Thousands and thousands of children are in lesser living conditions as you are at this current point and time. And none of them have any way to help themselves, no matter how much they want to help better their living expectancy. Imagine being stuck in the longest running war in your country, and not having a way to help yourself, or others. This is what I will be focusing on this week.
Africa has been caught in the middle of what has been known to be the longest running war in …

The Holly Springs Disaster are heading out on a farewell tour while dragging along Architects and promos4Awareness endorsed band Structures.
Dates below. Make sure to come out to these shows if dates accommodate you! This will be your FINAL chance to see The Holly Springs Disaster on tour!
08/03/10 Vancouver, BC at The Rickshaw Theatre
08/05/10 Calgary, AB at The Marquee Room (2 shows)
08/06/10 Edmonton, AB at Avenue Theatre
08/07/10 Regina, SK at The Riddell Centre (Univ. of Regina)
08/11/10 Winnipeg, MB at The West End Cultural Center
08/12/10 Thunder Bay, ON at The Office (Crock’s)
08/13/10 …

With the launch of the monthly campaigns comes the launch of the YouTube Video series. These videos will be based off of updates from the campaigns, random little fun updates, a simple hello to all the viewers, and be updated every so often. There is no specific time line for the videos, so just follow along when ever you want. All videos will be posted to the site, so you can see them!
The first installment is a introduction to the idea of Promos4awareness Monthly Campaigns, and a introduction to the …

Make Beats Not Beatdowns was our NOT FOR PROFIT organization of the week last week, and I would LOVE to thank them for how amazing their response has been. Not only have they been helping out so much, but they are actually getting involved with Promos4Awareness, which means the world for me to see some supporting coming back from another organization out there.
With the announcement of the great support from our new friends at Make Beats Not Beatdowns, they are offering an amazing offer. We know warped tour is rounding …

This week’s not for profit of the week focuses on something EVERYONE READING THIS ARTICLE IS CURRENTLY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF and not even realizing.  Electricity. Every one of us are currently using something electronic to power the device we are reading this post with, and we sometimes take that for granted and don’t remember that not everyone is as fortunate as we are.
I, myself, work in a building where I use TWO computers all day, in order to do my job. It can easily be done on one simple computer, …

In Lights
Pickering, Ontario
Pop Punk
With their release of their second EP, ‘The River Court”, In Lights plans to show the world they are not the band you thought they were, or even the band they thought they were.
Birthed from basements and garages from around the GTA, In Lights formed late 2006 to the dying local scene. Their 5 song debut EP (With an extra 2 bonus demo songs from 07) entitled “Constellations” was released independently in early 2008. Constellations could easily pass as a mix tape you would give to your …

Friday March 12th was a misty evening with a drizzle of rain and the city of Ajax was running quiet. The whole city minus the exception at the TOP SHELF which hosted the first date of the Brighter Brightest/IN LIGHTS/Use As Directed tour with my good friends as supporting acts To Tell The Tale.  The show went off without a hitch and was an amazing display of talent and artists. Full of sing a long fun and group vocals to please even the skepticals.
If you missed this show and would …

I just recently had a chance to interview Nathaniel, owner of Lexington Music Press, about his publication which is sure to be a hit within the industry in the next up and coming months. Lexington Music Press is a digital publication which offers monthly downloads and will later evolve into a physical magazine available to readers later this year. As a magazine that started in early 2009, big things have come out of this publication already and I will make sure to keep you all posted!
Could you tell us a …

I met with a model Stephany to create some images for her portfolio, and we took a few minutes to take some shots to incorporate on the Promos4Aawreness.com site tied in with Alzheimer’s. The shoot went really well and she was amazing to work with. We got some really creative images and some powerful shots as well. Here is the outcome of the shoot below. The shoot lasted a few hours and was a lot of fun and we got some really creative concepts for her portfolio, and I really …

Jordan and Jason from Amnesia Amnesia and I got together before a show in Oshawa at the Atria and took some real quick shoots for aids awareness. The theme here is AIDS and how they trap and silence people, which is represented by the red tape over their mouths (Silencing) and holding them left with no defense (Around their bodies, pinning their arms). This shoot was meant to be powerful and raw, and I think that the guys loved doing it as much as I love the outcome of the …