’ section):
http://www.facebook.com/afriendinlondon
　
NEW MUSIC VIDEO premier Feb 18th, 2010
We are in the process of editing and finalizing a new music video for our single
"WHAT A WAY"
.
‘Thure LINDHARDT'
(Angels & Demons Movie) along with Danish Royal
Ballerina ‘Victoria Cooper’ and a cast of 50 people helped make the video
a truly fabulous experience for the band.
The premier of the video will be on Feb 18th. Produced by Guineapig productions,
Thank you to Lena Nyhus, Christian Henricson and the Crew ~
http://
www.youtube.com/afriendinlondonnet
Besides making a video for the single "What A Way" we are proud to announce that
'A FRIEND IN LONDON' and "What A Way" is #2 on the Danish rock charts for Copenhagen, at ReverbNation.com right next to Danish singer/songwriter Tim Christensen.

Find the band on these websites and request or vote for our music!
Internet Radio Stations have been giving us some airtime, especially DJ, Joe Public for all the air-play and recommending us. JP now is on two new internet radio stations, so listen to his shows and request ‘A Friend In London’ often:
http://www.realhitradio.co.uk/shows.html
http://www.ventureradio.co.uk/index.html
Also a radio station in Berlin, Germany - Radio AFK Max Air is playing us,
after people have been requesting us. Thank you:)
www.afkmax.de
Vote & Request us on Canadian Radio Station The Edge 102.1
http://www.edge.ca/Music/IndieOnline/View.aspx?ID=132808

’Out of Track’ and the EP ‘A Friend In London is now on itunes.com
www.itunes.com/afriendinlondon

GOSSIP:
Tim Schou the lead singer for AFIL attended Danish Fashion Week with Danish Designer David Andersen.
Tim and Esben (Drummer for AFIL) were smoozing this week at the VIP Fashion Week Afterparty with MALENE BIRGER and other Danish Designers and Celebrities, it was a fun week for AFIL.
　
MUSIC:
In 2010 we will be recording our first full song album, and you can help us raise the money for this, and be in on the fun. You can support our coming album on our sellaband site;
www.sellaband.com/afriendinlondon and read "THE PLAN" to see what's in it for you.
Support us, and we will spend a lifetime giving it back, music wise;)
　
TOURING
:
Tickets are booked and we are on our way to Canada from Feb. 20th to March 20th, 2010. With a big stop at Canadian Music Week 2010 / Canadian Music Fest we’re looking forward to come play at the festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
We will be adding our gig dates on our
http://myspace.com/afriendinlondon website as of Feb.21st,, 2010.

Sun.21.Feb Photoshoot All Day with Frank Greco
(BonJovi, Aerosmith, Tommy Lee, Paul McCartney, Madonna etc)
Thu.25.Feb Rock’n Roll Heaven, Toronto (East) 9 pm
Sat.27.Feb The Black Shire, London, Ontario (Performance 9 pm)
Mon.01.Mar ThatChannel.com - Interview/Performance (Acoustic) Toronto (performance @ 1:30 pm)
Tue.02.Mar The Toronto Independent Music Awards Interview w/ Reporter (time tbd)
Fri.05.Mar Ready We’re Rollin Radio Show, Interview/Performance - Fort Erie, ON. (at 9 pm)
Sat.06.Mar. Open to The Public Recording – Sessions on the River Recording Studio - 9 am to 6 pm
Sat.06.Mar The Max Pub, Niagara Blvd, Fort Erie, ON (performance 9 pm)
Sun.07.Mar Imagefm.ca,- Interview/Performance - Hamilton, ON, (Matt Brewer) performance from 7 pm.
Wed.10.Mar CMW
Thu.11.Mar CMW
Fri.12.Mar CMW - SHOWCASE @ Berkeley Church (UR Artist Showcase), Toronto, ON
Sat.13.Mar CMW
Tue.16.Mar Nu Music Nite @ Horseshoe Tavern (URartist.com artists), Toronto, ON
Fri.19.Mar The Legendary Red Rooster, 484 Plains Rd East, Burlington, ON
　
MORE GIGS will be added to our http://www.myspace.com/afriendinlondon daily.
You can check out our band reviews at http://www.sonicbids.com/afriendinlondon
　
MERCHANDISE:
On www.cafepress.com/afriendinlondon you can buy ‘A FRIEND IN LONDON’ merch, whether you want to drink your coffee in a ‘A FRIEND IN LONDON’ mug, or you just wanna show your appreciation for the band with a nice T-'shirt, it is there.
　　
CHECK OUT OUR LINKS:
http://www.afriendinlondon.com
http://www.myspace.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.facebook.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.youtube.com/afriendinlondonnet
www.indiesolo.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.sellaband.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.reverbnation.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.sonicbids.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.twitter.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.afriendinlondonmusic.blogspot.com
http://www.audiostreet.net/afriendinlondon
http://www.purevolume.com/AFriendInLondon
http://www.riffstar.com
http://www.bebo.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.hotbands.com/afriendinlondon
http://www.mymusiccircle.com
http://www.isound.com/a_friend_in_london
http://www.pledgemusic.com/artists/afriendinlondon

A quick shout out to our fans:
In these days we’re experiencing that the band name is becoming more and more relevant as there has been massive support from our new friends all around the globe.
Our music is being played on radio stations in Germany, England, Canada and U.S. and we are thankful for all the attention from the music industry as well as all the people helping us out.
Thanks to the cast of our forthcoming music video, Guineapig Productions, Terry Lane, Kenny Aleksandr and all the new fans around the world.
　
Yours Sincerely
'A FRIEND IN LONDON' Band.

DECEMBER NEWSLETTER A FRIEND IN LONDON

NEWSLETTER

Volume 1: Issue 12.

DECEMBER 2009.



Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays

from ‘A FRIEND IN LONDON’

NEWS:


Things have been busy for the band in November:

Tim recorded his solo album 'Far Away From London', consisting of 10 acoustic tracks performed and recorded in front of a live audience.



’Out of Track’ is released on iTunes at this point. We have been writing new songs and they are really coming together, so there will be a lot of new great songs at our forthcoming shows.


We are in the process of finalizing a new music video for our single

"WHAT A WAY" available on You Tube in January 2010.

Guineapig productions, Thank you to Lena and the Crew ~

www.youtube.com/afriendinlondonnet


We have been updating our new profiles and websites around the web, so visit us often. We were featured on the website www.indiesolo.com/afriendinlondon in December 2009.

MUSIC:

In 2010 we will be recording our first full song album. And you can help us raise the money for this, and be in on the fun. You can support our coming album on our sellaband site;

www.sellaband.com/afriendinlondon and read "THE PLAN" to see what's in it for you. Support us, and we will spend a lifetime giving it back, music wise;)

TOURING:


We are so excited that we have been selected by Canadian Music Week 2010 to come play at the festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Artist Spotlight Link.


This gives us an opportunity to actually follow up on the huge success we had last summer 2009 playing at the NXNE.09 and also we're adding concerts so we will be touring Canada from Feb.20th – Mar.20th, 2010 (give or take a few days).


Now that we're talking about touring, we are pleased to let you know that a Philippines-Australia-China tour is being planned in April/May 2010 and there's a single release in Asia-Australia in the loop.

We have been in contact with a promoter in JAPAN and are planning our Japanese tour for the end of the May/June 2010.


We need your Votes and Requests:



VOTE for AFIL on CLUBSEAT a Dutch website!

For ONE month from Nov.19th to Dec. 8th, 2009

http://www.seat-world.com/#/coverflow_audio/music_52_freetracks


VOTE for us on INDIE ONLINE!

http://www.edge.ca//Music/IndieOnline/View.aspx?ID=132808





RADIO AIRPLAY:



The American Radio 'Indie104' have been playing our music on air in the past month. Fans have been requesting our 2 singles "What A Way" and "The Light".

http://www.1.fm/Station/indie/SongDB.aspx?search=A+friend+in+London


Internet Radio Stations have been giving us some airtime, especially www.mediumrare.com has been playing our music since October 23rd, 2009 and we wish to especially thank DJ, Joe Public for all the air play and recommending us to all the other Medium Rare DJ’s who have been playing our music ever since. DJ’s are: A Soldier, Terry, TG, Me, Light of truth and of course JOE PUBLIC show on Friday nights!


WHAT FANS are saying about AFIL:



§ Just listened to your music awesome.....and yes please come to Australia and make sure you come to Melbourne would love to catch one of your gigs.....good luck! Jayne from Australia



§ America will love you guys :) Bust of Luck ... Crush One.



§ You guys are good; I like the sounds keep doing your thing…Tony (USA).



§ Hey Just listened to some tracks, awesome music … Jovy (USA).



§ Hello, Just sending some love your way; Wieslawa (Aussie)



§ I really enjoyed your music! Superb! Sounds great! Beautiful vocals! You’re amazing! Thanks so much … Fatima (Brazil).



A quick shout out to our fans:



Thank you for staying on board. We need all the help we can get and if you know anyone who can help us booking concerts near you. All of you are more than welcome to let us know. Other than that, just keep doing what you're doing and hang in there. Let's make it grand. THANK YOU!


INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS ABOUT THE BAND!


Tim Schou (vocal/guitar)

To keep the juices and the creativity flowing, Tim has been recording a live solo album @ Vibe Factory with producer Jakob Winther. It will be released in December on iTUNES, Europe.





Sebastian Vinther (guitar/vocal)

These days spreading the word about your band is a very central part of being in the music business. For the past weeks I've therefore spent some of my time on getting our merchandise site at

http://www.cafepress.com/afriendinlondon up and running. Go check it out and feel free to drop a comment to our community if you're missing anything. We've started focusing our rehearsal sessions on putting together songs for our first album, which I've personally been looking forward to. It's going to be smashing!!





Aske Damm (bass/vocal)

We are working hard trying to get to 50,000 profile views so check out our link at www.myspace.com/afriendinlondon and spread the work to your friends.





Esben Svane (drums/vocal)

In December we'll be playing at 'Lades Kaelder' in the heart of Copenhagen on December 5th around 10 pm. This is where we will be catching up with a lot of our fans and friends of the band. Have a somewhat evaluation on the band, mingle and listen to what they have to say about it.





MERCHANDISE:


On www.cafepress.com/afriendinlondon you can buy

‘A FRIEND IN LONDON’ merch, whether you want to drink your coffee in a ‘A FRIEND IN LONDON’ mug, or you just wanna show your appreciation for the band with a nice

T-'shirt, it is there.





REVIEWS:



BODOG MILLION DOLLAR BATTLE

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STENGADE30

Singer songwriter Tim Schou played powerful, commercial songs backed by a great band - all without that layer of commercial-made cheese we’d like to scrape off some top 40 hits.


THE ROCK

Incredible set once again from Tim Schou with pop rock at its very best. Tim and his band are the full package professionals, and at such a young age. The crowd absolutely ate it up. BodogBattle.net)


PUMPEHUSET

Tim Schou could be pop’s next big thing. This young guy looks like Justin Timberlake, is talented, has a great band, is listenable, marketable and radio friendly. We think he should be signed now!


VEGA

Tim Schou was a shoe in to move on to the final round of the European leg of the tour. The crowd was loving every minute of it. Men were jealous and Women were swooning.



Icarus Club - Review April 23th 2009

http://icarusclub.blogspot.com
A Friend In London are an excellent four-piece band from Copenhagen. Two of the band, Tim Schou (who played solo at the Icarus back in December) and Sebastian Vinther, were in the UK for a short tour to play some acoustic versions of the band compositions, five of which they played tonight, "New Grounds", "Remotely Close", "Freddie", "Out Of Track" and "Bring It Forth". They play with great energy and conviction and Tim's soaring voice is perfectly complemented by both his own and Sebastian's excellent guitar playing. You can download a very fine band track, "The Light", and get more info from their myspace which is www.myspace.com/afriendinlondon



CHECK OUT OUR LINKS:



http://www.afriendinlondon.com

http://www.sellaband.com/afriendinlondon

http://www.reverbnation.com/afriendinlondon

http://www.myspace.com/afriendinlondon

http://www.sonicbids.com/afriendinlondon

http://www.youtube.com/afriendinlondonnet

http://www.twitter.com/afriendinlondon

http://www.afriendinlondonmusic.blogspot.com

http://www.audiostreet.net/afriendinlondon

http://www.purevolume.com/AFriendInLondon

http://www.riffstar.com http://www.bebo.com/afriendinlondon

http://www.hotbands.com/afriendinlondon

http://www.mymusiccircle.com

http://www.isound.com/a_friend_in_london

http://www.pledgemusic.com/artists/afriendinlondon

http://www.facebook.com/afriendinlondon



See you in the New Year of 2010!

Yours Sincerely



'A FRIEND IN LONDON' Band.